Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-30
DYE MAKERS BLOCK
HUN PROP AGANDA
du Pont Company and Others De
clare American Colors Are as
Good as German.

German propaganda to the effect that
American made DIVES are not fast colors
Is being offset by leading manufacturers,
one of the largest of which Is the l.. l..
du Pont de Nemours Company, who nave
obtained the cooperation oi the tcauihS
department stores of the country ihey
declare that their Investigations pcSah
largely since the war. have proven CON
ciusivelv that dyes equal e. ana even
siperior to the German products can oe
and are now being made III large quahtidcS
IN this country I,e,.;.o
They say that dye lS Il definite
chemical body as pure rs a pharhiaS1''i'''
nrod,lct intended for medic'iai ,iSe'
When correctly made, the impurities
and byproductS are washed ou'' @p',o
out or crvstallzcd out, ana INC uNt y ''ie
same whether made IN AuieIi'a o' III
Germany.
,a;Cs'n,,,,, between the German dyes and
tho American dives The Amcncan dNcS
.rc INST as fast Ms the German dyes used
b.rc heforc the war They are last on
cotton and on linen, on silk and on wool
Cation and linen are made from vegetable
6bers which are almost pure Ccllulosc.
rbcv take and hold the dye EQUALLY well
because of this fact silk and wool are
made from animal products and there are
American dyes suited to slik and Wool,
inst as there are American or German
dves suited to cotton and linen. II the
conditions of use and methods of applca-
ton are studied and followed correctly,
the results are the same.
Investigation by leading dycstuil man
ufarturcre like f. du Pont dc NcmnurS
x Co. the National Aulllne and hrmlch
COMPANY, l. khpstcm Co. butttr-
h-IudSon Corporation. Marden, trth
x Hastings Corporation, Frank ltcmnE-
way. Inc. II y Metz y Go, Inc Aul-
line DYES and Chemicals, Inc. T. r.
Drew y Co, Inc, and the ntcd llNe
and Chemical Company disclosed the
fact that ignorance was largely Responsible
lor the belief that Amcncan-made dyes
arc not fast
T. J. NackInnon, ot the FuttcrWortil-
,I,Idson Corporation. had this 10 say on the
subject: "1he SupposItlon exists III tins
country. that american dvcs arc not to be
compared with those imported principally
from Germany. We have had one con
crete instance brought to our attention
where n salesman in q store III answer 70
An INQUIRY for llncn handkcrchets OF a
khaki shade made the remark that the
American dvcs were not last when ap-
Piled on linen. and also speaking dis
paracinglv of American dyes IN general.
Tins 10 the chemist and dyer 4 no
thing more than an expression "t leno-
rance. hut 10 the laymau, the fact cannot
he mentioned too strongly that tNpe Tor
tyne. our American dyes are cqual ~
shade, strength soluhlllty and iastncS>
IN every respect 10 the pre-nsr dyes
AT the start OF the war there was q
mad scramble tor anything in the shape
of color. with the result that some cheaper
colors were put on material that demand
Cd fast color.
For example. OF the many blacks for
cotton, the sz,NcSt II make would hC
suitable Tor Innings in material hat very
seldom sees light, and II never washed n,
however. this black was USED On holscry,
the color would he condemned at once,
bur II was only a very short time before
sillphar blacks were being produced IN
large quantities. and 1t Is ! weli-known
fact that this was the color - largely used
before the war IN producing black where
tas;nc>S was required The domestic
dives on hnrn are tuIlN equal to the Ger
man ar an> other iorcign-mado dyes oi
any description