The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-11
AMERICAN-MADE
INDIGO SOLVES
DYE PROBLEM

Wilmington. Del, May 1t.---IndiEo.
the key to the dye situation in this
country. now is being produced in
commercial quantities and the solu
| ton of the American dye phChlem--
| acute since the imports from Ger
many were cut of--has been found,
! Not only is America now independent
of Germany. but we rapidly are mov-
! ing into a position to hold the dye
/ trade of the world after the war.
! These facts were brought out by
! Or, Charles l. Reese, chemical d.
rector of the Du Pont company. in
an address made before the cotton
manufacturers Of the United states
/ at their recent convention in New
! York
/ The dye problems have been solved.
! he said, and the Du Points are at this
moment turning out synthetic Indigo
/ Of the best quality on such n large
scale that the commercial success of
the undertaking is ssured. The lab
a oratory problems were all solved long
ago. The manufacturing difficulties
now have been enormous and the pro@
duction of this most important factor
in the dye industry is going along
according to the most up-to-date pro-
! cess at the mpanys big plant near
( ing completion at Deepwater Point.
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necessary for its production.
DIR. Reese made also the definite
promise that in a very short time the
indigo plant viii be brought to its
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.,,t. iuoa'i1u 10 tue proaucdon ~
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an it' ulIett coIorS' ana Httie i@tet
VIM put on tle market Ihe atlz$Tlhe
'''o' WIN 'ie+i mostly heeded az
lIN'lle'' itineiS' me vat cp'oFS. gu
pnu' coi"ts anu chrome colorS VIII re
Put on vie MAJ het IN d conpariilNeF
3 shoit blitle, ne salu 'hal "hlie II II
bos Possio al the present To give
"e'hi'e yates we PiahDS are PtN@te9-
sing very rapidly "hen considering
"the dlfhcoIles OF securing machinery
anu raw hlaterlals' ana ne aHded we
tfei certain mat we VIII MAKE good
our promise 10 become large factor
10 making inns country independent IN
the dyestun industry
IN leadlng up 10 these important an
houhcements, Or. Heese went INTO =
history or the deNelopmtNt OF com
meFCIal chemistry ana pointed out the
important place the chemist occupies
IN the business world he said that
ms GompanYs success in SOWING the
/ chemical problems presented by the
sudden great demand for explosives.
/ following the opening of the European
war, gave him and his associates CON
( fidence that the Worldwide dye prob
lem could also be solved II gave Inc
/ company courage TO go INTO the stu
greater program Of expansion. which
entering the dye field demanded.
II would nave been an easy task.
he said 10 manufacture Hne OF
colors, II advantage had been taken
or the intern sdIates whlch could nave
been purchased on the market. and
lcohSluerapte prohlS coula nave heeh
secured ny the manufacture OF = cheap
ithe or goods "Hlch nave l"uhd an"
+ SIM hnd ready sale on the market
t"aaS. rms poHcE' however, was no,
loIo"ed ny US because we heleNed
'h&t the only saIe iouh7a'loh Tor the
color lhduStry is IN the manufacture
OF a comprehensive llne Of INterlnedl-
ates, starting at the bottom tf"m the
CT udeS, ana on soch large sea- as
- MAKE X economically SOUND.
me step from explosives 10 dyes IS
loSlcai from business rs Ven a. from
a chemlcal standpoint,
IL Is ohlS hlaltef or eNolation- me
explosives manufacturer starts hFs}
WIN an OF the necessary raw mater
lalS, "hlch are products OF TINS coun-
try ne is not dependent on Europe,
H. the case OF the )u fOnt compdtE