The Colorado statesman., 1922-10-14
PRODUCTS OF GREATER COM
PLEXITY AND SPECIALIZED
APPLICATION NOW MADE.
fRlCE TREND Is DOWNWARD
Manufacture of Other Finished Prod
ucts Derived From Coal Tar, Espe-
cially Synthetic Medicinals, Is Max
ina Decided Progress IN America.
nu .AMEs p. HoRNApAY

tlle United States will eventually be
able to produce its own dyes. This
will be long step forward because II
will mean cheaper textiles. In the
past Germany has been the one great
source of dye supply. The progress
made u..lng the year includes the pro-
duction in the United States for the
first time OF II number of dyes of great
er complexity and more specialized
application. Many of these dyes,
which are of secondary Importance
from the point of view of quantity
consumed, are essential in the dyeing
and printing of numerous fabrics.
These additions to our list of dyes
represent an added step toward a we'll
.ounded coal-tar chemical industry in
,his country. The development of
many of these new products is high
ly technical achievement.
There were POI firms engaged in
rhe manufacture of coal-tar deriva-
tives in 1921. The output of dyes by
firms exceeded 39,000,000 pounds.
The sales during 1921 exceeded Az
100000 pounds valued at more than
$50 100000 The sales exceeded pro
duction by - per cent, indicating that
a part of the domestic consumption for
that year was supplied from the large
stocks carried over from the previous
years abnormally high production
The sales of dyes for 1921 exceeded
the imports of 1914, when the United
States imported nearly 46,O0OOOO
pounds and produced over 6,OOOOOO
pounds Os dyes from German imported
Intermediates
Other Coal-Tar Products.
Conspicuous progress was made in
the production of other finished prod
ucts derived from coal tar. This is
particularly true in the field of syn
thetic medlcinals, many of which are
essential to the public welfare. Among
finished products derived from coal
tar, the production of perfumes ana
favors showed an increase compared
with that of the previous year, while
the output of colorlakes, Photographic
chemicals, medicinals, synthetic phe-
nolic resins, and synthetic tanning ma
terials showed reductions in 1921.
The average price of all dyes in 1921
was SO cents per pound. compared
with a value of $1.0S per pound in
1920 and value of $1.26 for 1911.
The tendency has been to reduce both
the cost OF production and the sales
price of dyes produced in the United
States. In comparing the prices OF
these different years, it should also
be borne in mind that the develop
ment of dyes each year of greater val
..e and complexity has tended to in
crease the average value per pound Of
all dyes produced.
The total quantity of dyes imported
in 1921 WAS 3,914, ,036 pounds valued at
S5,156779 or S1.32 per pound, COM
pared with 3.4Q2,5S2 pounds valued
at 5,763, ,437 in the previous year. The
imports of 1921 represent 10 per cent
, of the production and about per cent
of the total dye sales during the year
Germany supplied about 4S per cent
of the total dyes imported during
1921; Switzerland, Al per cent; Eng
land. 7 per cent, and all other coun-
tries 4 per cent of our Importation
of dyes.
Exports of Dyes Decrease.
Exports of domestic dyes for 1921
show u decrease of nearly 10 per cent
compared with those for the previous
year. The value of our exports for
1921 was $6,27O,139 compared with
500, ,S23, ,591 in 1920. The total exports
of dyes TO. 1921 were less than for the
year 1917, when the first considerable
expansion of the domestic dye indus
try from prewRr conditions occurred.
This great reduction in our export
trade may be attributed in part to the
general business depression, but the
chief cause was the appearance of
German dyes, with which the domes-
tic producers have been unable to COM
pete, in such principal world maSkets
as China, India, and Japan.
The total production of synthetic or
ganic chemicals other than those de-
rived from coal tar, which are used as
medicinals, perfumes, flavoring ingredi-
ents, solvents, and in numerous Indus
trial processes, was 21,545,1S6 pounds;
the sales amounted to 16,761, ,O96
pounds Talued at $13746235 The
development of this industry in the
United States has been similar to that
surrounding the dye industry, as our
supply of synthetic organic chemicals
was controlled primarily by Germany
prior to the war.
Junior Naval Reserve Growing.
The Junior Naval Reserve seems
to have come to stay. 1t was in
corporated In 1915 as national or
ganization. In 1919 n reorganization
took place and new policies were in
stituted. The most important change
in the plans was the arranging of n
nationwide program for the organiza-
tion of neighborhOod units or local
training stations throughout the Unit
ed States. In nearly all the 4S states