White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-10-24
America Now Supplies
Its Own Dye Demand

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American dye exports now reach
18 million pounds annually, while to-
day fully SO per cent of American con-
sumption is being supplied by the do
nestle industry, according to DR..
Charles H. Herty, president of the
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufac-
turers' Association of the United
States, who in a report of progress to
the American Chemical Society as
serts that in nine years "a modern
miracle has been worked"
ut is difficult to give accurately the
capitalization Of the industry" says
DR.. Herty, "for in many cases it is i'm
possible to decide what part Of the
capitalization Of company should be
apportionized tosthat side of its activi-
ties represented by the manufacture
of dye products"
United States quality is fully equal
to that of foreign products, he de-
clares, and prices show a steady re-
duction. Research has been an. i'm
portant factor in the development of
the last two years, he reports.
Through a process of survival of
the fittest the number of manufacture
ers engaged in this work has now be-
come pretty nearly constant" DR.
Herty continues. "The motley crowd
which rushed into the field because
Of the enormously high prices with
the great demand for products regard
less of quality has been reduced to a
substantial group Of companies vary.
| ing from the small manufacturer OF
two or three specialties to the larges.
with the most varied assortment OF
offerings.
Zone of the most striking develop
ments OF the last few years has been
the constant improvement in the quail
ity of the products. 1t should be 8
false pride which would deny the in
ferior quality of many of the prod
ucts manufactured in the early days
Of the industry.
while it is true that many Of the
troubles experienced in 1915 and 1917
were due to the wrong use of dyes
both American and leftover German
stocks, nevertheless, fairness compels
the statement that many of those
American products were extremely
faulty in their quality. To this point
our manufacturers have given theil
especial attention, knowing that II
the long run qslality must decide.
To-day consumers throughout the
country bear willing testimony to tn
fact that the quality of American dye!
fully equals those of foreign manufac
ture, and in many cases Is better.
There is probably no better illus
tration of the healthy working of gov
eminent protection than this industr.
affords, for 1t has received special pro
lection from government authorities
both administrative and Legislative
because of the realization of the bear
ing Of this industry on economic in
dependence, national defense an
public health.
"Those who early predicted tina
the industry would soon show a con
solidation into a few large units, o
perhaps one great unit in imitation o
German organization, missed thei
guess. The spirit of the Sherman
Antitrust law has been kept invic
late
"The industry, spurred on to inten
sive efforts to cheaper the cost o
production and improve the quality O
the products, has constantly ad
vanced, and it Is just claim that con
sumers have gained the full benefit o
these advances, for the Tariff Com
> mission has been able to report eacl
year a reduction in the average pric
per pound of dyes made in America.