Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 5 | Home Supply of Dyes Increasing

HOME SUPPLY OF DYES INCREASING WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 9. Important i ncreii ses in the prod net ion of coal tu r dves In the United States slneq the be-irinnins be-irinnins of the Kuropran war are reported In Hn offfelal statement today by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Nearly fill the American eoke, ovens are now equipped to proline the coal tar hasH from which dyes are manufactured. manufac-tured. Meanwhile, the demand for I he same bases for the manufacture of explosives ex-plosives has kept prices so high that the d'estuff industry has been hampered. I '"The present produetton of American j coal tar dvestuffe." eays the statement, "is at the rate of approximately 0000 ! hort tons per annum. Sixteen mont hs j a(fo the rate was 3000 tons. It Is now ! eonfidentlv cspeeted lhat by the end of l?lt". the output will rea..-h Ifl.OOtt tons." Many manufaeturers have Informed the government that unless a substitute could i be found for the German source of sun- plv ihelr lnduKirb-s would be forced to. clone down. Vigorous efforts have been maxle to increase the home supply.