Show I UI U. S. S IMPROVES DYE INDUSTRY DESPITE HANDICAP War Has Aided America to Encourage Project in inI Which G Germans Excelled I I NEW EW YORK N. N Y May 27 The The entire dye situation in the United I States looks very promising and there is every reason reason to believe that the deI development de do- will be permanent said Dr Louis J. J Matos 1 of the National Aniline Aniline Aniline Ani Ani- I line Chemical company who was in charge of a large and interesting dyestuffs dyestuffs dyestuffs dye- dye stuffs exhibit at the textile show in inthis inthis inthis this cit city These revolving cases here with their specimens of dyes lured from American raw materials materials- from the bottom up form up-form form a satisfactory satisfactory tory answer it seems to me to queries I concerning what America has done since the war put a astop stop to her importation importation tation of dyes from Germany Dr Matos latos continued in an interview with a representative of this bureau Dye manufacturers have absolutely I duplicated German dyes type foi rOl rOlI type in shade strength and working I quality Parallel tests have been made of materials dyed in the American I products and in the German side by side these have been exposed for 30 iU I days out of doors to the combination of light and weather and it was CoundI found Cound I that the American colors faded only in the proportion as did their German GermanI I prototypes One distinct accomplishment of I American dye manufacturers he continued continued con con- I Is the making of synthetic indigo that is really a great achievement achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment for this country A plant is now being erected that will be tO e able to supply supply sup sup- ply at an early date at least half of what the whole country will need Another real achievement is the production production production pro pro- of red from which i the familiar turkey red is obtained I One thing that has made the manufacture mat man of dyestuffs in this country particularly difficult during these war years is the tho fact that in former days the dyes that we made were produced from Crom imported intermediates Since the war began however and we were cut off from foreign supplies of this I sort we have been obliged to build buildup buildup buildup up an intermediate industry The rite result is that as this exhibition exhibition I tion shows we have now a number of intermediates of our own and hop hopt I to add rapidly to the list of fast dyes that we are getting out There are re reI certain things that we still sUll lack I among them I In the dyeing of what are arc known as mode shades shades' for ladies' ladies dress dressI I goods in which blue or violet plays an I important part we have not yet been able to se secure ure an absolute fast blue I or fast violet but we hope to at an anI early date When we accomplish that we can produce all other fashionable I colors every tone and hue in absolute absolute absolute lute fastness |