Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-25 | Page 5 | Dyes Now Made in United States

DYES NOW MADE IN UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, March 25. Manu- ! facture of German tdyes by American ; companies has already been begun. A dye famine, which haB existed since 1914, will be relieved. The fedoral trade commission an-nounced an-nounced the first issuance of licenses ( under German dye patents. Proper for- I mulas have been arrived at after ' months qf experiment. In practically all instances Teutonic firms have given insufficient descriptions and it JM was almost impossible to 'determine IH tho correct formulas. ' In some cases where attempts were made to combine ingredients explo-sions explo-sions occurred. Failures were numer- 'jH ous. In other cases the formulas worked out satisfactorily in laboratory tests, but failed when commercial pro- jH duction was attempted. , The licenses for American uso of the enemy patents are for tho entire life of tho patent instead of only for ' the duration of the war In practically every instance. Concerns benefitting by the license will pay the alien prop-erty prop-erty custodian 5 per cent of their H gross receipts from the sales of tho jH articles involved, or 5 per cent of a valuation determined by the trade commission. H