But out of these scores of generally quite small and isolated factories, there have sprung, by the fourth year of hostilities, a few large, well equipped and fully financed organizations which will be able, within a very short time, indeed probably before these lines appear in print, to fully provide this country with the main standard dyes, quite as good in every respect as the same dyes made by the best German color houses. And, unless very adverse tariff legislation should be introduced, they should be in a position, after the close of the war, to hold their trade against any foreign competition. It will, of course, take several years before they can supply in this country the very finest special dyestuffs, of which but small quantities are ever needed or used, and which in most cases are fully protected by patents, as well as by secret methods of manufacture. But, with the exception of the vat colors, of which artificial Indigo and the closely allied Brom-indigo are at present the only ones made in this country, the dyeing trade will be, in a short time, well supplied with excellent standard colors “made in America.”

The three important American dyestuff houses already started with the addresses of their New York offices are as follows:—

American—American Aniline Products. Inc.,
80 Fifth Avenue.
Marden—Marden, Orth and Hastings,
61 Broadway.
National—National Aniline and Chemical Co.,
244 Madison Avenue.

And also, soon to engage in the manufacture of dyestuffs on a large scale:—

The Dupont de Nemours Chemical Co.,
of Wilmington, Del.

Lists of the Best Dyestuffs, in the Different Classes, Made Thus Far by the American Manufacturers

At the present moment, November, 1917, but few of the home-made colors are as fast to light as the specially selected dyes of the great German houses, listed on pages 66, 89, 103 and 127. Those in the following lists are the best made at present, in the United States, and will be steadily improved upon as time goes on.

Direct Cotton or Salt Dyes.—

American—Benzo Fast Yellow, A
Direct Sky Blue
Marden—Stilbene Yellow
Direct Blue
Direct Brown
National—Delta Red, 2 B
Niagara Fast Yellow, F
Niagara Blue, 2 B
Erie Black, G X OO

Sulphur Colors.—