THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE DYE STUFF PROBLEM
Negotiations ware begun on July IS
ttrough the trad# advisors In tbs stats
department and the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce for co-opera
tion between dye manufacturers of the
United States and Switzerland to meet
the serious scarcity of dyestufTs result
ing from the cutting off of German coal
tar dyes.
American manufacturers seek to
utilize the Swiss dye works pending
the development of the industry in the
United States. The Swiss plants here
tofore have received from Germany
supplies of "Intermediate" coal tar
products to be converted Into the
finished dyes. Germany now threatens
to cut off this suply on the ground
that the finished products are being
exported by Switzerland to France and
England.
The new American dyestufTs Indus
try, fostered by the department of
Commerce since the beginning of the
European war, is now in a position to
furnish substlntlal quantities of "In
termediates," and the plan Is to have
this product shipped to Switzerland
for the finishing process.
A statement of the situation issued
on July IS asserts that the effects of
the dyestuff famine are becoming more
and more apparent. The statement
says:
In some instances textile mills are
forced to shut down until new sup
plies of color can be obtained. This 19
especially true of works consuming
large amounts of Indigo, the lack of
which has now become very acute.
Manufacturers, according to the
bureau, are substituting brown denim
for the well known blue variety because
of the indigo scarcity, but the new
color has met with little approval from
merchants and consumers. Such
changes are being made In many In
dus tries The statement adds;
In the meantime the few American
manufacturers of coal tar dyes are
steadily expanding their plants and
are producing dyestuffs In quantities
hitherto unknown. Equally note
worthy Is the steady increase in the
manufacturer of Intermediates, aniline
oil, etc., by linns lately started In this
field.
In one instance an American firm
Id aid to have developed the manufac
ture of a coal tar "direct black" dye
which replaces the Oerman dyes here
tofore used, particularly In the hosiery
industry. The statement continues:
Information from abroad leads to
the conclusion that the activity of the
great German dyestuffs works has been
diverted largely into ths manufacture
of munitions of war and hospital sup
p'les.
Despite that, the bureau says, Ger
man manufacturers have on hand a
stock of dyes “adequate to meet the
p.-esslng needs of the moment and to
cover the needs of American consum
; ers for months to come," and adds:
Everything points to the conclusion
j that German manufacturers will, In
the event of a cessation of hostilities
try to promptly stock the Amsrlcan
market and will vigorously endeavor to
! regain all ground lost during the past
embargo The department of com
merce Is carefully watching the situa
tion and will not hesitate to recom
mend such action as may prove neces
sary to prevent "unfair competition”
! by foreign producers on our soil
against the developing American dye
stuff industry.
The bureau Is co-operating with the
Federal Trade Commission to devise
means to protect the new Industry at
the war's end.
An Importer’s Statement.
Tha importing house of Felix Fe*
andle, at 206 Fulton streat, New York,
writing to a New York ink manufac
turer, has the following to say con
cerning the shortage of materials for
the making of colored Inks:
Gentlemen—Referring to your in
quiry as to the prospects of the color
business, X can frankly state that they
never were so bad.
1 am positively afraid to ask the
exorbitant prices that now prevail,
owing to the lack of raw material.
Bronse blue and similar blues now
cost three times the former cost with
worse in stole. Vermilion costs double
with little available and all process
reds and blues are out of sight.
You should by all means prevail
upon the authorities In Washington to
see to It immediately that non-con
traband goods be permltsd by England
to come over here, otherwise Ameri
can business men will simply be out
of pocket. Your* truly.
F. FEZANDIK,
Per O. Spends.
0’*o*very of a New Dye.
At the plant of Charles Eneu John
son & Co., printing ink manufactursrs,
609 South Tenth street, Philadelphia,
n series of tests have been Just com
pleted wltha new printing ink dye by
the Inventor, Steward! H McDowell
The resulta were highly satisfactory
and it is said that the new pigment
will prove to be a great boon to the
textile Industry, as many mills gave
been forced to close owing to their
supply of dyestutTs being out oft
through the great wara abroad. Mr.
McDowell has invented many pro
cease* in connection with dyestuff*
paints and printing inks.
The event of the **s*on. Shrine
8*11, A. B. hall, February 12. Adm. |2<
CHICAGOFF ISLAND HAS
RICH COPPER DEPOSITS
SEATTLE—Old Man Superstition,
who has resiued on Chicagoif island,
Alaska, ever since tnat place of moun
tainous land was mat discovered by
Russian freebooters, has received an
other jolt. Copper nas been uiscovered
on the west coast of the ieiand by
E. E. Fleming and Arthur Whitehead,
both fbimeny of Nome. Furthermore,
they shipped llu.Ouo worth of mining
equipment and supplies to the scene
of their discovery yesterday.
Chlcagoft island on which is sit
uated bitka, the former capital of the
territory, has always been rich In su
perstition and legend. It was here that
Alaska's only known ghost was ever
seen. It was the wrath of a Russian
princess whose sweetheart disappeared
on the day of her wedding, and she
died that night. The princess used to
make annual trips to Baranoff castle
the scene of her life tragedy. She quit
when the castle was destroyed by fire
Another superstition in regard to
Chlcagoft Island was that no mineral
existed there. Nobody knows just how
the story started. It probably arose
from the fact that Qovernor Ivan
Baranoff, who ruled the Thllnkets with
an iron hand, and the Russians too,
for that matter, discouraged prospect
ing.
The story goes that a native once
brought a place of gold bearing quarti
to th« governor's office, and was pub
licly flogged as a punishment. He
declared there was no metal bearing
rocks on the Island and the supersti
tion grew.
Americans Acapt Theory.
American prospectors, after the
country was ceded to the United Statei
In 1867, for some unknown reason
accepted thia general opinion. They
never searched the Island, or, if they
did. they were unsucessful until 1904
when gold was discovered by tomi
natives at what Is now known as- thi
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Chlchagoff mines, financed by the late
Henry Bratnober.
It was Mill a generally accepted
theory that there was no copper or
other metal on the Island. After the
discoverer of the Chicago!! veins a
search was made for gold bearing
recks, but nobody thought of looking
for copper. Everybody agreed there
was none. It was not a copper coun
try. AH the copper was over In the
Price William sounr region. Why
j waste time looking for it on the lel
j and?
But Fleming and Whitehead have
kicked a hole In this theory. They
found some tremendous chunks of
copper ore on the beach, fouteen miles
from the Chlcagoff mine. Some of the
pieces of ore had barnacles on them.
They searched around and discovered
the ledge of copper or© from which
RADIO STATION
FOR ANCHORAGE
Tha commission is Installing a radio
station at Anchorage In connection
with the telegraph and telephone sys
tem. Poles have been erected on the
rear of the townelte manager's office
and the wires are now being strung
The station Is more of an experiment
than anything else, and If It works
satisfactorily, a well equipped plant
will be Installed early In the spring
It is for the accommodation of ship
ping. It ts figured that steamers
carrying wireless equipment may be
able to communicate with Anchorage
after they enter Cook Inlet
All the ships coming Into Seward will
be compelled from this time forward
to cut down the number of passengers
The Nodthwestern, which was permlt
ed to carry 388 passengers, can only
carry 288 In future and all the other
ships have had to cut accordingly on
account of the new eeaman's law. The
law reduces the number of passengers
; in accordance with the number of life
boats serried.—Gateway
they were shed. It runs out under
the sea. much the same as ths Kila
mar mine. Ths ore can be loaded
from the vein Into a barge and deep
water shlpa can be anchored 1,000 feet
distant.
The outfit shipped yesterday In
cludes an air compressor, boUMi and
full mining equipment A big crew
of men wll Ibe kept at work on the
property and It Is expected that a shaft
will be sunk to a depth of 700 feet
this winter.—J. J. Underwood In Seat
tle Times.
HEUO!
Help Promote Prosperity
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MIGHT AMD DAT THH NUGGET IS PUT TIN O FORTH ITS BEST EFFORTS TOWARDS THIS UP
■rrrr.nrvn OF NOME AND THH DEVELOPMENT OF THH RESOURCES OF SEWARD PENINSULA
Concerted Efforts Wi II Get Results
WH nrrmi THH miner PROSPECTOR and ALL OTHERS to INFORM the NUGGET CONCERN
ING THHIR EFFORTS AND UNDERTAKINGS IN THH DEVELOPMENT OF THH HIDDEN WEALTH OF
THIS SECTION.
LET THH WORLD KNOW WHAT TOU ARE DOING SO THAT OTHERS MAT BE ABLE TO SHARE IN
TOUR KNOWLEDGE IT WILL ALSO STIMULATE OTHERS TO SEEK AND OPEN NEW FIELDS FOR
EXPLOITATION.
EVERT HOUSEHOLDER; EVERT CABIN OWNER IN THH CITT SHOULD ALSO SEE THU WISDOM
OF HAVING THE HOMB TOWN PAPER DELIVERED AT THEIR DOOR DAILY AND THEREBY ASSIST THE
PAPER IN HELPING TO DEVELOP THE VIRGIN RESOURCES OF THH COUNTRY
Concerted Action Will Not Only Help The Country,
But Will Also Help us nil Individually
| FIRE ALARM SIGNALSj!
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11.Standard Oil Go.
a.Carsten* Geld Storage
14.J. J. Sea non Oa.. afflee
1«,,,. Headquarters Saloon
It... Th* Lobby
M .Pioneers Igloo i
*1 Fire Oc-partjnent j
>1.Discovery Saloon
U.Turkey's Olgar Store
41.Third Ave. and Lane s Way '
.. Bnglna House, Phone Main 97 ..
I whist lee, water.*, Ore out
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COMING EVENTS
II 11
U. S. MAIL MOVEMENTS
Mail for Kougarok and Teller leaves
the first and fifteenth of each month.
Mall for other seotlons of Seward
peninsula and the outside closes Mon
days and Friday, at 4:80, registered:
and ordinary mall, live o’clock p. m.
Malls arrive Thursday and Sunday -
Malls leave Tuesday and Saturday
morning
ALWAYS IN 8TYLE
U you have your suit pressed, clean
ed and repaired by us—
VVe will make them lock like new
We do dry or gasoline eleaninsr
We do steam cleaning.
We make alteration*.
We do cleaning, preaslng and re
pairing for Ladles and Gentlstneu.
Wo make a specialty of making anti
repairing furs.
First-class workmanship
All work guaranteed. Our pinna are
reasonable. Once a cu« to rue. always;
a east out.
Come end see us, we will give ycm|
our prices before we do yeur work.
AFo appreciate yonr patronage.
NOME TAILORING CO.,
Between Segerstrom & Hagen and
Jtehner’s Jewelry Stores
AT THE NEW EAQLE
Old Lewi* Hunter Rye and the Ha
naoue Atherton Bourbon whlekya, Ot*
tilled epring 1904-1904, bought in bond
a**d reduced t0 90 per oent. by U. 0.
government by the bottle or gallon
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: AND BAKERY
Recommend its elonn and whets
•om* brood and oaitry *f oil
kinds
Wa cater to family trade
(ardor* far entertainment*
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I Save Money by ■;
Purchasing your \
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F. J. KRIGEK STORE j|
Wittenberg
Manage*. ] ;
(lur Big Sait is
always »n
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Chas. W. Reed
Machinist A Blacksmith
Uasottne Engine*. Moi*t*
Hollers. Pipe snJ Pipe
Fitting*
No. 5 Front St,
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j Ge° Mali & Albsrt Hartman,
Prcpriotora
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' LEWIS HUNTER RYE AMO
ATHERTON BOURBON
Oiract from Bonded Warehouse ,
' RAINIER DRAUGHT BEER
Finest Brands of Wines. Liquor* 1
and Cigar*.
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