Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1915 — To Study Coal Tar Products. [ARTICLE]

To Study Coal Tar Products.

Thomas N. Norton, late American Consul at Chemnitz, Germany, has been appointed a commercial agent of the .department of commerce to undertake a special investigation of the chemical industry in the United States, particularly in respect to coal tar products. It is hoped by the department that his report will be helpful in the development of synthetic dyestufT manufactured in the United States. Those who wish to offer Suggestions to Mr. Norton may address him in care of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C. He is an expert chemist, and the author of two monographs on chemical subjects.