Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1917 — Cost of Dyes Before the War. [ARTICLE]
Cost of Dyes Before the War.
The dyes used on this side of the water cost the consumers between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 in norma! times. This sum, says the Engineering Magazine, does not measure the total value of the Industry, because in addition to the dyes produced there are many drugs and chemicals obtained as by-products of the manufacture which swell the total to probably $50,000,000 annually.
