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Jo moke uniform point products Cfou need o uniform odor/ess so/t/enf/ ft ODORLESS MINERAL SPIRITS 9 ALWAYS UNIFORM! Phillips Soltrols assure uniform results. Every precaution is taken to protect the excellent physical properties necessary to assure you of uniformly good results at all times. DEPENDABLE DELIVERIES! You can be sure of on- time deliveries when you deal with Phillips. Full scale pro duction and up-to-the-minute manufacturing facilities assure you a reliable supply at all times. CONTROLLED DRYING TIME! Use Soltrol 130 for conventional drying characteristics, Soltrol 170 for longer wet edge... or a combination of the two. Compartment cars containing both Soltrols are available. _ FREE SAMPLES. We want you to test the Soltrols and see for yourself how they perform in your product. Send for your free samples today. *A Trademark - -: s PETROLEUM COMPANY e Special Products Division Bartlesville, Oklahoma Bartlesville 6600 GLD32406 CHICK rrtM 30 --' ^ ' Mini < " ' I I .1. --.--.I . - iiir^<Ti''-Tn--w'''-`'iiiijTrrtl;r-'-<-^ PAINT. VILa b s THEMTCAL Review r.r..H, naMTOd^iNKie nvtnruMMita Far (Urtr-HTw yaan tka only wooUy joarnal in Amarici davoUd oachuivaly to A* Paint u mI VarnUh iiJwIrlN, O. UiQ. HOWARD. ?mHwl PuUithorf araty WmIu k Ut by Paint A Cbomical PobSaUay Ca. at 417 So. D.arfcora St.. Cbienya. TaUylnM Wabaab ttSC * F. ADAMS. Tnaaara* Now York Office, 1133 Broadway. ALBX. SMITH, Kaaactr. Mmi no loaaad-CUaa Hollar Jaaa M, 10M. at tAa tnt <MTI> o Ckknc, JU. VaAar Aat ot March 1.1m. Snbacriptioa Ratoa $3.00 Par You U. S. A. 34.00 Par Year Canada. $4AO Par Yaar Foraiyn- Vol. 70 No. 1 _ CHICAGO. JULY 7.1020 ^ ~ 10c Per Copy Time Brings Changes T is with pleasure that Tu k Re v ie w greet* its friends I this week in a new guise and under a new name. The change is one which has lx-en made after long name, in advance. Furthermore the use of the three words paint, oil, and drug by three leading publications in different sequence and careful consideration ami for reasons which^we l>e- was confusing both to the trade and the general public. lieve will commend themselves to our readers as being Therefore while any change in an old and valued friend for their best interests as well as our own--as our in is apt to be looked upon with regret by the conservative terests are of course mutual in every sense. The new mind, still it must be admitted that change is one of name. Pa in t , Oh . a n d Ciik mic a t . Re v ie w , correctly if the laws of progress. "The times change and we change not completely describes our held of endeavor, eliminating with them" and a publication like ours must always be the word "drug" which had long been a misnomer, ex in the foremost of the march of progress. cept as the drug trade have been handlers of paints, As to our change of form to a "standard" 9x12 siae, oils and chemicals, and which had led to frequent mis- this too is in the line of "standardization" which we be "understandings and mistakes. ' lieve in thoroughly as m accord with the best modem On the Other hand the substitution of the word "chem methods. It has many practical advantages which our ical" formally recognizes the advent of a great""new advertisers will be quick to recognize and which will en element in the commercial life of our country, the growth able us to give our readers better all round service. of a new industry closely allied to the paint, varnish, We shall hope to receive the congratulations of our color and pigment industries, and the demand among subscriliers and are always ojien to suggestions for fur our subscribers for more information and more complete ther improvement. Finally we wish to say that the handling of the new problems and possibilities thus de changes arc entirely external and do not extend to our veloped. Our Chemists' Forum has indicated our recog personnel. While there have been some additions and nition of this need for the past year ami the cordial improvements in our staff the control of the paper is welcome and steady growth in support accorded that de exactly as it was in February. 1914, when the present partment has already more than justified the change in owners purchased the property. Mistakes of Lacquer Makers discouraged over individual failures and mistakes. Learn all you can and put your knowledge to practical use. A case in point is the failure in the new lacquers of VCQUER made from nitro-cellulose is not a new L product in one sense because it was made back ' in the last century hut in its present principal type many attempts to make good lacquer from solutions of old films and similar used materials. Comparatively in experienced makers are still using these products and the and the uses to which that type h Adopted it's in its in public are finding that this class of lacquers does not hold fancy. Along with other growing infants it has its in up. The unfortunate result is a prejudice on the part of fantile diseases, growing pains and what not! . the public against all lacquers--whereas the fault is only The public brought up on paint traditions try to apply them to lacquer and find themselves much at sea. Evapo- ration against chemical drying, solvents which destroy old (tainted surfaces, mixing of colors which used to pro in this type. The lacquer made from new nitrated cotton is as lasting as any pigment ever made. Some day we .may learn to make as good from old pyroxylin films but we doubt it. duce certain other colors hut fail entirely with lacquer, At present in the interests of the. public and for the are examples of the kind of troubles which bother and good of the industry we advise our readers to play safe. liewilder the buying public and even the painter himself. Buy the best material obtainable. Educate your customers Ignorance on the part of manufacturer, salesman and in the use of the new protective cosuing and study their user are bound to lead to errors and misunderstandings. needs as to the exact type of pyroxylin compound Hut make no mistake, lacquer is here to stay, and we they need and you will be working Ccm^tthcfivelv will learn to adapt ourselves to it and use it. Don't be both for yourself and the whole industi^tT GLD32407 A New Paint Theory N THIS ISSUE appears an address made ly Mr. John IR. MacGregor of the Eagle-Richer Lead Co., which pre sents a totally new idea of the |>aim subject. It has side udj r. Therefore a paint should contain other vehicles i ban linseed oil. which should Ire vehicles to help spread the paint and at the same time when the paint has been applied always been understood that linseed oil was the life of paintt.o the surface will evaporate, leaving the paint applied with Advertising campaigns have been based on this theory and the minimum amount of oil necessary to form a good film. the dealer has used it as a selling argument for many years Mr. MacGregor takes up the subject of cracking, chalk past. In the paper read hy Mr. MacGregor before the 1'cnn- ing, jiecling and other interesting phases of the paint subject sylvania . State Convention of Master House Painters and in such a manner that many of the old, well-known theories Decorators, in January, he upsets all the old theories and have been upset. - advances proof that "paint" is the element which protects The discussion which followed the reading of Mr. Mac the wood and it is the linseed oil in the paint which is de Gregor's pajirr is most interesting and we are informed that stroyed--therefore the less linseed oil used to form a good film" the longer the paint will wear. Of course it is a well-known fact that linseed oil alone, when painted on a board and exposed to the elements, will soon pass away and fail to protect. Mr. MacGregor also shows that you can't get maximum spread and maximum thickness out of any one gallon of paint, for when you brush out a paint over an excessive area the life, of that paint is as cet no one hsts come forward and offered any denial of the facts ipiotcd hy him. and in view of the. fact that he scents to have substantiated his statements, his paper offers' an op|x>rtunity ior scientific study along lines which are totally new and well wonh considering. Unlike many papers read by white lead men. Mr. Mac Gregor does not in this one boost his own product to the projiortionately decreased. The theory advanced is that the disadvantage df another. He treats the subject of paint in paint which carries a minimum amount .of linseed oil and a a broad and thoroughly scientific manner, whether he is right maximum amount of pigment will give better service for out or wrong. The Great Aniline Merger HE need of an actual offensive and defensive alliance other hand white they will be the strongest individual T of chemical interests, to meet German and any other factor in the business with a capital of twenty millions competition after the war, is so absolute that the re and while the new company will have among its officials cent merger of some of the largest dyestuff concerns sinuch leaders in the industry as the two brothers I. F. the United States in a twenty million dollar combination Sclioellkopf and C. P. H. Schoellkopf, Dr. \Vm. Beckers seems almost a matter of course. and I.-Prank Stone, there are thirty odd competing plants in The name chosen for the new gigantic consolidation is the country already and new ones are springing up every that of one the moving powers in the reorganization, day so that it will be anything but a monopoly and still namely the National Aniline & Chemical Co., of which the efficiency of the great organization is apparent. They Mr. I. Frame Stone is president. will produce many chemical products besides dyes, in The name National truly expresses the scope of the great cluding explosives, acids, coal tar distillates, pharmaceu project. The companies which will he combined in tical preparations, and supplies for the electrical, photo clude the Schoellkopt Aniline & 'Chemical Works, of Buf graphic and many other industries. falo.; the W. Beckers Aniline & Chemical Works, of Brook This is probably only the first of several great con lyn: Benzol Products Co., of Marcus Hook. I'a., and the solidations of this character which will put the color and departments of the < ieneral Chemical Co., and diarrett Co., chemical industries in America on a par with their rivals which have produced crudes and intermediates. This will on the Rhine, provided always they can have the intel give the new organization control of production from the ligent co-operation of the government, which is so essen outset so that they will be independent of all other in tial. The result should be of great advantage, to the paint terests. from raw material to finished product. On the trade and all the allied industries. Motor Cars and the Paint Business THE paint trade is gradually beginning to appreciate the experts can discuss the relative merits of eight and twelve great advantage of the motor driven vehicle. Both trucks cylinder engines. and medium weight delivery wagons are coming into With good reason the industry is now classed as one of general use and the speed and convenience afforded as cothme greatest in the United States. Last year some 892,009 pared with horse-drawn vehicles, make it only a question motor vehicles were sold in this country. The estimated of time when practically all the heavy hauling as well as production for the current year is 1,200,000. The retail the delivery work will be handled in this way. In this re value of the cart sold last year, including the trucks, was spect the paint industry has not responded as promptly as 8691.000. 000, of which the passenger cars were valued at some others but the idea is at work and wherever two or 8565.000. 000. three manufacturers, jobbers or dealers get together nowa-days the question of motor trucks is very apt to be under discussion. Any man who owns a pleasure car, and there are thou sands of them in the trade, is already half converted to the truck idea. No other industry has ever enjoyed a growth so amazing These totals afford a measure of the volume-of the busi ness and another measure is found in the by-products. For example, automobiles are credited with having consumed last year in this country 980,000,000 gallons of gasoline and nearly 29,000.000 gallons of lubricating oil and approxi mately 12,000,000 tires are used each year. as has the manufacture of vehicles that run by their own That the motor vehicle is rapidly becoming the universal power. This year is the twentieth anniversary of the mo means of getting persons and things from place to place is tor vehicle's birth. Throughout these two decades the indicated by the fact that the proportion of such vehicles to. advancement in the industry has been progressively aston the population of the country ts as one to forty-eight, while ishing, from the day of the "one-lunger," as the single cyl Iowa, with its registration of 117,407 cars, has one ear for inder machine was termed, to the present time, when the every nineteen persons, thus standing first. S2A GL032A08 LT. WELLS MARTIN RETURNS. GLIDDEN CO. BUYS* WHITTIER COBURN.. Lt. Wells Martin of the Martin-Senour Co., has returned to Chicago after receiving his honorable discharge; from the Army. Since last April Lt. Martin has been working in the Bureau of Aeroplane Construction specializing on "dope" or 'T* HE purchase of the Whittier Coburn Cq. of. San: 1 Francisco by the Gtidden Varnish Co. for. a consid eration said ,to be in the neighborhood of $300,000 isone of the interesting developments of the past week, - . chemical varnish for aeroplane wings, an assignment which Alexander Sclater, formerly vice-president of the Uniotk was given him because of his experience in the varnish in Oil Company at Los Angeles up to March 1, has been made dustry. Lt. Martin returns to the trade as General Manager a vice-president of the Glidden Co. and will be general man of the Martin Varnish Co. and is receiving the congratulations ager of the San Francisco house. of his friends on' his record in the service and his well earned It is said that Messrs. W. B. Weir, president of Whittier- I promotion. Cobum, and W. J. Weatherley, secretary, are to retire from the business. OBITUARY. William Elmendorf. Willard Klincudorf. president of the Elmendorf Varnish Company of this city, was killed Monday evening. Dec. 83, when he was struck bv an automobile. Mr. Elmendorf,' who lived at 37t>$ North Racine Ave., was returning home from -his oflicc and was crossing the street after getting off a street car when lie was run down, one wheel ot the auto passing over his body. The driver immediately stopped and assisted by those who witnessed the accident placed Mr. Elmendorf iu the car and started for a hospital, but he passed away be fore reaching there. Horn in Chicago January 7, 1800. the son of William Alex ander and Sarah Hillings Elmendorf, he grew to manhood in the city of his birth. < in his graduation from high school he entered the employ of the Elmendorf Varnish Company established l,v his father in 1812. For a numiter of years he successfully represented the com pany on the road and was admitted to partnership in the firm in 1899. succeeding to the presidency of the company on the death of his fattier in 1!H1. Mr. Elmendorf was a master of the technique of varnish making, having made this work hia life's study. - NEW WHITE PIGMENT. The records of the U. S. Patent Office ceil attention to the grow ing importance of titanium oxide as a new white pigment. U. S. Patent No: l,117,iej is described as a white pigment -suitable for use in paints made by treating compounds of titanium containing iron and sulphurous oxide with suphuric acid in the pretence tf zinc sulphate. The resulting mixture is heated with NaCI to temperature from 300 to 700 degrees or sufficient to effect the de composition of the mast and the formation of titanium oxide and Zinc oxide. The soluble substances arc then washed out. In patent Np. 1,317,104 to the titanium oxide is added water of hydration OS parts, zinc oxide S parts and treated with t.S%HPO I. W. W. IN THE PAINT TRADE. George Manos, discharged as shipping cleric by the Mid land Linseed Products Company, at 140 West van Buren street, is alleged to have written a demand for $2,500 and signed the letter "An I. W. W. Member." Benjamin P. Epstein, assistant district attorney, asserted Manos threat ened to blow up the company's plant if the money was not left at his home. 1214 Clybourn avenue. He was arrested there and held to the federal grand 'jury. Reduce Your Costs and Solve Your Labor Problems at the Same Tune One Unskilled Laborer EIGHTEEN 36-In. Water Cooled Stone Mills Everything but Straight Japan Colors can be ground on this Type Mill. They Require No Dressing. There is No Loss'of Material in the Mill. They Grind Finer. Therefore Use Less . Tinting Colors. Let Us Show what this Machine will Save in YOUR FACTORY. THE J. H. DAT COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO GLD32409 8: DEATH OP MILO S. CLAPP. Just as >vc arc going to press we receive the sad news of the death of M. S. Clapp, President of the Warren Paint costs per cwt. half as much again as lead. On the other hand a eoat of zinc will cover adequately half as much again in area of painted work, so that this more than equalizes the cost. If white lead to the value of jfl covers work to the value of i3, hc white to the value of il 10s. covers work to the value of i3. On the other hand, there is a distinct saving in carriage and handling, and the use of zinc white paint is a lighter job and consequently a quicker one." Milo S. Clspp. Co., of Warren, O.. after an illness of five months at the ape of 71. liverv one looked on Mr. Clapp as one of the ablest as well as'the most venerable figures in the paint business. A full biography will appear next week. ZINC PREFERABLE TO LEAD. An English publication formerly devoted to the exclusive use of lead makes the following statement: It is a striking example of the change of opinion which comes about from a careful investigation of this important subject, the value of which is greatly accentuated by the new English restrictions in the sale and use of white lead. "From lengthy experiment with zinc whites for exterior work, especially on greenhouses, inside and out (than which no severer test can be tried), I am personally convinced that a mixture of zinc oxide- and sulphide with a percentage of barium sulphate or asbestine, if used in pure linseed oil of the best quality and care be taken as to the proper thinning of the sequence of coats, will outlast the same covering of commercial white lead in linseed oil. "The increasingly difficult problem of an adequate supply of linseed oil of a high purity and of pale color is a far more prolific cause of the failure of zinc whites than the pigment, itself, for, as I have before remarked--and the remark bear* frequent reiteration--'Oil is the life of paint.' "The cost of zinc as against lead is just now a matter for consideration. Roughly, zinc white of the quality desired NUBIAN TRANSFERS TO GLIDDEN. The (Hidden Company, in accordance with their contract, have purchased from the Nubian Paint & Varnish Coni|any of this city, Jf.VbClUo feet'at the northwest corner of l.edaire Avenue and Moffett Street: K'x.'hfn feet, l.l feet south of the. St. Paul Railway and in Moffett Street: *>30x110 feet,. 140 feet west of Ixslaire. A total nf $1 Ik .Vmi was naid for the three properties The (Hidden I'onipattv announces ten tative plans for improving the corner lot with an office build ing and the loxT.'o lot in l.edaire Avenue with a four-story paint factory. REICHARD-COULSTON COMBINE. Of interest to the color and chemical trades was the. an nouncement this week of a merger between the firms of 1. VV. Collision & Co. and F. A. Reichard. The former is a (catling factor in the importation of dry colors and the tatter a large imjiorier of colors and chemicals. Both houses agreed to dissolve and incorporate under the name of Reichard-Coulston, Inc., beginning business the first of May. at 303 Fifth avenue. New York City, the present ad dress of F. A. Reichard. The incorporators of the new firm are \V. I. and J. W. Coulston, of 80 Maiden lane; A. Paluel De Marnton. also of hi Maiden Lane: and F. A. Reichard of 303 Fifth avenue. The capital is $300,000. Sales offices will be conducted in the principal cities in the country. The Texas Company has -increased its capital stock from $55,500,000 to $69,375,000. making it the largest capitalized domestic corporation doing business in that state. The Texas Company has plans under consideration for greatly enlarging its facilities for refining and marketing its prod ucts. ABOUT THE GRAY8. Gray is gray to the average person, and yet there are many grays. Some have a cold bluish cast, a warm, red, yellowbrown or a green tone.. The particular shade of gray which looks so well with certain color combinations doesn't hold its own when placed amid new color surroundings. The tendency ,for years has been to simplify color formulas. For outside painting there may not be great reason to do other wise, yet without adhering to simple formulas too closely much more beautiful tints and shades are produced. The grays made with lampblack only are crude and cold and can never equal those produced with both lampblack and-raw timber. When mixing grays for interiors it is very necessary that Three out at every five dealers bundling Hereoehoe Brand Paints and Vamiskss are doing a larger paint business than any othendsalar in the same town. If net already represented in your town im mill be gtud to oxpluin oar oxeluaite ugeney proposition. Writo- im about it Mound City Paint and Color Company Mwrfc O. Cmm, fmMW Wm. fc. Cnn, Ji.. Hh -Sw Um SAINT LOUIS C. N. Cyw, Mlniwfc Omsk* Kmmm city OmXmt L-- AmrnmUt 84A GLD324I0 they be given a tone or cast to relate them to the color moat' in evidence in nigs and furnishings. Colors mixed from a white base and a single tinting color do not have the life and charm of those mixed with two or three tinting colors. A gray may contain a touch of red in its composition which you cannot sec as such, but it has its effect in the impression given. This fact is noticed when you try to match some fine colon. Your mix comes very near matching, yet you can see or fed that something is lacking. You don't know what color ought to be added to tone Op your mix, because you cannot see it Here arc five gray formulas to keep in mind. The last two are especially fine: 1. Lampblack and white lead. 2. Raw umber and white lead. 3. Lampblack, raw umber and white lead. 4. Ivory black, a touch of medium chrome yellow and white lead. 5. Raw umber, a touch of blue and white lead.--National Review. GOHEEN PLANT BURNED BY SPIES. German spies arc suspected of having caused the 4200 000 fire which completely destroyed the Goheen Manufac turing Co.'s plant at Canton, Ohio. The plant was producing f>aint for the United State* Navy, used mainly for submarines and for camouflaging ships. The fire was one of the most spectacular ever seen In the city. The flames spread with rapidity. When the fire reached the basement of the plant, drums of turpentine blew up. Nobody was injured. An investigation to trace down the plotters who are believed to have caused the fire was started immediately. PASSONNO MADE CLEVELAND MANAGER FOR BENJ. MOORE ft CO. Announcement is made of the appointment of Fred J. Passnniu* as general manager of the Cleveland office of Benjamin Moore & Co. - This appointment conies as a.distinct advancement to Mr. Passonno, who has been connected with the Brooklyn office of the company in the capacity of salesmanager, to which po sition he was graduated a year ago in recognition of his ; meritorious work as salesman in eastern and southern terri tory. Mr. I'assotmo's entire business career has been syent in the paint industry, he having started as a lx>y in a retail store in his home city. Watervliet, N. Y. His new position as head of the Cleveland office will give Mr. Passonno ample opportunity for the display of those aliilities which have made jKJssible Ins remarkable progress in the paint manufacturing business. OTTO ISENSTEIN ft CO. CHANGE NAME. Otto Isenstein & Co., importers of Varnish Gums, have announced that Mr. Otto Isenstein has by authority of the Supreme Court changed his name to O. G. Innes, and that the Corporation changed its name.to Innes & Co., Inc. There will be no change in the ownership or management, and the business will be conducted the same as heretofore. First Sale of An Enemy Alien Bronte Powder Factory.' By consent of the United States Government and order of the Supreme Court the alien enemy bronze powder fac tory of B. Ullmann & Co., Inc., located at Clostcr. N. J.. has been soM and transferred to Henry H. Mandle and M. A. Harwick, who have organized a new company under the firm name of Uhited States Bronze Powder Works. Inc., with main offices at 220 West 42nd street, New York City. It is a source of great satisfaction at this time to know that, while heretofore bronze powder factories have been usually foreign-owned, the new enterprise is distinctly'. American in management and ownership. Why should this not be so, when we have in this country the metals and all the materials needed for the most diverse and compli cated processes, as well as the mechanical skill and execu tive ability to transform them into finished product? mim Matte in Cawky-Clark Plant C. P. Chinese Blue C. P. Mtlori Blue C. P. Bronze Blue C P. Prussian Blue These Chemically Pure Iron Blues represent the maximum, of strength, clearness of.tone and dependable uniformity. They arc carefully made and thor oughly toothed by a Du Pont Process tchich ensures softness of texture. We also manufacture C. P. Soluble Blue Bluflex Blue Blue Lakes Violet Lakes Purple Lakes Our facilities and modern methods en ables us to manufacture on a large scale, thus ensuring satisfactory and prompt shipments. E. I. d u Po n t d e Ne mo u r s S'Co . (iNCOnPOOATCO ) 5<*fes/l^,llthopone.Dry(blor$ and foments Division WILMINGTON DELAWARE MVWI MM Caay's Perry car*!* IfaCmk*. MIu| utnnm U *a macuamco. r t-MA - Mu atmc GLD324I1 8SA Formula Department Formulas, Processes and Comments on Paints, Oils, and Varnishes by Dr. V. G. Scott (('mfiHiu'rf from issue febmary SO) CONCENTRATED VARNISH DRIER. Weight |>rr gallon, 7.C(t lbs. Formula 100 lbs. H. Rosin. 5 lbs. Slaked Lime. 30 gal. V. M. Linseed Oil. 30 lbs. Manganese Dioxide. 100 lbs. Red Lead. 100 gal. Wood Turpentine. 100 gal. Naphtha 34 (benzine). No. 1005 SCI gal. 13 gal. Loss. 24(5 gal. Product. Directions: Melt the rosin, sprinkle in the lime and run to 430* F. Hold at 430* F. (or about 10 minutes, then cont inence adding the linseed oil in small portions. Continue the heat so that the. addition of the cold linseed oil will not solidify the rosin, then, when all the oil is in, raise the temperature to 320* F. Full from the fire and commence adding the black oxide of manganese, a little at a time-. Stir very frequently and as soon as the temperature begins to^all. put the kettle hack on the fire and again'raise the licat to 32n* F. (this means that in a large kettle the heat will rise to 400* F.-tn 423* F.l. therefore aim to cook at 420* F. to 430* F. tin no event above 480* F.). until the manganese is taken up. known by a sample on glass showing a transparent anther color. When the manganese has been taken up. begin adding the red lead in small portions, stir very frequently, whip down the foam when necessary, and aim to cook at 420* F. to 430* F. until the lead is taken up. The cooking is completed when a tough "pill." free from tackiness is obtained. It must not be a bard brittle pill." otherwise the japan will not mix with raw littsecd oil. When the cooking is finished, pull from the tire ami then thin with the turpentine, usually at a temperature of 430* F. to 420* F.' When alt of llic turpentine is in and the heat is down to 32(1* F., or lower, follow with the benzine. B. CONCENTRATED DRIER. No. 100 Weight per gallon, 7.1'.t lbs. Formula - Percentage 120 lbs. H. Rosin ......................................................... H lbs. Slaked-Lime ......... ......................................... 120 lbs. Red Lead ......... .................................... -......... HO lbs. Manganese Dioxide ........................... .......... r,o gal. V. M. Linseed Oil .......................................... 72 gal. Heavy Naphtha. 45* 1?.................................... I h a gal. Naphtha. 54* F. < Benzine) .......................... **<* a-6fl 20.20 20.4(5 4(5.08 313 gal. 20 gal. Loss. *203 gal. Product. t Directions: Melt the rosin, sprinkle in the slaked lime and then run to 450* F. and hold for 10 minutes. ` Add the cold linseed oil in small quantities, stir well and continue the heat so that the temperature will remain at about 300* F. When all the oil is in, and the heat is up to 300* F. or 320* F. pull from the fire and commence adding the red lead, about 2 pounds at a time. Stir constantly, and as soon as all of the lead is in, put the kettle back on the fire and heat slowly and cautiously to 330* F. Heat will probably rise to about 425* F., at which point frothing will begin; therefore stir very frequently and whip down the foam. Cook at 400* F. to 450* F. until the lead is taken up. usually in t'A hours to 3 hours, then com mence adding the manganese dioxide, about a pound at a time. If excessive frothing takes place, pull the kettle from the fire and beat down the foam, then replace on the fire and continue the addition of manganese. When the manganese is all in, cook at about 430* F. until taken up. About 2 hours cooking wilt be required to take up the soluble part of the manganese, and the resultant **pil1** must not be brittle, otherwise the japan will not mix with raw linseed oil. Thin at 430* F. or 420* F. with the 'heavy naphtha, and at 330* F. or lower, with the benzine. EXTRA STRONG CONCENTRATED DRIER. Weight per gallon, 7.SO lbs. Formula 30 gal. V. M. Linseed Oil. loo lbs. Red Lead, loo lbs. Plain Hand Rosin, No. 750. 73 lbs. Manganese Dioxide. 100 gal. Wood'Turpentine. 100 gat. Naphtha. 54* F. (Benzine). No. 1007 2(51 gal. 13 gal. Loss. 24(5 gal. Product. Directions: 'Pul 40 gallons of the linseed oil in the kettle, reserving to gallons of the oil for future use. Heat the 40 gallons of nil in the kettle to 420* F. then com mence adding red lead in smalt .quantities. Sprinkle the red lead on the surface of the hot oil and allow it to .remain for 2 or 3 minutes he (ore stirring. Cook at 420*F. to 4K0* F. with frequent stirring and whip ping down the foam when necessary, until the lead is taken up. which usually requires about an hour, then iced in fhe rosin and stir until dissolved. After the rosin has dissolved and the temperature is up to about 420* p. commence adding the manganese, a little at a .time, stirring frequently and whipping down the .froth when necessary. When about half of the maganrsc is in. add t.tc 10 gallons of oil held in reserve, and bring the heat up to 420* F., after which continue the addition of manganese. _ Cook at 420* F. to 480* F., preferably at about 430* F., until the manganese is taken up, known by a sample'on'glass showing a transparent amher color. About 2 hours will.be required to take up the manganese, and the cooking is fin ished when a tough "pill.'' free front tackiness, is obtained. The "pill" must not be hard and brittle, for if it is the'japan will not mix with raw linseed oil. When the cooking is finished, pull front the fire and thin at 430* F. or 420* F. with the turpentine, which will drop the temperature to 320* F., or lower, then follow with the benzine. 6A GLD32A12 LIVERING OF BONE BLACKS WITH GRINDING JAPANS. In reply lo your rctjuvst oi April -2 i'r ait vxplaiution <o "the caute of livrrmK r>f hour Macks with griudiiiK Japans. " for the purpose of conducting a tlisrnxMon on the Miltjcct in the Chemists' Forum, we would state that we have been unable to ex plain this phenomenon to our satisfaction. We know that the claim is frequently made that bone black- high in carbon content are more prone to liver than those of low carbon content. The hitcher carbon rontrnt blacks being supposed to contain recovered sugar house blacks. We lure not lieru able it yet to confirm this claim. Assuming that the- grinding Japan i- properly made, we have been unable to decide whether the phenomena connected with the livcring of certain hone blacks arc due to the physical characteris tics of the carbon present in the black or due tu chemical reactions between the constituents of the black with the constituents of the grinding Japan. Acting on the supposition that substances other than the recog nised normal constituents--calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, and carbon--influenced the livcring, two bone blacks were sub jected to a detailed analysis. W. I. exhibited the phenomena of livering. being a low-priced black and No. 1 being a black of the good quality which did not livrr The carbon contents of both were within one |>cr cent of each other. The results are pre sented herewith: J II l*er Cent Per Cent Fat (ether soluble extract t............... .. ....... o.o: tl.OS Soluble salts ........ ... ..................... ........O.ltl fl.Sfi Soluble carbonate .................... ............ _None 01 Soluble carbonate ................................. ........ o.; 0 44 (Calculated to sodium carbonate.I The soluble salts in rach case wrre essentially sulphates and chlorides of sodium and potassium. Another tion-livcriug hone black of the best quality was ex amined and was found to contain n.tr! per cent calcium hydroxide and S pcr cent solulde carbonates, calculated to sodium carbonate. Examinations of other blacks gave similar results, and it appears doubtful in the writer's opinion if the impurities present hare any influence on the livering. Very truly yours. _________________ C. D. Holley GLIDDEN CO. ENTERS NEW FIELD. The Glidden Co. have taken a new step toward the control of raw materials in leasing the plants of the bankrupt Yarvan* Rosin & Turpentine Co. for one year with an option to purchase at the expiration of the lease at a figure said to t>c about $2,000,(W0. The plants at Gulfport and Brunswick are covered in the lease. The. Yaryan Company has been operating under a receiver and turning a profit said to Lc approximately $100,000 per month, h is understood that the capacity of the plants will be doubled and that linseed - oil wilt he added to the products manufactured. EIGHT HOUR LAW IN MINNESOTA. The house labor committee held a hearing Tuesday after noon before a large crowd on the Devoid eight-hour day bill and the Lydiard bill providing bne day of rest in seven for all employes. The Devoid measure provides an eight-hour workday for employes of linseed oil plants, flour milts and for underground miners. J. W, Daniels, president ArcherDaniels Linseed Oil Co., Minneapolis, in opposing the bill declared that it would ruin this industry. Mr. Daniels sug gested that a quarter of a cent added to the price of linseed oil would meet the extra expense incurred by working short er time. Representatives of various Minneapolis milling in terests and G. M. Gilette, president Minnesota Employers* association, spoke in opposition to the Lydiard hill. PAINT COMPANY TO INCREASE CAPACITY. The I Vim Keystone Faint Company, at Antes Gap, near \Yilliams|xvrt. Pit.. wliiiji has lxvn running overtime to fill -rush orders the past few months, is making preparations to make many improvement-- in the plant in the near future, which will tnran many more employees. All the old machinery in the plant will ltc taken out and u placed with new up to-date machinery. The machinery,, which is made in St. I.onis, is expected to arrive within the next iew days and will ltc installed at once. The officials of the concern claim that the paint is in such a demand that several car loads eould Ik - shifted every week if sufficient machinery and employees were available. In the Present War Situation with aniline colors scarce and difficult to obtain, a number of our fine high grade Black pigments may be satisfactorily em ployed as substitutes for many purposes, either straight or in conjunction with other colors. If you have been using a Black of which you cannot now get a supply, why not try some of the fine pigments to which we re fer? We may have just what you want and now is the time to try them out. Write today for sample and particulars. BINNEY & SMITH CO. 81.83 Fulton Street, NEW YORK. N. Y. ASBESTINE (riOitotiD Renatas in Suspension INTERNATIONAL PULP COMPANY k s #y o c it S EAGLE PICHER LEAD PRODUCTS tor Paint Grinders, Varnish and Color Makers Sublimed White Lead . Sublimed Blue Lead Basic Carbonate of Lead . Red Lead Litharge Orange Mineral Uniform Quality Gmarantoid Prompt Skipiwswis %EAGLEPICHER LEAD COMPANY CHICAGO Nw Yk - ntkMAk Itlthm* SaffaL - CIk ImmiI Pittsburgh Si. LmI* Kama City Wmrtkimt ItMlt Im mil hlmilftl OH-- GLD32413 87A INERT PIGMENT IN ANTI-RUSJT PAINTS. A Reply. Dear Mr. Howard:---I have read with interest the com ments .on barytes, lithopahe, red lead and sublimed blue lead as related to their various properties when used as paint for the prevention of corrosion. Also note the statement that sublimed blue lead is composed of sulphides and tint a cer tain amount of inert material in red lead is beneficial. I do not desire to take up the cudgel in defence of any particular pigment, though* the statements made by Raker in your paper do not accord with my experience. As I un derstand the problem of corrosion and its prevention by paint ing, it is absolutely necessary that the pigment^ used must be strongly basic or a chromate, and this pigment must be in sufficient `amount so that every spot on the surface of'the metal comes in contact with the inhibiting pigment. If mixed with an inhibiting pigment there be particles that nre not in hibiting, but possibly accelerators, corrosion is apt to start at these unprotected points, and although the corrosion may be extemely slow at first, nevertheless the inhibiting action of the pigment has been reduced to such an extent tiiat cor-' rosion will be more rapid than if the inert or accelerating! pigment were left out. 1 *' An excessive amount of linseed oil used with inhibiting pigments will act very similar to the dilution of these pig ments with inert or accelerating products because there will lie considerable distance between the pigment particles, the interstices hetween the particles being fitletI with linseed oil. Such living my view of the theoretical action of inhibiting paints. I can see no reason from an efficiency standpoint for tt-ing inert material with an inhibiting pigment.. I do not tjuestion. however, that a certain amount of inert material may cause red lead, or jmsstbly any other pigment, to wear 1tetter when it is used in the top coat. However, rid lead is never used as a top coat: instead, over the red lead is usually a jiaitit designed to resist atmospheric conditions, regardless of its inhibiting qualities. A painted surface of this type is constructed along lines that arc scientifically sound, liecatise the metal is protected by an inhibiting pigment, and in turn the inhibiting pigment is protected by a paint film resistant to atmospheric conditions. As a suggestion, my ideal scheme for protecting iron would be to use as a priming coat a finely ground pure red lead paint. The red lead, however, I believe ought to'contain about IS percent of litharge to obtain basicity, not litharge. Standard Cooper-Bell Company Take* Over Standard Vamith Work* Busina** in Twenty-one State* rpHE Standard Cooper-Bell Company, formerly the A Cooper-Bell Vamith Company, announce* that it hat leased the Chicago plant of die Standard Varaiah Work* --and ha* lieentcd all oftheBrandt,Trade-Marks,Patent*, and Trade Namee ofthe Standard Varnish Work*. The Standard Cooper-Bell Companyhat secured the exdutive right to carry on the business conducted by the Chicago house of the Standard Vamith Works in the states shown. The Standard Varnish Works of New York will continue to handle the domestic and foreign trade outside or the state* named. The new company offer* you the full aervioe of the combined organiaation--the aante standard merchandise--and a great willingneas to co operate with you in every way. STANDARD COOPER-BELL COMPANY Factoryymd Office*: 2600 Federal St. ' CHICAGO rmm added as such, but what is known as red lead analyzing 85 percent Ph.O*. Red lead of this type is a standard article. ieing specified by the Navy. New York City, and many rail roads. Top coat the red lead with any weather-resistant paint. H. A. Gardner, of the Institute of Industrial Research. Washington, D. C., has conducted a* long series of tests on red lead of varying compositions, aStd inspection of his tests shows that a red lead containing 85 yont Rb,04, rather than a highly bmed 80 to 98 percent Ffe,0, is saost desired for inhibiting ]iaints. At k mm Jamt red Wad could not be purchased on the market with a guawrweotl l'b,0, content r the commercial grades ran all the wav from So to S.*i j>crent i`b.( and a paint manufacturer who emleavortil to make paste or liquid paint from these products could never l>c as sured that his paint would not harden in the ) Kickage, because very often in one shi|>mcnt he woutd receive, lots that would show the alxive variation. *Umvever. the production of red load now is under such control that a manufacturer can buy hi- red lead with a guaranteed I'b,< 1. emueiu. am! has wen demonstrated over a period of years that an 8a per cent I'b-.O. red lead can be used with perfect safety for mak ing paste or liquid paints. Till reason litlio|nic perished so quickly on the Atlantic City Test Fence may he attributed directly to the well-known pro|K-rtv of lithojionc to oxidize from zinc sulphide to ztnc sulphate. Zinc sulphate is soluble in water and very readily washes away. and. in addition, soluble sulphate accelerates corrosion very materially. In sublimed bine lead, the sulphides are practically negli gible, the amount is so small. It is the inherent basicity of sublimed blur lead that makes it a good inhibiting pigment. Sublimed blue lead is a basic sulphate of lead of almut the following composition, according to Gardner and Cushman: Lead Sulphate ................ ....... % Lcail Sulphide --.......... . Lead Sulphite ................. Zinc < txide...................... Carbon ............................ ....---- * /O .........*% In reading this analysis it should be rciucmltcrcd that the Vad oxide and the lead sulphate arc rhemicallv combined is basic sulphate of lend. Yours truly, Edwin 1'. I.owe. NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. SHOWS GAIN FOR FOURTH QUARTER. The rejtort of the New Jersey Zinc Company issued Mon day for the last quarter in 1919 shows income, after the de duction of taxes, amounting to 82,7911,412, as compared to 83,025.919 in the preceding quarter. After deduction for other charges hut before the payment of federal taxes, net income for the period was 82,675,418. as compared to $2,CfO,918 after the payment of charges and allowances for federal taxes of 8-100,000. in the third quarter of the year. Surplus was set down at 8207,412. Good In Combination. Barium Carbonate, in so far as its covering quality is con cerned, would be rated about, between Blanc Fixe and Zinc Oxide. When being used as a fiat wall finish in conjunction with lithopone. Zinc Oxide, etc., it produces very satisfactory results. The surface will not be so apt to dust and the re sult is a coating of a soft velvety finish. This kind of a finish is greatly needed for use on fiat wall surfaces and every ex perienced painter will attest to this fact. NEW INCORPORATIONS. Standard Color Works, Inc., Brooklyn, manufacturing all kinds of dyes, colors, chemicals, etc. Capital, $25,000. Incor porators: J. Tribe!, 296 Sterling Street; F. Schaefer,278 Ster ling Street, Brooklyn; R. R. Shearer, " Liberty Street, New York city. Southern State Paint Manufacturing Co., Jacksonville, Fla Capital, $100,000. Incorporators: C. J. Baumgartner, C. Jennings and A. C. Shannon. 88A GLD32414 F. I* BROOKE TO OPEN BROKERAGE OFFICE. . F. L. Brooke, well known to the trade as manager of the puKhutng department ot the Chicago Varnish Company, has severed his connections after 21 years of continuous' service with that concern and will engage in the brokerage business on his own account. He has secured temporary offices at 826 Peoples Gas Building, which will serve him until such a time as his permanent offices are ready. Mr. Brooke is as recognized authority on naval stores products and has been a power for good in his constructive work as a member of the Naval Stores Committee of the National Association. He has secured a number of accounts and is negotiating for others and will handle a complete line of naval stores as well as oils, colors and chemicals used by the paint and -varnish manufacturing trades. Mr. Brooke will continue to operate the retait and steam coal business which he has conducted for the past twenty years in con nection with his other business. CALO A VICTIM OF AUTO THIEVES. The comings and goings of P. E. Calo, the genial manager of the General Naval Stores Company, have been seri ously interfered with through the heartlessness of an auto mobile thief. Mr. Calo received a new four passenger Chandler roadster from the dealers on Tuesday last and on Thursday he was relieved of his treasure by a discerning thief, who selected his car from among hundreds .of others parked in Grant Park. The loss was fully covered by insurance and as soon as adjustment can be made and a new car delivered Mr. Calo will take up autoing where he so suddenly left off. FROTH AS A FIRE-KILLER. I'nitii--a thick mass of tiny stiff bubbles--i> the latest agency proposed for sliding fires, especially burning liquids like petroleum or alcohol, which have always been practical ly impossible to quench. The froth, which consists of bub bles filled with carbonic-acid gas. is made quickly, as needed, by the mixture of two liquids which are kept sep arate until used. One is a soda-lye containing froth-forming ingredients: the other is a solution of alum. etc. Both liquids, it is claimed, can lie kept exposed to the atmos phere. and require only that the water lost by evapora tion should be replenished. The solutions do not freeze until the thermometer has gone down to -- 5 Cent. (23 I'altr. >. In one of several tests described in liiujinccring. 15 tons of crude benzine were lighted in a tank and pro duced enormous smoke clouds. "After the lire hiad lasted live minutes, the foam was turned on under two-atmosphere pressure. There being ;t strong wind, the violent agitation of the burning liquid by the foam stream could lie watched on ihe one side of the tank. The spreading foam-layer stifled the fire, but there remained, at first, some isolated flame jets, especially near the edge of the tank. In six minutes the fire was extin guished. "Ten minutes later the liquid would at once relight when the foam had been swept away. The layer had a thickness of two inches five minutes after extinguishing the fire, which consumed nearly one ton of crude benzine. About 1.800 liters (475 gallons) of foam must have been used: some 4.000 liters (roughly 1.000 gallons) of foam must have been floating on the benzine immediately after extinction of the fire, and two-thirds of the original vol ume of the frothy liquid were lost owing to the use of the hose and the cxixisurc to the air and flames. The experts concluded that the frothy liquid should he applied undci small pressure, so that it may spread quietly without caus ing splashes and eddies which would rekindle the already stifled flames. The number and dimensions of the pipeand hose should be selected so as to insure a quiet dis charge of the frothy liquid. * * * "It would thus appear that huge oil and spirit fires cai be dealt with by this system, with the aid of installationsuch as would not unduly complicate petroleum tank plants, oil and spirit stores, docks, etc. Some provisioi must he made for fire-extinction in all these cases and th additional cost would probably be moderate." The Famous Paintor Liquid Strainer For Fine and Rapid Straining Ha* No Equal Will (train from five to ten gallons of paint or enamel per minute through 120 meth screen. A wonderful labor saving device. All parts are detachable. Strainer cloth interchangeable. To clean and change from one class of work to another requires but a few minutes. The machines are built in two aizes. AH machines are furnished with undertanks and faucets for can filling. Over fifty of these machines are already in use among the best known paint manufacturers. We refer by permission to the Adams & Elting Co.. Devoe & Reynolds Co., Wadsworth-Howlsnd CoBradley & Vrooman Co.. Sears. Roebuck & Co., and Heath it Milligan Mfg. Co., all of Chicago, 111. Otterson & Turner Mfg. Co. 108 South Clinton St. Chicago Rapid Liquid Mixer With Portable Tanks made in twe sizes Tanks 60 to 150 gallons capacity Manufactured by the Kent Machine Works Builders of High Grade Paint and Varnish Machinery. . 37 io 41 Gold Street, Brooklyn, N.T. GLD32415 89A The Chemists' Forum This deportment is maintained in order to meet a very general expression of the need for an open forum for the discussion of scientific and practical problems of a chemical character espe cially as related to the paint, oil. varnish, pigment, chemical and mineral dry color and gum in dustries. It numbers among its staff of contributors the best known chemists in the business and is open to all who have a message for the allied trades. t h e d e t e r min a t io n o f t it a n ic o x id e in PIG MENTS WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MIXED PIGMENTS By L. E. Barton The commercial introduction of the pigment litanox ha* stimulated interest in method* for the determination of titan ium and analysis of mixed pigments containing titanox. To meet the demand for a reliable method, the Titanium Pigment Co.. Inc., has upon request, supplied copies of the volumetric method here given under the head of "Volumetric Method for Determination* of Titanic Oxide." This method has been recommended for its accuracy and rapidity and because likely to prove generally reliable even in the hands of comparatively inexperienced operators. The method hat the further advantage that the determination of titanium is not interfered with h.v the presence of other ele ments likely to be present and i therefore applicable to the analysis of mixtures of pigments.' The disadvantage of the method is that it requires the assembling and maintenance of special apparatus and reagents: these, however, are usually not difficult to obtain and arc easily kept in condition. Analysis of Titanox Determination of Barium Sulphate Weigh y, gram sample into a 250 cc. Pyrcx glass lieakrr: add 20 cc. concentrated sulphuric acid and T or u grams sodium sulphate. Mix well and heat on hot plate until fumes of sulphuric anhydride are evolved and then heat directly over flame to boiling for five minutes or until solution is complete. Traces of silica, if any, remain as an insoluble residue. Cool, take up with 100 cc. of water, boil and fiber off b.-irium sulphate and silica, washing with 5 per cent sulphuric acid to free residue from titaniumVolumetric Method for Determination of Titantic Oxide The volumetric method used for determination of titanium is essentially that described by H. W. & E. B. Shimer, Pro ceedings of Eighth International Congress of.Applied Chem istry; the method hereafter rescribcd differing principally in the form of reductor and also in a few details of operation. Reagents: Standard ferric ammonium sulphate solution. Dissolve 30 grams of ferric ammonium sulphate in 3*0 cc. water acidihcd with 10 cc. of sulphuric acid: add potassium permanganate drop by drop as long as the pink color disap pears. to oxidize any ferrous to ferric form; finally dilute the solution to one litre. Standardize this solution in terms of iron. The iron value multiplied by J.4329 gives the value in titanic oxide (TiO,h and iron value multiplied by .(UHMfi gives the value of the solu tion in terms of metallic titanium. Indicator: Saturated solution of potassium thiocyanate. Reductor: As a reductor a 500 cc. Pyrex glass dispensing burette is used. The internal dimensions of the burette are lH inches by ft inches. The reductor is charged with about 1300 grams of amalga mated zinc, making a column about 12 inches high and hav ing an interstitat volume of about 135 cc. The zinc is sup.ported by a platinum gauze covered with a Vi inch mat of - fibrous asbestos. On the mat is placed a one inch layer of 10 mesh zinc followed by a six inch layer of *0 mesh zinc and finally by a five inch layer of stick zinc. This form o( re ductor is convenient, and when used as hereafter described is adapted to maintaining a hot solution, which is essential for complete reduction of the titanium. The reductor is connected to a litre flask for receiving the reduced titanium solution through a three-hole rubber stopper, which carries also an inlet tube for carbon dioxide supply, and outlet tube for connecting with the suction pump. The reductor is prepared (or use hy first passing through it a little hot dilute sulphuric acid followed by hot water, finally leaving sufficient hot water in the reductor to fill to the upper level of the zinc. The hot filtrate from the barium sulphate determination is now introduced: about 100 cc. of Water being drawn from the reductor into the original beaker to bring the solution to about the upper level of the zinc. Tlte water thus removed will not contain any titanium if the operation has been con ducted as described, but it serves as a safeguard and is also convenient to acidify this water with 10 cc. sulphuric acid and reserve it on the hot plate to he used as an acid wash after the reduction of the sample solution. The titanium solution is allowed to remain in the reductor for 10 minute-.. While the solution is being reduced, the receiving flask is connected to the reductor and the air completely displaced by carbon dioxide* conveniently drawn front a cylinder of the liquefied gas. When the reduction is complete the receiving flask is con nected with the suction pump, and while still continuing the flow of carbon dioxide, the reduced solution is drawn out. followed by the reserved acid wash and then three or four toil cc. washes with hot water. The displacement of the sample solution and washing of the zinc is so regulated by means of thr stop-cock that the reductor is always filled with solution or water to the upper level of the zinc. When the washing is complete, gradually release the suc tion to prevent air being drawn hack into the receiving flask. Disconnect the flask, add 5 cc. of potassium thiocyanate solution as indicator and titrate immediately with standard (errie ammonium sulphate solution, adding the solution rap idly until a brownish color is produced which will remain for at least one minute. The brown color developed at the end point indicates that an excess of ferric ammonium sulphate has been added and the depth of color is roughly proportional to such excess. Ordinarily the excess ferric ammonium sulphate amounts to almut .05 cc. which is deducted from the burette reading before calculating the titanium, thus increasing the accuracy of the result.. It is desirable for each operator to establish for him self, by running a few blanks, thr proper amount to deduct from the burette reading as a correction. As the composition of titanox is kept constantly very close to 25 per cent titanic oxide and 75 per cent barium sulphate, the percentage of titanox can he calculated with sufficient ac curacy for all pratical purposes by multiplying the titanic oxide by four. Gravimetric Method for Determination of Titanic Oxide Notwithstanding the convenience of the volumetric method, before given, where frequent determinations of titanium are required, many requests have been received for a gravimetric Cylinders Of liquified carbon dioxide, such as suppltsd to soda fOQnttlni. are convfnUnl. 90A GLD324I6 Method simpler at regards apparatus and reagents and de *at*Me, 'where only an occasional analysis of titanox or determination of titanium is required. The following gravimetric method for determination of titaniom which has been used for many years for the determination of titanium in ferro alloys, has recently been investipated in the laboratories of the Titanium Pigment Co.. Inc., and adapted to determination of titanium in pigments. The knethod is highly accurate if properly operated but requires a little practice to get best results. It is recommended that tv method be first tried on samples of known titanium content. Method Decompose the sample and proceed as before described until the filtrate from barium sulphate has been obtained. To the filtrate containing the titanium, add an excess of ammonia, filter and wash precipitate with hot water. Redisaotoe the precipitate in hydrochloric acid (1 to l) and again precipitate with ammonia. Filter and wash with hot water combining filtrate with that from first separation. The precipitate of titanium hydroxide is again dissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid (t to 1). receiving the solution in a MO cc. beaker and keeping volume of solution less than 150 re. To the solution, while at a temperature of about 50* C. add ammonia gradually while stirring till the precipitate which at first forms just redissolves. Continue the neutralization bv addition of ammonium carbonate finally adding drop by drop while stirring till a slight permanent precipitate forms' Add a drop or two of dilute hydrochloric acid just sufficient to dissolve the precipitate; tlien add 2 ec. hydrochloric acid (1 to 1). The proper neutralization and adjustment of acidity is very important. If the solution is too acid a little titanium, is liable to escape subsequent precipitation; if not acid enough the precipitate of titanium is liable to be slightly contami nated by iron or aluminum if present. The neutralization and adjustment of acidity is facilitated by the presence of iron in the soiution, and if not present in the sample it is advisable to add enough to give a little color to the precipitate which is momentarily formed by addition of ammonia and am monium carbonates. Dilute the slightly acid solution in ton cc. and pass sulphur dioxide* gas until the iron is reduced to the ferrous state and the solution smells strongly of sulphur dioxide: or add liquid sulphurous acid and make up to 400 cc. with water. Heat to boiling and boil till excess sulphur dioxide has been expelled and the solution smells very faintly of SO,. By this means the iron is reduced to the ferrous stale and the titanium pre cipitated. Filter while hot, washing wiih hoi water. Dry and ralcinc the precipitate for one-half hour at not less than 1100* t* Weigh as TiOs Suggestions for the Analysis of Mixed Pigments Containing Titanic Oxide While the foregoing methods are directed particularly in the determination of titanium, it is believed the procedure in decomposition of sample, separation of groups and final sepa ration and determination of titanium will be found service able in the general analysis of mixed pigments. In case of mixed pigments containing titanic oxide proceed as follows: Weigh one gram sample into a 400 cc. Pvrex glass beaker, add 10 grams sodium sulphate and 40 cc. concen trated sulphuric acid (05 per cent). Heat on hot plate for oat-half hour and then increase the heat, as by placing the beaker directly over the coils of an electric hot plate and boiling for about 10 minutes. The solution should acquire a temperature of about 335* C. Cool, dilute the solution to 300 cc., boil 20 minutes, filter white hot and wash residue and precipitate with 5 per cent sulphuric add. On the filter will be silica and undecomposed silicates and all the lead and barium as sulphates. This resi due and precipitates can be analyzed by well known methods *Uquld aulphur dioxide can be obtained In cylinders from the leedtng OtMialeal supply houeee. The Virginia Smelting Co. has iieuittr develop,id a now cylinder tor liquid sulphur dioxide, de- SSSad'hr mlfoonrvcanxtpernecaea ot laboratories. for refilling and The cylinders return. ' can be if desired. The filtrate will contain the titanium, iron, alum inum, zinc and calcium. To the filtrate while stilt hot add an excess of ammonia, filter and wash precipitate with hot water. Re-dissolve pre cipitate in hydrochloric acid (1 to 1) and again precipitate with ammonia. Filter and wash with hot water combining filtrate with that from first separation. By this procedure the titan ium, iron and aluminum will have been separated from the zinc and calcium. The use of an excess of ammonia as described would tend to carry a little aluminum into solution but in the presence of titanium and iron substantially all the aluminum will hr found in the precipitate. If desired, the filtrate can be tested for presence of aluminum and then used for determina tion of calcium and zinc. The precipitate of titanium, iron and aluminum hydroxide is again redissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid and the titanium separated and determined as before described and with all pre cautions given under the head of "Gravimetric Method for the Determination of Titanic Oxide." The filtrate after separation of the titanium can be used for determination of iron and aluminum if desired. In case it is not desired to determine iron and aluminum separately the hydroxides obtained after second separation by ammonia can he calcined and weighed as total oxides of titanium, iron and aluminum. The titanium can be determined by the volumetric method before given and deducted from total oxides thus giving the iron and aluminum together by difference. TITANIUM BY NORWEGIAN PROCESS. W. H. Washburn, a representative of the Titan Co., of Sogndal. Norway, recently prepared a paper to he read be fore the Paint and Varnish Society of-Grcat Britain, which was in part as follows: The material used for the manufacture of titanium pignients, is the mineral ilmcnitc, which is a compound of iron and titanium dioxide, with the approximate chemical formula FrOTiO>. The titanium pigments now.produced arc classi fied as: ft) So-called titanium whites, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide. (2) So-called composite pigments, being chiefly titanium dioxide precipitated on a barium sulphate base. For making titanium dioxide the finely pulverized ilmenite is mixed with ordinary concentrated commercial sul phuric acid. The mass is heated, whereby a violent reaction be tween the acid and the ilmenite takes place, thus transforming the titanium and iron contents of the ore into titanium and iron sulphates. The coagulated mass is afterwards dissolved in water and freed from undecomposed minerals through a setting process. The clear solution, containing the titanium and iron sulphates, is afterwards heated to boiling temperature hy means 'of indirect steam, which causes the titanium to pre cipitate in the form of titanium hydrates, chiefly mcta-titanic acid--TiO,--with water of combination. The titanium pre cipitate thus obtained is washed until free from iron. The precipitate contains small quantities of free sulphuric acid and of acid sulphates of titanium, which are neutralized hy the addition of barium carbonate. The neutralized precipitate is afterwards calcified to remdve the water of hydration, and further to convert the titanium dioxide so produced into a crypto or micro-crystalline condition. The process for the manufacture of the composite pigments is broadly as follows: Ilmenite is smelted in an electric furnace with certain fluxes, whereby is produced a titanium concentrate, which is after wards dissolved in sulphuric acid. This forms a solution of titanium sulphate comparatively free from iron, most of the iron having been eliminated from the concentrate in the smelting process. The titanium sulphate solution is mixed with blanc fixe and the mass boiled by indirect steam, thereby precipitating titanium hydrates upon a base of blanc fixe. By subsequent calcination the amorphous precipitate is con verted into the crypto or micro-crystalline state. After cal cination the pigment is carefully pulverized and air-floated, so as to yield a product of the highest possible fineness and uniformity. ' The paper next dealt with the physical properties of the titanium pigments. It was claimed that they possess a low specific- gravity (less than that of white lead, zinc oxide. Kir lithoponc), a micro-crystalline structure, and high refrac tive indices.- They were also commended for fineness GLD32A17 91A VOL. LXVII--No. 8 CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1919 "Save the Surface and You Save AH" HE long heralded and expected "Use More Paint Cam ttoii is selected for the key-note of-this campaign because its T paign" has at last become an accomplished fact. .The appeal is -widest. It reaches direct to cupidity and of- details arc outlined in another column and shove a well . jxwsqssion--universal attributes. Beautifying, already well developed plan carefully worked out. sold, reaches to a sense of taste and pride of appearance, a* The "Slogan" on which the greatest stress is laid by the narrower field. It is the purpose of this campaign to create- advertising agents is "Save the Surface and You Save AH" this habit of thought--namely, that of regarding the surfaces of which the proposers say:- of the things we own as the points where deterioration and "It is fundamental in sense--tying up with the broad view loss begin: therefore, where preservation, which is prevention point of the campaign. It is comprehensive--applying to any of loss, must be applied." thing that needs surface protection.' It is impartial--laying no There is a certain compelling logic about this statement emphasis either on paint or varnish or any of their specific which indicates careful study on the part of the men who are applications. It is rational, avoiding obvious cleverness. It is to handle the details and augurs well- for the results. alliterative, easily taken into the mind. It is adaptable, fitting. . Another interesting feature of the campaign is that two naturally into sentences of copy belonging to this campaign weekly publications with a circulation approaching two mil or belonging to the campaigns of subscribing members, It lions will carry the bulk of the advertising for the first year escapes the detriment of selfishness, the reader's mind being with the slight addition of ads in the "patent insides" of a turned not to your products but to his property." . list of country papers. This may be the easiest way of plac All these statements may be true, but "Use More Paint" ing advertising, possibly even the cheapest, per mtHtnn of really seems to meet the needs of the case quite as well with readers but we cannot agree with the advertising agents that the one exception that it must be taken to indude varnish it has the greatest compelling power because the average which it does in the minds of the public generally and "Use American is a man of tastes and prejudices and he is influ More Paint" would take no explanation as to its meaning enced more by his "favorite" paper than by any other and only which "Save the Surface" will. On the other hand "Save by increasing the number of mediums can you increase the the Surface" may arouse curiosity and set the public think number of favorite papers of many classes and descrip ing and that is almost desirable condition. tions. However, be that as it may we recognise toe "Rust and decay, wear and disintegration begin at the Sur- . good constructive work that has been done oh this campaign face. Preservation begins at the surface. To quote again many . and the wise foresight and liberality withwhich It is being' motives now exist which lead people to coat surfaces. Chief, supported by the trade and predict a great' increase in general' among them are--preservation and beautifying. Preserva- sales of paint as a result. MILWAUKEE R. R. HOLDS SPRAY MACHINE TEST. ' The introduction of labor and time saving machinery by the railroads and other large users of paints and varnishes in an industrial way is becoming more general as the scarcity of competent and experienced help increases. At the request of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. a comparative' test of various makes of spraying machines was made at Milwaukee last week. The test was in charge of J. L. Green who represented the general manager. Demonstrations were made by three spray machine manufacturers on bridge paint ing, box car painting, stenciling, building painting,, etc. The audience included representatives of various departments from the entire Milwaukee system. Alt were well impressed with the practicability of the spray machine and the extension of. its use to take the place of maintenance labor that is so hard' to get at this time. The companies represented and speakers demonstrating the equipment were as follows: De Yilbiss Mfg. Co.. Toledo, Ohio. W. J. Miskella, Chicago manager: Paasche Air Brush Co.. Chicago, Mr. Bartling; Spray Engineering Co., Boston, Mr. Stokes,. KENTUCKY COLOR AND CHEMICAL CO. BEGINS PRODUCTION UNDER MOST FAVORABLE AUSPICES. Mr. Sevier Bonnie, Vice-President of the Kentucky Color & Chemical Co., Inc., states that their fine new plant at 34th and Tyler streets, I-ouisvflle, is at lac turning out an excep tional quality of colors.- He says "Our results with the first Ixitches of dry color exceed expectations. The colors are remarkably strong and dean." The fact that the company have installed the very latest word in modern machinery, filters, mills and mixers, and that they include in their man agement expert color makers of long experience and recog nized standing would account for these very gratifying re sults. The personnel of the company officials consists of Arthur W. Clark, President, who was well known during his connection with the Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co. of this city as head of their dry color department, Dr. Geo. A. Goodell, Secretary, who was in charge of the Sherwin-Williams Co.'s Kensington dry color plant. Sevier Bonnie."Vice Presi dent, and Robert Bonnie, Treasurer. The 'Bonnie brothers are widely known and -successful business men of Louisville. They will be a welcome addition to the ranks of paint ma terial producers. F. A. Stresen-Reuter, President of Stresen-Reuter & Han cock, Inc., has gone to Maeatawa, Michigan, for a two weeks :outing and a much needed rest. Mr. Stresen-Reuter has re cently completed a new bungalow at Maeatawa, where he ex pects to spend the summer with his family NEW VARNISH* COMPANY FORMED. HE John A. Steen Varnish Company of Chicago has T been organized with an authorized, capital stock of 950,000. ' The incorporators are John A. Steen, Sid ney Adler and R. Aronson. Mr. Steen is well known in Chicago paint circles, having represented the SUndard Varnish Company in this section for twenty-one years and having had an experience of over thirty years in the varnish business. It has been impossible ib the short time before going to press to locate Mr. Steen, but through other sources we learn that the company have leased the plant of the old La Salle Varnish Company on Shields Avenue and wilt manufacture two lines of varnish only at present, grinders' and architectural. TRIGG PRESIDENT PHILADELPHIA CLUB. At the regular quarterly meeting of the Paint Manufactur ers' Club of Philadelphia, held on June 18th, Mr. Ernest T. Trigg was unanimously elected President, succeeding Mr. Wil liam Waterall, who had declined re-election at the annual meeting, but whom the Club had - since been endeavoring to induce lo withdraw his declination. Mr, Waterall was elected Honorary President of the Gub and an honorary member.of the Executive Committee. 92A GLD32418 TWO PAINT CONCERNS CONSOLIDATE. , .On Wednesday. January 5th, the well-known paint manu facturing concern of Benjamin Moore & Co. purchased the control of the Becker-Moore l'aint Co., St. Louis, Mo. This was brought about by the* belief that it would be to the advantage of both the company and its customers, as it gives to both additional advantages, among others being that The Beckcr-Moore Paint Co, will have the advantage of lalxiratorics and all other equipment of'the larger and older concern. . A varnish factory, which is now in operation, has been added to the works in St. Ixmis, and in addition, adequate facilities for the manufacture of wall finishes. The manage ment of The Becker-Moorc Paint Co. will continue as here tofore and there will he no change made in' their brands, trade marks or labels. The high standard of the goods will be maintained and the same courteous treatment as hereto fore will be given to the trade. The Itccker-Moorc Company, which already has a plant occupying virtually a block on South Second, Carroll and Soulard streets, is to be enlarged greatly and new plants arc to l>c constructed. Under the consolidation, Benjamin Moore, president of Benjamin Moore & Co., becomes presi dent, and Richard Moore, former president of the concern and a brother of Benjantin Miiore. becomes vice-president and general manager. F. S. Skeeu retains his position as secretary and C. A. Becker will continue as treasurer. Benjamin Moore & Co., is a <(3,000.000 corporation and manufactures extensive lines of paint and calcimine. ___ The only change among the St. Louis officers of the com pany is the abolishment of three vice-presidencies. They are K. C. Becker, who is retiring owing to his advanced age and fortune: L. 1`. Teusoher anti \V. H. Scott. Therewill he tio change in the departmental managers. A 2Z--LeaiFm. fcs ZZ--lUcr 5% UM. An I---!% Leaded Ago Zinc Oxides are mote than ordi narily worth while, and the prompt service we offer b unexcelled. AMERICAN ZINC, LEAD A SMELTING CO. Pisrct Bldg., St Leals, Me. EqabaUe Bldg., New Yesk NEW INCORPORATIONS. The G Masek Glue Company, Oeveland. Ohio. Capital $75,000. Incorporators: Charles Masek, Barbara Masek, . Charles Masek, Jr., Albert H. Gyssler, Anna Gyssler. The F. P. Collins Taint Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Capital $00.000. Deal in paints, oils, lead, varnishes, glass and all painters' suppties. Incorporators: Frank F. Collins, Wm. K. Collins, John E. Collins, Syracuse. The Crescent Color & Chemical Works. Inc., New York. Capital $100,000; manufacturers of pulp colors, aniline dyes, paints, etc. Incorporators: W. J. and A. Alexander, 450 West End avenue. New York. PICHER, A GREAT NEW ZINC CAMP, 'The Picher Lead Company seems likely to become one of the world's biggest zinc and lead operators, if the extensive development work and large mineral holdings of that com-, pany are an indication in that direction. For years the Picher 'Lead Company has conducted the greatest lead works in the southwest and within the past few years these works have bden much enlarged Until they have grown to be one of the -biggest in America. , Now the Picher company has gone into the production of zinc on the same gigantic sole and has already expended about $250,000 in securing mineral lands and leases and de veloping them in Oklahoma. The magnitude of this company's holdings and the importance of its interests in that locality.' have resulted in the establishment of a near and prosperous' A COMMENT ON THE "FORMULA FOR SCIEN TIFIC REDUCTION OF PAINTS, ETC." In the Pa in t . Ou. a k i> Dxuc Rev iew of May 5th. the QieraUt's. Forum contained a "Formula for Scientific Reduction of Paints, the use of which unquestionably eliminates waste from "over weight." I wonder, however, whether Mr. Tate is really'serious when, in speaking of "discovering the law of scientific reduction," 'he says: "1 find the following formula will give the exact amount' of liquid to add in order to reduce a paint from any weight to any desired weight, after matin# several thousand experiments.** - (a--c) b Mr. Tate's formula is: x s=.------------ ' c--d where "a" is weight per gallon in batch "b" is number of gallons in batch "c" is resired weight per gallon "d" i weight per gallon of thinner and "x" is number of gallons of ''d" required to reduce "a" to' "c"A simple operation in algebra yields the following results: The weight of the batch, a. .b, plus ah + xd =c(b-t-x) weight of thinner added, x. d.. equals . the filial total weight, c(b+x) (a -- e),b which simplifies to x -- -- ...... ... ' -- c -d This is identical with Mr. Tate's formula. Why. then, perform "several thousand experiments" to obtain a formula so easily de duced brlorehand by common algebra? . Albert B. Bingham. . Long Island City, N. Y. The Black Eagle Manufacturing Co., Birmingham, Ala., to manufacture, sell and deal in paints, oil. lubricants, etc. Capital $4,000.. Officers: A. A. Carlin, president; Byron Tram mell, vice-president, and R. J. McGavock, secretary-treasurer. The Buckeye Oil & Paint Co., Cleveland. Capital $10,000. Incorporators: Mark A. Copeland, Jas. E. Walsh, C. A. Mowery, O. E. Schulz and C. Verbsky. TO IMPART pure Raw Linseed Oil with dry ing qualities, without using chemicals or other wise distorting the oil in the process of manu facture, was a Song cherished dream of tbe paint manufacturer as well as of the painter. This is natural: the painter knows that all his .application and skill will be tost if the materials he is using will spoil his efforts. The painter has confidence in pure Raw Linseed Oil, but experience has shown him that some of the so-called Boiled Oils have been robbed of all the fine qualities, of the original product. This probably explains the tremendous success of Kellogg's Improved Boiled Linseed Oil. 'T'HE FACT that Kellogg's Improved Boiled 1 Linseed Oil has about the same color as Raw Linseed Oil instead of the cherry red given to it by a crude process of manufacture: the fact that it has about the same body as Raw Linseed Oil: that it is 100% pure without rosin or rosinates. and analyzes the same as the highest type of pure Raw Linseed Oil: is sufficient proof of perfect final results. That the phenomenal success of Improved Boiled is justified, can easily be proven by a comparative test with other products. Kellogg's Improved Boilrd is guaranteed to consist of SS.8% finest quality Linseed Oil plus 0.2% lead and manganese scientifically incorpo rated. The Test Will Tall Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. Gtntral Officas: Buffalo, N..Y, Chicago Office: 1351 North Branch Street Branch Offices and Stocks in All Large Cities GLD32419 93A PRICE COMPARISON. It seems appropriate in view of the unusual conditions in the paint and varnish industry to give a few compari sons in prices, both as a matter of information and record, so they can be looked back upon and future generations in the paint trade may read the history o! the strenuous times their ancestors experienced. It is interesting to note that at present white lead, both dry and in oil. is selling at the highest price ever recorded except during June, 1915. when the basis was about the same, except that linseed oil last June was on a much lower plane, while dry white lead then was a fraction higher than at present. A comparison in cost of a few of the leading articles in quantities during June, 1915, and March, 1915, are as follows: June, 1915 Mar., 1916 Pig lead, per cwt___________ ____-- $7.25 $7.30 Dry carbonate white lead, per lb............. 07X .0754 Selected oxide of zinc, per lh--------- - .07X .09 '/i White Seal oxide of zinc, per lb................26 .25 Lithopone. per lb________ ______ _______ 05 .15 Jiarytes, per ton.................--............. 16.00 20.00 Linseed oil, per gal-- ......... -.................... 56 .78 China wood oil. per lh............ .--... \06J4 .14J4 Soya bean oil, per lb.... .... .......,,...TM... ' .04.09)4 . No effort has been made here to take up anything but the materials which affect the basic cost of paints. Reds, blues, chrome green and chrome yellow have all advanced to unheard-of prices. Enough is shown here to indicate that the present prices of mixed paints are not onty justi fied. but higher prices arc warranted and are more than likely to occur at any time.. At present paint manufac turers arc absorbing, to their own loss, a good- propor tion of the increase in cost of manufacture. Dealers should keep themselves fully ]>osted and watch their percentage of cost and profits or they will be losing money instead of making it. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. However we may have differed from him, and per haps at times disapproved of his actions, no patriotic, .loyal American can fail to feel a sense of loss at the taking away of Theodore Roosevelt nor to admit that one of the greatest of our leaders has gone to his reward. NEW SEATTLE PAINT FACTORY. Making the third move in the last twelve years to larger quarters, the Seattle Paint Company h$s let a contract for the construction of a modem paint aod varnish manufac tory to be erected on a site 60x277 feet at 1046 Dearborn Street. The warehouses and offices of the company will remain at the present location, Third Avenue and Jackson Street.- The-business of the company has made accessary the plans for the new factory, which will comprise a threestory brick and concrete structure to house the paint factory and a smaller structure to house the varnish factory. Up to the present time the company has been engaged in mak ing paint only, but is now preparing to launch into the varnish-making business also. The estimated cost of the new factory, including build ings and machinery, is about $40,000. The buildings wilt be completed by February 1. F. S. Roddie is president and general manager of the concern. A. V. CRARY NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF COOK PAINT AND VARNISH CO- The lure of the paint manufacturing game and the phe nomenal opportunities it presents to the wide-awake business man has succeeded in enticing from Chicago trade circles one of its most widely known and representative members in the person of Arthur V. Crary. district sale* manager of thr American Can Company, who on March 1st becomes asso ciated with the Cook Paint and Vamisli Company of KansaOitv. Mo., in the capacity.of vice president. Mr. Crary, a native Chicagoan, hardly needs an introdur lion to our readers as his activities as' head of the largess division of tlie largest can manufacturing concern in tin country coupled with his prominence in dub affairs togetbci with lis instantaneously pleasing personality lias made hiacquaintance among the trade nation wide. WM. ZINSSER 4 CO.. INC., EXPANDING. Win. Zinsser & Co.. Inc.. New York, are breaking ground for a $73.0tlii additional unit to their New York City plant. U|sm completion of this building, the plant will occupy eight city plots. The rapid growth of the business in recent vears. necessitates increasing its manufacturing space, particularlv in the white shellac detriment. The new vacuum process for white shellac seems to have proven decided success. At the same time, it is planned to move the'present down town warehouse up to their factor)-, centralizing production and shipping facilities, and to give over their entire build ing at 195 William Street to office and sales purposes exclu sively. Vol. LXIX--No. 26 CHICAGO. WEDNESDAY, JUNK 30. 1920 Subscription $3.00 The Future of the Naval Stores Industry IKE many of our American industries which have L grown lip in the midst of an abundance that was looked upon as limitless,' the naval stores industry nize this condition and expedt to eliminate waste, profitably use up the wood and stumps on what is now waste land and then sell it for cotton and other crops. The plan is a far has gone on in a career of wasteful extravagance so fasrigahsted one and includes the education of the American the destruction of our forests is concerned, paralleled by the public to the use of wood turpentine which may perhaps be -lumber, wood pulp and other similarly destructive agencies. made more available as the years go on by the- attention of Reforestation has not been carried on to any extent and the skilled chemists, and will at all events supply a consider pulling and burning of stumps has been counted as too ex able etement of stability to what has proved of late an ex pensive to make reclamation by this method worth while. ceedingly excitable market. There arc a large number of `Now the far-sighted men who are watching the industry other by-products and it is believed that wood palp may also realize that without some great change in policy the days of prove to be one of the large salvage factors 'of the new old fashioned methods are numbered. High wages, a short modern systems. Present owners of stilts and forest lands working season, and old fashioned, primitive, slow, unorgan in the south should watch this development with particular ized methods of producing and handling all tend against the care in order to keep up with the timis and northern con prolongation of the business in its present condition when sumers may have to revise, their attitude toward products of pine timber gets perceptibly scarcer. wood distillation. They cannot well afford to. do otherwise Some of the big interests who have recently purchased it the difference in cost between wood and gum turpentine large southern chemical distillation plants evidently recog continues to widen. GLD32420 94A Big Linaecd which in ordinary life seem to be white revealed all colors Merger of the rainbow when exposed to the ultra violet rays. 'One of the white pigments became radiant, just as do THE merger of two of the largest linseed crushing the so-called radium dials on a watch. ailtIjmaohn.niieTndn-dnsehttewdeoCecaftotidoosanlhlfrm.eloawhwrpstlePcaiaenervtgncvsohseiooeeedermestuatuadoc|liAnKnntpsdrgotwtncrehiieebyhlreseClesepwkcor.tns-ho.aiD,wlueslRwanlsucbuetennrcomotriyastcentiomholitsosrrncseofaooClwn$onAfan1ohff5iob.rirc,cutmMo0hahnhu0eneicen0thdedr,na30Ud-deD50tbnhba0abypiye,pteneeoiedtitrdhelnMiisseclissjcS,iead-uttnaMslacrahatnrhtneiaeindoednddso-.sftu napelamwfciogngfaehfedreehMi-inncnctutt.rhttrss..uoeowbniBSsbbfTa.rotoeehr.htmttdrhyeehheeeeaooirrrronfueuetfisftlfcfptslotaerlhtaeiraihdcdeeis-enetvitortsihtaahoonhayafleaesvrtntdaetosdtterhhbplynieietegunhinahivmeldgkrdtaueeoilnaubruswsnglatbttahrdrbeuataiwclrtcertr-ahhetivgibsoeoiqtuoinohslustladeeeharosprtdgole.ifrterelfytitoltsgoy,hrlehieefdnattehtundoiedbeosirnydsftitoisrnhtsaapioarutbmiehsgrnleeeyse Their average annual net sales ior the past six years' are stated to be upwards of $40,000,000 and their average profits. $1,350,000. The new company wilt h.ave two mills each in Minne- apolis. Buffalo and Edgewater, X. J. and one mill each in Chicago and Toledo, O.. and it is believed that CHEAP ANTI-RUST PAINT Coal tar is melted with about SO per cent of gas tar and about 9 per cent powdered sulphur is added. The mixture is then heated to about ISO to 160 degrees C. for about S tq 3 hours, until all of the sulphur has been dissolved. The cooled mass is diluted with just so much benzol as will enable it to "substantial economies" will follovy the consolidation. flow from the brush. Various pigments may be added as welt. The Prohibition of Lead. OBITUARY. HE attempted prohibition of lead in paint manu William Whittier. Tfacture Geneva methods awstaimsthileaarpIpntaoterertnnhatolytsioenaeanml ipnlalsobtyaoenrdcecboynoffesriemhnoicllader-uasptini:staMthewrOrroa.nuyWegrheohocfituetthitneetlrCypwiaaoalntifseoHersnerosimmaoeefta,ttirhmeneeeaSmraaongLuooFrsnrinainAtnegncrgiesefscoltoeersdp,WaianinnildtltihacmeomlaoonlndWyyffhpirraiimetstnisedeorsd.f labor interests in this country. The reports which have Whittier-Fuller Paint Co., and more recently in Whittict- continued to come in from that meeting have been colored Coburn Co., of San Francisco, which company was taken over by the varying attitudes of the authors. One disreputable a couple of years ago by the Glidden interests. sheet in this country, which has long been recognized as a blackmailing excrescence on the industry, suggests that the prohibition should be extended to Uncle Sam's do main--but there is little danger of any such outcome. . The general use of lead in paint manufacture is too important to the industry and a suitable substitute too CALIFORNIA INK CO. TO SELL COLORS TO THE TRADE. The California Ink Co., of San Francisco, whoso factory is at Berkeley, Cal., ijre just completing a new 6100,000 unit of their plant. It will he utilized solely, for the manufac difficult to find to make the very slight danger to the average workmen a sufficient reason for prohibition. All the modem data on the subject tend to show that the toxic properties can be entirely obviated by a little judi cious care and cleanliness, and that at worst they do not begin to be as dangerous as many other substances of common use to which no objections are raised. Everything goes to show that the foreign leaded zinc interests are the source from which the propaganda in favor of prohibiting lead arose for they palpably give away their hand in permitting a certain small percentage of lead to be used. turing of yellows, blues and greens. The old plant will be. used for the manufacture of their red toners and lakes. A good portion of the colors produced will be used by them selves in manufacturing ink, although they will solicit out side business and they have already quite an established busi ness among the paint grinders. Fifty thousand dollars addi tional has also been expended in the construction of a new boiler plant, and with many smaller alterations to be made, a total of approximately'$200,000 will be expended in putting their factory into shape. The main, office will be removed from San Francisco to the Berkeley plant, although they wilt maintain, in the farmer mentioned city, an office to handle .the sales end of their business. Testing Paint by Ultra-Violet Ray*. GERKE LEAVES MARTIN-SBNOUR CO. The trade wilt he interested in learning of the announce HE slow process uf testing paint by exposure to ment that W. H. Gerke has resigned from the position of gen Tthe weather has long been a source of annoyance eral manager of the Martin-Senour' Co. Mr. Gerke is well to manufacturers, ami an investigation of methods known in the paint industry in both the United-States and for going on tion were gelling for stated a gx>d endurance test in time. The results of in an address, by Frank a short time has this investiga C. Kreyer. the bCetheaannnadtah.irtyHiyseacrosn, ndeucrtiionng the Martin-Senour Co.1 with the industry dates hack all this time being connected - more with well known research chemist of the Xew Jersey Zinc <V>,, before the Xew York Section of the American HELP THE STARVING CHILDREN^ Chemical Society last week, of which we have only a The cause Of the starving children of Europe has been pre brief report.; lie said that how long paint would last sented to this country by all the great philanthropists, headed could now* lie determined lv the use of the ultra-violet by Herbert Hoover who has explained that the need is great ray ami other methods including various mechanical this year to prevent suffering, degradation and death. Another processes which have Ixten developed to represent the year the crisis will have past and the responsibility removed. -.effect of weather and time so that manufacturers of paint may be able to foretell just how. well their goods will 'wear after they have been applied to various surfaces. Ten dollars will save the life of one child and the paint trade have been asked to do their share. Unfortunately the request came late and the responses up to the present time have bttn confined to comparatively few. All who contemplate-giving* The use of the ultra-violet light caused the different, or who hare given will confer a favor by notifying Mr. How pigments used in Ixitli paint and rubber to lie identified ard Elting, 1833 Sewa-d Street, in order that the Chicago pair)It without recourse to chemical analysis. Six pigments trade may be properly credited.' GLD32421 95A IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLD WATER PAINT Proper Combination of Casein and Hide Glue aa Binder Give a High Grade Product EasilyManipulated. By Milton D. Swartz, Farboil Paint Co. - Although thrre is stilt some small market both in this country and abroad (or water paints in liquid and in paste form, the vast majority of water paints are manufactured and .sold as a dry Itowder. The consumer has only to add water and use. The saving in cost of slack over tight cooperage: the saving in freight in not shipping water: the saving in handling tonnage in not handling water, are all sn very large' and apparent that even the casual reader quickly appreciates why water paint today is practically all manufactured in dry (>owder form. To he a successful commercial arti cle - a good cold water paint must quickly and easily mix with cold water, must brush easily, cover welt, flow well, not show- laps or brush marks, must not settle in the bucket, and most im portant from the standpoint of the ulti mate consumer, must not ruh tiff. .The ability "to not nth off in a cold water paint depends on the hinder. That is. on the adhesive material employed to hold the pigments together and to the surface. The three prinripat adhe sives used as hinders in cold water paints are casein, glue and vegetable starches and drxtrius. Some few- other hinders are used, hut the amounts arc small. Casein alone makes the most water proof hinder. However, it i not so easily controlled, and has the added dis advantage that it is not soluble in water alone, without the addition of chemicals. High grade hide glue, although not as water proof as casein, is the next best binding material, having splendid sticking and lasting qualities. High grade glue, however, ba> the disadvan tage of not being quickly soluble in colij water. Vegetable adhesives most quickly sol uble in water are weak when compared to animal glue and are the least lasting of any of the three adhesives mentioned. For the. water painti manufacturer who wishes to make a high grade prod uct and who wishes to use casein and high grade glue, there arises the prob lem of introducing these not easily solu ble binders into the water paint, in such form as to he quickly ami easily solu ble when used by the consumer. Sonic manufacturers using glue alone are attempiug to solve this problem by -using a very finely ground low test glue, and mixing same thoroughly with the powdered pigments. If the glue is . of low enough .Strength and finely enough ground, and completely enough dispersed, and the water not too cold, it will form a jell, and go sufficiently into solution to act as a binder. .It will do the work, but only in a fair manner. The finished 96A product will not be lasting and durable. These low grade glues quickly disinte grate in damp weather, and the cold water (taint soon begins to nib off. Another method at present being em ployed is: The glue is first dissolved in hot water and to this solution is added a certain proportion of dry white pigment. This combination is thoroughly mixed to a stiff paste in a steam jacketed mixer. This paste is then dehydrated, dried and ground. The dry ground powder is then again mixed with the' balance of the dry pigments to lie used. Superficially this method would seem to solve the problem. The dispersion would seem to he excellent. The result, however, is again only a fair water paint and not a durable, long lasting product. To obtain enough sticking strength to lie real durable, too much glue would have to lie nsrd. An exam ination under the microscope by a chem ist w Ih > understands the colloidal action of glue in the presence of whiting or tlay, quickly reveals the reason why. The writer has given this question a good deal of study and experiment and after tedious wofk. has found a method of making a binder with a combination of casein amt high grade hide glue, and introducing same successfully into a cold water (taint. Resulting in a cold water paint of very high type, a prod uct according to the writer's tests and opinion superior to any other on the market. Briefly outlined the method i< as fol lows : First, the casein is put into solution with ;t minimum of water by agitation and heat, and the addition of a small amount of mild alkali. Second, the very high grade hide glue is put into solution with a minimum of hot water. Third, the casein and glue solutions are then run together into a steam jack eted container. Fourth, the alkalinity is almo-t neu tralized with a mild organic acid. Fifth, the container is them closed, ami the mixture heated under pressure. Sixth, it is now ready for introduc tion into the dry powder water pain) mixture. All of I he dry powder ingredients, in cluding the dry colors are put into a horizontal ribbon type mixer. This dry powder mixture is then violently agi tated for fifteen minutes. This dry ' powder mixer is of metal and holds two tons. It has a tight fit' ting top cover. Directly under this cover and over the top of the materials being mixed, is a jacketed distributor pipe, running the length of the mixer. On this pipe are connected 12 fait shaped spray nozzles. GLD32422 After the dry powder has been mixed fifteen minutes, the casein and glue solu- the Jacketed distribut- ,nff r*'P* pressure, and is forced, out of the narrow orifices into the mixer over the violently agitated dry powder in a fine spray. This spray condenses on the surface of the violently agitated dry powder in the mixer in minute crystals, and is thoroughly mixed there with. The spray occludes air in cooling and drying, and presents a large surface which makes it quickly and easily re soluble. After the mixing is completed.''the mixed material is ground in order to eliminate occluded air (which would leave pin-holes on the surface of the finished paint), and to more'thorouglily develop the strength of the tinting colors. After the grinding, the product is bolted, and is then, ready for final packing. Exhaustive compcrisons between a product made in this manner, and with every other cold water kalsontine or paint that the writer has examined, has proven that a product made in this man ner with this class cd binder is the most lasting and durable. The control and operation of the ap paratus is simple. The principal points of precaution necessary are: First, the control of alkalinity of the casein solution. It must not be neutral ized to the point of precipitation. Sec ond. all of the apparatus must he well jacketed and kept hot. Cl--ifitl Adhrertuemcnto _ Rate, U.00, minimum space eight linci or less. Each additional line --six worda allowed to line-- twenty-five cent*. Wanted--Position in a paint factory: 2S years practical experience in the manufacturing of paints and enamels for all purposes; capable of taking full charge of factory; formulating, tinting, testing all raw materials--chemically :and practically: taking charge of help and getting results: present position eight years as superintendent of small paint concern. Address Box I62fi, care Paint. Oil A- Chemical Review. l-17-3t LAMPBLACK for GRINDING Samuel Cabot, Inc. Boston, Mass. Trimount CtrmintovR in Mcktlfv ,Q PIJv L l l is Formulating Information Now Available to Manufac turers of Exterior Paints, Primers and Other Finishes for Difficult or Dirty Surfaces. 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