CHEMISTnY A N D INDUSTRY April I , 111.10 possessed inorc vitality tlinn ever beforc iii its history.
Thy sccrrictl to iinvc cntcrcd on oiie of tho-.>c rccurrcnt cpochs in whicli tlicrc mas nn nbundnnt rlcninntl for inore and inorc colours, nil csprcssion probnbly of ii revulsion ngninst tlic growing uniformity and tlic grorviiig dullness of the cstcrnal nspccts of niodcni civilisntion.
Substnnthd progress liail nlrcady bccn iiintlc in tlic rcscnrcli into tlic nictlioils of st,nndnrdisation of fiist.iicss, in 11-1iicl1, Iic understood, tlicrc was cvcry prospcct of intcrnntional co-opcration. Furthcr co-opcrntivc nctioii \vIiicli was cspcctcd to bccoiiic cffcctivc vcry sliort,ly ivns conccrncd with tlic crcntioii of tlic .British Colour Council. .British fabric design still lcd tlic world, ant1 :I3ritnin had still by fnr tlic grcatcst textile csport trndc in tlic world. T h y iiiust, Iio\vcvcr, continuc to tnkc tlic lend nnil not bc contcnt. t o follow tlicir conipctitors. Tlic output of dyestuffs in t.liis country in 19% wns 54 timcs the output of 1913. Tlic figures for 1929 were not yet coinplctcd, hit they would ccrtiiinly s110w a substiinti:il increase of soinctliing liltc 10%. Wlint~ w a s cliicfly wnntcil now wns it closer working togctlicr of dye-in:tkcrs iirid of dyers and cotourists towards thc :ittniiiiricnt. of n coniinon