xt70rx937t9n_257 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70rx937t9n/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70rx937t9n/data/46m4.dao.xml unknown 13.63 Cubic Feet 34 boxes, 2 folders, 3 items In safe - drawer 3 archival material 46m4 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Laura Clay papers Temperance. Women -- Political activity -- Kentucky. Women's rights -- Kentucky. Women's rights -- United States -- History. Women -- Suffrage -- Kentucky. Women -- Suffrage -- United States. General correspondence text General correspondence 2020 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70rx937t9n/data/46m4/Box_13/Folder_8/Multipage11985.pdf 1919 May 1919 1919 May section false xt70rx937t9n_257 xt70rx937t9n 7
Kentucky (3un1 Rightg association

PRESIDENT . r ' FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

MRS. EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON. LEXINGTON.
MRS. DESHA BRECKINRIDGE.
‘ SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
726 MCCLELLAND BUILDING. , - -, MRS. CHARLES FIRTH. COVINGTON.

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY . 71' THIRD VICE PRESIDENT,

MR5. J. D. HAYS. OWENSBORO.
STATE HEADQUARTERS
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
MISS LAURA CLAY. LEXINGTON.

TREASURER /’. ' - ‘1' ,. RECORDING SECRETARY.
MRS. ROBINSON A. MCDOWELL. LOUISVILLE.
MRS. J. B. JUDAH.

'. I - .I
Alaska . \ AUDITOR. MRS. SAMUEL HENNING. LOUISVILLE,
2I15 MURRAY AvE..

STATE MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
LOUISVILLE. KY. MRS. THOMAS J. SMITH. FRANKFORT
WHITE STATES - FULL SUFFRAGE
SHADED " - PARTIAL ..
DARK “ . No ”

Lexulgton, Ky.. 115.13] 1.111153.
0 “307376 J..;I:=II.;E)II7I* :-

1‘110 #0220 of III; “100155: coz'IcIIm'I 10.;
SELFILI-a I‘mmﬂmen'i- w? 10 0:22" 0.0120106 :L 0211" 10:21. 130.331
I1:.I"I1m1r;:1y €01" LEI. 3:10:10er : 031%ch 13,; 3.2272“. 2.»: 011:.
:30‘11 on 1385. I15: "613110206: -- "(3.2." "3013 1 Tam-’0 L125. 1.. 11
3.7:“. C20". ‘0'; 3:000:13 "Wis-I 2:05;“: L0 L320 ’SL.-:'.‘:2.I01Iy EiY‘.'.112(‘ 15:,-
11016 0;.7 1.- C3‘- ml 2‘. 7’03.“ (2 I'Lraém .' {:70 5.0;. I
011) ml‘Lil 1-:- 00014; no: JI.IOIJI:I2‘I11:;0 LEI"; IUI 1 IIIII éI-I
0311111" some {1001. 0.1- 1er 01371117 (11001100100 0." I002; .ﬁwLe
011131 J. “:31 0010.1 S‘Q'ﬁi ion of Live UnI‘ILoﬂ- met-,1 0011037000 I
:L‘LIL: I0. 10073. 15.: .‘urI: a LOGOT']. 65130226100211; 02" 051 jou'm.“ TE':
S‘P‘WI‘. €01” this: 01.31;. 035.10 ' 17*”. 100011, HI I. Firth, 5.3:6. 13010.11, .
' I, ‘ ' - ‘ . :37“. .mh'I‘l PIr-I I 0:211:05.
'. .- .‘r . “:x. JIM? 5 731000 w 0 no V0005.
001;? :I.I“.I;I;r ';I Ir _. 5.1-... “.1001: on 7.70: mi of: fix L, (3‘311 c; .151
.1“‘5.1LC2“: L00. “13110 3.023% a“ 031 L110 ”IIIJOOI. I 5.17111; 1:01” 05:11:.
"‘ 2.62 0003.0 0:“ .1110 81$: amt 121011030 0111. 3:000 me :10 2033137. .00 it
012.16 11% 01100012 Lin 3705-1111; 1‘1; 0005.5: 10122060000170 Lo 0011; fm’tmr one
2' 0r; Loéoy 0001;103:100 52 1013120.? "£201.10 10001 10 0.21100, 0:7 100..»0.

Cm; 131301" of,“ “If-1:0 7300306 {‘RIFS’TWNSGI‘ ‘- IIII-iu 1:310

12015.0: 0:” 7.11757. 1000.; vote £30 0 p001 iLT:'iQ1JIT-I'13’T'iﬁi1. 0200005006.
1101 I10: 3.570 w 00150 f0? 1‘:- in 0:520 1.: 000 1'0qu 130311 001.170. 1
01:01:] 0011.100 1071* I-xoLI-z- for L110 mob ion 11f0 be 131’” I101; arm. “0 0
“001.0300 .. $510110 on 012303: M is ﬁre-2017100113? 51.720001 ‘11.?“ t0 1‘10:

7'71 51:22:.ImLIII-5I {IIIeoI-tnﬁéntit 00sz ‘00 :30 001‘ 0000000 121L21II.II«I.I.Ir
10 LI.) 00?; 0L LEIII'I 2703350 0'? 111110 73012270 , 015G L120 5 oIIIII; 0:.“ L10 71-0:er 1:7
047:; 01002". 1“ 5.17.1113 0 my 0101:7137 12.35.70 .0- "Ij .21. 1:: mm ‘0 I.:0';.I‘III:IIII'IL”
:10“. '10 002151003: met 000000.001; 3.:- 24-5280 T07: .53....1L 1.5.117”, :If‘LrIr 132.0
0030123"sz001: 0'? 0 "”11“ i 3.717 , 0 2101.100 120 My 1.3.0 972125006 Home? under
l1i:“58!1"“23. an at 17110 mo Line“ 013001;“ 0 table. Thiss 1L 000er to 1'50
Giffero in principle-I n. gonI 0001 51012} LII-.0 orﬂﬂnary mum: 1:37 of o
moti on “by vote.

In .1376 . .I'Iaech'I-j 10L III-Ir Stu mILIu; 06104.5, .
0000?sz 0 0200315001; Wis}: HI 0000:; L0 :30 ran: 21000 0:} my pat on
explanm‘fsion to £12055. 2.00011 0:161 L120 other I.I0I..borI: 0..“ LE 0 30:22:51. .1. I.
$0701; 00:70 -..... "our 7.3m m1 5.00le (116-- mL 9501. L320 «shim 0:2” 0.
0130130 IIIII-mlmonc 05T‘If1“§.[11 13 301253501; 120 ”01153 palm; 0. III 0130. 1‘70 I70
sievelopoﬁ 130000001017; which might have 1111111000000 2321i; voLIz, ouch
0.0 3-0 - ‘IIGI: I?“ :10 “.73 0 2:021“: :20 “IgI/‘I 030570.400 I 3.: G“ 27...“. 9'00: «011: CL the

I"

000170270100 5:01: ’JII; 2.5115 1020 .1 0:“ MIL 01m} . 1101““0 0:» I} 3133-1139

 

 (3152356111th 2301101 3300110 (Aggﬁnizxtinn

HEADQUARTERS; 726 MCCLELLAND BUILDING
LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY.
MRS. DESHA BRECKINRIDGE. Pnzsmzm

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. MRS. EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON. LEXINGTON CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Miss LAURA CLAY. LEXINGTON
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. MRS, CHARLES FIRTH. COVINCTON RECORDING SEcaETARY. MRS. ROBINSON A MCDOWELL. LOUISVILLE
THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. MRS JACOB B. .IUDAH. LOUISVILLE TREASURER. MRS. WARFIELD BENNETT. RICHMOND
AUDITOR. MRS. CHARLES L. NIELD. LOUISVILLE
STATE MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. MRS. THOMAS SMITH. FRANKFORT

LEXINGTON. KY..

(immign W20 13100110000 o £30 £012 £10

01:0 32‘”. :7‘00L 00: t 1:1;0 “22217111020 01“ (21:0
:35
A

(+14
was)

110 {ii,ﬁ{,(‘?1(1lg "(J-1'. mil-€20 “2:0
022 III. 20-?“ . 01:91021000 10
{1-6:- 2-7050 --.;I0‘-..2.1I1‘-. 120270 130502
30301“ ".710 :1; =1; 1?: (1’1”"012; 120021.121 ‘5le 5.20;», 2141.01; 1.320 90""011
‘21‘2010‘1‘00 I 1121011; 15110 02.101 1.3102" ‘50: {1120 111‘ 2101 1102.110 1:202:10 1.11:2. 1:001;
01151303001i‘ 1:200 230 001000.021 310102701“, €1.0- ‘-:.-‘1:-01:61-‘ Elvm‘i’ucfi-I'y
(101057? 012 02105-01210 0:0“. 0‘00 matrgmo‘iy 0100100214; ;- 243-0 011“.- 120 “01000220.
Th. 1% (”.0001 ‘0‘.- 2110-, ..0‘.I:~""‘7 0 00171001202163 01.10021? 2:1?"02? 1351-20 0001102-
13103“- 0101‘>0I. c 73320 '01: 01‘610“ I: 9’05‘110011 110210121“ 1105’; 05‘3‘0010112;
1°01- 0 ”www.1- 00 0.? 0. (3.010.011.1011 ‘3: 0:12; .01. 01‘ 1.0111101212- 0001302", 01:20
1'0 M:- 31001:} 032012 12“ 01‘ 5101‘ 5.1105; 0120,;- 20‘1ng- tm‘vfe £11201? tam-1105‘- homs; o
“125-- t main 12300 11.0 ‘i: 1’..- 002110 220’; be 0 £12.11 010 01:112‘ 01:“ the 1200100111
”1305.120 0:- c.2010 2710210050 320.0 01251055252011.1317. I mt-‘ucrr‘tmé 1:120 Rem-Lucky {ﬁelegsztee
10 .:“0 #10? 1’3: “3‘00 5‘021‘1 1262120 (”5010570000, 01;;71111331210‘ ’31": if" 1: 1000011
0001 210-110. we 1001:":- 05-17%? I2 til-T1111" - 51‘ ‘10 Hrs. 23.1.: “it “02521::01 -
1512:2111? 0010021, “0221; ’:“.’:-.‘.;: ‘00 2221100113 01000111“ inns-1‘10 it 0“ 1.:01’01
n1.{~‘121‘:.n than The 1:1“:01‘130-‘1321nut-‘32; :20 0:1" 0 00::- -r.. L 2-0 0001000
to 171070112; 1‘3; 00-1-1, 1-“ 0310-10010, to 101°C. Snifﬁ, 031:".- 01 0001 1151.157 1112200
{5110700 .200 02710003315; 1.3.1120 at the 0110111002: 222000121“; 022:}. I..- probability
of 0 2222.1: 0?; the 11151-0 0001-1225 .0 011‘: 3200:0111; it in 11-20 'fi'. 271510011. 0.11.
000,113.01; men-11301.: ’3. 01:0 .00500007 eelemtian were 0100:0012.- 13.030101‘0
3.1012. 1000 my 0111‘.“ 0221‘- two L0 251215203022 .pm‘bc- pmvmw 1&2; 020111021011. {33120
0.11:; 08110? muons-0 Imp-"0’0 01:0 100 I2; 110122313. .0010 I; :0 1.1.
1201‘s.: “"3130 01-10 1100. 00011020 "1‘ 0100 00 01.0 200013101, 5.51; WEI-1- 0.3-0. ._;0220
to 003- 25‘ 1100010110 100.- 010137 03.; 1200 5501; 1‘00 001?. 0-3" :11 320: 2010: , 01:00:12
1?; 10312;; 12220000010221- 0‘5; 0110 00:: inwrma. 1120 00110 1‘ 2201150010: 01': 1:120
1.02260012575501000010000 100;; 5313. 3.30010: ‘11‘0 11100120101:- 22" £0 ‘00 0000 0121
0!; the 10010271110 13 161210lesz 0213 131213103: it macaw 1:25}, ’00 30120220 fin-t:
21:01.12. 2101201200 from 35:0 10:2: 30:0 . EDT 21m 0’05} the “1:00 300:. I ’31::- t 020 1010.0 -
0521111713011. 1110 0 270.0 :00 b00130 200.0001? 15.3mm 101210.111712" {ms-212.01: 221:1
Gamma-.101": in 51.01; 110 001002.00 £200 11021151211121001; 13.11.16.125: my “mm; 130
01000121 L110 rm’t“.m~ 125013213 .30 t-m 1101: 10:06:11 130010: ’1; 2:12;? :22- muoh 01:20 ‘éfor
Get: 11 00 I felt 0:20 0110001210. I 1001:1001“ 01:25 001:; 00012610100113; that
12120 1005011 11,0 til-(2 130010 were 00’4- 0101‘? in 0:270? 011" ’er10 1-06-0101 100252220222;
‘00-; 00370 232001; 010.1000 130 00 not-121m “0110.. 00:11-21 3.12:- may may 122250210 it.

3.2 w

:-

£360“

.;
£01.70: 01?. 0 81200 1.01: 1:22 010 17001; ”wig

1"»;‘5‘,

a.)

'1

I:
am}

’35.

1
_r

1 I10 12013 0010 00 ‘00:“;- 51.1:- 0 0012 8121-2025 Iii-:1 0100.20101010 {30 to
002-121-100 3.7.010 01-020 0211020305200 in 00121;: to 5313. 32005.0 win-310011}; 13000000
01’ the. 0022211100100 to 01700001; the 102200005; 100000211 00210 171mm Iv-mum't
very well 01310 .10 mavimte 1202221120 10ft 020 110 200 0111;; 132-3100 after 0110
00‘5002021-110 000100121; 0000 ego {780 "from 1110 ’12I11131v1110 125-01001 heme 0:20
0:100 @003th to 1:23.300 1210 13m: 11 1‘01 30. 3.021 .2. 32‘ 11-‘2-‘2 to {:01 1112:.

 

 ‘gﬂimtmkg Eﬁqual Bight/'2: CAwnﬁaﬁnn

HEADQUARTERS: 726 MCCLELLAND BUILDING
LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY.
MRS. DESHA BRECKINRIDGE. PRESIDENT

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. MRS. EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON, LEXINGTON CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MISS LAURA CLAY. LEXINGTON
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. MRS. CHARLES FIRTH. COVINGTON RECORDING SECRETARY, MR5, ROBINSON A MCDOWELL. LOUISVILLE
THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. MRS JACOB B_ .IUDAH. LOUISVILLE TREASURER. MRS. WARFIELD BENNETT. RICHMOND

AUDITOR. MRS. CHARLES L. NIELD. LOUISVILLE
STATE MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. MRS. THOMAS SMITH. FRANKFDRT

it,» LEXINGTON, KY.,
{4’ L) Q

The: GT1). {39113.79 132.31. 3129 - 991911 9T9. .96. not 211291999. ’99 3:30, 9.21:“ 5.1: 7.9.9
9993.9912132 If: 312319119 for 1193." ”:29 21.9 99—1- to com. the 3:951:19 91,1129): my
3412211, 11993: 31902229 1 :1.) 921.9 .9 91:11:79 €1-41" :1.» I 1'0 93.13,? 22099 92; 4:19:15;—
lz; 1:27.: T) 33.2.5? “.39 1391226. 2 2131;; 2:2:111192 01". the 339.9129 £9019 'CTza 2T. :9: 219%:

to Tm '53277'31'1'50ﬂ “C9 1179' 1': 911999: (Fairly, its"? ‘113- 31’7“??? 03‘
9.9112“: 2.1!; 9319.21" 1' 9 ":2 , :~.".L.Tv<1 :2? .91 :7: 33:97:12: to T29 131999921999. to 1-11?
1311;192:1211, 9.92.19 1:19 217;. 999 ”'1’2'9'u: '5 "1111'; *1. E 99:: 113i: 111 1"" 5901'

”.1319 992.22 1'0'1'T99 32.9 9 "'T1.:3.'E.M'I 9t. :9 fitnt. “an'mgucn 91") 9.L~".-'T.:T".'

’9 ' '1 mi: uchm '51:: ca- 9 :3 N3" $2299. ‘54.: :99 (11195.. 2'12.

eomvww c 9:292:99 2' ': :3: ”393'" gm: ..~1:1""T'T9>19:33:13. 33.191291: 9;?”
921 . .r :11)".- -. '9 91133099 '19" 79'9" to 1:119 .- 121'3291921t9

121:“? 43-99:: 322:9!) “53:11:61: 99179.09.“ 2102219 :9 (Tammie 275383 it it 1:391:16! 9911*-
{11219; 1:19“ ”'13,? 99.2993. 191*: 210129 "792:3 99119119 2: 1:19. I 115299911109
99921, 219' r. , "I T199 ”In 9'9 :59 of 1:219 above: 132211139 2' 1:19 11290112915? 95.39

7.? ‘13::

I

in 1"“ .22: $211799: us r .95:9 ’59 'gmt't'p-Onr.’ 999?: s ‘ I i.:‘.<' :: ‘9'"

1:12.: T19111711191999 .:1132 if: 913121.99 T2; 211.5": ' of 917:3:

1319",? 91‘ 1 fr; -";:1 tr.) 32:199. : 96‘3399. ‘3 "' iwwrs Gw‘"f‘2.910n
to 112979 reuownaé 3.1: .:ar 29m}, :11: 9. 2:212:29 2.29229 99217211. 5:011. 39L
991119. 19.99 9999:»291L9L9LL, it 2299.1: Lo 1219, the T201919; 9’." .92: (29919921231011
99.11:; in the £911.

Tim whole elf ' :9 2199999 or: :29, T." 9" 99792:: {.9 93; has:
10991". to 7.97:: ."9 2.997,! 9317329129 3:31:39. 5.: mm: 2199 “3:11'43‘3111'32? L'
90992311121; 91113.89 "3“23] T1: 10:29 1111'. if: is) 52119210219 923:1; 5.12159'1111'2353191213.: be
£399.99 792.1331: LITE) 2112111 0?;an jobs ;.Lz'9:'-9im '30? £1: 9:11:2‘9 ..991916: I
21 L979 :LTr-oanm 3.91913 991999999 my :ufﬁmga 9:21:21 95.999: to 9915:. 91:99:39.
I 129319., 1199291991 2 that 3 my be 9919. to 991: over 9'91: 2"212199 1399.199 1.9 :1
9999.51.13. 99991.92: 9;»? 3913.3: 19 922099913; upon 1121 the: 15 LT :11” 2.1.1:, 1:119
123999: 9991. 5.91222 0011992191022 3319 14.97:: a: my 921:} the 219991.9’Ly of 9:25:22"
5111 1T1: :" '20 9:1“. t7"21.923.91.1'63'1'9 991191991395: 319'292'9 1‘59 .'.21'3L'Lr't primary,
1:2". ‘70 9. ' 9 199.157 “to z: 900 91:13.1 1213;113:1195.

I T29 119129 {33911: T 91193113. 9 9.1119 '13:) ff‘et 91:”‘991'199 GT 93.323921 1’01" the

a
n.

9911991321 T599092: 3.121191 9091119.: 9 z 93.919. 1.119: {3219 .929 12139 Two 1.9.1999 9219
formim :1 9:19321'9999 25301 99.99 - "3.9 999$; 931:3 9.1;" 1:129 995249 may be 999113;
:99 9 ma "9 1199:. 912.19%"? at 10929111 9 , (39219191 52163.
9999921 mmfucrmiwgon if}? “€399 291W». T9229 ~' 9942999.- 9.12 195212131: a": - 1.1911-

993. 911299132021, T 19.13.99 I €5.99 19 130912.219 9799999.. .2199." T311099 112911,".

..A

I 99232299 13:91; 19“.“... 3:: 91219211921 T." ”0222113 1T: 1mpo::siT:19 “so (2...;
out T929 919139 3:19.339 9.:2" 99:3 91:1 9.2: 91.9." 39996. ...99629 - 2.11:: 9, 33199.90? 0:19,
0112? 92969119219 13.19999 (3T 9292.191". T19:,Ti:93;2:—2V912, :w'wm 1:9 9.12.01? T191139li‘ to
€913. T1911? to £139 30%.

 

 ﬁentmkg Equal Bightﬁ Cis‘ﬁzanziatinm

HEADQUARTERS: 726 MCCLELLAND BUILDING
LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY.
MRS. DESHA BRECKINRIDGE. PRESIDENT

FIRST VIcE PRESIDENT. MR5. EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON. LEXINGTON CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. MISS LAURA CLAV. LEXINGTON
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. MR5. CHARLES FIRTH. COVINGTON RECORDING SECRETARY. MRS. ROBINSON A MCDOWELL. LOUISVILLE
THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. MR5 JACOB E. .IUDAH. LOUISVILLE TREASURER. MRS. WARFIELD BENNETT. RICHMOND

AUDITOR. MRS. CHARLES L. NIELD, LOUISVILLE
STATE MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MRS.THOMAS SMITH. FRANKFURT

LEXINGTON. KY..

'r-‘rtnsi . z- ., .. d . ‘7”) H..-“ . ‘ 3.: , iv '7 ” ' A .~ "5" "3'
mi' I - ~ v 21120.. A. ~ . . « "he 2

..
.. : a‘ ,A -_ -
122:3? TZCEEIII' "xi: ‘ : _- {3) L. H x : ,1 - ,1 x Sangz’esmuii
.‘ ' . ; . ._ ;

35,353 £3615? " . . ﬂ" . ‘r 3‘? EK’

3 02¢ air: 11:; yam a,

 

  

 LESLIE WOMAN SUFFRAGE COMMISSION, INC.‘

CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT. PRESIDENT

BUREAU OF SUFFRAGE EDUCATION

ROSE YOUNG. DIRECTOR

DEPARTMENTS DEPARTMENTS

FIELD PRESS WORK MAGAZINE DEPARTMENT FEATURES .
ROSE LAWLEss GEYER. CHAIRMAN MARY OGDEN WH!TE. “CHAIRMAN , .

NEWS THE WOMAN CITIZEN RESEARCH:

MARJORIE SHULER. CHAIRMAN MARY SUMNER BOYD. CHAIRMAN V, ‘

TELEPHONE: 4813 MURRAY HILL . ,

171 Madison Avenue ; .
NEW YORK._;,J.iay_,,8 ’ g 91%.}. '

Lia-111* a 5]. ay ,
Lington, 1y.,

ﬁes flay:—

La I ask you to answer the marked.
section of hev. Glympia Brown's letter. I
abould hush appreciate it if you mould send
[LC a copy of your reply, as “ shoulﬁ like
'for my own incorzﬁtion to ha a brief ac—
count of W

Ve
. I 1
13 oorgmtteesworx from year to year.

Yours ver. g;noerely,

Enclosures

 

 CLAUDIA QUI GLEY MURPHY

C ()l/S////(7/// m lib/nu 1:; onom/cs
< ﬁlmsvrv C‘cumse/

4'1 X} N I ()N S (QIuLXR E VVE ST
N1E1\\’ Y'O 11K

hiss Lure Clay,
Lexington,
Kentucky.

Deer “ion Clay;

Enclosed you will find a brochure containing the speech
of Mr. William J. Matheson delivered by invitation before the Women's
Forum of this City last fall. Please read it carefully. It is a sub-
ject of importance. Should you wish additional cepies let me know.

Through our chemical activities, life is made mere liv-
able; food more .iolo- fatrics no a bee U tiful; homes more attractive
and. in addi .mo ,living costs reduced.

The producti  ” ‘*=:- Y" " a pivotal industry which
concerns adding color w ;A vs _ a inte:rest in our clothing,
for how monotonous would he on; live -s if we add no color in our homes,
our clothes, or our furni. hinge.

The war taught us th -et we must produce these colors at
home— that we must outplant the German— made dyes with dyestuffs of true
American origin. But I ‘“"u Ci:cte and szstoin the demand for our own
products. We must qiﬁ- a ' end_ unolc—oc-rt >d support :to American
chemicals, dyestuffs ‘

So, the p' ramount duty of women is to protect and foster
national industries, and with that end in View, will your Club pass the
Resolution enclosed. oLCi has already been approved and passed by the
New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs.

And will the members of your Club see that no Pro~German
attacks on American dyestuffs are made possible by labels on the bolts
of fabiics in the various departments of your local dry goods stores.
Instilling doubt concerning the efficiency of our products is a subtle
method of a most inSidious propaganda. Will you advise me of your local
conditions in this reSpect? .

American dyestuffs are the best dyestuffs in the world
today. Be sure of that.

Trusting yOu will co—Operate in this m0vement. and an—
tic 5 Mat ing the plea: ure of a reply from you on each point, I am,

r

Yours

CQM: K

,v- many new“- .,.

 

  

 

MEMORANDUM OF REMARKS
OF
WILLIAM J. MATHESON

PRESIDENT OF THE

NATIONAL ANILINE E9’ CHEMICAL COMPANY

INCORPORATED

BEFORE THE VVOMEN’S FORUM
AT THE BILTMORE HOTEL, NEW YORK

DECEMBER 20, 19 I 8

?

 

 

 

 FOREWORD

NSWERING the request for a text of my
address before the Women’s Forum, let

me say that my remarks were most informal,
delivered without any notes, and were not in
any sense a scientiﬁc paper. It was more of an
intimate talk of work done during my steward-

ship, in the tremendous undertaking of supply-
ing the country with artiﬁcial dyestuﬂs in the
emergency created by the War. I do not think
my talk continued more than thirty minutes,
and at least thirty minutes more was given to
answering questions from the audience, which

were intelligent, and much more unusual and
diﬂicult to meet than would have been the
questions from a similar bodyof technical men.

 

 REMARKS

N the main salon of the steamship that was
formerly “Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,”
are written the memorable words uttered

by the Kaiser on the occasion of her launching
—”Umen’ Zukunft irt auf dem W arser,” which
a wag (with a prophetic vision which he did not
then realize) translated,“Our futureis all atsea.”

Two predominating industries in Germany,
in which she excelled all the rest of the world,
were shipping and dyestuffs; and former Am-
bassador Gerard has said that no matter what
happened, she would never relinquish her su-
premacy in these. We all know what has hap-
pened to her shipping, and need not concern
ourselves with this.

At a critical period in the history of a nation
which has written records dating back more
thousands of years than any other nation, one
of its members was called upon for a peculiar
service, and when she hesitated, the voice of
the prophet rang out, “Who knoweth whether
thou art sent to the kingdom for such a time
as this”; and that voice ringing down the ages
has been answered by thousands of men and
women without uniform or insignia of rank,
working hard to secure victories industrially,
which are little less important than those on
the ﬁeld of battle.

 

   

    

Germany, before the war, had an invest—
ment in the dyestuf‘f industry of upwards of
$400,000,000. Her works are divided into two
great groups of three each, known as the new
and old triple alliance. Since the war they have
been combined into one great company in
which the government is largely interested,
and to which an addition of $100,000,000 more
has been made, more than half of it written
off. She did before the war practically three-
ﬁfths 0r four-ﬁfths of all the business of the
world. Her sales in the United States were not
less than $25,000,000 before the war, and, at
increased values because of advanced raw ma—
terials, would be equal to ﬁfty or sixty millions
of dollars today. The importance of this ind us-
try may be realized when I tell you that this
ﬁfty or sixty millions worth of goods is neces-
sary for industries, the turnover of which is
two and a half billions of dollars. This state—
ment shows without any further argument why
the business of dyestuffs was never under-
taken in the United States.

In the short period of the emergency created
by the war, we have duplicated many dyes
necessary for the textile industry, type for
type, quality for quality, so that we are free
of dependence on Germany for any dyes. There
is a common impression—among artists chief-
ly—that the vegetable dyes are better and

4

 

 faster than artiﬁcial dyes. This is an unfor-
tunate mistake. Only two dyes of superior
value for fastness of vegetable origin are used
today by intelligent dyers who are getting arti-
ﬁcial dyes, and these are Indigo and Alizarin
(or Madder) , which have held undisputed pre-
eminence from the earliest ages. These dyes
have long since been made artiﬁcially or syn-
thetically from coal—tar derivatives; so that
now of the total production of Indigo (the
most important of the old vegetable dyes)
ﬁfteen per cent is of vegetable origin and the
other eighty-ﬁve per cent is made synthetically.
At ﬁrst when the artiﬁcial Indigo was put on
the market it was so much purer in shade and
quality, that certain impurities had to be intro-
duced into it before the public, who were
accustomed to the vegetable product, would
accept it.

A short time before the war, the Benzol
Products Company started in the manufac.
ture of aniline oil. The Germans promptly un—
dersold us without regard to cost, and when
one of our directors spoke to one of the Ger—
man directors about the matter, he (the Ger-
man) said, “I see a cloud no larger than a
man’s hand on the horizon, and we propose to
push it down.” We answered that by building
a plant larger than had ever been built before,
a unit larger than any before created; and

5

 

  

  

have since manufactured and delivered a
quantity three times in excess of the consump-
tion of the United States before the war. A
large part of this being used for explosives in
connection with the war, we had to provide
for the use of this surplus aniline when the war
would end, and we now have an indigo works
with a capacity larger, I believe, than anything
that exists anywhere, which is already turning
out a limited quantity, and will be turning
out in a few weeks over 15,000 pounds a day.

As I have said, we have matched many dyes
that are necessary for the textile industry
practically in two years; but up to the present
we have given our main time of necessity to
quantity and quality. It will take two or three
years more of research before we get our costs
down as low as those abroad, and if, in the
meantime, we are protected from German
competition, we will be in a position to defy
the world, not only in quality and quantity,
but in price. Now, in the matter of price, it
makes so little difference per yard, that I
think the American consuming public can
afford to give us that protection.

There is one color which we call Alizarine
Sapphire. It is the most expensive blue that we
sell. It is derived from Anthracin, and we get
one-fourth of one per cent. of Anthracin from
the tar that is distilled. The production of this

6

 

  

 color requires six successive steps after the
Anthracin is introduced, and occupies three
weeks. Any failure in any one of these six steps
results in the loss of the color. Many of these
steps involve chemistry as abstruse and diﬂi-
cult as the production synthetically of the
ruby. We are making a limited amount of that
color now, which we have put at $20 a pound,
for the purpose of limiting its use to the things
most essential. At $9.0 a pound, the ordinary
horizon blue shade on ordinary cloth costs two
cents a yard to dye the material. The color we
are selling at $20 a pound costs us about $1,000
a pound. In the course of a few weeks, we will
be producing enough of the color so that ul—
timately we will sell it for $I0 a pound or less
and make a proﬁt.

Our constructive work is done and the war
is over. Let the women of this country, who
have the last voice in the quality of the things
they use and wear, insist on having the best
dyes and American dyes. Whether the position
of independence and freedom from dependence
on another country shall continue, or not, rests
with you. You should insist that the goods you
buy shall be dyed with American dyes; and if
you want to know whether the article or any
fabric that you use is dyed with a suitable dye
or not, the National Aniline 81 Chemical Com-
pany will be glad to make a test and report for

7

 

  

you without cost. We have, in our Research
Department, a chemist who is the equal, if not
the superior, of any of the research chemists
whom I have met abroad in my many years of
acquaintance over there. He was a Worcester
Academy boy, and was afterwards a professor
in one of the western universities, and a man
with more ingenuity and more resource I have
never met, and he and his department are one
hundred per cent. American.

It was my privilege, six years ago, to enter-
tain Sir William Henry Perkin at my house.
Sir William Henry Perkin was the original dis-
coverer of aniline dyes. He gave me at that
time half of the ﬁrst piece of material that was
ever dyed with an artiﬁcial dye. It was dyed in
1856 or 1860. I have it here, and shall be glad
to pass it around. I mention this to show that
this industry had its origin in Great Britain,
and as Anglo-Saxons we are rightful heirs to it.

It is my custom four times a week to meet
the heads of our departments for a conference
and questions. The chemists of our research,
operating, application and distributing de-
partments pass their questions backwards and
forwards. I shall be very glad to try the same
thing here if any one has any questions to ask.

 [Then ensued a number of very intelligent
and well considered questions, which brought
out the fact that really the dye manufacturer
ought to apply himself to the women of the
country, instead of to the ﬁve or six thousand
textile mills that use the dyes.]

Here are £07726 oftﬁe amwerr
to z‘ﬁe guerz‘iom:

A blue dyed with Logwood fades to a red in
the course of two or three months, depending
on the exposure given, and the amount of arti-
ﬁcial dye used.

No, German dyes were never guaranteed
not to fade. They expressly published in all
their literature and on their sample cards,
“without guarantee."

Yes, the light shades of silks dyed with Ger-
man dyes, as you say, faded badly even when
not exposed to sunlight. There are many of
these light shades of dyes, whether made here
or abroad, dyed on silk, that will fade badly.

American dyes will meet the needs of black
satin as well as any other dyes.

Yes, nearly all the dyes used in France be-
fore the war were of German manufacture.
They probably produced less than twenty per
cent; but France proposes now and hereafter
to be forever independent of these conditions.

9

 

    

England has proposed a law or regulation
preventing the importation of dyes altogether
for ten years, without a special license which
sets forth that the dye cannot be made in Eng-
land, and that it is necessary for the industries
in England. In addition to this, England has
subsidized the industry,guaranteeing the bonds
of the government company, and allowing
forty per cent. of their research expenses.

Yes, pink on gingham can be dyed fast by
the use of Alizarine Red. The cost for the dyed
material is little, if any, greater than the
fugitive red so commonly used, but the appli-
cation is quite a good deal more diﬂicult.

Yes, we can produce any colors that are re-
quired for artists’ colors or stains, as well as
those that were produced before the war.

We met the challenge of the German propa-
ganda illustrated in the remarks of the lady
who has just spoken, by oﬂ’ering the use of our
laboratories to test, for the department stores,
any samples that they might send, and report
to them the ﬁtness of the dye used for the
purpose it was used. That offer is still good,
and to the extent of our ability we extend it to
the consumers.

Copier of this {Iddreu may be had an applim/ion
to 21 Bur/mg Slip, New York

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   

  

  

 Attention Please

When passed return signed copy to

CLAUDIA QUIGLEY MURPHY
Consultant in Home Economics
41 Union Square
New York

RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS, it has been conclusively shown by the
events of the past five years that the economic
effectiveness of the country is the basis of
its usefulness in the work of the world.

WHEREAS, this economic basis can only be main-
tained by loyal support of the citizens of the
country.

BE IT RESOLVED, that the ....................s..-
Suggests to its membership and the women of this
community the need of fostering every worthy
American industry and especially those whose need
became observable at the breaking out of the war -
the production of dyestuffs, chemicals, pharma-
ceuticals, fabrics, and all other products for
which we had formerly depended largely upon Ger—
manyt and be it further.

RESOLVED, that we give preference in our purchas-
ing to those products that are of American origin -
to this end we will inquire of our merchants as to
the source of materials and ingredients. eSpec-
ially dyestuffs, chemicals and textiles.

 

 Mrs. Claudia 0. Murphy,

41 UNION SQUARE, WEST,

NEW YORK CITY.

 

 CLAUDIA QUIGLEY NIURPHY
4-1 UNION SQUARE WEST
NEAV YORK

Miss Lure. Clay,
Lexington”
Kentucky.

 

 GEORGE T,STOCKHAM

Liay 17, 1919.

Dear Miss Clay:

Through the courtesy of a friend, I take much

plﬁaeure in calling you attention to the HOLLAND HOUSE, as a

most desirable place at which to stop when you are in New York.
It is located on the corner 0: Fifth Avenue and Thirtieth Street,
and is convenient to all lin s of traffic, shopping and amuse—
ment centres.

The writer, who hao been proprietor of the
Woloott Hotel for the pant ten years, assures you of the same
careful management which characterized that hotel. The highest
standard of cleanliness and service will to maintained through—
out ‘he house.

Hoping to be pennitted to serve you and your
friends whenever the opportunity presents itself, I an

re most cor

Miss Laura Clay,
187 North Hill Street,
Lexington, Ky.

 

 189 N.Mil faxington, Ty.
1919.
My dedr Green,

Yes, T i ‘ lad to have you strip my blle grass

shares, a VW' “ ‘ “a I would like my ahare solﬁ

bu haul it far me.
from ﬁeule Bennett what becaae »f
new . ‘ ' ' ﬁeu1& s 'oinu to out whsat for anw budv t
a a .
harvest. a; ‘2 some one with a mamhihe to

I am giad Jane is going to he with Mary.
a very agreeaan '$ gement for Mary, as she - - linesome on the
farm; and her health is so feeble that it will be
V gave J ane
be a area: y¢eu3ure to

age over.

and s~

Give my love to mary. Le 4v "7»: .' the harvester

3‘ _ . ..' _‘.." A _, ...
AILUUi 1:11:31. gulf y

 

 N.Mill 1t., Lexington, Ky.

May 20th , 1919.

I71 Madison AVQ‘ , Ea“, YOI‘k, 2:.‘1.
My 5138.1" HTS , 303/3 ’
AS .1‘_ ., _ .. S3‘ﬂding you EL ‘30};va 0? my let...

Brown.

which may be helpful in your reseaoh work.

the A' * ‘ ,2 ' ' ’ x out of publication, and I h:

have y a ”~“‘ﬁ 1 = “* ' '?Q'i ’1: uu ; had an ogyortunity so copy
the article in ha» -:' ‘ ' % 5 T "a 2:“u' 3-; q typeewritton copy
of it. It may not be entirely correct; * I w' ‘ v u might read the
original in one of your public libraries.
Also, I send a leaflet wriiten by myselfin 1916. I know
you some cepias at that tiem; but maybe you would like now to

it. ' ‘
Very cordially yours,

send a ccyy of Mrs.Colby's bill, so you may see my‘objoetions to

 

 I89 North 2'1111 it” 1
Jay 20th,
Olympia Brown,
526 Dolphin st., Baltimore, Ed.
deer lrs.Brown,
Mrs.M.S.Boyd has sent a copy of your letter of
April 26th to me, and requested me to answer that portion of it in
which you ask what bills, if any, based upon the Yarbrough decision
have been introduced in Congress asking for presidential suffrage.

I know of no ﬁssocintion or committee which has ever presented
hills in Congress based on the Ysrbrough decision except the Federal
suffrage £880., of which you are president, and the Wntited “totes
Elections committee of the southern states "omen ”uffrage Conference,
of which I was chairman. Therefore, I suppose hrs.Boyd wants me to
give you the views and mention the actions of my committee. I think
you are pretty well acquainted with them slresoy, as l consulted you
several times when my committee succeeded in Febr., T916, in having
a bill introduced in the senate by Jen. Robert L. Owen.

Of course, both of us undestand that the Yarbrough decision
does not touch upon presidential suffrage at all. Its enormous
value to suffragists lies in the fact that it reverses all previous
decisions of the Supreme Court which until that decision had held
that the united States had no voters of its own creation. In the
Yarbrough decision it declares that Congressionsl suffrage is de-
rived from the Federal Constitution and not from the ctotes.

When Francis Minor studied this decision it caused him to write
his article on the Ysrhrough decision which was published in the
Arena of December, 1891. I understand this article was the cause

of the formation of the Federal suffrage committee of the N.A.W.9.A.
in 1893. When that commi