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astic and ready for sen-ice along these lines, 

 and truly foci that their services would be 

 of aid in winning the war. 



For the medical advisorj- boards. Major Mc- 

 Lean stated that all the governors' aides have 

 been appointed, and have been received with 

 hearty accord. It has been the universal re- 

 port that the services of these governors' aides 

 have been invaluable, and in many instances 

 the governors have requested permission to at- 

 tach the aides to their offices for the period of 

 the war. 



Dr. Victor C. Vaughan submitted the final 

 report of the meeting, emphasizing the neces- 

 sity of close cooperation between civilian au- 

 thorities and military authorities in the regula- 

 tion of health matters concerning both these 

 branches. In the state of Michigan, where 

 very close cooperation exists, infectious dis- 

 eases occurring in the civilian population 

 necessitates immediate report to the military 

 authorities in the nearby cantonment by tele- 

 phone or telegraph. This enables the military 

 authorities to institute efficient quarantine 

 against any particular quarter in the state 

 where communicable disease is known to be 

 present Dr. Vaughan expressed the hope 

 that, were it practical and feasible, close co- 

 operation would be established between all 

 civilian and military health authorities 

 throughout the coimtry. 



UNITED STATES DYESTUFFS 



The United States is the only country that 

 has succeeded in establishing a successful dj-e- 

 stuff industry since the war began, and it has 

 been found that American dyes are as good as 

 German dyes, according to a report made by 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce. Formerly importing annually as much 

 as $10,000,000 worth of aniline dyes alone, this 

 country exported during 10 months of last year 

 $12,500,000 worth of dyes to 21 foreign coun- 

 tries, and exports are growing rapidly. The 

 largest purchaser last year was Britain, which 

 used over $3,000,000 worth of dyes in 10 

 months. 



In view of her situation as to dyes, Britain 

 is congratulating herself on the recent cap- 



ture of the recipes of 257 German dyes. It is 

 said that these were secured with great danger 

 and difficulty by British textile firms, assisted 

 by the British foreign office. Professor Philip 

 B. Kennedy, commercial attache of the Ameri- 

 can Embassy in London, who cabled the news 

 to the United States Bureau of Foreign and 

 Dwnestic Commerce, says that it is reported 

 that all the recipes have been tested in 

 Switzerland by F. M. Rowe, of the Manchester 

 School of Technology, and certified by a Brit- 

 ish consular officer. The recipes will be given 

 to the British government, which will establish 

 a dye industry in England. 



Delegations from the greatest British dye 

 firms and from those in Switzerland are now 

 in this country to obtain information about 

 the American dyestuff industry, with a view to 

 coordinating their efforts with this country's 

 in covering the world markets after the war. 



In this connection it is r^arded as particu- 

 larly significant that some 200 manufacturers 

 of dyestuffs from all parts of the country 

 planned to meet at the Chemists' Club in New 

 York on the twenty-second and twenty-third of 

 January for the purpose of forming a national 

 association. This association when formed 

 will pay particular attention to the high qual- 

 ity of American dyestuffs and the standardiza- 

 tion of colors. 



Throughout this meeting it is hoped that 

 some coordinated plan may be reached by 

 American manufacturers to cover the foreign 

 field for American dyestuffs in the future. 



Among the developments in American-made 

 dyestuffs has been the perfecting of vegetable 

 dyes and mordants. One which has served a 

 particularly useful purpose has been the osage 

 orange dyes, first exploited by the Department 

 of Agriculture, and developed for utilization 

 as khaki dyes for uniform cloth. 



THE BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND 



CONSERVATION OF THE STATE OF 



ILLINOIS 



The last session of the State Legislature of 

 Illinois adopted a Civil Administrative Code 

 which i>rovided for a very complete reorganiza- 

 tion of tlie civil administration of the state 

 government in order to secure greater econ- 



