Bo hasn't gone very far when it becomes clear that Charley is something far wilder and more wily than a meek scholar on the run. That has changed. Not only is extensive reorganization under way in every department, there is a new approach to the way Du Pont operates its business. Even the company's ties with its home state are considered by many to be in jeapordy. John Stapleford, director of the Bureau of Economic Research at the University of Delaware, estimates that the company, directly or indirectly, accounts for 30 percent of the employment and 40 percent of the total wages paid and spent in the state.
Every American company has to become more responsive to international factors.
In the context of Delaware industrial history, the curent situation is vaguely like what began to happen when the Du Pont cousins got together 90 years ago. In 1900 if you mentioned Wilmington, you thought of railroad equipment, shipyards and leather tanning. They have a good location here and aren't going to give that up.