Evening journal., 1914-06-27
COL. BUCKNER To
DEFENSE OF DUPONTS
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Invented the multi-perforaied grain
that gave absolute control over the
burning.
II will thus be seen that Of the
four great steps in the development
Of smokeless powder, two stand ~
me credit Of the dupont Company. In
RAPID succession there followed valu-
able inventions which not only re-
suited in improving the powder but
IN reducing the cost-methods and
devices for recovering alcohol re-
working powder. stabilizing the now
der and more than doubling its life
nitrating guncotton, etc. which ware
worked out in DUPONT Laboratories
and experimental plants and credit
for which has time and again been
given to the DUPONT Company by
Army and Navy officers.
The DUPONT Company invented q
Small Arms Powder. and a machine
for its manufacture, the admitted
value Of which TO the Government
was greater than our aggregate pro
ilts on All the busines we have done
with the Government The Govern
ment IS manufacturing this powder
with this machine while Congress
by limitations on appropriation bills
prohibits the purchase OF this powder
from the duPontsi
II IS the accumulated exnerience If
decades that has given the dnponts
prlmacy IN the manufacture Of exnIo-
siyes, enabling them to work out pro
eesses, machinery and economies SO
essential 70 commercial success: and
lot II be known and remembered that
every process and invention perfected
by the duPonts has been turned over
20 the Government practically with
out cost. for use in It's two plantsi
With the above recital IN mind
every item Of which can be verified
by official records. If there are any
smokeless powder secrets. whose are
they?
! would not have any one infer that
] contend that Army and Navy Off
GERS have not aided in tho develop-
ment Of our present smokeless pow
der but J deny, nor will they con
tend, that the service rendered bv
them 1ustities the claim in Harper's
Weekly as to Government secrets.
They have tested and criticised and
suggested. The duponts in their la
boratories and experimental plants
spent money and brought results.
f3l Il would be made to appear
that Senator Henry Algeron dupont.
who since 1906 has been identified
with the Committees on Military
Affairs and Expenditures in the
War Department of the Senate, has
been locking after the interests Of
the DUPONT Company in Washington.
This is ridiculous Senator DUPONT
is neither an officer. director. a
stockholder, or an employe Of the
Company, nor has he been since elect
ed TO the Senate, nor has he ever
made any effort to assist it in Wash
ington. During the eight years he has
been in the United States Senate the
price Of smokeless powder for large
guns has been reduced six times,
from 20 cents to So cents per pound;
and such limitations have been plac-
ed on the bills going out Of his Com
mittees as 10 render 1t impossible for
AAit army tOW " buINudnt dny pow
der from the duPonts.
Now the foregoing statements,
every one of which can be verified
and substantiated by official records,
establish the following facts:
Cd That the contract for Brown
Prismatic Powder was made at the
instance and with the approval Of the
CD THAT if there are any smoke
less powder secrets, they are DUPONT
secrets
CD That while Senator Henry All
gernon DUPONT has been Senator
nothing advantageous to the dupont
Company has come from his Commit
tees.
These facts being established.
submit that | am justified in contend
ing that the charges carried in the
two articles in Harper's Weekly are
without warrant or excuse and are
grossly and outrageously unjust and
unfair.