The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-22
EUROPE HAS POWDER
IN PLENTY, HE SAYS
Vice-President Buckner Of Du
Pont Company Denies
Shortage Abroad.
ENGLAND WELL SUPPLIED
France Also Provided With EX-
plOsives-Lack Of Chemi-
Gals Here.
ENGLAND WELL SUPPLIED

Reports were In circulation here yes
terday to the effect that some OF the war
ring countries In Europe were short OF
powder and would make efforts to obtain
supplies from the United States.
T.. O. Buckner. vice-president OF the
Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company of
Wilmington, Del. In reply to tele-
graphed inquiry last night said that Eng
land and France had plenty Of powder
for the use OF their armies and that In
his opinion the war would not be brief by
reason OF a shortage In explosives.
The falling of and stopping In some
Instances OF importatlons OF chemicals
entering into the manufacture OF powder.
dynamite and other high explosives has
caused the more important Of the powder
making concerns in this country to refuse
to enter into contracts for deliveries by
them after the nlling Of their fail con-
tracts. 1t was said here yesterday
The New York representative OF a pow
der making company said yesterday that
the large concerns always have on hand
sufficient quantity Of supplies to last
for several months and that the supplies
OF chemicals at the plants Will carry them
over at least until the end OF the year.
The small manufacturers-the men VINO
do not order more than a carload of phos-
phatc Mt a time-are the ones that are
feeling the pinch now by reason of the
failure to receive the usual shipments OF
chemicals from abroad.
Potash. used in the making OF salt
petre. comes from Germany alone. and OF
course none Is being imported now
Nitrate OF soda comes from Chile. The
announcement Of w II. Grace Co,
: i,I hag fraf at IN q y
on the Atlantic and Pacific. that II pro-
poses to put its feet under the American
: flag under the emergency shipping act
| indicates a present and future normal po-
sition In nitrate Of soda. according To tho
| Charles + Garrigues Co. of so Maiden
| lane. which deals in materials and sup
! plies for manufacturers of powder AND
| other explosives. Ten OF W. r. Grace a
| co.'s ships are in the South American
| trade on the east coast and two ply be-
| tween San Francisco and ports on the
west coast of South America.
The Garrigues company has sent on
| circular letters saying that its friends
may expect to get their nitrate OF sod'
AZ favorable figures and that the wa
prices at present In effect on grea
many imported articles. will not be ex
| tended to nitrate OF soda
I'VE believe" the circular goes on "tha
this information just published has beef
known all along 10 tnose interested IN IN
importation Of nitrate of soda into thi
country, and that accounts for the re
ceptlve and apparently favorable marke
on nitrate OF soda that has existed sine
the European trouble started"
England has stopped all expectation
Of gylcerine which enters into the max
ing OF dynamite.
Nitrate OF ammonia comes from Nor
way and importers say that II has bee
coming to this country right along sine
the war started.
Foreign wood pulp comes largely fror
Norway. but some is shipped from Ger
many. II is said there is plenty OF 1t 70
the immediate future.
At the office OF the Du Pont de Nemour
Powder Company in this city 1t was sal
that nothing was known there of the eli
fects Of the shortage OF imported chem
calls on the manufacturing end Of tn
business as the ONCE is exclusively a sale
office.