Evening journal., 1914-09-12

Since then the dupont Powder Com
pany has gone its way alone, as di-
rected by order of the court, obeying its
mandates in letter and spirit; and if
Norgood is familiar Sith stock quota
tions, he knows the securities of the
DUPONT Company show the enect of this
dissolution.
Nor is Senator DUPONT at the head Of
the dupont Powder Company. In fact,
he is not an officer or a director in this
company-not even a stockholder-and
has never in any way worked to influ-
ence the government in favor Of II.
Neither does Norman Hapgood say
that Henry A. DUPONT is connected with
the Powder Company. Norman is as
smooth. slick, sleek and sly as a vii
lage setter at the grocery, nibbling
cheese.
Hap Just happened to put in the SEN
ator's picture. because the electro was
handy. There was no motive in itl
Five Windy Petards.
But no one could read this article
without coming to the conclusion that
the DUPONT Powder Company has sue
ceeded in electing to the United States
Senate its chief officer, and that this
man has been able to ingratiate himself
into the good graces Of the government
in way so that he has been made a
member Of the Committee on Military
Affairs and chairman Of the Committee
on Expenditures in the War Depart
ment, and that he is now using all Of
his powerful influence in securing the
sale to the government Of powder
manufactured by the DUPONT Powder
Company OF which he is both manager
and chief owner
So here we get not only two lies, but
three
First, there is no Powder Trust.
Second Senator dupont is not con-
nected with the DUPONT Powder Com
pany.
Third. Senator dupont has never
used his influence in any way to
/ further the interests OF the DUPONT
| Powder Company, which accidentally
bears the same name as himself
If Norman Hapgood wanted to tell
! the truth, he should have made all Of
! the facts in this case simple and
plain. Instead Of this he is dealing in
thing quite as villainous as villain
GUS saltpeter; that is. he Is dealing
in high-power prismatic prevarica-
tiOn
The fourth falsehood in this article
is the assumed fact that because the
DUPONT Powder Company sells pow
der to foreign nations It is guilty of
treason against the United States
Government.
The fact is that for fifty years and
more the DUPONT Powder Company
has sold powder in the markets of
the world. Just as Great Britain sold
us saltpeter during the War of the Re
bellion, and as Bridgeport sells arms
wherever there are people to buy,
and as shipbuilders in America manu-
facture and sell battleships to Ar
gentine, and as recently the United
States Government sold two battle
ships to Greece. and as the dealers
in provisions sell their commodities
to the nations of the world. so has the
DUPONT Powder Company sold its
commodities to the buyers of the
world
This is its privilege and its right
The DUPONT Powder Company is
not under any contract with thu
United States Government to give /
] exclusive"
The plain inference put out by Nor
! man Hapgood is that the duPOn
Powder Company has violated a con
: tract with the U. S. Government il
selling powder to foreign nation
The fifth falsehood is that tn
secret of manufacturing smokelesi
powder was the invention or discov
cry of the United States Government
and that the DUPONT Powder Com
pany. having come into possession o
this secret, has given it away to for
p cign nations.
The vice-president Of the duPon
Company shows that there are no sec
rets in the manufacture of powder
any more than there are secrets in tn
making of pie
Norman is shown that the formula
of powdermaking are known to tn
> chemists of the world and can b
purchased in a book that can b
bought for a dollar and fifty cents
So if you want to try the thing oui
Norman, sell fifteen copies of you
magazine, raise the money, and g
to IT,
This vice-president is something Q
a logician. He is certainly a CONCEAL
/! er of industrial. historic fact. In fou
= short paragraphs he gives the histor
of smokeless powder-prepares a pei
let of fact to cure falsehood.
First, smokeless powder was In
vented in France by the chemis
vieille.
Second. a German by the name {
Mendeleef invented a way TO colloi
i IT,. or cover il with a coating so
4 could be safely handled and trans
ported
Third, Francis G. DUPONT, Of Wi
mington succeeded in manufacturin
: the article in comparative safety an
greatly reducing the cost, thus stanC
ardizing the manufacture of the al
ticle and making it a practical sue
cess, a thing which neither the Gel
mans nor the French we're able to d.
With them It was simply a success
full laboratory experiment
Fourth, Hudson Maxim, in the en-
ploy of the dupont Powder Compan!
invented a way TO perforate the graf
of powder so as to control the firm
Of II and regulate its intensity.
i Please note that there we're fou
J steps in the evolution of smokeles
4 powder, and that two of these step
n we're the work of the DUPONT Powde
8 Company.
3 So 1t would appear that If ther
3 are any proprietary rights aboI
Il smokeless powder, they are the prof.
3 erty of the dupont Powder COmpan,
Getting at the Truth.
In its relations with the Govern
4 ment. the dupont Powder Compar