Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-19

] plant 5 government property. II was
erected and operated for the government
! hv the du Pont Company as war emar-
gcncy.
10000 MEN IN THREE PLANTS
! Altogether there are some $4,000 pow
| der makers employed in these three big
American powder plants, and the problem
| facing them now is to be fed back tn peace
| industries rs speedily as possible, and with
as little loss of employment as possible.
This is the problem that the du Pont
company expects to solve mainly by the
, help of the employees themselves, those
who can, going back to their old jobs as
soon as possible. so that the Jobs remain
ing will be reserved for those who have
no other means of employment
Then, at the same time, the du Pont
company will endeavor to speed up It's
peace industries and transfer rs many
of it's workers To these industries as quick
" as they can be fitted in,
That powder makers will still be needed
by the du Pont company is illustrated by
the fact that its comercial explosives
business always has been larger than ITS
military explosive trade. Up until 1914,
for instance, all the powder sold by the
du Pont company for military purposes
productions The other % per cent of
the du pont company explosives were
sold for commercial uses in peace times,
rock blasting, road building stump blow
ing, mining and railroad grading.
Pierre : du Pont, president ot the
du Pont company, on the occasion oi
the end of the war ISSUED statement
explaining to the many thousand en-
plovcS OF his corporation that IT was as
ready for peace rs II was for war In
this statement President du Pont SAID
Tie du l'ont company IS glad Ec-
Noud nae sire ut The opportunity 20
turn from the IN nufacturc oi munitions
ri War 10 the manufacture OF munitions /
oi peace
Tho government will decide when
and how work on war contracts shall
lc stopped
"Now that ,lctor> has mos happr, |
crowned our arms Let us as patriotic +
Americans. victors IA the gigantic world /
struggle for civlllzntion face The rt- (
construction period ~ the same ~iNrt /
~ that urh which vc ftrci the war /
This country met the shock 81 war /
Wlihou, pane or any serious disruption |
oi olr economic Ifc We mus meet !
tho shock Of peace n the samc spirit. |
with full confidence III nUr ability to /
vurl our WAY back to nurm.l ~ 4 quiet |
ORDERLY. business like way
OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT AIl.
labor and capital aIikc have on 4
portuniticS awaiting ihcn The suS I
pended activities ~ tho nation must be /
resumed. and tins resumption can bc
brought ahnui without hardship to any |
one II We undertake il IN the true Amer
lcau splrt
The leaders ot tmcrcau industry |
have demonstrated tn the world thor /
ability to carry TIC stupcudous burden I
of war. and 1T tho same time Keep tho |
machinery of cIvl lifc in working order
Labor has shown ITS adaptahlity Z"
the meeting oi emergency and i has
onlv Ia show the same spirit now ~ /
rcadIuetIng itself to the ncW conditions
which We are facing
america is in u better financial con-
ditIun than ever before ln hcr history
Opportunities FOR business expansion 4
arc great. and tins mcArS that the labor
di,,trjc, will find now outlets for itself 1
a- ia-t As these lndustrics suspend opera
tiun~
Nlauy details oi the nation huNi
nc~~ organization have been planned 4
;,lrcad, Il remains only t"r bar
moniojS effort 10 III, thcm INTO ciicrt
It has been the privilege Of r. / 'hI /
pput Il, \cmourS \ 90 ~ take = sub |
~tAntia part ~ tho winning ~ the war 4
It Has h,ul lp an organization and
great ttny 1T loyal workcr. nhu il /
,plcn,1,!ly meeting the crisis have fol- .
lowed out the best american traditions 4
"of course ~ the demand for mum
tim- lcsSct> this army must bc tcd ,
back INTO the ranks 81 ordinary indus
III, The du Ponl company has been |
looking forward to the time when thc
war should end, and It expects 10 take I
~ prominent part in the new devcl- I
opncnf fields as il has taken in the Il
emergency work al tho last four wears