Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-19
DU POINTS MAKE
READY FOR PEACE
DYES and Munitions of Commerce
to Replace Manufacture OF
Munitions of War.

The du Pont Powder Company has
been in business for ll6 years, and IN
that time. has, previous to the late world
conflict. done war work for only eight and
a half years.
This. in a nutshell, tells why the Amer
lean explosive industry will not 90 10
smash because the war IS over.
The industry is organized both on war
and on n peace basis II makes not only
powder for war purposes but commcrclal
explosives for peace purposes, besides
having incorporated within ITS own or
ganization all the peace industries allied
with the manufacture of explosives, such
as the manufacture OF paints, dycstuiis,
commercial chemicals and all the ccliulose
limitations or substitutes for leather and
ivory.
The end of the war to tho du Pont COM
panv. therefore, simply means to change
from the manufacture Of munitions 81
war To the manufacture OF munitions OF
peace.
Dvcstuffs has been decided upon by the
+tlu pont people as one Of the peace in
,luStrcs which they will concentrate their
greatest effort and IN time, after some
years the du P2nt dvcstuli plant at Deep
water Point is expected - become almost
~ large rs the hig powder plant al
Carney : Point. which Will then become q
,lvc town instead OF powder tovn.
The famous American powder kings,
in other words after having shot the Ger
mans to pieces and literally blown them
pff the map with their high explosives,
propose now To appropriate the German
world-,amcd dye industry
erRohT or nu~INiSs GENIUS.
This Is sort ot Rubbing il in on tlc
Huns, hut with The du Pont powder
makers IT is merely ono 81 tho>c long
headed business strokes which has made
them prosper rs poWdcrm1kcT- TOR II
wears. although IN that tlmc they had
only i tow wears 81 VAR work
81 course poudcrmakor- cannot ID
changed overnight - dlcnmher~
Tho dye plant II the company i not
In shape 10 take them over al once clthcy
for il has been Developed to ID. present
cupacity IN spite ol til, rush Of war work
and is fully equipped tor tho moment
Some of the pWS1crnakcrS, particular
IL the unskilcd pow,icrmaker-. who were
put 10 work % meet the extra war de-
mand will have 70 -. But they knew
that when thcv took thclr lotS Several
hundred oi them have already gone back
homo of their own voIllIou,
All oi the extra powder workers Cm-
plnvcl were carefully investigated. rs the
powder works had ii H. protected against
German mottcr~ IN investigating It's
extra working force thc powder company
listed them iii accordance with thcW
former .mpoymcnt Recently the powder
company established j now htircau ou
personnel which Is charged with the duty
OF making he change from war 10 peace
conditions rs easy rs possible for all con
ccrnpl. and is rndcaNuIlng IL refer all d.
charged powder workers ~ employers ln
thcr old industry whIch needs thclr
services
Just how soon the powder making shuts
down depends upon tho government en-
tircll and what It's policy viii 10 Is not
yet known, but ii Is takcn for granted
that the 1000 powder makers at Carney
Point Will not be kept employed mirh
tongcr and that radical reduction m
lhc working force viii soon hc necessary
Tn addition - the Carney Point plant
The ill Ponf company also has It's plant
at Hop wrll VA. and tic world ; greatest
powder plant III Nashville Tcnn Thc
liopcwcl plant IS owned ~ the powder
company and tacc- i shutdown like thu
plant Al Carney Point and some minor
plants in New Jersey But the Nashville