Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-08-24

MARVELLOUS RECORD
WYE give elsewhere resume Of the
w notable address Of Col. =. y.
Buckner. vice-president of the du Pont
Company, recently delivered at the
General Sales Convention at Atlant'c
City.
Every Delawarean should read TINS
du Point Powder Story: First, because
It is very interesting Indeed, more IKE
some Monte Christie romance born out OF
the f,orid brain Of Dumas than the &C.
count of prosy business achievement;
or. perhaps, better said, this narrative
Of the du Points expansion in about
two wears of their annual output from
p ooo. 600 to 400, 900, 900 pounds OF pow
dor "a almost as startling as the tale OF
another Aladdin rubbing his Magic
Lamp!
Second because this industry OF the
dr. Points is the foremost in, our State
one of the three greatest in the coun'
trv and moreover. by far the biggest
nowder.making plant in the wno'e
world Therefore, its triumphs are a
proper source of state pride to every
citizen Of the Diamond State.
Third, because Of the unique role
nlaved by this du Pont industry IN
shaping the worlds history IN 'n's
great crisis. The phalanx OF M''''aoes
at Marathon did not more signal'y save
the liberties of Greece; or the long
bows of the English at Crecy win tnat
enochal battle of Anglo-Saxon freedom
than did the du Pont powder make pos
sible the salvation Of Europe from
+hoso ,.+or Huns of the Kaiser, more
brutal, possibly more dangerous tnan
those led in 1872 by Germany's hero
warrior. Atilla, 1.-The Scourge OF Co..
This statement is made upon the au-
thority OF Lord Moulton, the head OF
the British Munitions Board, and OF
General Hedlam of the British Army
who declared that 1.-The du Pont Com
pany is entitled to the credit OF saving
the British Empire" The fact that
the French could get powder enough in
1914. enabled them to stem the Hunnlsn
tide at the Marine, and the Allies later
to reap the full fruits OF that
great victory. Therefore. it IS no
exaeperation to say that the du Pont
powder company saved the civilization
of the Twentieth Century to the world!
Fourth, because the du Points have
refused to follow the shameful example
of all the other big corporations like
u. S. Steel, Standard Oil. the Lumber,
Meat. Cotton and other Trusts, to
gouge the Government and the people,
by putting powder up from 100 to 300
per cent. as these rapacious profiteers
have done with their products.
On the contrary the du Points have
the high honor of being 1.-THE only con-
Germ in the United States which is to-
day selling their product at less than
pre-war prices Despite the increased
cost of labor and materials from 100 to
300 per cent, they have through inven-
tions and economies actually reduced
the price of powder from $1.00 per
pound October 1914 to 49, cents Sep
TENDER l917-almost one-half the price
before the war
Finally. this du Pont Powder Story
merits reading, because of the gener-
GUS manner in which the du Points have
contributed to various public causes
such as good roads, colleges, Red Cross,
etc.,-princely benefactions. indeed,
that may justly elicit the applause and
gratitude of all their fellow citizens,
not only in Delaware but throughout
tho Nation