The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28
Glimpse athe Explosive Manufacturing Plants Only One State
Gives Indication Of Huge Network ofWm Industries Turnout Land

lators are planning jerry built
homes in large quantities.
One only wonders whether the
Diehl Manufacturing Company,
makers Of ship engines for the
United States Navy, and subsidiary
of Singer, will move with its parent
company ct is now operating on
night shifts) The chances are likely
as three factors are held contribu-
tory towards the move taxes, the
effect of salt water on precision in
struments, machinery. and metals,
and reported negotiations for the
property of the present plant as a
possible new terminal for the Nickel
Plate R. r. system.
BskeIite and Hercules
Another expanding industry in
this area is the Bakelite plant east
of Bound Brook. At East Bound
Brook there is also the plant of
Robinson, Butler, Hemingway &
Company, makers of nitrocellulose
paste.
Let us move further down the
Raritan to New Brunswick. New
Brunswick has no large chemical
plants or ammunition factories but
is important in the manufacture Of
related war materials. Johnson g.
Johnson. makers of surgical sup
plies, is here with 81 factory build
ingS and % acres of floor space. At
the present time q new building Is
in the course of construction. j.
& j. is reported to have had nu-
merous government contracts as have
had International Motor, makers
Of Mack trucks, also in New Bruins
wick. It is significant that A. j.
Brosseau, president of International,
is a member of the National De-
tense Committee Of the United
States Chamber of Commerce CO.
operating with the House Military
Affairs Committee.
To get back to ammunition and
explosives, however. we have but
to move a few miles southeast on
the same river to the Union plant
of the Hercules Powder Company
in the concentration area around
the Raritan Ordnance Depot. other
wiee known as the Raritan Arsenal.
(The Hercules Powder Company
reported a net income of $2,363 ,055
for 1888 after depreciation, federal
taxes and other charges had been
deducted. This compares with a
net income of $3.50. 1853 in 1882 Divi-
dends equal to $279 a share in 1888
as against "a cents in 1922
Blew 4 Workers to Bits
The Union plant is at Parlin and
like its brother plant at Denville,
which only recently blew four work
ers to bits, is funcHoning with night
and day shifts. 1t was here that
local official suggested that in
crease in operations was "due, no
doubt. to the hunting season This
remark ranks in cynicism with the
report given by Earl L, Smith, econ
omist, before the 67th convention
of the American Chemical Society
held at ST. Petersburg, Fla. In at
tempting to explain away the real
reason for the unusual increase in
the production of high explosives,
Mr.. Smith was reported to have
given the following statement New
York Times, March &c, 1880: Eek
plosives - Civilian Conservation
Corps orders, with increased demand
from numbering, coal mining. and
other mining, caused IS per cent
rise in 1888 over 1882. Gain for
December, 1898 was % per cent over
December, 1882" Nothing about war
preparations Nothing about gov
eminent contracts outside Of C.CC.!
Nothing about Japanese exportsl