Brookings-Harbor pilot., April 15, 1954, Page 7, Image 7

ROTARIANS HEAR DuPONT OFFICIAL
CREDIT FREEDOM FOR OUR STRENGTH
I of people who had the vision to
see its possibilities."
"An industry w a s created ,
thousands of new jobs w ere
I created , and the public obtained a
A m ericans have the best s ta n d ­ tab lew are, bags, insulation for useful m ateria l at a price th a t
ard of living in th e w orld today w ires, and m any o th e r consum er continued to be satisfac to ry , be-
I cause it becam e steadily low er,
because th ey have been free to products.
develop the in d u stry to c re a te it,
"If these com panies each had to he said.
Dr. W a lte r A. Dew told th e m ake th e m a te ria l them selves,
Dr. Dew described som e of the
R o tary C lub h ere Tuesday. Dr. not one of them w ould be able to ¡new est products developed by du
Dew. a re searc h chem ist since m a n u fa c tu re th ese item s because P ont research lab o rato ries. Som e
1924, is P acific D istrict m an ag e r the cost would be too g re a t,” he of them a re so new th a t they are
of th e E xten sio n Division of the declared.
still in the ex p erim en tal o r eval-
du Pont C om pany’s P ublic R e la ­
P o ly th en e w as cited as ju st one 1 n atio n stage. O ne of th ese was
tions D e p artm en t.
of th o u san d s of things m a n u fa c­ j titan iu m , a new ly developed m etal
"W e have th e th ings we w an t tu red by large businesses w hich j w'hich is half th e w eight of stain-
because we have an in d u strial go th e sam e w ay and w hich help ) less steel but ju s t as stro n g anil
; b e tte r in resistin g corrosion. Lab-
system th a t is g re a te r th a n any to raise living stan d ard s.
. o ra to rie s throughout th e co u n try
in th e w orld," he declared. "T he
Dr. Dew pointed out th a t in : a re w orking on it now to develop
sto ry of in d u stry is th e sto ry of
the rayon industry, du P o n t and uses for it.
o u r s ta n d a rd of living.”
14 o th e r m a jo r com panies produce
O th er new p ro d u c ts included
U rging th e R o tarian s to help th e y arn , com peting w ith each
"O
rio n ” acry lic fiber and "D a­
m ain tain th e conditions w hich o th e r to serve
13,000 sm aller
m ade it possible, Dr. Dew said. businesses w hich a re engaged in c ro n ” polyester fiber w hich w ere
"A m erica is stro n g because -it is co n v ertin g it into finished a r ti ­ developed to m eet 20th C en tu ry
fabric needs. M ention w as also
based on freedom to im agine and cles for consum ers.
m ade of new E lasto m ers, "T eflon"
c re a te , freedom to act and dis­
"T he com bined em ploym ent of
trib u te p ro d u cts in a co m petitive th e rayon in d u stry is well over a p o ly tetraflu o ro eth y len e p 1 a s t i c
w hich has unusual properties, and
m a rk e t.”
m illion people, w-ho handled a " M y la r” polyester film. E m phasis
" In d u stry is m ade up of people billion pounds of th is m an-m ad*’ w as placed on new a g ric u ltu ra l
who w ork to g e th e r to produce fiber last y e a r,” he said.
cht m icals w hich aid g re atly in in­
goods and services for people at
Nylon, w hich w as developed by creasing food production in the
a fa ir p rofit fo r th e ir e ffo rts,” du Pont a f te r te n y e a rs of re ­ U nited S tates.
he said. "T h e team com prising the search and developm ent, follows
"N ew products such as these
investor, research , m an agem ent, a ro u te to the public sim ilar to will not only add new things to
and labor, spells production. T he th a t ta k e n by rayon, he said.
o u r s ta n d a rd of living, but th •»
Five plants, each costing m any
sales force in su res d istrib u tio n ."
T h at, he declared, "is a real m illions of dollars, a re con­
stre n g th in o u r w ay of life and it cerned in th e m aking of nylon
is th e envy of o th ers."
and nylon in te rm e d ia te s, "but
"W e have th e th in gs w hich give th a t is only th e s t a r t ,” Dr. Dew
us o u r high sta n d a rd of living said. "A w hole team of industries
because w e have a v ast in d u strial w ork on it and tra n s fo rm it into
sy stem in th is co u n try th a t con­ finished p ro d u cts such as hosiery,
v e rts sim ple th in g s into useful woven fabrics, fabrics, and p las­
products, w hich a re th e tru e tic artic le s.”
He outlined th e m any steps
w e alth ,” he said.
Dr. Drew’ ex p lained th a t this ta k e n by various types of indus­
sy stem m u st have little businesses try in m ak in g usable th in g s from
and it m u st have big businesses th is raw m a te ria l and pointed out
in o rd e r to succeed, and th a t one th a t du P o n t has a th o u san d cus­
can n o t get along w ith o u t the to m ers for nylon y arn alone.
" It is the in terd ep en d en ce of
other.
in d u stry — com prising larg e and
The du P o n t C om pany is one sm all u n its g eared to g e th e r so
of th e big businesses and, "W e
th a t each p erfo rm s its functions
are proud of th is bigness, because efficiently th a t m akes it possible
un d er th e A m erican system today to provide goods and services at a
only a concern which satisfied its p rice you can afford to pay,” he
cu sto m ers can becom e big,” he said.
declared
A nother essen tial to th e m an u ­
In discussing m any du P ont fa c tu re of new p roducts w hich
products, he pointed out th a t they help to ra ise th e s ta n d a rd of liv­
are av ailab le to th e public only ing is th e in v estm en t of risk
because th ey a re produced at m oney in new and u n tried things.
low’-cost in larg e am o u n ts in Dr. Dew’ continued. As an e x ­
plan ts which a re very costly.
am ple, he pointed out th a t cello­
"The du P ont C om pany has an phane w as developed as a useful
investm ent of $20,000 in tools and m a te ria l because of th e in v est­
facilities fo r every person who m ent of risk m oney on th e p a rt
has a job in th e com pany.” he said.
T he chem ical in d u stry serves j
as a su p p lier of basic m a te ria ls
for o th e r industries. In the case
of du Pont, he com m ented. 92
per cent of th e co m pany’s pro­
Bookkeeping
duction is sold to o th e r com- !
panics, most of them sm all, for Pay Roll
Taxes
processing into co n su m er item s.
Insurance
As an illu stra tio n of how this
w orks, he spoke of polythene,
which is one of th e lightest p la s­
tics. lie pointed o u t th a t this new
m ateria l is being used by "h u n ­
dreds of sm all in d u strie s” to m ake
molded artic le s, flexible bottles,
p ro d u ctio n an d processing of them
will c re a te m any new jobs and
businesses," he declared . "T h at
has been th e resu lt of such dis-
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in d u stry th a t is able to v e n tu ie
into th e developm ent of new a n d
useful p ro d u cts," he said.
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