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MAY 1920 If you do not sell Du Pont Paints and Varnishes, and, therefore, cannot supply the Master Painter--write for Dealer's Proposition. HERE are paints and paints. Seems like I have tried out most of Tthe 400 brands made in this country, but my mind is made up now as to which is best and I'm resting easy. Every can has the Du Pont Oval on it and that goes for Varnishes, Enamels, Stains and Finishes, too--so I just look for that and then I know I'm right. "Stands to reason, a concern that has been in business over a hundred years must make the finest there is or they would not be where they are today. "I can go right down here to the Du Pont dealer and get most anything I want, as the Du Pont people have big warehouses scattered over the country. They sure do give you service, and, as for the paint I'm using here, you have 'rThe Satisfaction of Knowing It Is Made by Du Pont." E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS dc COMPANY, In c . Sales Dept.: Paint and Varnish Division WILMINGTON, DELAWARE The Banking Situation Tht> siguifirtuift'- ttf tlu> condition />/' iht* t'omhhwfl Federal reserve hanks UB general bunking si! nation is By F. BUS UK UAYFOifJ) banks must bo kept in the form of deposits Tespecially important at this trrrwv Money is tight: inloro?t rates are .Ki'onmiiif' Stutixliekii! K. I. du Pout do ISteiiMMjr* & Co.. Ino. in the twelve Federal reserve banks. The importance and unified strength, of the Federal reserve system are thus indicated. high and loans arc becoming increasingly When reference is inadh in the following paragraphs to a difficult to obtain. During the past- year the general price level "member bank," any hawk (except the twelve Federal reserve has risen rapidly, on top of an already great rise since 191a; this banks) which belongs to the Federal reserve system is meant. lias inailr? necessary a corresponding increase in the amount of The twelve Federal reserve money required to do business. banks are essentially bankers* The demands for capital are banks, as they have very slight unusually large, due partly to dealings with the public directly. Ihe rise in general prices, partly SSj* Among their most important to restrictions upon business h._ functions are the following;-- and upon, the issuance of new *<** 1* They may accept deposits industrial securities during the eow from the United States Govern war, and partly tu the great ment and from member banks need of Europe for goods for in their respective districts, but which ifc has not the money to not from individuals or corpo pay. Tin.`.sc things have placed rations, Against its deposits a mi unusual strain upon the Federal reserve bank is required banking resources of the coun to keep a cash reserve of 35 try. What, then, Is I be present per cent, banking situation and to what 2, They may rediscount com does it point? mercial notes, drafts and bills of The best index of t he general exchange arising out of actual hanking Ktiimumi Is the con commercial transactions and solidated statement of the endorsed and ' presented by Federal reserve hanks. The member banks, reason for this is apparent when 3, They may discount short one considers the nature of the time notes of member banks Federal reserve system an d the secured by certain collateral. functions of the Federal reserve 4, They may purchase in the banks. open market anywhere certain Under the Federal reserve kinds of negotiable paper, system the United States is 5, They may establish rates divided into twelve districts, tu of discount subject to review each one of which is a Federal and determination by the Federal Reserve Hoard. reserve bunk having certain relations to the banks in that dis All of their rediscounting operations are subject to the sii]x;r- trict which are members of the system. The twelve Federal vision and control of the Federal Reserve Board. reserve banks are under the general supervision of the Federal 6. Under the supervision, and regulation of the Federal Reserve Board at Washington. All national hanks are required Reserve Board they may issue Federal reserve notes, which are to be members of the Federal reserve system and any ether bank "a first and paramount lien or: ail the assets" of the issuing may become a member by complying with certain renamemeids. Federal reserve bank and which have back of them, specifically While the Federal reserve system does not include by any means pledged, certain high-grade unilateral equal to !U0 per cent of the all of the banks in the United States, it does include, in addition face value of the notes. A gold reserve of not Jess than 40 pm to all the national banks, over 1,200 state banks and trust cent must be maintained by each Federal reserve hank against companies, making a total in more than 9,000 banks which are its outstanding Federal reserve notes. now members of this system. The legal reserve of all these III' J'ON 1' M `>p\rt;jhn-d n.'lSJ S>t J\. 1- ilu 1'ont ili> Kt-oi-Mir, V Uotnjutm , !. .HulhOtf.ft miN ll*,* si-;ir. j. }>,, KHiU.'i'Z, l-'iUuir i-. K. M AM! I IKS 11.IJ, Liliths THiLlislii if- M v n-priiil. wirli rroilii, alJ axlM-lo.* urn! ill iraJii.n, 4-,1 iwi-ym ;i i'.pv ri<rli|, K l.-rtrup j m :: 'w ill, wrtw In- j'umi.4i.-ii i>ii r. ijnc-t. 2 DU PONT MAGAZINE The relations of member hanks to the Federal reserve? banks are briefly these:-- 1, The legal reserve of a member bank must consist of a deposit in the Federal reserve bank of its district. The required reserve of a member bank is 3 per cent of the time deposits of its customers and from 7 to 13 per cent of the demand deposits (13 per cent for banks located hi New York, Chicago and Ht. Louis; Bi-LS DISCOUNTED AND BOUGHT States certificates of indebtedness and Liberty Bonds), This, of course, was due to the purchase of large amounts of such securities both by member banks and by their customers, who borrowed a large part of the money required to pay for them. Purely commercial bills formed, until very recently, only a eomieiralively small part ofthe paper discounted oy the Federal reserve banks. Changes in this regard, however, have been apparent in tin* last few months, the amount of discounted bills secured by Government war obligations having been slightly reduced and the amount of commercial bills ("all other dis counted bills" mid "hills bought in open market") having increased considerably. Further reduction in loans secured by Liberty Bonds and United Status certificates is unquestionably desirable. Two other items in the consolidated statement of the Federal reserve banks are significant. These are deposits ami Federal reserve notes in actual circulation. From the graph showing the changes in these items it is apparent that net deposits have grown rapidly since the time when the United States entered the war, increasing from a tri lie over $700,000,000111 May, 1917, to $1,772,904,000 on March 26, 1920. Federal reserve notes in actual circulation have had an even greater increase, growing from less than 6O0 million dollars in the early part of 1917 to over 3 billion at the present time. The great expansion in loans and in Federal reservo notes is intimately related to the rise in commodity prices. As the Federal Reserve Board said last October, "the dollar has lost its purchasing power because* expansion of credit, under the neces sities of war financing, proceeded at a rate more rapid than the production of goods." If prices are to be kept from rising further, credit expansion must be checked. But, regardless of the price situation, the financial resources of the country must be conserved If business is to reach a sound NET DEPOSITS AND FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES IN CIRCULATION 10 nt-r cent for banks located m curtain other cities, and 7 per cent for ail other member banks, called "country hanks"), 2. A member hank can borrow from its Federal reserve bank by rediscounting its customers' paper or by discounting its own collateral nob1*. Tn this way a member bank can increase its deposit, with its Federal reserve bank ami using this deposit as its legal reserve it- can increase Us loans to its customers. It is apparent, that the reserves of the combined Federal reserve banks are vital in the? banking situation. If the excess reserves are Janie it indicates that considerable possibility of credit expansion exi.sis. If the excess reserves are small, the indication is that such expansion must hi! curtailed. Jt :s apparent, from the graph mi the* preceding page that n radical decline in excess reserves bus taken place since the middle of 1913. Tn the past; six months alone excess reserves have fallen from over 500 million dollars to scarcely more than 200 million ($217,423,000 mi March 2(>, 11120). This decrease Inis been due partly to the withdrawal of gold for shipment to South America and the Orient and partly to a very rapid expansion of loans. It would appear from these facts that Joan expansion must be cheeked if a sound banking situation is to be nuHTrained. Since the drawing down of the excess reserves has been largely caused by an increase in loans made by the Federal reserve banks, a brief examination of the loan item in the consolidated statement should prove of interest. The graph headed "Bills Discounted and Bought" portrays the essential features in this regard. "Total bilk' on hand," which represent all loans made by the twelve Federal reserve banks, have increased by leaps and bounds since the middle of 1917. At the end of March they amounted to almost: 3 billion dollars ($2,901,109,000), having increased by $800,000,000 in the last six months. A separation of these loans into three kinds is shown in the graph. 11 appears that the? great increase in loans since early in 1918 has been based on notes secured by Government war obligations (United position. Thin involves restriction of speculation ami of un necessary expenditure in order that essential business needs may be me!. This would tend to bring about some decline in general prices and some slowing up of business activity, but how far either might: go cannot be dearly foreseen at present. There seems to be no reason, however, to fear any dire results. No sudden contraction of loans Is likely to occur and certainly no aucli thing as a "panic." The money market, howrever, will probably be tight for some time longer. MAY, 1920 i A New Upholstery Material That Solves an Old Problem Craftsman Fabrikoid keeps its leather-like appearance no matter how tightly it is stretched Scientific manufacture has done away with every suggestion of "cfotkiness" HE manufacturer of a leather substitute like By H. L. HOPKINS standard leather substitute for high-grade uphol TDu Pont Fabrikoid has many advantages over the tanner of natural leather* One advantage particu larly worth mentioning is his ability to select raw materials and stery work--millions of yards have been used annually--has been growing more nearly ideal each year. Only one major problem still awaited solution in this adjust operating processes in accordance with the service upholstery material at the beginning of 1919, That was the demanded nf his finished product. problem of clot.by appearance when tightly stretched--a prob The tanner works with a basic raw material, having inherent lem now solved for the first time in an improved type of Crafts characteristics which he cannot alter to meet the service man Fabrikoid, a material which, at last, meets every test to requirements of the finished leather. Hides are hides. The which good taste or hard wear can put it. tanner takes them as they come and turns out the best leat her lie In covering furniture, auto cushions and other articles with can- leather tiiat varies little from the product of past centu any kind of material there are always some places where the ries because the limitations of the raw material always dominate upholsterer must stretch and pull the material considerably its manufacture. until it conforms to and lies smoothly over those places. On In making Du Pont Fabrikoid there are very few bask limita the arms of an easy chair, for instance, the upholstery material tions. There is a considerable flexibility both as to formulae must be pulled and stretched considerably to make a perfect job. and processes that makes it possible to adapt the finished prod The ordinary high-grade leather substitute looks exactly like uct to almost any requirement that develops in its use. leather and entirely unlike doth in all the conditions under Improvement along necessary lines is aided by a great latitude which it is used excepting the tightly stretched condition men in the selection of raw materials and a fundamental control of tioned above. When tightly stretched over the arms or back of their use, which gives the desired combination of qualities a chair, davenport or other piece of furniture, any leather sub sought after. There is scope for such radical changes In the stitute, excepting this improved Craftsman Fabrikoid, has a product as the research work of the Du Pont laboratories tendency to reveal the pattern of the cotton fabric upon which suggests. it is built. In other words, there are visible on the surface Again and again, new qualities of Du Pont Fabrikoid have certain lines which Indicate or suggest the weave of the cloth been developed for specific ueea, and existing qualities made that lies beneath the coating. These lines will seldom he noticed more suitable for the purposes employed. The development of by the casual observer, as they are not usually very prominent; upholstery materials that will meet every service condition has however.. to the critical observer, the furniture dealer, and, been one of continuous effort ever since Fabrikoid was first particularly, the manufacturer, they constitute a real objection. marketed, ft has beer, an effort invariably crowned with sue- For some years this appearance of clothiness was accepted Crdftsmaii Fabrikoid, viihh fur some yv?im:; Im* b<?-n U:v C-vi'iit nil'- u l>; i DU PONT MAGAZINE Road Building in tlie Rockies tisivvs pinv ott important part in nmtiinu thr stottir troutk*TM of i ha II asf more accessihle HE Rocky .Vt minium region of North Bv a . E. % M1KIW .N first time* that the United Static is really richer TAmerica abound:? in natural scenery, sur in natural scenery uf Uie first order than any passing that of the Alps. bui. It. has not boon suTidcntly other country. exploiti-.L Americans have crossed l ho seas by UmuaumL toRoad building in the Rockies is like road building in other l-ravcl in Europe, stud have snc i largo :;umr of money to see its part s of i In? country, except that it is mure dil-kult, and more ivmeh-udvcrlisud scenery, yet bora in America wo have much expensive, for the earth material in the Rockies is generally that is grander, mnro rugged, and more picturesque, because true to mime--it is rocky. Neve-tliclcss, good roads have been it is more wild and built through places natural, (hat seemed impossi During the progr* -. ble to traverse. The of the war, tourist " tourist who rides in an travel to Europe was automobile over one stripped and thousands . of these.fmished roads. of tourists were com has no adequate idea pelled to seek for of the difficulties thrills in their own which have been over native land. But 1 come in its construc where? Many of them, i tion. In mountainous of course, believed that J regions all classes and the scenic places la the .......... kinds of construction Rockies were over are encountered, as rated, m.(t that by no well as all kinds of possibility could they soil, earth and rock. measure; up to the charms of European lakes and mountains; . In the valleys, clay, w BEKBm1 earth, and sand-roads are graded with plows, stilt an there was no other a! ternative aaaJBBBBBMi 1 scrapers, and road excavators, and sur thoiisamls of tourists, faced with graders. If who habitually crossed the surfacing material the Atlantic, boarded t rans c o n tinvniul V: V:-- v ;;v .r Aw Is mear at hand,' they ;; are cheap and easily I rains, or slopped irl o V : y : .-> y Vf Cc N NN g-Q-Wtl*' , ij constructed. But in automobiles and r<j i led over tliv national highways toward the ' V -.?- -Rif ;? . '*' . -A> i\ the mountains, disin ... m-.-kyU. -.. /- ;. r- UfS'" b tegrated granite is y =;u vf. ; t - ::. \y a*.: Axis* >* ='1 :: usually within reach, W^t. They have and this material reruiTiftd with a new makes the finest and conception of the best road surface that United States and a can he found, ' 11ow a|>| >r<vial,ion of On the hillsides, the HCC-nie wonders of black "blasting powder the Itmtdes; of lakes more beautiful than is used to blast out weathered or disinte Switzerland's Lake grated rock mixedwith Lucerne; of mountain earth. This material is peaks mure imposing usually partially oren than the Matterhorn. The grandest scen tirely wasted. Some times ' a hillside is ery, however, has remained inaccessible because these regions are sparsely settled; and it is impossible to AioilRT the western slope of the Fall Raver Pas?, in Grand County. Coiorad covered with timber so that it Is necessary to saw this timber and blast the stumps, or else blast the trees finance the building of roads either by direct taxation or by entirely. This is done by boring a hole under the stump or tree, local bund issues. Federal aid has helped In buiid roads between and exploding a charge of low grade Red Cross Extra Dynamite. mining centers and agricultural districts, and some roads uf Ibis In weat hered, cracked or soft rock, 20 or 30 per cent Red type pass through sections of unusual f-u-emo interest. The Forest Cross Extra is used, or Duobel, a nitrate of ammonia explosive. Service, too, is building many roads to make the forests more Boulders are blasted from the right of way, either by digging accessible to the rangers who patrol them and light destructive under them and exploding charges of some high explosive, or by forest liras; these, also, lead through st-relete ol striking and drilling holes In the boulders and breaking them up with light romantic scenery. The National Parks are being opened up by charges of high explosive. When blasting very large boulders magnificent boulevards, and many of the beauty spots arc being explosives in 10-pound bags are sometimes used, because in tins made into national playgrounds for the health and recreation form they are more convenient to handle. If it is desired to of ..he people. Thus, road building in a literal aenoc in paving throw I ho rock or waste it, a hole \a drilled to the desired depth, the way for a greater appreciation of the vast seenie domuIns of then sprang or chambered with small charges of high explosive. the West, -and thousands of Americans arc discovering for the Alter the hole has cooled--usually the next day--the resulting MAY, 192!l 5 chamber in the bottom of the hole is loaded with railroad blastir:g powder, which is exploded by means of an oleetnc biaslmg eap inserted as a primer in one or more sticks of dynamite. Railroad blasting powder in a mixed grain black powder with, practically no voids; it is mure dense than a powder of uniform granulation, anil exerts mom force. In hard ztv-k construction, holes are usually drilled by means of air drills; and portable air compressors, although .steam drills are sometimes used. Such holes are loaded with 30 or 40 per *-ent Red Cruse Extra, Diiobel. or Munohel -another nitrate 'f ainmenin explosive unci a large number of holes fired simul taneously. Jincks that are too large to handle with a sionobont. or team and chain are drilled and re-blasted. This :s ended block hole blasting. When it would cause delay to drill the rocks, they are blasted hy placing several sticks of powder on loP or under the rnek, covering the charge with adobe nr clay and tiring ii. Thin method, however, is not so economical as hlockhole IdjLsliiijg because larger quamii.hs of the explosive ure required to do the work. Sometimes it is necessary to traverse a particularly inaccessi ble cliff, or other natural obstruction, by blasting deep rock cuts or even by driving a tunnel for the road. These tunnels or cuts are driven by drilling a round of holes and blasting out the solid reek with high explosive, such as 40 or 0 per cent dynamite. The modem practice is to ire these boles in the desired rotation by means of delay electric blasting methods, Electric blasting is the method used in almost all modern toad construction. Blasting machines, electric blasting caps and galvanometers, with the addition of the necessary wire, con stitute the equipment needed. The electric blasting method has the following advantages; 1st, Any number of holes may be fired simultaneously. rough and rugged seeiicns where tourists may travel to enjoy the marvelous seeme effects. Modern roads are hunt on a uniform grade and with regular curvatures to avoid steep pitches ami dangerous curves, in much the same way that rakmacls are built, in fad, the con struction of an automobile road in the Hookies is jest ns much an art and science as is the construction of u railroad, for it requires engineering ability and skill and forethought to secure low-cost production and inexpensive mainteminee. It, is some times necessary to build miles around a mountain to obtain an easy grade, or to locate the road on the sunny side of a mountain io avoid trouble with snow and u> insure keeping the road open during the winter months. The cover illustration and the accompanying views show* sections of a particularly ditlieuh road-building project which is nearing completion in Colorado. It is the new automobile road which crosses over the ciui 51cental ilk uSe, conned.ing the taiKi.cni and western gateways to the Rocky Mountain National Park. hVnin Estes Park In Grand Cake i las road leads over the "n>ji of the world," opening up to tourists wonderful vistas of moun tain scenery, lakes, vales and glaciers in constantly changing panoramas. The contractors, who started work tn the foothills, have built this highway along the mountainsides until they have attained an elevation of more than 10,000 feet. At one place the touring motorist this summer may stop hm ear and survey the marvelous landscape from an altitude of 11,800 feet above sea level. This road will make accessible to American motorists places that only John Muir and others of similar bent have seen. The building of good automobile roads should be encouraged. Apart from the service they render in developing a community and making its natural resources available, they confer benefits of an in calculable value to the nation at la we. For the scenic . >i i i it- : :!!:: :.r * :u :: !; . -e: oie:. * :a\- i C &S i i i:i:' U I*. i:I !;c ! : i: .Mid ! i* v IlO !* -;l : V-!,V i- -I.;.:.sin:- :l: -lid ini hr oddic fi.'nlll. and a in de !>= ah U-. .''torre ami "'dpi oil cm >: led UUl'iii or i Jv ! `M<i on tl\<_ em slop** toward Grnd Lake 4k thereby increasing the execution of a giVen umuunt of explosive, 2d. It increases the speed of construction, for it eliminates delays incident to the use of fuse and caps. 3d. With electric firing it is unnecessary to call off Ml *.......... . i H I -- the workmen until all the holes are loaded and con nected and the circuit is tested with a galvanometer to make sure that all connections are properly made. 4th. As electric blasting cajis arc practically water proof, misfires are eliminated. Thus, electric blasting In building' along tint' slopes, refraining walls ore necessary to prevent the rood from, slipping down ika mountainside is safer and more economical and produces quicker and bettor traffic men of the railroads estimate that $100,000,000 usually results. spent in European travel was divided among the railroads, Although roads are usually built to connect two important, rlie hotels and their supporting enterprises in this country cities or communities by the cheapest and most direct route, it during one year of the war. Is often true in the Rocky Mountains, as in cither mountainous The building of good raids is a big factor in the program to regions, that roads are built, to secure greater accessibility to the SEE AMERICA FIRST. 6 0V PONT MAGAZINE Making the United States Again a Nation of Riflemen The (iovernment is solidly behind the movement ami is offering exceptional inducements to arouse civilian interest in small-bore rifle shooting HE coming reason will mark a new epoch By T. (;. SV.VI WORTH details arc herewith published for the information Tin the history of small-bore and military of all concerned: rifle shooting. In all parts of the country appear evidences Smoll-lhre Qmdifimtimi Course: of a renewed interest in this sport. Rifle clubs are being organizeOdpen i.o life and annual members of the N. K, A. and N. R, A, in every wide-awake town and hamlet. Ride Clubs. Tinlimited entries. In the city of Chicago alone more than 12,000 people use the indoor galleries and outdoor ranges every week. The same interest is evident in other cities, par ticularly the densely populated centers of In colonial limes the man who eooldnT .shoot a riite and hit the mark was almost as scarce Alarhsman and Shurpskmier"Course:......... 50 yards, 10 shots, slow fire, standing. 50 yards, 10 shots, slow' fire, kneeling or sitting. the East where for years rifle shooting has as an albino crow. 50 yards, 10 shots, rapid fire, kneeling or been handicapped by lack of range We were then a nation of rifle sitting. facilities. Tiie Government has observed the "signs of the times'* and is making every effort this year to provide range facili ties, ami to give such other assistance as newly organized clubs need. Through agencies such as the National Board for the Promotion of Riite Practice and the National Rifle Association arrangements men; but It would he extrava gant lo make such a claim today. Every red-blooded American can learn--should learn--to shoot; it is a duty as well as a privilege aI: ciUzenship. 100 yards, 10 shots, slow fire, prone. 100 yards, 10 shots, rapid fire, prose. Time limit: Slow fire, 6 minutes for each 10 shots; rapid fire, 2 minutes for each 10 shots, contestants to start with rifle and magazine empty. . . . Rifle: Any .22 calibre rim-fire rifle. Necessary to qualify as MarMMflh. 400 have tjecn made to open Govermnent- The Government oilers yon points. ; owned ranges to civilians, Competent instructors will be detailed to handle the inducements to qualify as a marksman either with a small Necessary to qualify as Sharpshooter, 450 points. firing points, free rifles and ammunition will be issued, and qualification medals will ho awarded. To sustain interest and arouse com bore or with a regulation army rifle. The complete details will be of interest to you. Ex-pert Rifleman'i* Course: . Open to nil who.have..qualified mSharpshooter in the preceding course. munity spirit: leagues will he organized Twenty shots, 200 yards, slow ire, unit a great deal of newspaper publicity prone, target: 200 yards decimal: 10-ring, will be given to the matches and winners. Even with the open 4 inches; 9-ring. 8 inches, comprising aiming ball; 8-ring, 12 ing of Government ranges there will be too few' ranges con inches; 7-ring, 16 inches; 6-ring. 20 inches; and 5-ring, 24 veniently located near the larger cities. To meet this munition mehas; on rectangle, 26 indies wide and 28 inches high. small-bore--,22 calibre--shooting is being backed this year m never before. Medak will be awarded to those who qualify with small-bore Time limit, 20 minutes. Rifle: Any .22 calibre rim-tire rifle. Necessary to qualify as Expert Rifleman, 175 points. rifles as well as to those who qualify with the sonde*? rifle. Badges will be awarded to all qualifying by N. R. A. Leagues will be organized, and t place will bo reserved hi the National Matches for the small-bore rifle enthusiast. In this connection the following bulletin will be of interest: Scale of Official Score Sheets: Ail scores for qualification must be entered on official score sheets, and properly certified to. Score sheets * ill be sold to clubs at 25 cents each, and will be War l)eparl incut sold by them to individuals at 50 cents each, this to assist the dub in paying lor targets, labor, etc. Upon receipt of properly National Board for the Promotion of Ride Practice authenticated score sheets the N. R. A. will mail badge to the Washington, March 15, 1920. individual qualifying. Qu.attjifiilioit (`(now Bulletin No. 2 SnuUi-tkm- fiific: A course of nru upon which qualifications will be awarded for proficiency with the small-bore rifle has been adopted and the lsmall-Bore` < The conditions of the Small-Bore Rifle Competition to he held during the months of May and June, 1920, under the auspices Th<ts individual rifleman who Uses u small-bore gun will have an opportunity to test his shill in competition with the nation's best shots of the National Rifle Association are published for the infor mation of all concerned. Thu chiles of holding the matches are May A to June 12,11)20. This period m known aa the Small-Bore Season. Team m riches are open to rifle clubs, schools and military organizations affiliated with the National Rifle Association. Individual matches are open U> life ami annual members of the National Rifle Association. (Life membership cost, $25. Annual membership coni, $2_00. Address the secretary of the association for membership blanks.) Small-Bore Team Match, 50 and 100 yards: A dub may enter one or more teams. Ten men or less may shoot on each team, the scores of the highest five men to count for record. The course will be fired six times, once each week during the first hlx weeks of the season. A team may shoot on any day of the week, but all the acores must he tired on the same day. Each member of the team to shoot scores as follows; Fifty yards, ID shots, slow fire; time limit, five minutes for ten shots, any position without artificial rest. One hundred yards, 10 shots, slow fire: time limit, five minutes for ten shots, any position without artificial rest. Rifle: Any .22 calibre rim-fire rifle; any sight not containing glass. Entrance fee, $10,00, which includes all six matches. Prizes: 30 bronze medals to winning team, 30 bronze medals to high team In each State where 5 teams are entered, and bronze medals to all individual contestants making DO % scores. Small-Bore, Judimlnal Mulch, 50 and 200 yank, don- fin: One entry only. May be fired any rime during the season. Fifty yards, 20 shots (10 shots on a target), slow lire; time limit, 5 minutes for each ton shots, any position without arti ficial rest. One hundred yards, 20 shots (10 on a target h slow fire; lime limit, 5 minutes for each ten shots, any position without arti ficial rest. Rifle: Ary .22 calibre rim fire rifle; any sights not containing glass. Entrance fee, $1.00. Prizes: 10 bronze medals to ten high contestants, a bronze medal to the high entrant from each Stale where o entrants from any one State compete and bronze medals to all individuals making 90% scores. Small-Bore Individual Match, 50 yards, rapid fire; One entry only. Twenty shots (10 shuts on a target); posi tion, any without artificial rest. Time limit, 2 minutes for each ten shots, contestant?; to shirt with rifle and magazine empty, magazine in rifle, magazine must be filled within the time limit, loading tubes not permitted. Rifle: Any .22 calibre rim-fire rifle; any sights not containing glass. Entrance fee, $1.00. Prizes; 30 bronze medals to ten high contestants, a bronze medal to the high entrant from each .State where 5 entrants from any one State compete and bronze medals to ull individuals making 90% scores Small-Bore Individual Match, Low# Range: Wimbledon Cup conditions. One entry only. Twenty shots. 200 yards, target C-5, time limit, 2D minutes, any position without artificial rest. Rlile: Any ,22 calibre rim-fire rifle. Entrance fee, $1.00. Prizes; 30 bronze medals to ten high contestants, a bronze medal to the high entrant from each Statewhere 5 entrants from any one State compete and bronze medals to all individuals making 90% scores. Other Conditions of Matches; Sighting shots: Sighting shots are not permitted in any match or qualification, but there is no objection to prior practice on non-official targets. Preservation of targets: All targets used in matches will be preserved by the club secretary (or the individual in individual matches) for six months to use in deciding ties, disputes, ete. Other regulations, tics, etc,: Small Arms Firing Manual 1913,IT.S. A.,will govern in regard to all regulations, ties,ete., not mentioned herein. The following arc the dimensions of the regulation small-bore hull'a-eye targets referred to in preceding paragraphs: Minis yU-yard target UK'!if*H Ten-ring, sighting..................... . .......... 1 Ten-ring, sighting........................ .......... 1 Nine-ring, bull's-eye..................... o ICO yard target iiichr?* 2 o 4 Eight-ring...................................... ..... :i 6 Seven-ring.................................... . ........ 4 $ Six-ring.."...................................... ........ 5 10 Five-ring......................................... .... 6 12 Target C-5 for use at. 150, 175 and 200 yards is a rectangle 14.4 inches high and 24 inches long. The black bull's-eye is 7.2 inches in diameter and counts 5 points. The four-ring is 9.0 inches in diameter. The three-space is 14,4 indies square. The two-spare is the remainder of the target, being an exact reproduction of the 1,000-yara target, reduced to one fifth size. b'RELU II. PHILLIPS, Jr ., tec Office and Recorder* Bulletins will he distributed fortnightly to riflemen on the mailing Hat of the N. R. A. Plans for galleries and outdoor ranges will also be distributed free to those who wish them. The culminating event of the year will be the great National Matches -which will be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, in August. A civilian team of sevent een men will be selected from each State to attend the National Matches. The Government will furnish to each team board, lodging, ammunition, and even a rilleafter the shooters arrive on the grounds. As an additional incentive each civilian team will be privileged to go to Camp Perry two weeks before the meet starts for practice instruct ion under the most expert coaches of the Array, Navy and Marine Corps. The expense's of these teams curing this instruction period will also be paid by the Government. The Secretary, National Rifle Association, Woodward Building, Washington, ID. ., will be glad to answer in dotail any inquiries that may be directed to him. S DU PONT MAGAZINE Foundations for Our Infant Industry This artif fi' takes up the problems jawd hy Imvrirtui volar nmnu/avfurvrs in dv.vvlapinp a dyestuffs industry HU results of the world-wide war for By Du. THOMAS II. NORTON of the colors, flavors, perfumes and synthetic Liberty will be chronicled in history remedies derived from coal tar, A constant, eh icily hi connection with the emancipation, of numerous mihiierrupfed supply of these varied articles is essentia! to the nationalities from political serfdom, and possibly of humanity, comfort, nealth and happiness of every American. The campaign as n whole, from the shackles of milharisiu. undertaken is, therefore-, of prime interest to each one of our fel In the economic anrials of this country, however, great low citizens. In this campaign the dominant; factor is the crea emphasis will also he laid upon the liberation of American tion of a comprehensive, self-contained, synthetic color industry. industry and of our consuming public in general from depend ence upon foreign sources -chiefly German -for a large variety Creation of a Synthetic Color Industry of manufactured wares, {medically Prior lo the war there wore In. indispensable in a highly organized tiiis country a half dozen firms civilisation. our Technical Problem^ Fi vv. y iui rs h go w e \\ iuv* <\t*jw 1111 en 1, i ii ree | J y or indirectly, upon Europe for practi engaged in the production of artificial colors, The primary materials, go-called ^coal-tar inter in 1915 cally all the artificial colors which form mediates/* were nearly all of Early in 191 _fi we we_re cut oil a small but indispensable factor in German origin. Operatives and from commercial relations with Germany, Li quick suceossicm the demands came from one industrial branch after another for various products, the lack of which threat ened lo entirely dislocate normal arihities, tin* great textile, leather* ink, paper, and scores of other basin American in dustries, busying millions of Arnera-un operatives, and contrihuUng to the com fort* satisfaction am! happiness of every American home. salaried staff numbered less than, six hundred. An output of about TOGO tons formed, one-tenth of the total American consumption of coal-1 ar colors. Since 1914 the plants of the few firms in question have been greatly American inventive genius was promptly spurred 1.0 the utmost, lirat, to devise emergen f-y sub stitutes, next lo create dorm-stic sources of the most diversified ankles. For the past four years there has been a marvelous effort Today nearly all the dyes needed hy these industries are made In American works, lor American workmen, from American raw materials. A few years hence the adverb "`nearly'' will disappear from the above sen fence. enlarged and several score new companies have undertaken the production of coal-tar interme dia! os and artificial dyes. Most of the latter have attempted the manufacture of a limited number *f colors, aiming rather at quantity cm the part of our men of tidminiiU.nilive ability, and of our mcm of scientific training, combined in a determination to win a decisive victory in the domain of technol ogy, fully as stern arid unyielding This branch of industry--the most eornpliealed on the face of the globe forms the last link in the completed chain of American technical organization. Its swift march towards symmetrical com than at variety. In one way or another, most of the urgent needs for colors in our diversified indus tries have been met. Today there is no material shortage of dyes, in a collective sense, in the United as that which actuated our warriors pleteness amidst the clash of arm* and btales, but on the contrary a on the battlefield. the crash of falling thrones forms the notable export trade has eome into And they have won it! A com most dramatic scene yet revealed on the exist ence, the value of which, at plete command of thehorae market, panorama of human development. ihe current elevated prices, exceeds favoring legislation, the patriotic support of consumers...these three Tbi? magazine plans to present to its. the sum expended annually abroad by us for these wares prior to 1915. factors contributed to bring about readers a series of short, non-leeluiical This statement is to be taken in a the desired result. In practically articles, hy one who has been a lending quantitative sense. We are still all fields American manufacturers factor of the drama, portraying in Ixdu far from producing all of the many are pi educing wares equal in relied' the e^senLiai features of each phase hundred colors regularly imported quality to those formerly imported from Europe, ami destined at an early date, likewise, to equal them in the evolution of the new American industry. from Germany five years ago, often in small amounts, but of very pronounced value in specific cases. in quantity and variety. Such colors are constantly being added to the 1ml* of our American Campaign for it National Coal-Tar Chemical Industry houses. Five years hence, probably only a very few dye*:, No effort In this widely diversified province has excited so for which there Is a normal, even if restricted, demand in our much public interest as the hold campaign to create a self- country, will he imported from foreign sources. contained, national, coal-tar chemical industry. Technically As stated above, most of the factors in our new dyestuff and commercially it means the establishment on our soil of industry have concentrated their efforts along the lines of 1 lie mast complicated and highly organized industry thus far least resistance. They have rapidly created the requisite known, based upon the use exclusively of American raw mate plant and organization for the prixiucfiiori on a large scale of rials. It means, further, the emancipation from dependence small groups of staple dyes, involving a minimum of operations, upon German products of domestic braiie.ms of manufacture and the use of the more common intermediates, and meeting employing many million operatives. The category Includes the more general and pressing demands of the textile and the producers of textiles, paper, leather, ful's, feathers, ink, allied trades. paints, varnishes, pharmaceuticals, foods, perfumes, photo In bur a very few instances, notably in the case or the Du Toni graphic materials and numerous allied branches, as well as Company, has the effort been made to lay the broad foundations the many trades furnishing them with raw material or utilizing for h typo of comprehensive color work*, comparable to chose iheir wares. As u matter of fact, every American household located on and near the Rhine, an American replica of the and nearly every form of industrial activity make daily use "Badische" or 1`Bayer/* MAY, mo 9 Tuese giam German Hslablishmerds, gradually evolved during I'Jvery pound of by-product, must lie utilized; the normal the pasty .-sixty years, possess highly specialised stall's in the market for certain staple tmoehili-IA;- must not be seriously engineering, phono on! anti sales departments. They manufacture affected: the results of experience and observation in some one on a vast scale the acids mid inorganic or organic chemicals subdivision must !>o considered in their hearings on many required in their operations, as well ns the coal-tar interme closely or remotely reflated operations; especially must every diates. They are ready to add the production of therapeutic or advance made in the field of pure chemisiry or in rhe manu similar compounds, closely allied to synthetic colors. A notable facture of intermediates and of dysetuil's he submitted promptly source of their commercial to a searching examination power is based upon n huge ,-------.------- -----------.--.--.------- ---i as possibly alibeling some capital, n :H simply of \ one or more subordinate mone y and credit, but more features in a vast organism. particularly of experience1 It is by unceasing and in each phase of activity watchful attention to all connected with the prepa this mass of minor detail ration ami application of that the great German every form of dye, arid ils works have won their sale in the markets of t he dominating position in the entire world. Kadi, like domain of tinctorial chem wise, aims to meet ade istry and maintained it quately all the demands of until recently. It Is only any branch of the textile, by duplicating this never- paper,leather, straw, wood, resting, many-sided men Ink, pigment and similar tal activity that rivals on industries, as far as shade this side of the Atlantic can and fastmsis of colors an? hope to attain an equally concerned, so that Its cus successful and possibly tomers do not need ro seek a more permanent position supplies elsewhere. Any aUempi here m America to create a rival organization paralleling the powerful corn panic's along the Gnrmar. western fron tier may well be termed bold,ami possibly is deemed foolhardy at Frankfurt or LlKlwigshafen. That it is not impossible v/o; see by the evolution of the Swiss color industry, in a country destitute of fuel and all requisites for chem ical manufacture, except ice and salt., the four color works at Basel have devel oped steadily and harmo niously* In 1914 Switzer land's output of artificial dyes, per capita for the Swiss population, was double the per capita pro duction of the German Empire. Problems of an American Golor Go, Jl. Mm W>.'. -0.- - ..1! S/tffaltfl in ihhil--ihfn-nr-i% PfV'" iii/r i*f the i Jir'tniri. ! Ih ffirini'nt vf * r vf>u,ff>'vF.. /. iw Pant Jf A"* im>Uff .V t itw( n !tiu`f Ilf ihi urn! t-imlUxih'f L'niit'iS " itsul xrtitts ttf.'-r mwgretfthe tm F'<ilt:->h. iH-fSH\ff> a at Utifnsitiitf f hrst tents Ur. .Norton -mu * Iwiru i<i Hn-lif rd. X, V.. June llSSt. ird wac ill , u CIr.itlluuiilisin llili.'jjy in 1/17.7 - .ii?.. fo- matin jra&tic*. ch/'im-irv ai,d pljv-ii*.. il fctiulii'U ai liu- 1,'uiviT^iv f Jlclilcll'crs; iiauicr Uij u m-j i iui K.irc!i*iA'isi IS7-1- I 7.7, mu! imim bis Cli. il. ht-rv. liu Vais- Jl -iiicb u: in thi- lliiwr.-m of Bi'rJin in IB7B-JS7T wills Au>rn-t\ v h i h-fummi, in u!it;ri-lu!i-irul>rj lli Ijrvl .m Im*- v> I. ts.ii, iiiul w j m a -4udVui Ml ilis of I'nri:. in JI77-iHT5i. During flirvi' s-i art hi-. m:ukc jMurn<>y/i on lul of TKiirr l.isin milrn ill l-.orufir ami Wi-ii-tj; Asia, ami wiw tlx- tir-xi t.i tr;>- vcr?i- OreiH-i.'. Pub'Hi:jf.'. and Sj'ria u llirt-T;, 'lir:uii!ul iudu-irks *,t hnrojH- ii'riuJlt. oi }. i, j-ublir Sjnf in u uuuiWr *>f *?r*l Tl..- W!*r J V..1H I'JlS 1<J1K <114itiU' liis; >=- j.krs of tljc Iliiroau of r<itviij sm<l bt!iu<'.;iic Omu mh o k v :, 1>. .Nwltm il'TUJ.i -.1 !l liu? |.roIi!l*m* rl!iCMVU'd ;r::;i-ilJi lh<-ellWtm: utiib.3li<m of On- op- |>rljnr!i<'f* .iCIunlcil h til-.- Lun war to Lidl I op a o.^ujil-N- <>ht'rm'.il irMliiK{rii' hi ills- i.biifrd. Kfai<--.. 11*1H In' In is 1m-*-u ClC iin^ 4j -> i-fini-ln-ml.i l.n liu-. i ><i Pout Ort.. now In-ill^ on^ iii iht' -.pccinlist? in lin- ii.li-Hijjt-jure divi^km of llw. i-lim irai ilojijirluiwii, I-'nni! I87H to JHH3 1. -mu -i unuiagrr nT I In - rlv-niioal mu'k' ,,f ilii- l.oiJijN.jri'ii: Ci-ri<cU'H I iJi'jiI*. ii.yr i'uric. IniUiilfjlCtulinp dunlift O.i.tiiuu Mi lit:* ttiuiiU t. In- ;ih for 17 >r.ii>> |ni`i'rsM-1 . fclii-Hii-m ul llir Ibiivi'xdtyof C.incinTisui, IBIM-llfW. In I In- latter \<`ar l;n va(* apinuntiui hy 1 'rKhiijciii. .Mi-Kiuk-y lo hj i Am.-riciin riun-isl Ho at ILirpiil, hlan-NTii 'I'urki.->. Oiii-iiij! i'n Ur. Aurlou t-n. in 'jx.o.il in\r. .iir-taiiii f !,<:. Arm-:i.niailiiJli`M>. h i .1 u, tin- vuiU,r i.j' 19yi-l'Hir> he was teuton, a special .-ion to iVn-ia liv Crr^kkitt Kioev.-it. Su MJUr-WiHf hi- a Aiacriran roiii-ul ns Sruvriia. I'roiu 1 OOo-l>l-1 AmiTiran i-ifli- |lr, Norton s a f,-flow of tin- Oiml iral Sos-iri%. .uni of thn Amoriran AKKi.ct.uiniL fra lUc Adv-iiirriJi.-n i of jM-iixii-t?. lie h a memln-r at tin- >(u -ty itil.1m:uti(.d loiiu-'-try, f.omUm; Dnil *< he (;ht-niint Inr Covr-ili-chilM, Ht rljl,; SotioU- Cbimi[\io dr- IIlit-j^Lsio Hu-n i'-sil ,Sjcii*S, F'ntmijra.i - for iimu iv }onr, ii.t in iIv forri^u un:tl.r--ami iJtc Anrri- can Oii'ir.k-iil S<n-U-tv. Hi* niitdt' a UK'inio-r f ibn AnierU-aa Acjuh:inv of Srni.il Hisi Sr-ionct' iri I *> ! f . ol i In- Acaili-im- <d Sricnrrs in IMift, uf liu: Anlloiwi in>!t5(iu- oi SH-ial icnce in 1'ijt, imd of tho Ad^isoiy t mmcil of lln* Iiitrrmitinnai lnslimti' ni Cliin:. in PUO. Hr: a drjr^n- in what promises to be one of the most bitterly con tested straggles ever waged for technical and commer cial supremacy. It is most fascinating to anyone who has had the entree of a leading German color factory to note the space and care devoted to the preservation in an easily accessible and care fully classified form of the complete record of'human activity in the field of arti ficial dyestuffs. The great staff of chemists .carry in their notebooks and in their memories numberless details of operations, the results of experiment or gl.ean.ed from the study of . the literature on the sub ject But, in addition, there is the permanent memory, the systematically arranged and carefully co- ordin&ted collation of the complete data on every In the United States we have all the raw materials and the largest market in the world, supplemented 1 y American enterprise, tech nical ingenuity and the Mil <\% Citi'miiier, Sj .'.j h j v , nivi wn' l:irp-iy oeeH|i-il with textile |'rtdlt-ru. in ci -iiiii-rtjim wi'tli I he aj*|iliea.tH.i! ol mlorhin ftthrii-i. in 1*U 1-1 !H it Jo-v.* jl. n.ih'.l rn Kjk.v-i.-rl *--vjee for ll>* 1 !<- parlii>-rit nf (lNitJiar< rr> Mmh ihe t>. tin- Mt'oml iUn-AlTHTM iin SuioNldU' in 1 k-f.-mlior. In ti-m In- is a riir-iniM-r of thv f-o.-.-nOh I lul. of ^'sirdliin^Niii, anil ilit-itlSieui Kti1" { Inh imd Rjjjnia ICpHikm i;lk. it that rilv. branch of dyestuff manu facture. Impressive are the voluminous files of the patents of all lands relating to the production and use of dyestuffs, outlining the habit of doing things en a historical development big scale. And yet it Is a vast undertaking to create an indi this field of technology and sharply defining the legal rights, for vidual organism capable of manifesting within a few 5'ears the same complex, many-sided etliciency as the rivals across the ocean. __ v In any one of the world's great color-works, each feature is the thru? being, of rival companies. These Archives of the German color-works, these arUjiciul ftwiiiorh u, have slowly grown. The problem of t.heir duplication by American rivals is far from easy. exhaustively studied in its possible relations to all other processes Mow the Du Pont Company has .solved--swiftly and success for future development. Purity mid 51 good yli-lcl are con fully solved-- this problem of erecting an American counterpart stantly kept in view, but in addition there F a high degree of of the elaborate artificial memories of the giant works on the eo-ordination with a variety of other factors of production. liliine will be described in u succeeding article. 10 DU PONT MAGAZINE Selecting Gifts flow uindoiv displays led to the purchase of two sets of toilet articles is told in this article T friend Dolby had just received an invi By JAMES BJEGEL its mass arrangement. Another had a background tation to be present at n wedding and was of garish colors that dashed and prevented a expressing Isis delight, but almost in the same breath pleasurable survey of its contents. We passed by scores of was lamenting that he hadn't the ghost of an idea what would shops and stores, unimpressed and uninterested. he a suitable gift. Undaunted, we continued for several blocks without getting A wife always tactfully reminds her husband of things she any inspiration at all until finally we arrived at Lord & Taylor's. wants, or when a gilt is to be purchased for someone else, she Before one of the windows a number of women were leisurely makes the selection herself, and spares him much shopping moving along, and interestedly looking at the display. We embarrassment. But Dolby Is a bachelor and, therefore, not as approached and noticed a very artistic arrangement, of toilet fort unare as I am in having a helpmate to whom such matters articles. We stopped for u minute or two and looked at the can he delegated lor attention. articles. They were made from a material which very closely I knew he wanted to present, a gift of merit and not merely resembled ivory. The graining and coloring together with the satisfy the conventions of the occasion, because both the hdde choice patterns gave them quality and distinction. A carved and groom bad been bis lifelong friends, and when he asked me sign, presumably of the same material as the toilet articles, to help hiin select a gift I agreed to do so. informed us Unit these were Ivory Pyralin toilet articles. We looked through the newspaper advertisements and then We entered the store and wore shown many beautiful patterns scanned the magazine pages. But poor Dolby didn't know a and carved designs. It required only a shore time for Dolby lavalliere from a casserole, and although a few of the score*? of to select a set of the Ivory Pyralin, Du Barry pattern, fitted articles named were accompanied by illustradons, they availed into a beautiful box. little. Be had to have the objects visualized for his purpose. This little shopping tour gave me a new insight into sales I suggested that we try our lurk along 5th Avenue, just as possibilities through window displays. When we left the store I women sometimes do when they haven't a definite idea what did a little personal investigating. they want. It was noticeable that this attractive window was exception Yve walked along looking into one shop window after the ally well decorated. The material and coloring of Pyralin are other. N ever before had 1 observed such a great varic?ty of beautiful, but that alone did not account for the attractiveness displays. The fact was brought out that window decorations of the window which led to the purchase of this set. The window are as varied as opinions on the Peace Treaty. It would be had nothing in It that did not help in attracting attention and uninteresting to recount', the impressions made by each one at creating a desire to possess the articles displayed. which we looked. In most, of I hem, however, there was a notice I retraced my steps and closely surveyed those windows we able lack of design. One large window hud in it almost every had passed by with only a glance. I found two windows dis thing from a dish doth to a grand piano and was confusing by playing, among other objects, Pyralin toilet articles, but the MAY, 1920 11 Atfliot ic Ui--ipUy <ui CtiSui loitu lvM-y PyriiUn toilut u.i tick:; by Lord T-iylor, Nj w Y<~ar]k City settling was such as to eclipse these toilet articles. Tn fact, none of the objects exhibited compelled attention. The manager of a notably large department: store informed me that he attributed the success of lib window displays to the fact that be never allowed more than a few pieces of material or a small number of articles to be exhibited in one window space. He said: "You will notice that; our windows are not crowded, and a passer-by who glances at any window will see at least some object that strikes the eye. Of course, we make imr window decoration run to our stock, and never display articles that are not for sale, except the necessary trimming accessories, those necessary for trimming. The windowr decorator of anoilier store told me: "We keep our displays ahead of the season, and use t he basic Idea of cur rent modus in featuring our goods. This is particularly true of wearing apparel. The policy of our atore is never to put a price card on women *s wi rin g a ppa re! sin mm in our win dews. But," he continued, "all our men's clothing is price-marked because a man cares little whether or not sorm?oiie else knows what he paid for a garment." "A drug company's problem is dUTereni from that of the department store," said the display artist of a corporation operating n chain of drug stores. "It is necessary for us to feature price because we aim at a quick turnover and base our appeal on the bargains we offer. We must also il l our window's because we handle articles not commonly found in drug stores and wo must plant these articles right up front, and show a great variety." ^ A professional designer of displays related an instance of the difficulty he sometimes experienced in frying to make a good display without duttering.lt. Ho said: "Last week I worked out and my men completed what I considered an exceptionally good display by using a few patterns of the line. Imagine my chagrin when the proprietor himself appeared and said he thought we should put some pieces of every pattern in the window- or people would think our selection mm limited to the few displayed. This? man forgot that he should not show every thing, but should have something new to aid the saleslady in making the sale." Hu continued: "The big idea in window display is to prepare something unusually attractive m order to get the attention and then create a desire for possession of the article.- If a window display docs this it has served its purpose." Less than two weeks after my little investigation in New York I wits in San Francisco. 1 stopped before a number of -window displays of Pyralin toilet, articles by the Owl Drug Company. Their appeal was so strong that the day I returned home I purchased a boxed set of these toiled articles for my wife. Window displays were responsible for the sale of these sets. The toilet articles were good looking, but without the right kind of setting they would have been lost to the average passer-by. Tin: Mississippi Stale Trapshooting Tournament rilHE Mississippi State Trapshooting Tournament, which I will bo held al Clarksdale, Mississippi, on May 11, 12 _L and lo, should be one of the largest and best trapshooting tournaments of the year. The program is one <>: the most: attractive we have ever seen for a Irapstnwring tournament. Six thousand dollars in actual cash will he added, and the distribution of the money will be handled in such a way that even the mediocre shot should have no dilheulty in getting a proportion of it. Clarhsdak* wall be turned over to the trapshooiers and tru? Southern hospitality will he dispensed. Special ears are being made up in several sections of the country to carry the ahoot era to Clarksdalc. Sidney L, Dodds, a prominent irapkhooter, is the manager of the shoot. He promises that everything possible will be done- to make? the shoot jiiHt as good as the program; and if ho makes good, ns no doubt he will, the Clurkrlak Tournament for 1920 will go down In history as one of the best trapshooting events ever staged. 12 1)1- FONT MAGAZINE Coloreel Enamels Hhat they ara. ami how rusiiv the man or woman of the house ran appiv them to artit!as that need rrfmishing 'TilLE the word `imamei" as By f b 4, TOIJSSAiNT require peculiar methods of application. On the puir.t term is familiar to almost contrary, there arc? no mechanical difficulties ewjyune, comparatively few people can tell whatever. These enamels How out smooth and even, and dry you just what it- is beyond the state ment that it with a high gloss. generally has more ``shine" than paint. In reilmshing various types of surfaces one encounters vary Wo iiro not concerned with a technical definition, ing conditions. These should be considered, Better results arc but I-fur<* discussing- some specific uses of enamel let always obtained when surface conditions are first given some nr. arrive at a little dearer understanding of what it t hought, rather than when the coatings are applied in a hap I A really is. The word omimol is a general term loosely used to designate ar.y coating from an air-chying japan to the highest- grade uf dcuorative while enamel. More hazard manner. Du Pont Colored Enamel* are furnished only in quarter-pint, half-pint, pint and quart, cans. They are not intended for use on large areas of surface, such as side-walls and ceilings, for it is accurately, it is a varnish containing pigments. or seldom that the walls of a room are finished m a high-gloss pigments amt color, to give opacity and tint. As the word is colored enamel. Flat wall paint, such as Harrisons Sanitary applied to finishes, decorative enamels may be either high gloss, Plat, is mure popular for such work. But as far as practicability eggshell gloss, or flat. -This latitude in lustre is necessary to meet is concerned, Du Font Colored Enamels can be used successfully Hie demand lor different types of do.`oralion. on walls, if they are coated first with Du Pont Elastic Wall Enamels used on inferior surfaces in homes and public build Primer. Thin detail is added merely to explain why these mgs, or in the finishing of furniture and cabinet work, are enamels are furnished only in the small-sized packages, and to termed decorative; but certain types are designed and used for bring out more clearly that their particular held covers only purposes that do not warrant their classification as decorative. rlie small miscellaneous home uses. For example, air-drying japans, machinery er.arm.4s, arid other Inasmuch as these enamels will be used almost wholly by types used in industrial work cannot, properly bo considered as amateurs, on the small painting jobs that: do not require the wholly decorative, nor can they be placed m the same category skilled service of a master painter, the following suggestions with enamels used in modem decoration. will bo of timely interest to users: Modern interior decoration deals extensively with enamel Where these enamels arc; to be used on wood surfaces not because it combines the advantages found in both paint and previously painted or finished--such as the trim of a room, a varnish. The most, common, unatt ractive, figiirelnss wood -if piece of furniture, or some household article... do not apply the it has a close grain...makes an ideal surface for enamel. The enamel directly to the bare wood. Always remember this--it. same wood could not he made attractive with varnish or other is important: Enamels evea the best grades--do not have the tniiispurmi coatings, and nil paint alone would not give the "hiding'' power of paint; therefore, you must, build up first a most artistic or dis- solid, dens esurfaee, !motive effect. So fur otherwise you wood work th at will be compelled cannot be made "to-apply-an endless' li e a u U: u 1 a n d number of coats attractive through before you can. per the usual finishing manently conceal methods involving th underneath the use of stain, surface. varnish, shellac or On bare wood, wax offers spkrn- apply at least two d i d a e cor a t. i ve coats of Du' Pont poosi bill ties with Enamel Undercoat, enamels, for they and -then.. follow possess the color with two coats of and opacity of oil Colored Enamel If paint as well as the you are using a smooth, lustrous very light tint, and finish of varnish. are sufficiently T li e r e c e n t. expert with the development of brush, one good I>u Punt Colored flowing coat may Enamels gives to be sufficient* the trade products of quality adapted c appea . ---------------------- ------------------ -------------- --- ------ an the wicker furniture, the jardmier***, i.h linn(*imr baskets and bracket lamps ....Otherwise,.use two.. After the first for such usf?s ns coat of Enamel has reflniahiug furniture, woodwork, radiators, household articles, dried laird, go over it lightly with very fine or worn-out sand porch furniture -in short, anything that requires a high-gloss paper, excelsior, or curled hair; then apply the second coat. finish and a permanent, sanitary, washable surface?. Coalings of any high-gloss paint or varnish should not be The type of work for which Du Pont Colored Enamels are applied one directly over the other without cutting the gloss of specifically intended takes in the little painting operations the first ecat as indicated above. You have often watched the ordinarily executed by the man or woman of the house. At the futile efforts of an insect trying to crawl up the smooth surface stnrt. it: is well to know some elementary facts about enamels, of a window pane. The difficulty is in getting a footing. This and the conditions arie requirements for applying them to the illustrates what happens when a second coat of Enamel is best advantage, it must: not be understood from this that applied over one that lias not been sandpapered. The extreme Du Pont Colored Enamels are difficult- to apply, or that they Continued on page 16 MAY, V)2% n Observations of a Haberdasher fir* notices some sitn'itlar changes in the buying ha hits of his customers particularly as they relate to collar safes 0 NE fact stands which ideas are out in budness being scrapped. t<Huy - ~iJ:e spetti with A\ any rate, i observe the other, St ij they enrtinned io buy the conventiuntil notion collar fnr no other reason excepi, that it was the enrmnuiomd sumo curious evidences of it in my business." The colter. Thai was before the? war. speaker, a well-dressed mar. of middle age, paused to light it `But having haters change. Of course, we nidi eteanahln cigar, arul the other three men in the smoking com part men i collars r.o the mill and factory Iannis now, just as we have dime looked at him expectantly. Then, one of them spoke: for years. But I confess thal I was surprised when Rnirty fold "What curious evidences have you discovered?'1 ine one day t Imt lie was selling a large number of Du Pont col "1 own a haberdashery store in F V implied Use speaker. lars to hiisincs-^ and p?*nfc-sdonte men--she same men, by the "lt is an industrial town and the center of trade for about 75,(MX) way, who had turned them down people, Tim Lmv.t lias been booming since 1914, and as a result, before. - business has been umisuaffy good. Money has become so "1 was curious to find out the plentiful and purchasers have developed such imusnni 1 mils in reason for this apparent reversal buying that in oar ease, at least, stock requirements have of opinion; so I made it a point materially changed, while our turnover has greatly increased. to stand near the door--that's Now we are carrying a Hue of goods that both in volt me and where we keep our collar stocks-- character would cause the deceased founder of Ike business to and talk with some of our old cus gasp with aslaiiishim-n;, if he tomers when they called for them, conhi he restored to life and "W alker, the dapper little jeweler, be conducted to the store ire came in one day and said: even a brief inspection, lie would swear that we were crazy. ``Still, if he could linger long enough to see workmen dressed ir. overalls buying $10.00 silk shirts, $1.00 Sit,, i ' ti U miiPl * Brady, wrap up a couple of those collars such as I bought last time.' 1 strolled over where he stood. `Tell me,' I said, `how do you like the now collars?' `` `First rate,' he replied. " `But what ted you to buy the socks mid $5.00 ties, and . , eleanable kind?* I asked. laying down $50.00 bilk " `Well,' said he, T bought my with as little concern as our wealthy customers a few r' first one to wear on a motoring trip through the Dakotas last summer. yearshitek would lay flown he v. say that the public was crazy, 1 . "'in "fetAA I didn't want to carry a lot of laundry collars along, because I classes seem tu have swapped i*u> in.: itai* i.- couldn't be sure to buy what I "How long do you think this i a 7 u a a- warned en route. So I whispered garit spending will continue?'1 ab-.-.i i>x* gray ii iy wants to Brady here, and haired mail. walked out' of the store with a "I haven't the slightest idea. ns long as money is plentiful; Inn aio-vp .! cteamible collar on. At first I was ii liule bit "collar conscious," hut observe a tendency toward sane ' a., i! a !\ . thu fueling wore away after 1 met our cellar salesman, brought it m : i.>' ` ; .< im. some months agu, and i have uc.s. '..atc.l.i.,;.; iite a hunch of fellows from the dub and none of them discovered that it with unusual interest. "We have always had a big collar trade. Kw I 1 was wearing other than the ordi nary colter. I wear eleanable col Collars soon get soiled in our lown on account lars all the time now,' he added, of the* soft coal smoke from the factory chim Thu t> you; ihin Isn'l a starched collar `except on two occasions.' neys. The inill-worker.s very generally wear ....It-,i Dl i Pool CW<imihl: Coital " `What are they?' 1 asked. collars of it e der.nabte type because its impos "'In bed. and at a dance,' he sible to keep a starched collar presentable for even half a day. replied. `Why not at a lance?' 1 queried. Years ago wc sold gross after gross of the old shiny `rubber' " `Because on that occasion 1 want my collar to wilts just as collars to t here men, but, of course, our other oust omers wouldn't those on the necks of the other fellows do; this one won't wilt,' look at them. ho added, pointing to the one he was wearing. "Within the past three or four years, however, an improved "During the norm hour, a bank-teller came in and bought: a typa lias come on the market and its a 'dead ringer1 for the etearmhle collar. I was just going out to lunch, but I slopped modern styles of the common starched collar. I doubt if any long enough to speak to him, and incidentally to remark: 'So of you could tell the difference if you should set1 two men on the you're cheating the laumlrvmeii, too.' street, one wearing a Du Pont Clear.able Collar and the other " 'Yes,' lie replied. Ink that isn't the real reason,' a starched collar freshly laundered. The fabric and even the ``Then I told him why I inquired, and asked why he bought stitched scams of the cotton Collar are reproduced exactly on collars of the (.'loanable type. the si.tffVmng material, which ia permanent and not affected by " `For profanity insurance,' he said, smiling. moisture*. It can be kept clean with a damn doth. `What, do you mean?' 1 asked. "I stocked lifi.y dozen of these collars, and found that they "Ami this was his reply; `Every time Eve opened up the bold readily tu motormon, milk mem railway employes, chauffeurs, collar box lately to get a clean collar it has been my luck cither army officers and mechanics, hut my other customers could not to find that the laundryman had missed delivery or ray slock he persuaded to buy them. They freely admitted that this was either exhausted or soiled. So Fve decided to wear (.-loanable improved cleamilik1 i.-ullar was just as jnoseiliable as. the `linen* collars to save myself annoyance and my wife the pain of ueurmg collar of laundry fame: ihey agreed with Brady that mnety- me swear. Sstiously,' ho added, 'it's worth while to have niae mcm out of a hundred would not he able to tell one from {'ijiffioiit-J cm page - 14 DU PONT MAGAZINE collars of the sort at hand; they are convenient, always dean or quickly cleanable in any emergency." By this time the train was approaching the c?ity. 'Must time to dean up!" exclaimed the speaker, rising- He pulled off his coat and vest, unfastened his tie and took oil his collar, pre paratory to washing his face and hands. '`Say, friend," remarked one of the trio, "how does it happen that your customers find such merit in these cleanable collars, and yet you continue to wear a starched collar?"1 "You're mistaken--this isn't a starched collar; it*s a Du Pont Cleanable Collar," he replied, as he began to wipe oil' the dust and grime of travel from the collar with the damp end of a towel. ""VYoil I'll lie--------- began the surprised questioner; but the man in the corner cut the exclamation short: "The laugh's on you, Bill." Whereupon we all enjoyed one. "On the level," said the haberdasher, "didn't you notice that I was wearing a cleanable collar?" The man called Bill had already committed himself, and merely nodded his head negatively. "T didn't," replied the second, "until you began to wipe it wilh the towel." and the third man answered with the question: "Say, where can I buy some of those collars in the city?" The haberdasher gave him a dealer's address. "Pm going to buy two or three of your cleanables today," was his comment. The train had stopped, and the passengers were filing out through the narrow passageway to the platform. I broke into the line, but before I got out of hearing I heard the haberdasher laugh and remark: "Didn't I tell you that old ideas are being scrapped?" And in truth, so they are. A New Upholster}' Material That Solves an Old Problem Continue! from patje 3 in the furniture trade as something that was unavoidable in instruments, and show lews injury than any similar material. leather substitutes, and because leather substitutes were so Giv e it t h e Sc u f f Tes t . economical and superior in every other This material is increasing the use and the prestige of leather way they were used in ever-increas substitutes throughout the entire furniture field. It goes to ing quantities regardless of this limiting manufacturers with this guarantee. feature. "We guarantee Craftsman Fahrikoid for one year The Du Pont Fahrikoid Company, from date of shipment against cracking, peeling and however, was never content with this blistering. We aim to satisfy you and your customers condition, and kept its experi absolutely, and will not only replace defective material mental staff constantly at work but will refund the cost of labor connected with such to develop a leather substitute replacement." that could be applied as an Already a very considerable number of important furniture upholstery material without any manufacturers have tested out Craftsman Fahrikoid and adopted ' change in the present methods it for use on that portion of their output -where they require the of upholstering and yet withouti very best leather showing any trace of dothiness.f substitute obtain Surcess came in the early able. Most of these part of last year. A fabric was mmmfmimtB have, produced that was far superior seat out literature to any of its predecessors and and samples to all which satisfied in every respect oftMr trade call the requirements for a superior ing attention to upholstery material. the advantages of this material and suggesting!hut the foilowing tests be made: THo cu(! test The Slrrteli Test Bear right down. Pull as hard as you can. You will find that it takes a sharper edge and more force than the upholsterer usus to make the weave of the cloth show through the coating of Craftsman Fahrikoid. Other leather substitutes show elothy with moderate stretching...try them. The scrub test Points Worth Knowing About CruftHimiii i iihrikoid This material solves an w' old problem with leather substitutes ll does not look *'dolhy" when stretched. Its leather-like appearance is quite as c-or vir.eing when tightly stretched over the arms or backs of furniture as when in the uncut roll. Giv e it t h e St r et c h Te s t . This material will stand more actual use without breaking down or wearing through the coating than any other leather substitute we know of. Giv e it t j j e Sc r u b Tes t . ^ It will stand more ahum:--'more hard knocks in shipment-- more jabs ami punches by other pieces of furniture and blunt The Scrub Test This rest tells whether the surface film is of proper toughness arid flexibility and if its anchorage is sufficient to prevent emc;Ic ing, chipping or peeling off. Hold the sample as shown and scrub hard back and forth about thirty Limes. Tim coating of Craftsman Fahrikoid remains unbroken ami practically unmarrod. No test in actual service h m severe as this. The St uff Test Kick the sample of Craftsman Fahrikoid as sharply as you can with too or heel. Then grind it under your heel, using all your weight. Unless caused by protruding nails, there will he no cuts or breaks in the coating. This measures the immunity of Craftsman Fahrikoid from the effects of misuse ami minor accidents in shipment or in service. . Explosives Service Everywhere O Dynamite Mills Black Powder Mills Distributing Mag&zirwm Follows the Demond 1st 1812-- Hauling Powder to Lake Brut. FOR 118 years it has bean our constant aim to deliver explosives where they were needed -- and when they were needed. In 1812 our wagon trains delivered the powder to Perry which made possible his immortal victory on Dake Erie, In 1920 our motor trucks are carrying explosives from Du Pont mills and magazines into practically every great industrial district in America to aid production and construction everywhere. Prompt delivery is but one feature of Du Pont Ser vice. It is our aim to see that our customers use the kind of explosives that will give the best results for their particular work at the least expense-...and that they are handled, stored and used most effi ciently. Du Pont Service saves hundreds of thou sands of dollars every year for our customers. There is a Du Pont mill or magazine near you. Write us about your problems. It is our business to solve them. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc- Sotos Ih'fit.: IRvplnciv** Divisirtfi WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 16 DU PONT MAGAZINE ... .: st * tf ... :' }'. :,,; r ! ; .' Y- \:. . : imw Hi !:] -Tt. !:- i m t ... ... Byte Dr- '.s^:4 ;> j ...T `w*.... * " '** j- ,, v | :`j.;:-v- " "te -'tf.r/ j .' te * / ..figgae&yi -yC-, ; I-:-n * " \> . :.. ; V :. *>?. ' .v,-, . Imt^BBSSSSmWsSMmSmSSS^mSSmmmML rT^rj :-r!.;. --.-rHiffllHffiSfflHsBi Colored Enamels Confhmed from po.fje 12 smoothness prevents the second coat from getting a proper grip or anchorage. For redecorating furniture arid other wood surface previously enameled or painted, one coat of Colored Enamel of a similar shade carefully flowed on will usually give a satisfactory reiintsh. unless the surface is in had condition. If you plan to change the color materially, use- two coats of Enamel Undercoat first, and then the Colored Enamel. This treatment will also he repaired for any surface previously finished with varnish, shellac or other transparent coatings. Be sure the surface is clean and dry, and any remaining gloss is cut with sandpaper before you start enameling. Perhaps the old surface was finished with wax; if so, wash off t.hu wax coating with turpentine before you apply the enamel- J3u Pont Colored Enamels can he used on metal 1k ?c1s , cribs, go-carts, and other metal articles in the home. If the old enamel is badly chipped, sandpaper around such places...particularly the edges ...with a medium coarse sand paper, and smooth down with a finer grade. Then go over the entire surface will: the fine sandpaper and dust carefully. If will then be ready for the enamel. Where radiators are to be enameled, it must he realized that fills Is a severe? test for any paint other than a baking enamel. The darkei shades of Du Pout Colored Enamel wall gi vc-satisfactory service on radia tors, hut the fighter tints are not Colored enamels are practicable recommended for this purpose. Now a few suggestions about porch furniture; Neatly painted chairs, settees and tables always uda to the exterior appearance of the borne. Here also is the need fur added pro tection against outside exposure. The usual type of porch furniture Is secured or hold t ogether with glue. Furniture of this sort, when exposed 10 dampness and changes of temperature, soon falls apart. The period ical use of paint protects the glue and prevents deterioration* As porch, furniture is usually repainted in the same color, one coat of Du Pont Colored Enamel will he sufficient to restore Its original lustre. WImre colors arc changed, two coats, at least, will ho necessary. Such tints m Willow Green, Lawn Green, Sky Blue. Tuscan Rod or Silver Gray afford a variety of delightful color effects for porch furniture. These are real enamels, and 1 hey are sufficiently enduring for such exterior use as has been indicated. We have discussed only a few of t he more important uses for Du Pont Colored Enamels; other uses will suggest themselves to the reader who will take time to examine the many little articles in the home that need to be refinished. Whatever you decide to enamel, if your ultimate object is to obtain a glossy, sanitary, washable surface in bright and dainty colors, these enamels will 'answer your purpose admirably. Enamel should always be applied in a warm atmosphere. Any attemptto use it in a cold damp room causes the enamel to pull and drag under the brush, A temperature of 70 degrees is ideal for enameling. Finally, a word of cautionThe. next time you. have .occa sion to buy paint for any of the purposes mentioned in this arti cle, or for any other similar use, don't ask your dealer for "just a can" of household, chair or radiator paint. There? are so many general-purpose paints that the only safe way is to specify the advertised brands of reputable makers. Therefore, he specific; say "Du Pont (adored Enamel/' You nan secure it in a variety of ton bright and cheerful colors in addition to blank. If you follow the suggestions outlined here and flie simple directions on tin? package, your enameling effort* will be rewarded with satisfactory results.  mh h i e Fabrikoid Process adds beauty and long- life to fabrics; some heavy and rugged, others dainty as linen-all pliable, scuff-proof, stain-proof and water-proof rou PONr ABRIKQI It is only natural that so many books hare bindings of Fabrikoid. Complete and interesting details uvill be sent if you'll write. . . . For Much-Loved Books a Fitting Guardian TfOR the bindings of books that one treasures, JL the books that adorn a richly furnished library or the books that are worn with much re-reading, there is a Fabrikoid. Sturdy, to endure handling, yet lending itself wondrously to the artistry of the bookbinder's craft. You will find bindings in rich Morocco finish and in a score of others. Colorings, too, delightful to the eye as they are enduring. A fabric that is an ornament to any book, and yet a worthy guardian as well; for with its beauty and strength are coupled other qualities of Fabrikoid--water, ink and grease wipe off without staining; it is practically scuff and scar proof, and it may be even washed if sticky fingers have left it soiled. Du Po n t Fa b r ik o id Co . WILMINGTON, DELAWARE II ra in La Belle Pattern exclusive in Ivory Pyralin /T gift of Ivory Pyralin--with that atmosphere \2/l of good taste which delightful design and exquisite coloring always give. Its constant useful ness is an added reason for its immediate appeal. Ivory Pyralin comes in complete sets with every latest accessory for the dressing table. All of its beautiful designs are standard so that, if preferred, one can obtain a few pieces and add to the set later. Each piece is marked with the name, "Ivory Pyralin," in tiny letters. It will not tarnish, chip or break; it is easily cleaned and quite the finest in every respect. You will find it at the better shops. Write for copy of dealer's catalog E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS Sc COMPANY, In c ., Sa l e s Dept ., Py r a l in Div is io n , WILMINGTON, DEL.