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DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday, May 16. 1955 17 Dow Chemical Co. Built Upon Faith BY JEROME HANSEN Irff Press Staff Writer MIDLAND The strength of the Dow Chemical Co. has been extracted from the mineral deposits of Michigan. You could say that Dow built its industrial foundation from the bountiful resources which nature endowed tc Dd ft so Michigan.

Many companies owe their success, their very existence to Michigan. Few, perhaps, owe more than the Dow firm. And in return, Michigan has benefitted greatly from the Dow success. That the No. 2 Dow name is of a recogni zed the Series world over is a source of pride to the state.

Dr. Herbert H. Dow, the company's founder and guiding light until his death in 1930, (staked produce chemicals cheaper than his competitors. "The area also had an abundance of the kind of labor he wanted and needed." Dow Chemical's growth since the turn of the century has been nothing short of phenomenal. From a humble beginning, it has become a vast organization, with plants in other parts of the country.

IN ADDITION to bromine, it turns out a wide variety of industrial chemicals, magnesium and plastics. SAVE NOW DURING his and the firm's future on the Some evidence of this growth is shown in Dow's increased sales from 39 million dollars in 1939 to $428,255,000 in 1954. When the depression struck New Low Price! PURE VEGETABLE in xne aus, oow Doiuiy expanded its production and research facilities and added personnel. is selected by for your dinner table. Because Super-Right quality standards are so high, and the price so low you and your family can enjoy delicious fine-quality roasts and steaks on a modest budget.

Michigan played an important RTENING Super-Right" BLADE CUT Fo) hig-h bromine and mineral content of the brine in Michigan. Had he been wrong, there probably wouldn't be a Dow Chemical Co. But Michigan came through in the clutch. And Dow today is the fourth largest chemical concern in the country. Dow was bom in Belleville, of American parents, spent his early boyhood in Birmingham, and moved to Cleveland at the age of 12.

As a student at Cleveland's Case Schoolof Applied Science he perfected an economical way to extract bromine from brine. At the time, it was an expensive process to extract bromine for commercial use. BROMINE IS USED in the manufacture of dyes, medicine, in metallurgy, in chemical operations and as a disinfectant. Failure overtook Dow's first venture near Canton, in 1889. His backers withdrew AVith new capital, Dow moved to Midland the next year and Legan producing chemicals from brine deposits underlying the Midland area.

He realized the chips were down, that his future hinged on the success of the Midland oper KIQDG 1 LB. 1 role in Dow's battle with the deeply entrenched German chemicals combine in 1906. In three years, parrying every German price thrust, Dow beat down the foreign attack and emerged a power in the "world market. IN LABOR RELATIONS, Dow and, the United Mine Workers are showing that management and unions can get along. There have been only two serious work stoppages since 1940.

Discussing Dow's labor situation, Doan said: "We have long recognized the right of labor to organize. We believe that unions are a permanent part of the industrial pattern. "I believe both of us have matured. We understand our "Super-Right" CENTER CUTS 0) Lively fl 'y flavors. LB.

Parltle workers better and the union understands us better. The human-relations approach has taken hold." "Super-Right" CLOSE TRIMMED DOW HAS NEVER lost its enthusiasm for doing business in ft Li k. LB. ation. He realized that if he failed he probably would never again be able to get backers.

But he had faith in himself and Michigan. It was faith he needed, because the -next 10 years were to be rugged. RECALLING THAT period of jtiv: 025 Super-Right" 7-INCH CUT, FIRST 5 RIBS Michigan. "Even after more than 50 years we are still happy here," said Doan. "We are on top of an inex-haustable raw materials supply and we are close to our customers.

Also we can draft workers from one of the best labor pools in the world." Doan wasn't discoursing merely to hear himself talk. The company has been spending huge sums each year in expanding its facilities here. (TOMORROW Why the Burroughs Corp. decided to move from St. Louis to tfte company history, Dr.

Le-land I. Doan, president, of the firm, said: "Through all the difficulties of getting his business going, Dow maintained an amazing optimism about Michigan. He liked the state and its people. "And Michigan didn't let him down. It provided him a high quality brine.

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