Fifteen Thousand 

 Miles of Dynamite 



THE length of the average stick of 

 dynamite is eight inches. Small as 

 they are these eight inch sticks of con- 

 centrated force play an important part in 

 the industrial work of the Nation. Every 

 year the Hercules Powder Co. is called 

 upon to furnish enough of them to form a 

 dynamite chain fifteen thousand miles long. 



Such a chain, the sticks laid end to end, 

 would extend two-thirds of the way around 

 the globe. It could be laid along the ocean 

 routes from New York to Pernambuco; 

 from the latter to Cape Town; then to 

 London via Madeira with a few hundred 

 miles to spare. 



This yearly chain of Hercules Dynamite is of more im- 

 portance to you personally than perhaps you realize. 

 It is linked with a majority of your daily activities, both 

 work and play. 



Suppose metals were today mined laboriously by hand. 

 Unless you are a millionaire you would have in your 

 home no electric lisht or gas, no telephone, no kitchen 

 range. Steam or hot water heat would probably be out 

 of the question. You would not own an automobile. 

 Why, one-hundred years ago even a brass door-knob 

 was a sign of wealth. 



It is largely to the power of dynamite that we owe the 

 abundance of most of our modern conveniences. So the 

 next time you see one of these eight inch sticks in its 

 yellow wrapper look upon it with respect — not only on 

 account of its power but also because of the service it 

 renders you. 



HERCULES POWDER CO. 



Pittsburg, Kan. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Salt Lake City 

 Wilmington, Del. 



«*0% STRENGTH 



•VLES CO. 



HERCULES POWDER CO. 



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