THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK 
The company was drastically reorganized. 
Dr. Henry Dreyfus became Chairman. In 
1927 the shares had a boom. They soared 
suddenly to £6. A few years before, they 
could have been bought for 2s. gd. This 
illustrates the difference between State control 
and private management. 
The company floated new shares. They 
were over-subscribed 20 times over. Dr. 
Dreyfus asked for £2,500,000, and the British 
public offered him £50,000,000. This flotation 
proves that the British Artificial Silk industry 
will never suffer for lack of capital. 
Dr. Henry Dreyfus is 46 years old. He is 
well known in Switzerland. He has plunged 
like a meteor into British industry and 
finance. He is a dynamic man—quick, 
masterful, decisive. His purpose is to make 
Artificial Silk goods of the highest quality. 
He has already stopped the losses and brought 
the company up to the point where it has 
begun to pay dividends. 
So, we have now in England the supreme 
company of all—Courtaulds, moving forward 
quickly and wisely and holding fast to its 
supremacy. We have also a large and 
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