Matthews grinned. "Well," he said, "we've never done any work for his competitors in the safe line."
"Not in that, no," agreed Delmuth. "But that's only one iron in his smoldering fires. What about Sokleene Soap? He had a half a million tied up in that. It's making out all right — just about.
But that advertising campaign we put out on Washine just about wiped Sokleene off the map.
"Remember when he was promoting the Princess Products, and we pushed Duchess Beauty Sets? The same thing happened again.
"It's getting so every time the old boy starts something, it comes right down our alley, and we beat him with a competitive idea."
"No question about that," Matthews concurred.
"Well," declared Delmuth, "this time he's wise enough to come to terms before he begins!
He has a big interest in Purple Blossom Lotions, and he figures that we are planning something to meet it. He knows we have contacts with other concerns in that line."
"What's he going to do about it?" asked Matthews.
"I'm finding out tonight," Delmuth went on. "He's invited me up to a conference he's having at his apartment. Some of the Purple Blossom men are there.