founded in a depression, it has lasted and grown in good times and bad. It survived the effects of panic and the Civil War, it braved two World Wars, and four depressions by its 110th birthday. Since then, another two major "conflicts" have been added to the list as well as several "economic crises" to use modern day terminology. Established in 1838 by Oliver Loveland as a supplier to the building trade, it later became one of the major suppliers to the soap industry. The firm's name was ...