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(i) Failure to realise that modern industry, to be suc- 

 cessful, must be based on scientific research ; 



(2) Want of more intimate association between the manu- 

 facturers and the workers in science. 



The urgency of a permanent as opposed to a temporary 

 controlling committee was strongly advocated. The memorial 

 then alluded to the Advisory Committee which had already 

 been appointed by the Board of Trade and expressed the 

 opinion that this Committee contained the nucleus of a per- 

 manent organisation such as was essential for the future 

 maintenance of our chemical industries in the face of foreign 

 competition. It was suggested that from this nucleus a larger 

 standing committee of the nature of an Intelligence Depart- 

 ment serving the chemical industries in the way that the 

 Commercial Intelligence Department serves merchants and 

 traders, might be established. An officially supported Chemical 

 Intelligence Committee, under the auspices, say, of the Board 

 of Trade, would secure the confidence of manufacturers to an 

 extent that has hitherto been unrealisable. With increased 

 facilities of communication between manufacturers and expert 

 advisers it might confidently be anticipated that such advice 

 would be more and more sought by those concerned, and our 

 chemical industries benefited to a corresponding extent. 



The memorial presented by the Chemical Society to the 

 Government revealed the same dissatisfaction as regards the 

 condition of our chemical industries. This unhappy state 

 was to be credited mainly to the following factors : 



1 . The defects of our educational system, and particularly 

 the lack of recognition of the importance of research as an 

 essential part of the training of the student of science. 



2. The want of scientific knowledge on the part of the 

 community at large, especially of manufacturers, and the 

 non-appreciation of the true value of scientific research. 



3. The lack of organisation amongst various chemical and 

 allied industries. 



4. The almost total want of sympathy and co-operation 

 between manufacturers and workers in pure science. 



In suggesting the founding of a Committee such as that 

 cited by the Royal Society, the members were of opinion that 

 the duties of such a Committee should be : 



