346 SCIENCE PROGRESS. 



At the present day, no matter what his business, the 

 German manufacturer seeks to understand every detail, and 

 he is always trying to improve his processes. He attains 

 this end by availing himself very fully of the services of men 

 trained scientifically at the University, men who have all 

 served their apprenticeship in the school of research ; in fact 

 no man who has not been so trained is looked at now-a-days 

 by the German manufacturer. 



In proof of this I may quote words used by Dr. O. N. 

 Witt, now Professor of Chemical Technology in the Berlin 

 Royal Technical High School, the most important institu- 

 tion of its kind in the world, in his report to the German 

 Government as their commissioner at the Chicago Exhibi- 

 tion in 1893. Says Dr. Witt : " What appears to me to be 

 of far greater importance to German chemical industry than 

 its predominant appearance at the Columbian World's Show 

 is the fact which finds expression in the German exhibits 

 alone that industry and science stand on the footing of 

 mutual deepest appreciation, one ever influencing the other; 

 by affording proof that this is truly the case, Germany has 

 given an indisputable guarantee of the vitality of its chemical 

 industries ". 



Our policy is the precise reverse of that followed in 

 Germany. Our manufacturers generally do not know what 

 the word " research " means ; they place their business under 

 the control of practical men, often admirable men in their 

 way, possessed of much native wit, but untrained and there- 

 fore too often and necessarily unprogressive ; and such men 

 as a rule actually resent the introduction into the works 

 of scientifically trained assistants. Hence there is no 

 demand here for men who have been carefully trained as 

 investigators ; consequently our schools do not seriously 

 attempt to train investigators ; in this country such people 

 are only born and grow spontaneously, the high-class manu- 

 factured article is made in Germany alone. We elect to 

 sacrifice at the altars of the examination Fiend, for God he 

 cannot be called, and do our best to discourage the develop- 

 ment of originality. 



Let me give an illustration to make my meaning clearer. 



