FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 19 



exact sciences and to medicine more than to the lesser biological 

 sciences. This is probably as it should be for some time to come, 

 for in certain lines wholesale quantities of trained men are 

 needed, and it is more likely that a man will fit where there 

 are many opportunities from which to choose. It should be 

 realized that the development of the Philippine Islands in com- 

 petition with the world must more and more depend on com- 

 petent scientists. The Philippine Islands have an advantage 

 in having started right and in not having to waste their raw- 

 materials or jeopardize their natural resources by careless 

 exploitation. 



PUBLICITY 



The inhabitants of these Islands are not getting as great 

 benefit from the work which the Bureau of Science has done 

 as they ought to be getting. In this institution there is un- 

 questionably a great deal of information on many subjects that 

 would benefit or improve agricultural, health, mining, industrial, 

 commercial, and other economic conditions if brought before 

 the people in the right way. The Bureau of Science has done 

 and is doing work that is important to the Philippine Islands 

 and has prepared, published, and circulated throughout the 

 Islands reports and statistical information concerning its work 

 that has aided and will continue to aid industrial and commercial 

 development. The large amount of good done by these is becom- 

 ing increasingly evident. However, a large percentage of the 

 people who need assistance are unable to derive it solely from 

 publications. To men not trained to use them, written regula- 

 tions and directions often seem more or less impractical, but 

 when such men actually see the work performed and the results 

 accomplished, they are readily convinced of the importance of 

 doing work scientifically. For example, many owners of salt 

 farms are not trained to make use of literature put into their 

 hands, but can readily learn from actual demonstration. 



From the little that has been done to demonstrate the various 

 lines of work of the Bureau of Science it has been found that 

 the people are quick to see the value of such work and are sin- 

 cerely appreciative of what it will do for them. If represent- 

 atives from the Bureau of Science be sent among the people to 

 demonstrate improved methods of procedure along such lines as 

 the utilization of waste products, the development of mineral 

 resources, the production of better leather, the utilization of 

 forest products, the use of medicinal plants, the conservation and 



