and Laboratory Methods. 1173 



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Laboratory Methods. ^ent the stock of knowledge as may 



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— — : old popular idea to the contrary, have 



demonstrated indisputably their ability to cope with problems of the greatest 

 practical and economic value. Industrial progress is more and more dependent 

 upon the results of their labors. 



The policy of our government has always been to support liberally men and 

 institutions which undertake to promote the welfare of the people ; and yet we 

 must admit that we have not met our highest possibilities, for we have but to 

 look to certain other progressive nations to see points wherein we can make 

 decided improvement. It is no longer a theory that governmental support of 

 scientific work pays in every sense of the word, for Germany has long since 

 demonstrated it to be a fact. Her scientific instruments have been brought to 

 the highest degree of perfection, by cooperation with individuals capable of im- 

 proving them, and through them her industrial progress has been most advanced. 

 " Made in Germany " has been a key to every market in the world. This 

 development must be attributed to the cooperation of science and government ; 

 a condition of mutual support, toward which our own country is rapidly trending. 



The work accomplished by our science departments and bureaux is only the 

 preface of what may be expected in the near future. Nation, state, university, 

 and individual are forming one great combination for the pursuit of pure and 

 applied science. In this cooperation the needs of science will be largely brought 

 to light by individuals who are actually engaged in the work. These needs must 

 be met by the institution, state, or nation in whose interest the individual pursues 

 his investigations. 



There are now needs which handicap our progress and place us at a dis- 

 advantage in the competition with other nations. Governmental cooperation in 

 the development of the methods of chemical glass, and many other manufactures, 

 and in the standardizing and control of apparatus used for weighing and measur- 

 ing, together with the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures, 

 would produce practical results. 



Scientific men have adopted the metric system in their work. The industries 

 recognizing its advantages, do not wait for the adoption of the system by the 

 government, but are rapidly introducing it into their various calculations. 



