it, and the entire cost of the laboratories 

 would thus be borne by the industries as a 

 whole, where the charge properly belongs. 

 Many other projects are now being con- 

 sidered for the establishment of industrial 

 research laboratories for those concerns 

 which can not afford laboratories of their 

 own, and in some of these cases the possible 

 relation of these laboratories to our tech- 

 nical and engineering schools is being earn- 

 estly studied. 



Until the manufacturers themselves are 

 aroused to the necessity of action in the 

 matter of industrial research there is no 

 plan which can be devised that will result 

 in the general establishment of research 

 laboratories for the industries. But once 

 their need is felt and their value appreci- 

 ated and the demand for research facilities 

 is put forth by the manufacturers them- 

 selves, research laboratories will spring up 

 in all our great centers of industrial activ- 

 ity. Their number and character and size, 

 and their method of operation and their 

 relation to the technical and engineering 

 schools, and the method of their working 

 with the different industries, are all mat- 

 ters which involve many interesting prob- 

 lems problems which I am sure will be 

 solved as they present themselves and when 

 their nature has been clearly apprehended. 



In the present state of the world's devel- 

 opment there is nothing which can do more 

 to advance American industries than the 

 adoption by our manufacturers generally 

 of industrial research conducted on scien- 

 tific principles. I am sure that if they can 

 be made to appreciate the force of this state- 

 ment, our manufacturers will rise to the 



