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journal published. It abstracts the contents of some four hundred 

 journals using about two hundred and forty abstracters. The In- 

 dustrial Journal is in the very front rank and the Journal of the 

 American Chemical Society as the record of original research in 

 America is the peer of any other chemical journal published. Thus, 

 in both pure and applied chemistry, America stands abreast of any 

 other nation in the world. 



One of the serious problems which will have to be faced in the 

 future is how to get an adequate supply of motor fuel. At the rate 

 of present consumption of gasoline it will not be a great many years 

 until the supply will be far below the demand. The most probable 

 substitute is alcohol. It is estimated that if the saw mill waste of 

 the country were utilized, it would produce many millions of 

 gallons of alcohol. To this might be added a large amount of or- 

 ganic waste which might be converted into alcohol. One thing seems 

 quite certain, that we must ultimately look to plant life for our fuel 

 as well as for our food. If alcohol could be made and sold for 

 about 10 cents a gallon the question of motor fuel would be solved. 



