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according to the last census over 10,000,000 of the 

 citizens of the United States had been born in 

 foreign lands. Thus, an eighth of the whole popu- 

 lation of the United States were foreigners who 

 had been received into citizenship. The delegates 

 of every nationality could count upon being wel- 

 comed in their own tongue. 



Professor Meldola, representing the Society of 

 Chemical Industry, in supporting the invitation, 

 said it was the first time in the history of the 

 congress that the delegates had received a direct 

 message from the ruler of a great nation asking 

 them to meet in his country. (Cheers.) 



The invitation was accepted with acclamation. 



The president then proposed Professor E. W. 

 Morley as honorary president and Dr. W. H. 

 Nichols as acting president for the next congress. 



Dr. Otto N. Witt seconded the nominations, 

 saying that the success of the past congresses had 

 been due largely to the circumspect choice of 

 presidents, and the nominees presented guaran- 

 teed the success of the next. 



Dr. Chas. Baskerville, in supporting the nomi- 

 nations, spoke of the appreciation of the teachers 

 of chemistry of the choice, because Professor' 

 Morley had been the successful investigating 

 teacher and all teachers of chemistry knew they 

 had no better friend than that captain chemical 

 technologist, Dr. Nichols. 



The nominees were elected with acclaim. 



Dr. Nichols made a modest speech of acceptance 

 and assured the congress of a cordial reception on 

 the part of all Americans. 



Dr. Wiley proposed that the official delegates 

 from the United States be nominated members of 

 the organizing committee, with power to add to 

 their number. This proposal was seconded by 

 Professor Clarke and carried. 



6. The president proposed that a permanent 

 officer (Delfigug des Presidents) be appointed by 

 the International Commission of the Congresses 

 of Applied Chemistry. This was passed after 

 Dr. Nichols had suggested that the expense be 

 borne by the succeeding congress in each case. It 

 is intended that this official after publishing the 

 proceedings of one congress take up his residence 

 in that country where the next congress is to be 

 held and there give the organizing committee that 

 aid it may require. 



Sir Henry Roscoe proposed, and Professor Carl 

 Duisberg seconded, the following motion: "That 

 all communications to the congress be submitted 

 to an English publication committee, on the un- 

 derstanding that they be judged with perfect 



fairness and impartiality." It was carried. 



The following delegates then addressed the 

 meeting, expressing thanks: 



Monsieur Lindet, as president of a former con- 

 gress; Dr. Francisco P. Lavalle, Argentina; 

 K.K. Regieurungsrat F. Strohmer, Austria; M. 

 Francois Sachs, Belgium; Mr. Ou Kouanze, 

 China; Senor Don Francisco Becerra, Colombia; 

 Dr. Luis E. Mourgues, Chile; Mr. G. A. Hage- 

 mann, Denmark; Senor Don C. Nevares, Ecuador; 

 Professor Armand Gautier, France; Geheimer 

 Regierungsrat Professor von Buchka, Germany; 

 Dr. P. D. Zacharias, Greece; M. Nikolaus Gerster, 

 Hungary; Senatore Emanuele PaternS, Italy; 

 Professor Mitsuru Kuhara, Japan; Dr. Hooge- 

 werff. The Netherlands; Mr. Samuel Eyde, Nor- 

 way; Dr. Hugo Mastbaum, Portugal; Dr. L. 

 Edeleanu, Roumania; Professor N. Tavildaroff, 

 Russia; Professor Marco T. Lecco, Servia; Pro- 

 fessor E. Pinerua y Alvarez, Spain; Professor P. 

 Klason, Sweden; Professor Dr. E. Bosshard, 

 Switzerland; Dr. David P. Day, United States. 



The president declared the congress closed, after 

 a most successful meeting. 



The American commissioners were Dr. H. W. 

 Wiley, chairman, representing the government, 

 with Drs. F. W. Clarke, David T. Day and Allerton 

 S. Cushman; Dr. W. H. Nichols, representing 

 chemical manufacturers and the American Chem- 

 ical Society; Dr. Francis Wyatt, technical an- 

 alytical chemist; Dr. Leo H. Baekeland, the 

 American Electro-chemical Society; Mr. Maxi- 

 milian Toch, chairman New York Section of the 

 Society of Chemical Industry; Dr. Morris Loeb, 

 president of the Chemists' Club; Mr. Albert Plant, 

 the manufacturing druggists; and Professor W. L. 

 Dudley, Vanderbilt University, and Professor 

 Chas. Baskerville, College City of New York, rep- 

 resenting the teachers of chemistry. 



In addition to the American commissioners, all 

 of whom were present, the following attended 

 from the United States: Mr. E. A. Sperry, Mr. E. 

 R. Taylor, Mr. Carleton Ellis, Dr. E. A. Byrnes, 

 Dr. Walker Bowman, Dr. Jokichi Takamine, 

 Dr. Hugo Schweitzer, Mr. Hugo Lieber, Mr. Henry 

 Wigglesworth, Dr. Bernard C. Hesse, Dr. W. D. 

 Home, Dr. Arthur M. Comey, Dr. Chas. L. Reese, 

 Dr. E. Gudeman, Dr. H. M. Smith, Dr. R. Ken- 

 nedy Duncan, Dr. Arthur Elliott, Mr. Wm. J. 

 Evans, Mr. Wm. S. Gray, Mr. I. F. Stone, Mr. 

 David Wesson, Mr. T. J. Wrampelmeier, Dr. W. 

 D. Harkins, Dr. H. B. Hite, and others whose 

 names your reporter did not secure. 



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