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the chairman of Levinstein's, that, in his 

 opinion, provided sufficient financial support 

 is forthcoming, this country may be rendered 

 independent of German dyestuffs. On the 

 scientific side, he added, success is certain. 

 There is in this country a larger amount of 

 chemical talent than has hitherto been rec- 

 ognized, and during the war many university 

 professors and others occupied with pui-ely 

 scientific research have given valuable assist- 

 ance to the color industry, as well as in other 

 departments of manufacture. 



Considering the difficulties to be overcome 

 in the revival of chemical industries in tliis 

 country at the beginning of the war, and, as 

 compared with Germany, the serious lack of 

 organization and of scientifically trained as- 

 sistance, the success so far achieved is en- 

 couraging in the highest degree. There is no 

 justification for the gloomy view of the situ- 

 ation sometimes taken, and if the scheme now 

 working under the Board of Trade is not 

 perfect, it is, at any rate, a step in the right 

 direction, and has been accepted by the dye- 

 makers and the dye-users. 



The trade and licensing committee referred 

 to in the scheme has now been constituted 

 under Lord Golwyn as chairman. The follow- 

 ing are the other members : Mr. Henry Allen, 

 Mr. Milton Sharp and Mr. Lennox B. Lee, 

 nominated by the Color Users' Committee; 

 Mr. T. Taylor, representing the paint and var- 

 nish manufacturers; Dr. Herbert Levinstein 

 and Mr. J. Turner, nominated jointly by 

 British Dyes, Ltd., and Levinstein's, Ltd.; 

 Mr. W. J. Uglow Woolcook, M. P., nominated 

 by the Association of British Chemical Manu- 

 facturers; and Mr. W. H. Dawson, nominated 

 by the president of the Board of Trade. The 

 commissioner for dyes, Sir Evan Jones, M.P., 

 will be an ex officio member without a vote. 

 Dr. H. Levinstein is the well-known man- 

 aging director of Levinstein's, Ltd., and he 

 will control the scientific and manufacturing 

 operations of the new corporation resulting 

 from the fusion of British Dyes and Levin- 

 stein's. Mr. J. Turner has been a director of 

 British Dyes, Ltd., for several years, and he 



will be largely influential in the business ar- 

 rangements of the conjoint firms. 



The functions of the committee now con- 

 stituted will be to determine the colors and 

 intermediates which shall be licensed for im- 

 port into the United Kingdom after the con- 

 clusion of peace, and to advise the Com- 

 missioner for Dyes as to the colors and inter- 

 mediates the manufacture of which in this 

 country should be specially encouraged. 



It is satisfactory to find that the Port 

 Ellesmere indigo factory has been in full 

 work for some time, and that land has been 

 secured for considerable extensions of the 

 works in the near future. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE 

 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The membership of the American Chemical 

 Society was 12,203 at the end of the year 

 1918, having increased 1,600 during the year. 

 The sections of the society and the number 

 of members not in arrears on November 30, 

 191Y and 1918 were as follows: 



Local Section 1917 1918 



Alabama 52 111 



Ames 34 19 



California 292 294 



Central Texas 59 42 



Chicago 649 627 



Cincinnati 165 ISO 



Cleveland 278 319 



Columbus 97 101 



Comieeticut Valley 109 98 



Cornell 39 35 



Delaware 268 



Detroit 102 105 



Eastern New York 72 85 



Georgia 76 73 



Indiana 157 157 



Iowa 62 75 



Kansas City 155 141 



Lehigh Valley 94 98 



Lexingrton 22 23 



Louisiana 59 64 



LouisvUle 19 20 



Maine 53 55 



Maryland 142 211 



Michigan Agricultural College . . 31 24 



Milwaukee 95 97 



Minnesota ' 121 121 



Nashville 26 26 



