December 18, 1914] 



SCIENCE 



881 



probably no science has done so much as ebemis- 

 try in revealing the hidden possibilities of the 

 wastes and by-products in manufactures. 



This science has been the most fruitful agent 

 in the conversion of the refuse of manufacturing 

 operations into products of industrial value. . . . 

 Chemistry is the intelligence department of in- 

 dustry. 



Yet we are often uninformed concerning 

 the character and amount of the by-products 

 going to waste in our immediate neighbor- 

 hoods, a careful study of which might lead 

 not only to financial reward for the manu- 

 facturer as well as for ourselves, but might 

 also prevent much of the present pollution 

 of our streams and of the air we breathe. 



It is not only very desirable, but will 

 soon become really necessary for manufac- 

 turers to avail themselves more freely of the 

 assistance of the experts in universities, 

 technical schools and scientific institutes. 



THE FUTUKE OP EESEAECH IN CANADA 



With a strong and prosperous nation to 

 the south, expert in manufacturing opera- 

 tions and constantly endeavoring seriously 

 to gain markets for its surplus production, 

 Canada has developed less rapidly from an 

 industrial viewpoint than if she occupied 

 a more isolated position geographically. 

 European and American products have 

 long been familiar to the Canadian people, 

 and the manufacturers of the Dominion 

 have had an arduous struggle in establish- 

 ing their wares. But this time is past. 

 Since 1910, all over Canada, new factories 

 have been erected, new products are beiug 

 manufactured, and new plans for the fu- 

 ture are being considered. 



With her diversified and abundant min- 

 eral resources, her extensive forests and 

 her great power sources, Canada has in- 

 deed wonderful industrial prospects. 

 Noteworthily helpful work in the open- 

 ing-up of various fields has been done by 

 your Department of Mines, whose distin- 



guished division Directors, Dr. Eugene 

 Haanel, of the Mines Branch, and Dr. E. 

 W. Brock, of the Geological Survey, have 

 been pioneers in your industrial develop- 

 ment; but as your mineral, wood and 

 water-power wealth become more and 

 more apparent, just so much more will the 

 need for and value of industrial research 

 become apparent to your manufacturers. 

 As in other countries, chemistry will be the 

 pathfinder. 



Canada is but at the adolescent period 

 in her industrial life. Your patriotism 

 need not therefore be shocked by appar- 

 ently 



Nourishing a youth sublime 

 With the fairy tales of science. 



Many of the natural secrets of your vast 

 country have been gained, laboriously 

 wrought for, but rich rewards await your 

 coming generations who inherit the knowl- 

 edge gained by an awakened conscience of 

 research. Eatmond F. Bacon 



Uniyersitt op Pittsburgh 



OCEANOGBAPSIC CRUISE OF THE V. S. 

 BUREAU OF FISHERIES SCHOONER 

 "GRAMPUS," JULY AND AU- 

 GUST, 19U 



During the past summer the fisheries 

 schooner Grampus has continued the oceano- 

 graphic work of 1912 and IQIS,'^ in my charge, 

 with Mr. W. W. Welsh as assistant. The gen- 

 eral problem laid out for the Grampus cruises 

 of the past three years has been the study of 

 currents, salinities, temperatures and plankton 

 of the coastal waters off our eastern seaboard. 

 In 1912 the work was confined to the Gulf of 

 Maine; in 1913 it extended over the whole 



1 H. B. Bigelow, ' ' Oeeanographie Cruises of the 

 U. S. Fisheries Schooner Grampus, 1912-13," 

 Science, N. S., Vol. 38, No. 982, pp. 599-601, Oc- 

 tober 24, 1913; "Explorations in the Gulf of 

 Maine, July and August, 1912, by the XJ. S. Fish- 

 eries Schooner Grampus. Oceanography and 

 Notes on Ahe Plankton, ' ' Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. 58, 

 pp. 31-147, 9 pis., 1914. 



