cnii\ino(."(l that, sluuild \\ c bi- iivli-i'initcl) Ijloikadrd by an 

 ciKMuy. WT should siilYcr hut little incoiu (.■nieiicc. 



'I'lic industrird chemist should bo honest. Chemists as a 

 class are aniont.;' the most lionest of men. Their testimony is 

 usually jjiven full credit. A false report from a chemist dis- 

 graces him with the profession. Falsehood is contrary to the 

 spirit and g^cnius of the subject. Accuracy and fidelity to fact 

 is the first principle of the chemist. It is true that some manu- 

 facturers instruct their chemists to adulterate the goods and 

 hide the adulterations, but this is the exception rather than 

 the rule. Any first-class chemist under such requirements will 

 seek another employer. 



A word now about chemical secrets. There arc really no 

 chemical secrets. W^henever a new compound is discovered 

 its description and the method of its preparation are published 

 in the journals. It is one thing-, however, to make a small 

 quantity of a substance in the laboratory, and quite another to 

 make it by the ton in the factory. Nearly all chemical secrets 

 are secrets of the factory, secrets of manipulation. These are 

 legitimate secrets and the chemist should keep them faithfully 

 for his employer. The best factory methods are learned only 

 by prolonged and costly experimentation. It is said that one 

 German dye factory spent three million dollars before it sold 

 any of its output. 



It is thus seen why the dye business has progressed 

 slowly in this country. The large corporation has many ad- 

 vantages. In the first place, it can afford to incur the expense 

 of the necessary experimentation. In the second place, it em- 

 ploys the best chemical experts and carries out elaborate re- 

 searches. The General Chemical Company, the General 

 Electric Company, the Edison Company, and other such 

 corporations are spending much money in researches and are 

 making marked discoveries from time to time. 



All things considered. I think that the chemists are rising 

 to the occasion and acquitting themselves well. Indeed, in 

 many respects they are leading the world. The American 

 Chemical Society has 8,200 members. It publishes three of 

 the best chemical journals in the world. The Chemical Ab- 

 stracts is the most complete abstract journal published. It 

 abstracts the contents of some four hundred journals using 

 about two hundred and forty abstracters. The Industrial 

 Journal is in the very front rank and the Journal of the Amer- 

 ican 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. 



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