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R. GREIG-SMITH. 



scientific investigation or technical training, the German technical 

 institutions have given valuable assistance. The Committee 

 believes an extensive scheme of State aid for industrial research, 

 which the Privy Council Committee recently established, would 

 be of great value if manufacturers co-operate. Large funds are 

 needed." 



The importance of scientific research in industrial matters 

 has evidently been made clear through the investigations 

 of the Committee, which had for its Chairman the President 

 of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain. 

 The Committee has apparently found that the scientific 

 institutions are willing to co-operate, and this was only to 

 be expected. The attitude of scientific men is, and has 

 always been, such that they are only too glad to be able to 

 help those who seek their assistance. The apathy has been 

 with the manufacturers and others, who have either been 

 too ignorant to know that advice was required, or who were 

 afraid to try any novelty, that is, to experiment. They 

 have been quite content to go on as they have been doing, 

 and as their fathers have done before them; they forget 

 that it is only by experiment or trial that an improvement 

 can be effected. 



Industry does-not understand the aims of Science. 

 I may be wroug, but I do not think that in this continent 

 at least, the time is yet ripe for the manufacturers to co- 

 operate with our scientists. They appear to be unable to 

 get away from the idea that there is some ulterior motive 

 in the scientist trying to help them without gain or reward. 

 It is not a business method. They cannot understand that 

 science is not a business, but a calling, and that the scientist 

 tries to benefit others because it is his nature. He must 

 progress, and if he has to work upon purely academic 

 matters, instead of purely industrial matters, it is the fault 

 of the manufacturer, who will neither voluntarily supply 

 the material nor divulge his troubles. 



