Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  19 18. 
Industrial  Organic  Chemistry. 
807 
valued  at  $602,281  ;  and  19,545  pounds  of  perfume  material  valued 
at  $125,960." 
Of  course,  the  manufacture  of  munitions,  begun  on  allied  account 
and  continued  later  by  the  Ordnance  Bureau  on  our  own  account, 
means  the  production  of  numerous  organic  compounds  on  a  scale 
totally  beyond  any  previous  experience — picric  acid,  tri-nitro-toluol, 
nitro-cellulose  and  nitro-glycerine  for  smokeless  powder,  fulminate 
powders  and  other  preparations  are  manufactured  by  tons,  but  as 
this  is  a  war  industry  and  not  one  that  will  continue  we  have  omitted 
it  from  our  discussion. 
In  conclusion,  what  is  the  outlook  for  industrial  organic  chem- 
istry in  the  immediate  future  in  this  country?  I  would  say  that  it 
is  most  encouraging.  The  exigencies  of  the  war  in  Europe  have 
caused  a  widespread  search  for  independent  sources  of  raw  mate- 
rials to  be  made  and  with  very  satisfactory  results  in  many  cases. 
Our  large  corporations  have  established  research  laboratories  with 
the  best  up-to-date  equipment  and  have  planned  real  and  thorough- 
going research  in  a  broad  intelligent  spirit,  which  does  not  ask  for 
hasty  results  but  emphasizes  the  wish  for  thoroughness.  Our  gov- 
ernment has  recognized  in  a  very  satisfactory  way  its  need  of  chem- 
ical service  and  has  thus  publicly  endorsed  the  fundamental  impor- 
tance of  the  chemist  in  industrial  achievement.  Capital  has  come 
forward  willingly  in  support  of  properly  planned  chemical  under- 
takings and  thus  made  the  establishment  of  new  industries  possible 
in  a  way  far  beyond  wmat  had  been  possible  before  the  war  period. 
Lastly,  the  disturbed  condition  of  all  European  trade  relations  has 
made  it  possible  for  the  United  States  to  inaugurate  very  promising 
export  business  in  quarters  not  previously  practical  or  under  condi- 
tions distinctly  unfavorable. 
These  new  achievements  we  have  every  reason  to  expect  to  con- 
tinue in  the  future  and  no  doubt  with  added  momentum. 
