Am.  Jour.  Pharm.1 
October,  1896.  / 
Editorial. 
579 
"But  while  our  first  appeal  properly  is  addressed  to  the  chemists  aud  other 
scientists  of  this  country,  we  are  convinced  that  the  enlightened  general  pub- 
lic of  the  United  States  wilt  consider  it  a  privilege  to  contribute  to  the  Lavoisier 
monument.  The  immense  territory  west  of  our  great  river  was  French  at  the 
time  when  Lavoisier  was  engaged  in  his  immortal  researches.  While  this 
country  was  feeble,  and  struggling  for  liberty  against  unheard-of  odds,  our 
own  Benjamin  Franklin  found  in  the  house  of  Lavoisier  a  circle  of  friends 
contributing  to  bring  about  that  alliance  with  France  which  before  Yorktown 
made  our  independence  a  reality,  and  forever  linked  the  name  of  Lafayette 
with  that  of  Washington  in  the  hearts  of  Americans.  Recently  French  citizens 
have  marked  the  entrance  to  our  greatest  harbor  by  the  grandest  and  most 
unique  statue  of  the  world.  For  these  reasons  our  people  will  be  glad  of  the 
opportunity  now  presented  to  reciprocate  by  contributing  to  the  monument 
that  is  to  mark  the  blood  of  one  of  the  noblest  of  our  race,  shed  by  tempo- 
rary rulers  of  France,  tauntingly  declaring  '  the  Republic  has  no  use  for 
scientists.' 
"Subscriptions  to  the  Lavoisier  monument  will  be  received  by  each  of  the 
undersigned  members  of  American  Lavoisier  Committee.  Every  subscription 
will  be  promptly  acknowledged  by  a  formal  souvenir  receipt,  bearing  the 
portrait  of  Lavoisier  in  prison.  The  sums  collected  will,  at  intervals,  be  trans- 
mitted to  the  Treasurer  of  the  "  Souscription  Lavoisier"  of  the  Academy  of 
Sciences  of  Paris.  A  complete  report  of  all  subscriptions  will  be  published  at 
the  close  of  this  work  and  sent  to  each  subscriber.  The  original  individual 
subscription  papers  will  be  bound  and  deposited  in  the  Archives  of  the 
Academy.  The  monument  is  expected  to  be  completed  by  the  opening  of  the 
Exposition  in  1900,  but  this  Committee  desires  to  close  its  work  two  years 
before  that  time. 
"In  conclusion,  we  ask  leave  to  state  that  all  expenses  of  every  kind  con- 
nected with  this  canvass  for  subscriptions  are  met  by  the  Committee,  each 
member  paying  all  expenses  he  individually  incurs  in  this  work,  so  that  every 
dollar  subscribed  will  reach  Paris  in  full,  and  contribute  to  the  erection  of  the 
Lavoisier  monument,  which,  in  the  words  of  Dumas,  'to  posterity  sha"ll 
express  our  profound  admiration  for  his  genius  and  our  lasting  sorrow  for  his 
untimely  death.' 
"Jasper  L.  Beeson,  A.M.,  Ph.D. ,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Audubon  Sugar 
School ;  Research  Chemist  for  the  Louisiana  Sugar  Experiment  Station,  etc., 
New  Orleans,  La. 
"  Charles  Anthony  Goessmann,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  College  ;  Chemist  of  the  Hatch  Experiment  Station 
of  the  College  ;  Chemist  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  etc., 
Amherst,  Mass. 
"  Eugene  W.  Hilgard,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Agricultural  Chemistry  in 
the  University  of  California  ;  Director  of  the  California  Experiment  Station, 
Berkeley,  Cal. 
"Richard  Watson  Jones,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Mississippi,  University,  Miss. 
"John  Uri  Lloyd,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute  of 
Cincinnati;  President  (1887)  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
Cincinnati,  O. 
