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The  Council  has  recently  received  an  endowment  of  $5,000,000 
from  the  Carnegie  Corporation,  part  of  which  will  be  spent  in  the 
erection  of  a  suitable  building  in  Washington  for  the  joint  use  of 
the  Council  and  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences.  Other  gifts 
have  been  received  for  the  carrying  out  of  specific  researches. 
It  is  now  beginning  to  function  and  has  issued  as  Bulletin  No. 
2  a  list  of  the  research  laboratories  in  industrial  establishments  of 
the  United  States.  This  bulletin  gives  a  brief  account  of  the  or- 
ganization and  personnel  of  more  than  three  hundred  of  such  labora- 
tories now  maintained  by  our  industries.  It  is  interesting  to  us  to 
note  that  many  of  the  pharmaceutical  manufacturers  are  listed  in 
this  catalogue. 
The  Council  has  likewise  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Plant 
Protective  Institute.  The  purpose  of  the  Institute  is  to  promote 
general  welfare  by  supporting  and  directing  scientific  research  on 
the  pests  of  crops,  shade  trees,  and  ornamental  plants,  and  on  the 
methods  of  their  control,  and  by  furthering  cooperation  between 
the  scientific  investigators  and  the  manufacturers  of  chemicals  and 
appliances  so  as  to  effect  standardization  and  economy. 
CataIvOGue;  of  thk  Monsanto  Chemicai^  Works. — The  Mon- 
santo Chemical  Works,  of  Saint  Louis,  have  issued  a  unique  cata- 
logue of  their  products.  It  is  elegantly  printed  on  tinted  high- 
grade  book  paper  with  cover  embossed  in  bronze  and  is  an  excellent 
piece  of  work  from  the  view-point  of  the  printers  art.  It  is  well 
illustrated  with  views  of  their  several  chemical  plants  and  offices 
and  from  the  front  page  beams  in  half  tone  the  genial  countenance 
of  Mr.  John  F.  Queeny,  the  founder  and  at  present  chairman  of  the 
board  of  directors  to  whose  untiring  energy  and  enterprise  the  suc- 
cess of  this  company  is  ascribed. 
This  catalogue  is  unique  in  that  it  contains  no  prices  whatever 
but  shows  a  list  of  the  products,  each  being  presented  in  a  mono- 
graphic style  in  which  is  set  forth  the  chemical  composition,  physical 
properties  and  the  standards,  or  specifications  for  purity,  adopted  by 
these  manufacturers  for  their  individual  products.  It  is  useless  to 
state  that  these  indicate  a  very  high  standard.  The  list  includes 
many  chemicals  of  medicinal  use  and  pharmaceutical  interest  and 
of  a  great  variety  and  types  of  manufacture.  Among  the  coal-tar 
derivatives  we  may  mention  acetanilid,  acetphentidin,  acetyl- 
salicylic  acid,  phenol,  phenolphthalein,  salicylic  acid,  saccharin, 
