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\        August,  1920. 
salol  and  the  newer  chlorine  derivatives  used  as  antiseptic  wound 
dressings  and  as  germicides. 
They  are  also  large  producers  of  the  mineral  acids,  chrome  alum, 
and  are  well  known  in  the  trade  for  their  development  of  the  manu- 
facture of  glycerophosphates  and  the  excellence  of  their  produc- 
tions of  these  medicinal  chemicals.  The}^  also  manufacture  caffeine, 
coumarin,  and  are  constructing  a  plant  for  the  manufacture  of  syn- 
thetic camphor  in  large  quantities.  It  is  now  well  known  that  for 
the  manufacture  of  celluloid  and  many  similar  products  of  industrial 
importance  the  artificial  camphor  serves  as  well  as  the  natural. 
This  will  release  for  use  in  pharmaceutical  preparations  an  enormous 
amount  of  the  natural  camphor  which  has  theretofore  been  consumed 
in  these  industries  and  should  result  in  further  declines  in  price. 
The  success  that  has  attended  the  efforts  of  this  company  to  pro- 
duce in  the  United  States  medicinal  and  fine  chemicals  which,  before 
this  company  was  founded  in  1901,  had  been  largely  imported  from 
Europe,  has  been  as  noteworthy  as  deserved  and  we  consider  this  as 
a  tribute  to  the  skill,  energy  and  indomitable  enterprises  and  fore- 
sight of  its  management. 
H.  K.  MuivFORD  Co.'s  Picnic  to  Employees. — For  a  number 
of  years  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  have  been  giving  an  annual 
picnic  to  their  employees  and  their  families.  This  year  this  event, 
which  has  been  termed  "Mulford  Day,"  was  observed  on  June  19th, 
last.  Special  trains  carried  the  excursionsists  to  the  extent  of  several 
thousand  to  Glenolden.  The  day  was  given  over  to  athletic  events, 
music  and  dancing.  Many  of  the  visitors  took  advantage  of  the 
opportunity  of  inspecting  the  fine  collection  of  horses  in  the  stables, 
the  biological  laboratory  and  the  drug  gardens  at  Ridgway.  Ample 
refreshments  were  served  and  the  participants  thoroughly  enjoyed 
the  occasion. 
LEhn  &  Fink,  Inc.,  in  New  BuiIvDing.— Lehn  &  Fink,  Inc.,  who 
for  many  years  conducted  their  business  from  their  New  York  Office, 
120  William  Street,  have  now  moved  up  town  into  their  newly  con- 
structed modern  steel  and  stone  building  at  Greenwich,  Morton 
and  Barrow  Sts.  This  is  a  seven-story  fire-proof  structure,  and  will, 
the  firm  thinks,  provide  the  room  which  they  need  for  the  enormous 
development  of  their  wholesale  drug,  manufacturing,  and  importing 
business. 
