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ture  at  home  of  all  of  the  worth-while  remedies  and  means  should 
be  found,  despite  foreign  propaganda,  to  protect  this  industry  in 
every  possible  manner. 
Physicians  should  be  on  their  guard  against  vicious  and  guileful 
*     propaganda  directed  against  American  products  and  pharmacists 
should  insist  upon  buying  and  using  American-made  synthetics  when- 
ever possible. 
Proof  positive  of  the  assembling  of  arms  for  an  active  campaign 
to  re-establish  the  sale  of  German-made  products  is  seen  in  the  follow- 
ing paragraph  taken  from  the  Munchener  Medizinische  Wochen- 
schrift.  August  26,  192 1  (through  Jour.  Amer.  Med.  Assoc.)  : 
"The  firm  of  E.  Merck  (Darmstadt)  has  had  a  unique  film 
prepared  which  gives  a  survey  of  its  various  forms  of  activity. 
It  is  to  be  used  in  advertising  in  foreign  countries  the  German 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  industry.  Excellent  pictures  are  pro- 
duced not  only  of  the  buildings  of  the  extensive  plant,  but  also  of 
scenes  in  the  various  factories  and  machine  shops.  Beginning  with 
the  raw  material  and  leading  up  to  the  finished  product  ready  for 
shipment,  the  manufacture  of  the  most  important  drugs  is  shown; 
also  the  methods  of  producing  therapeutc  serums,  with  a  glimpse  at 
the  enclosure  in  which  the  animals  needed  are  kept.  The  onlooker 
gets  also  an  insight  into  the  work  of  the  mercantile  departments.  Be- 
fore the  film  should  start  on  its  world  journey,  it  was  shown  in 
Darmstadt,  August  14,  to  a  ^circle  ,  of  invited  guests.  The  very  in- 
teresting production,  which  consists  of  five  parts,  required  an  hour 
and  a  half  for  its  exhibition,  without  oral  demonstration." 
Here  is  food  for  thought  and  reasons  for  this  editorial  mes- 
sage. I.  G. 
ORIGINAL  PAPERS 
ADDRESS  OF  FRANCIS  P.  GARVAN,* 
President  of  the  Chemical  Foundation. 
That  the  cause  and  the  chief  lesson  of  the  World  War  was 
most  truly  appreciated  by  Pasteur  when  he  said:  "Science  is  the 
soul  of  the  prosperity  of  nations  and  the  living  source  of  all  prog- 
ress— what  really  leads  us  forward  are  a  few  scientific  discoveries 
*Delivered  before  the  joint  session  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry 
and  American.  Chemical  Society,  at  Columbia  University,  September  7,  1921. 
