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twentieth  century  and  not  sessile,  non-progressive  imitators  of  the 
methods  of  the  nineteenth  and  earlier  centuries. 
Dear  Sir  : — -Responding  to  your  letter  of  the  5th  inst.  relative  to 
the  establishment  of  a  research  laboratory,  in  our  opinion  there  is 
but  little  room  for  discussion  of  the  additional  proposition  or  that 
something  of  the  kind  will  be  an  accomplished  fact  in  the  near 
future.  Regarding  the  management,  scope  and  modus  operandi  of 
such  a  laboratory,  these  will  furnish  ground  for  considerable  discus- 
sion and  we  are  not  prepared  to  express  ourselves  at  the  moment. 
In  view  of  the  importance  of  individual  research  work  that  would 
be  connected  with  the  better  equipped  manufacturing  laboratories 
of  the  country,  the  work  of  such  a  laboratory  as  you  suggest  would 
naturally  follow  more  general  lines  and  should,  we  think,  have 
special  reference  to  the  needs  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  In  the 
writer's  opinion  there  is  room  for  vast  improvement  and  additions 
to  this  valuable  work,  and  he  would  be  glad  to  see  a  movement 
inaugurated  that  would  tend  to  bring  our  National  Formulary  up  to 
the  standard  of  the  times.  Outside  of  this,  there  is  a  large  field  in 
connection  with  the  development  of  scientific  pharmacy  as  opposed 
to  the  commercialism  which  unfortunately  is  such  a  feature  of  the 
day.  The  Wm.  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Company. 
Cincinnati,  O. 
Dear  Sir: — We  acknowledge  your  favor  of  April  5th  and  beg 
to  state  that  we  certainly  approve  of  the  idea  mentioned,  but  we 
hardly  know  how  we  can  enter  into  any  detailed  discussion  or 
expression  of  opinion  other  than  to  endorse  the  project  of  a  research 
laboratory. 
We  are  in  favor  of  the  undertaking,  and  we  remain, 
New  York  City.  Lehn  &  Fink. 
Dear  Sir: — Referring  to  your  favor  of  April  5th  would  say,  that 
in  reference  to  the  establishment  of  a  research  laboratory,  that  we  do 
not  care  to  express  ourselves  for  publication  upon  this  project, 
except  that  you  are  at  liberty  to  use  our  name  as  favorable  to  the 
scheme.  Pressure  of  other  matters  prevents  our  taking  part  in  the 
discussion  at  the  present  time,  although  we  may  do  so  at  a  later 
date.  Johnson  &  Johnsom- 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  F.  B.  Kilmer. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
R.  G.  Eccles. 
