SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Vou. 1.] JULY, 1919. | No. 3. 
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The Institute and the States. 
q HE relaticnship of the Institute to the States is one of con- 
fj] siderable interest as well as practical importance. So far 
SO) the States have not been of one mind as to the‘r correct 
é attitude towards the youngest and newest activity of the 
Commonwealth. Some receive it with open arms, aid it in 
its endeavours, freely place their skilled scientific men at its 
disposal, find some portion of the money that its work necessarily 
demands, partake to the full of the fruit of its researches, and in every 
way co-operate with it, and regard it as one of the most beneficent 
agencies of the Federal Government. Others seem inclined to spurn its 
advances, to regard the scientific work they are now carrying out as self- 
sufficient. At the bottom of this conflict of view rests two entirely dis- 
similar motives. The well-worn “State rights” attitude, purely poli- 
tical in its origin, is one, while a certain timidity on the part of some 
half-trained official scientists is another. These latter fear that the 
coming of the Institute may in some way lead to the discovery of their 
incompetency. Taking scientists as a body, it may be said that every 
properly-trained man in Australia—and we know of no exception—-is 
warmly in favour of the Institute. They feel that its advent will tend 
to set science upon a higher plane. They see visions of science at last 
occupying that exalted position in the hearts and minds of Australians 
that it should occupy. They look eagerly to the day in which capable 
scientists shall at least be placed on the same footing financially as the 
successful grocers or prosperous ironmongers. 
Moreover there are several types of scientific problems that the 
Commonwealth alone can tackle, either (1) because they are so wide- 
spread, and have no regard for mere State boundaries, as for example 
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