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T H E J O U R N A L OF I N D U S T R I A L A N D ENGINEERING C H E M I S T R Y
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EDITORIALS A REAL TRANSFORMATION The transformation of a jazz band into a wellbalanced orchestra would constitute a real s t u n t in musical circles. A similar process has been quietly taking place in certain lines of scientific research. T h e Chemistry Division of t h e National Research Council, as originally promulgated, was so busy talking about what i t was going t o do and so concerned with organizing a multiplicity of committees t o handle every subject under t h e sun t h a t i t had no time left t o do a n y effective work. Gradually its several functions were taken over by other bodies which were found t o operate a t a pace better suited t o pressing war conditions, and so i t was practically lost sight of b y chemists. The fundamental idea, however, was sound, a n d fortunately t h e services of Dr. John Johnston were secured as chairman. I n a quiet, efficient, a n d thoroughly tactful manner Dr. Johnston began t h e work of rehabilitation-and lo a n d behold! he has created an orchestra whose repertoire is by unanimous vote confined t o such arias as are demanded, a n d whose a m bition is t o prove a real service. I n doing this Dr. Johnston not only kept himself in t h e background, b u t has purposely succeeded in eliminating himself from further direction of t h e undertaking. A worthy successor has been found in Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Bancroft, who assumes t h e chairmanship of t h e Division as soon as his editorial duties for t h e Chemical Warfare Service are ended, about July I , 1919. T h e versatile character of Col. Bancroft’s mind, his broad sympathies, a n d his ability t o secure cooperation insure a sound development, in matters chemical, of t h e coordinative principles of t h e National Research Council. A ROLL OF HONOR
Once in a while, amid t h e humdrum affairs of everyd a y routine, something startling occurs. So, too, amid t h e stress and turmoil of this agitated period in American chemical effort, from out t h e shadows of doubt a n d ofttimes sedulously propagated distrust, there looms a brilliant light beckoning us on t o t h a t haven of full national service where we would be. Such a light was t h e message cabled on March 2 9 , 1919, direct t o President Wilson, a t Paris, urging t h e protection by every means possible of t h e new American dyestuff industry. The signers include not a single producer of dyestuffs. This urgent appeal, carrying so broad a vision of what t h e industry means t o t h e national welfare, represents t h e views of consumers of dyestuffs, a n d constitutes a n unexampled measure of cooperation which should inspire t h e American chemist t o redouble every effort to give t o American oonsumers the best and cheapest products t h e world has ever known. T h e list of those who signed t h e cablegram represents by no means a complete canvass of t h e country. It was necessary t o work rapidly. We believe, how-
ever, it is representative of a new spirit of cooperation which insures success. The message and its signers follow: To the President of the United States: The undersigned, representing various branches of the textile industry, respectfully submit that in their opinion an independent, self-sustaining, American dye-manufacturing industry is a natural necessity; that such a dye industry cannot be established unless competition from German factories, including those in occupied territory, be cut off for a period o€ years; that no tariff will furnish protection against the enormous resources and unscrupulous methods of the German trust fighting to regain its foreign market; and that only a licensing plan like the British, excluding all foreign dyes reasonably obtainable in the United States, will save the new industry. We respectfully urge that immediate steps be taken to procure both in the peace treaty and in legislation the measures necessary to establish such a plan. We advocate this not merely because a domestic dye industry is essential to the independence of the American textile industry and manufacture generally, but chiefly because we believe that only through an established dye industry can the nation secure the progress in chemical education, in the application of chemistry to the arts, and above all in curative medicine, which are indispensable to the national welfare. Allentown Silk Dyeing Co. American Piece Dye Works American Printing Co. Apponaug Co., The Arnold Print Works Aspinook Co., The Baily, Joshua L., & Co. Bancroft, Joseph, & Sons Co. Barrett, Nephews & Co. Barretts, Palmer & Heal Cronx Co. Bannon Mills Catlin & Co. Cheney Brothers Chester Paper Co. Claysmith Co. Collins, Clarence L., & Co. Columbia Mills, Inc. Cone Export & Commission Co. Conestoga Hosiery Co. Converse Co. Converse Stanton & Co. Davis & Quick District of Columbia Paper Mfg. Co. Duplan Silk Corporation Eddystone Mfg. Co., The Farrish Co., The Georgelbood Sons & Co. Great Falls Bleachery & Dye Works Green, S. H., & Sons Corp. Haines, Moorehouse & Woodford Harris Co., Inc. Haywood. T. Holt Hohokus Bleachery Hunter Mfg. & Commission Co. Hussong, Jas., Co. Iselin, Wm., & Co. Jordon Silk Dyeing Co. Knight, B. B. & R. Lanett Bleachery & Dye Works Lehigh Silk Dyeing Co. Leslie Evans & Co. Lewiston Bleachery & Dye Works Liondale Bleach, Dye & Print Works Lorraine Mfg. Co. Lowell Bleachery Lyons Piece Dye Works Meyer, John H., & Co., Inc.
Middlesex Bleach, Dye & Print Works Millbank Bleachery Millville Mfg. Co. Minot Hooper & Co. Myrick & Rice National Silk Dyeing Co. New Cumberland Knitting Co. Oriental Silk Printing Co. Pacific Mills Parker Wilder & Co. Penn. Dye & Finishing Co. Providence D. B. & Calendering Co. Putnam Hooker Co. RocklandBleach& DyeWorksCo.,The Sayles Finishing Plants 7 Schmidt & Ault Paper Co. Scranton Lace Co.,The Shetucket Co., The Skinner, Wm., & Sons Slater, S., & Sons, Inc. Smith, Albert D. Smith, Hogg & Co. Southbridge Printing Co. Springett Mills, The Standard Bleachery Co. Standard Silk Dyeing Co. Sterns, F.U., & Co. Stetson, John B., Co. Stevens, J. P., & Co. Stewart Silk Co. Susquehanna Woolen Co. Tatum Pinkham & Greey Union Bleaching & Finishing Co. United Piece Dye Works United States Finishing Co. Utica Willowvale Bleaching Co. Waltham Bleachery Warren Mfg. Co. Weidman Silk Dyeing Co. White, James F., & Co., Inc. Whitman, Clarence, & Son, Inc. Wilson, James L., & Co. Wilson & Bradbury Windsor Print Works Woodward Baldwin & Co. Wyoming Valley Lace Mills York Haven Paper Co., The
