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forced to greatly increase the b u d g e t on account of the printing costs, which they did -without cutting down t h e pages. I n 3922 there were 3000 pa^es a s k e d for originally which were temporarily c u t .10%, t h e same a s Chemical Abstracts and t h e Journal of Industrial and E?igi?ieering Chemistry b u t almost immediately the allotment was increased so that OJ(>8 pages were printed and t h e full original allotment asked for was given. Jt is true that t h e 1923 budget requests were received $22,000.00 in excess of estimated total income, and the Directors felt it again necessary to limit their expenditures near to the funds they expected to receive. Even on this basis the Journal of the American Chemical Society was allotted an increase of $1900.00 over the expenditure of 1922. The Secretary has been very anxious to avoid all polemic discussion a n d confine himself t o a simple statement of facts, but he cannot allow το go iiiiansvv-ereil t h e published expression of opinion t h ^ t the Dïrectuis h a v e been inconsiderate of t h e proper demands of the pure science of our organization Sincerely yours,
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January Census of Imports Ready Soon The January census of chemical imports will be published, probably by the 10th of February, according to t h e statement of C. C. Concannon, acting chief o'i the chemical division of the Bureau of Foreign a n d Domestic Commerce. Mr. Concannon was in New York on February 2 and completed arrangements for publishing this material which lias been collected in cooperation with the customs bureau. It is estimated that information concerning 9 0 % of the chemicals from foreign countries passing through t h e customs office in January will be made public. Mr._ Concannon said that t h e census will be mimeographed and distributed to persons interested.
GERMAN AND SWISS INDUSTRIES SUFFER
CKARLES L. PARSONS,
Secretary
URGE INDUSTRY TO TAKE HAND IN SHOW
R u h r O c c u p a t i o n b y F r e n c h R e s t r i c t s S u p p l i e s of R a w M a t e r i a l s t o Dye M a k e r s Both the German and Swiss dye industries have been affected by t h e French occupation of the Ruhr valley, nrrording t o t h e statement of W. N. Wa'tson of the U. S. Tariff Commission. The French military operation of the German mines, which is for t h e purpose of supplying France with coke, necessarily restricts the raw materials going to the German industries. Inasmuch as the Swiss have been largely dependent on Germany for crudes a n d interniediates their d\v output is alTected. T h e Swiss, however, may do as they did during the war a n d obtain intermediates necessary for their industry from Knglaiid. The situation naturally reduces the volume of dyes coming into the United States to compete with American dyes. M r . Watson also stated t h a t while the Germans have captured most of the Far Kast dye market, American manufacturers are alloting a few tons of dyes a t as frequent intervals as possible to b e sent to the F a r East a t cheap prices so that their German coin]3etitors may not build up an exclusive trade a t high prices in order to give them a fund with which to combat'the American industry later on.
The chemical industry is u r g e d to t a k e part in the management of the National Chemical exposition and exercise control over the allotment of space, the nature of exhibits, t h e program and ticket distribution, in the report of t h e exposition committee of the Salesmen's Association of t h e American Chemical Industry. The report, made after three months of study, is submitted with t h e request that t h e Salesmen's Association receive and support it. Members of the committee are: William Haynes, chairman; George M . Dunning, J. Wrench, A. C. Kalbfleisch, Walter Coff and John W. Hover, ex-ofïïcio. The following points are offered as fundamental considerations by the. committee: " T o win again the support of the industry, i t must take part in t h e show management and exercise control especially over the allotment of space, the n a t u r e of t n e exhibits, t h e program, and the ticket distribution. " T o make the exposition a t r u l y national chemical meeting COCHRAN TO MANAGE CONVENTION and market-place, a congress of scientific, and trade consuming An experiment in the manner of conducting the semi-annual associations must be held and s o guarantee t h e attendance of meetings of the American Chemical Society that is attracting many desirable visitors. the attention of the local sections is being· made in Milwaukee " T o carry on the logical purpose of educational work t o the with appointment of T. Harry Cochran as Convention Manager. public, students, and chemical consumers a constructive execuMr. Cochran will ha\re entire charge of all arrangements in tive program muse be worked o u t . " connection with the Autumn Meeting to be held in Milwaukee, September 10-14, and all workers will be directly responsible The question of whether t h e industry could be served better to him. Mr Cochran's appointment of Committees will be by a cooperative show or one managed by a private cooperaiion made at an early date. Mr. Cochran is proprietor of the Cochfor profit was carefully studied by the committee. This study ran Laboratorie s and has been a member of the Milwaukee led t o the formulation of several questions which were submitted Section since its inception. to F . J. Payne, president of t h e International [Exposition Com—WM. H. KLOPPENBURCÎ, Chai'-man Convention Publicity Com. pany, who replied in a manner satisfactory t o the committee.
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T h e directors of t h e Internationa! Exposition Company on J a n u a r y 15th voted t o turn over to the advisory- committee five per cent of t h e gross receipts of the next chemical exposition. This sum as estimated will be about $5,000, and will be devoted by the committee to educational a n d other work in connection with the exposition. Dr. Charles IT. Herty, chairman of the advisory committee, has invited the committee representing t h e salesmen's organition to confer o n a new personnel of the advisory committer a n d to lay before t h e m suggestions a n d oilers of cooperation which have been received from many associations, firms, colleges and individuals. T h e report also states that Adrian Xagelyoort, who h a s pro posed industrial cooperative show, possibly in competition wjth the established chemical exposition, has expressed himself as "willing to work with -the industry along the lines we have suggested."
COPIES OF CALIFORNIA L E T T E R Washington, D . C. February 1, 1923 Mr. H . K. Howe, S10-lSth St., Washington, D. C. DEAR M R . HOWE:
As a large number of requests have been received in this office for copies of the letter of the California Section mentioned in my communication in the January 20 issue of the Xews Hdition, I shall be grateful if y o u will inform the Society through your pages t h a t any member of the Society w h o wishes it may re ceive a copy of this letter by dropping a postal t o this office. Most members, however, can procure it locally for, although addressed to the directors, it was sent to t h e secretaries of all of the local sections and to many individuals in different parts of the country. Sincerely yours, C H A R L E S L. P A R S O X S ,
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The healthy condition of the American chemical industry is indicated in the comparative figures concerning exports of 1921 and 1922. These figures will be published in " C o m m e r c e R e p o r t s " of February 12, according the announcement of C. C. Concannon, acting chief of the Chemical Division of t h e Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Mr. Concannon says t h a t the chemical group shows a better result in 1922 than in 1921, despite a smaller total for all commod ities exported from the United States in 1922. T h e chemical group is one of three which show an improvement. H e says he believes t h a t this good result in the face of strong competition from Germany, is due to the enthusiatic work of t h e American chemical industry. The improvement was n o t due t o inflated prices. "These figures show t h a t we can have a flourishing chemical industry in the United States if we stick to i t , " was M r . Concannon's comment. TO HOLD S Y M P O S I U M A symposium on insecticide and fungicide chemistry a n d several papers which possibly may develop into a symposium on pectins and fruit jellies, will be the chief events on t h e program of the Agricultural a n d Food Division of t h e American Chemical Society a t t h e New Haven meeting, according to H . A. Noyes, chairman.
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