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THE’ JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMlSTRY
Vol. 14, No. 1
EDITORIALS Pull Together
individually or through the collective poups in the lmosl Sections. Writc to the 15ditor with every ronstructive ~ u g Tlic JOURNAL now enters a new era of opportunities and gestion you can offer for the improvement of TIIIAJOURNAL. responsibilities. For a time a t least, while chemical and Buch lettcrb have come to the EditdB tlcsk all too Reldom. ~ n e r a lindustry remains stationary, there is likely to be Again, the redem mnkc tho atmosphere which lead8 A m less development of facilities for industrial rosearch than to seek the advurtiRiiig pages. Mention T H I JOWRNAL ~ can be considercd dosirable or perhaps necessary in view of when rorraspontling with advertiws, prrlsont or prospective, a11 the facts With tlie complling fnrce of war rcmoved I t is a physicnl impossibility for the* Editor pcmonally it will be more nccesmry than ever to keep in view the futuro to cover nll ficlcl~ncremary to kmp tho page# dive and of chemical industry in America and to use all the great up-to-date. Individual mombers can hu of great ruwietance iiifluence of our SOCIETY and JOURNAL to the end that necen- to the Mitor in locating hiddon mincs of information, It ia sary research and cordial governmental cotiperation with to bo hoped the day will soon arrive when the SOCIETY’I) chemical industries esymtial to both peace and defense be financial condit,ion will justify the addition to the editorial not relinquished. That Mr. Howe, our new editor, with staff of an adequate field force. can and will carry out the aid and backing of the SOCIETY, Speaking out of the abundance of five years’ experienoe, to its completion the program of work already so ably begun I would rirRe thnt the 1,iernbem of the SOCIETI,individudy is assured. I n accomplishing his task he has the cordial and collectively, stand dynamically bohind the inooming W. D. RICHARDSON Editor. Energetic cdperation will make Tar8 JOURNAL good wishes of a l l of us. hum. CHAS.K. HERR
What of Chemical Industry? The tide of the great war was turned the day that necessity drove the Allies to cotirdinated effort, and forced upon them a policy of coijperation under a single commander with full power. A machine without drdination of moving parts ia junk; a business enterprise not well co6rdinat.d is advancing to meet the sheriff, and a regiment of men not trained in cotirdination of action is simply a mob; yet it took the allied nations three years’ time and a near-uefeat to see that national and world problems are governed by simple home-known rules. American Chemical Industry is being hard pressed these days. Foreign competition, t a r 8 delay, governmental regulation, labor, freight and fuel costs, foreign exchange, all seem to be wonderfully organized and perfectly cotirdinated under the unified command of General Business Depression, with headquarters somewhere in the IT. S. A. American Chemical Industry has lost much ground in the fight against the General and the divisions he has marshaled with such uncanny skill, largely because thcy have not secn the light of full and complete cdrdination of effort even as the AUiea did. Is it not about time for American Chemical Industry to lay aside localisms, party politics, commercial smoke screens or whatever it is that stands in the way, and come out in the open, as the Allies finally had to do, consolidate the whole interest into a common battle line, unify the command, appoint a Commander-in-Chief with power, and settle the question here and now in 1922, aa to whether or not we are going to have R real American Chemical Industry? M. C. WHITAKER
Howdy Fellow chemist, plcase meet the new Editor! And before for you read further turn back to page 2 of THIS JOURNAL 1017 and look again at Dr. Herty’s “By Way of Introduction.” He has come near his mark. May we come aa near ours. We C O ~wive our work to be that of helping to advanca technical chemistry, to aid chemic81 indwtry and all industry by espousing the cause of scientific and industrial wsearch (if there is R difference), and to create a proper appreciation and understanding of chemistry among our nonchemicd people. We mu& keep in mind the average man, whether it be in the articles we aceopt or any work performed. We must never forget that progress depends upon fundmental reaearch and that it is from industry that we derive support vital for such research. T o cobperation we must add correlation and cotirdination. While we have been reminded that we have more than 15,000 bosses who cannot be p l e d simultaneously, we prefer to count on more than 15,000 helpers. W e are stockholders together in thi8 enterprise. T h b b Your journal. The Editor wants your frank opinion, suggestive or unfavorable, as it may be. We hope to hear policies and needs discussed in various Local Sections aa waa so sucoessfully done by the New York Section December 9. We chemists still have a deal of work to do. We can do it together. Let’s go.
The Staff
The Directors have been able to appropriate a modest sum for an Associate Editor who is to be appointed. His headquarters will be in New York City, and he will devote himself to plant and field in an effort to build up the technological Stand behind the Editor side of the JOURNAL.This addition to the staff has long been \Kth this issue, a new hand guides the policies of THIS desired and is sure to add strength. ‘The h i s t a n t to the JOIJPWAL.Upon the shoulders of the Editor falls the re- Editor, Miss N. A. Parkinson, is thoroughly experienced, and sponsibility for reflecting the sentiment of the more than comes to us from the Journal of the Association of Ofi& 15,000 members of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.His Agricultural Chemists, where she has been Associate FAitor. is the voice which speaks the opinion of the chemists of Miss Thomas, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Gordon will continue this country, whether it pertain to matters of professional their valuable work. intcreit, to the country’s economic and industrial welfare, The new headquarters will be 810 Xighteenth Street, or to patriotic response to the Nation’s need. There is no N. W., Washington, D. C. Here we shall be easily accessible way by which the Editor can better feel the pulse of the by whatever route you travel in the city. SOCIETY than by direct communication with its members, “Come in, rain or shine.”
