Oct.,
1920
T H E J O U R N A L OF I N D U S T R I A L A N D E N G I N E E R I N G C H E M I S T R Y
sciousness among chemists, and recommended t h e giving of more thought t o the business side of chemistry. Dr. Chas. H. Herty emphasized t h e need of protective legislation, if t h e progression of the past four years is t o continue, and made announcement of the plans for effective cooperation between the civilian chemists of t h e country and t h e Chemical Warfare Service through a committee of the ablest members of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. President Noyes, whose subject was “Team Work,” said t h a t with t h e assistance of every member we shall be carried forward into t h a t new era, rapidly approaching, when American chemists will lead the world in manufacturing and research. Mr. Harrison E. Howe, National Research Council sponsor of the tables of physical and chemical constants, urged support for this “tool of the trade” needed b y every worker in the chemical field. Mr. William R. Moss, lawyer and representative of t h e Chicago Chamber of Commerce, urged t h a t chemists keep in closer touch with “ t h e man on the street.” and interest themselves in the daily problems of mankind outside of their own special field. I n closing the program, Dr. Otto Eisenschiml expressed in pleasing manner the gratification i t had given Chicago chemists t o act as hosts t o the parent SociETy and guests. Members of the official bodies of the SOCIETY were entertained a t special luncheons by the Chicago members. It was evident t h a t the elaborate plans for the entertainment of t h e members and accompanying ladies had been carefully laid out in advance, and the Chicago Section is t o be congratulated upon the successful culmination of its work. Opportunity was afforded b y the meeting for t h e getting together of various alumni organizations of chemists, and for a well-attended dinner of Alpha Chi Sigma members. A new feature was a dinner t o the professional women in attendance a t the meeting, tendered by the ladies of t h e Chicago Section, a t which Miss Ethel M. Terry acted as hostess. PRESS R E P O R T S
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the other leading Chicago papers are herewith given according t o the space allotted by each: Tribune, American, Daily News,
Post, Herald-Examiner.
Extensive dispatches were printed in the eastern papers and some of them appeared in prominent positions. The subjects which seem the most popular to date, as far as lay journalism is concerned, are flavoring extracts without alcohol, the resolution urging Congress to pass dye legislation, hydrolyzed sawdust as cattle food, all news relating to fuel and news print, and the announcement that America now makes 800 rare chemicals, this last being featured on the front page of the New York Times. More trade and technical publications sent representatives because of the than ever before in the history of the SOCIETY, fact that so many periodicals 6f this class are either published in Chicago or have branch offices there. The A. C. S. News Service wishes t o acknowledge the very efficient help of the Chicago Section’s Publicity Committee, of which Mr. Chester H. Jones is the chairman. A T T E N DA N C E
The following figures tell the story of t h e total registration: MEXBERS GUESTS STATE Alabama. 1 Arkansas. . . . . . . .. 1 California.. , , . . .. 9 Colorado. . . . . . . .. 4 Connecticut, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 8 Florida. ........................ 2 ... Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Illinois.. . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 192 43 13 Indiana., . /, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa. .......................... 6 19 Kansas, : ...................... 3 9 2 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Louisiana. ..................... 7 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6 Maryland. ..................... 7 Maine. ........................ 1 ... 28 8 Michigan. ...................... Minnesota 20 15 1 1 Mississippi. .................... Missouri. ...................... 23 3 1 Montana.. ... ..... Nebraska. ...................... 10 New Hampshire. ................ 1 New Jersey. .................... 32 3 7 58
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The offices of the A. C. S. News Service were busy early and late in their efforts t o get the salient points of the meeting t o public attention through the press. I n his report t h e technical director of the A. C. S. News Service says:
THE VALUE OF TECHNICAL TRAINING IN T H E RECONSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIES By Thomas E. Wilson
The reports from the clipping agencies indicate that the publicity given t o the Chicago meeting was exceptionally large. Whether it will equal in volume or surpass that received from the St. Louis meeting cannot be ascertained until the full returns are analyzed. As Chicago is one of the world’s greatest news distributing centers, the wires of the Associated Press, the United Press and similar organizations sent out many dispatches to the newspapers of the country, as is shown by the sheaves of clippings now being garnered by the A. C. S. News Service. The admirable dispatch summarizing the work of the meeting, written by Mr. Richard D. Jones of the United Press, had an especially wide distribution. The daily papers throughout Illinois, Indiana, and various parts of the Middle West carried unusually full accounts. The sixtieth meeting was held in the midst of a political campaign and in a city the press of which happened to be giving more than usual attention to local affairs. The Chicago newspap&rs, however, printed about ten columns concerning the sessions. The most attention was given by the Journal, and
I understand that I am the first business man who has been invited to address your SOCIETY.For this privilege I thank you in behalf of industry. It may not be out of place for me t o express to you men and women, a t this time, the appreciation of industry for the wonderful things that you have done during the past few years, and I want here to make publicly that acknowledgment, particularly to the men of your SOCIETY who. have served in our industry, and who did so much to make possible its accomplishments during the war and prior to the war. A great deal has been said of the accomplishments of the men and women of your profession in the preparation of the munitions of war, but probably too little has been said about your great work in industry. My subject can probably be best treated by outlining briefly the history of chemistry in the packing industry. It is an in-
PRESIDENT, WILSON& Co., CHICAQO, ILLINOIS
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twestiiig >tory iiiitl it Iias 1,ceii iiiy privilege to I I ~ L W liird through it. Thc whole \tory 11:w i i a p i i c n e d within tlic Iiielimr, I think, of c w i y pcrson i n this room Wlien I first enteicd the packing Imsiiicss there was no such thing as ii chemicnl lalmintoiy in the Union Stockyards. Many oi yirii are :icrjuaintrd witlr the man wlio opcnctl tlie first Inlioratorv, Mi. 11.14. Schmidt, now of Ciiicimmti. hlr. Schmidt had Itis trials and trilmlntions, I call asiurc you. His d q x ~ t ment was lookcil upon 8 s a luxury. We had n diFiicult job, h u t he was sliieiid enough to iirtrotlucc into his laboratory work a pan for ihc making o i ealract of beef. Ne had been d moiiUi :rfter month ahout t h e eximises oi his departl~ wcrc not much. bccnnse his room was not men , a l t l m ~ g they larger than ten 1)y ten, and he was tlw oiily Ixxson in it. When he introduced the va~uui~i imis lie w b i e to put it on 3 dollarand-rents basis and t o sliow results. 4 s I say, that isn't so inany years ago. but I think that was the turning point in t h e packiiig iiiiiusiry. Up to lhat time wliiit YTCTMarch and April aniounting t o gw,wu,ooa Ibs. That was 900,000,"a Ihs. oi perishable products in the nionths of February, March, and April ,918. If you think back you .sill renmnher that during that time, particularly when this program started in February, our country was tied up with the greatest snowstorms we have ever seen, and our railroads were practically broken dawn, but the program, as N r . Chase says, was carried out. In addition t o that, the apDlication of scientific training in the packing industry has made it possible for this industry to operate 011 the smallest margin oi profit of any industry in the world. That is couxter to the common belicf, because t h e information that has been given out has been given out through misunderstandings on the part of many people and unfor-. tunately on the part of some of our government bureaus.
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TH"MlS I?. WT'SON
In the carly rtagcs ui o w induslry tlic l i u t ~ h e i .11x! l o buy his raw nrateritil, thc live animal, at sucl> LI figure that hc cook1 sell the brei resulting from thc slaughter a1 B greater figurc than he paid ior thc lire a n i m d To-day the amount realized for the iresh meat oi the iinimiil, t h e dressed lxdvis rnuch less tlian the jiorchaue price of the live anirnal. In my rstimatioii, chemistry has made that I> ,IC. The manipulation and liaiidling oi the products xiid t evelopmrnt of tile Iiroducts from the lowrr lo thr Iiighw levels of valiie h a w inside it possible lor the packcr o i to-day to sell thc beef foi a lot Icss-not a little Icss~-hut a lot less than lie pays ior the liw animal. I am not going into thc detnils of the devrlopmcnt of chcmistry in tlir packing industry, but I will sliow yow as an example, j u s 1 rvlint the development has b in my own concern. A s I lravc said, just a iew years ago we ritrrl with chemistry in tlie stockyards, with one chemist.
