INDUSTRIAL Edition News & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY Published by the American Chemical Society
AUGUST 10, 1923
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Welcome t o Milwaukee B Y CLARE H. H A L L , CHAIRMAN, W A U K E E SECTION, A. C. S.
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What the Chemical I n d u s try Means to Mil waukee B Y F R A N C I S W. D I C K E Y , ECONOMIST, F I R S T WISCONSIN N A T I O N A L B A N K
The secret of sound industrial develop m e n t lies in the progressive improvement of the product. Organization, aggressive sales methods and skillful advertising a r e all essential, buttbiey will be temporary in their effects unless backed u p b y contin uous study of how t o m a k e t h e product better. T h e credit or investment worth of a n industry is judged b y several critérions. B u t all other tilings being equal, t h a t industry which has its roots firmly planted in a research laboratory is t h e safest from a credit or an investment standpoint. O N E H U N D R E D FIRMS I N C H E M I C A L G R O U P
T h e group known as Chemicals, D r u g s a n d Allied Industries is represented in Milwaukee b y about 100 firms employing somewhat over 5O00 persons a n d having a combined capital of a b o u t $35,000,000 a n d aggregate a n n u a l sales of nearly $73,000,000. Included in t h e "Allied Industries" arc oils, paints, varnishes, glass, dyestuffs, soap and toilet preparations, all characteristically chemical industries. B u t chemistry plays a highly important, a n d in many cases a leading part, in other lines of industry represented in Milwaukee. Whether it is t h e hardness (Continued in third column)
After a lapse of t e n years, years which for our Society, our country, and the world, have contained more epoch making events t h a n any similar period in the history of mankind, Milwaukee again extends her hand in welcome to the American Chemical Society. Those of you, who at t h e last Convention spent t h e evening after t h e Public Meeting in profound research into the composition of various beverages a t the famous Palm Garden, m a y feel that with its passing all t h a t was worth while in the chemical industry in Milwaukee has passed with it. B u t such are wrong. Our activities have been transferred to other places, and Milwaukee can well feel proud of the progress m a d e in t h e chemical industry during t h e last ten years. Beautifully situated on t h e shores of L a k e Michigan a n d containing within a radius of t h i r t y miles one of t h e most beautiful inland lake regions in America, Milwaukee offers a delightful terminus for a summer vacation trip. I t is t h e m a i n gateway t o northern Wisconsin, where in t h e beautiful northwoods with its hundreds of lakes, is t h e finest fresh water fishing in t h e world. Wonderful roads, perfectly marked, lead out from t h e city in every direction and it is nothing unusual t o leave Milwaukee in t h e morning a n d be t h r e e hundred miles n o r t h in t h e lake country for dinner. Come t o Wisconsin for your vacation and end it a t t h e Convention in Milwaukee. W e a r e holding out n o claims t h a t our efforts will in a n y way m a k e this convention greater t h a n those preceding or those to come. We realize fully t h a t , given proper facilities, each convention m u s t of a necessity be greater t h a n t h e preceding. We a r e endeavoring only t o see t h a t such facilities are provided, understanding fully t h a t t h e real spirit and success of t h e convention is embodied in t h e organization which will come t o us in September. W e d o hope, however, t h a t the inducem e n t s offered both b y t h e Convention a n d t h e City m a y stimulate such a widespread interest t h a t t h e a t t e n d a n c e will exceed all p a s t conventions a n d t h a t with those who a t t e n d its m e m o r y m a y always remain as one of those w o r t h while events t h a t are recalled in after years w i t h a n ever present glow of pleasure. Welcome to Milwaukee, a n d t h e Fall Meeting in September?
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HALL
( Continued from first column) wanted in a cutting tool or tensile strength in lifting huge burdens, or fastness of color in cloth or firmness of t e x t u r e in leather, t h e chemist is t h e one who supplies t h e formulas. His work is p r e p a r a t o r y and fundamental. T h e organizers, t h e managers a n d t h e lenders of capital and credit, if they would build well, m u s t build upon a scientific foundation. I n such industries as metal working, leather, textiles, food, paints a n d varnishes, soap and toilet preparations, all of which lines h a v e reached a n advanced stage of development in Milwaukee, t h e chemist is a silent b u t nevertheless powerful factor. T o merely m a k e and sell is n o t enough. T o discover, develop, test a n d utilize in an improved product makes for long-time success a n d it is in this sense t h a t t h e industries of Milwaukee are successful. M I L W A U K E E A PRODUCING C E N T R E
Milwaukee is a city of well diversified a n d highly specialized industry. Some cities owe their prominence t o their being distributing centers. Milwaukee is primarily a producing center, producing, t o a large extent, complete and finished r a t h e r t h a n raw or semi-finished products. This character of t h e i n d u s t r y of t h e city p u t s emphasis upon scientific preparation a n d skillful execution. Statistically, metal working a n d m a chinery lead all other Milwaukee industries. T h e list of products is comprehensive. I t includes a wide range of electrical machinery a n d equipment from giant power installations t o t h e simplest
