The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-03


ing, mind you, not for the making of
products, but solely for experimenting and
the careful delving into natures secrets.
In the whole length and breadth of the
United States there Is not on chemical
factory where chemists are employed for
research. There are works and laborato-
ries a-plenty, but simply for the purpose
of manufacturing known products.
There seems to be no satisfactory ex-
planation for this extraordinary state OF
affairs, no given reason why we of Amer
lea are content to rest idly and permit
other countries TO make the discoveries
and reap the benefits.
We know that in the German universi-
ties the root idea of higher education
freedom Of teaching and freedom of learn
ins-necessarily carries research and spe-
claIzation TO their highest terms. We
know that it affords a splendid opportunl-
~ for technical careers to the students,
and we are also fully aware that Ger
manys system in moulding her schools
has led to a marvellous organization of the
power of invention in the arts and indus
tries We know all this, yet we do not
pursue the same or an equally advantage
Gus course.
There Is not a manufacturer of cheml-
Gals in the United States but will confess
that his rivals in Germany are quickly
and surely getting control of the worlds
maj hSl, anu there Is tlOL an American
manufacturer who is not fully cognNant
of the fact that this growing supremacy
comes solely from the joining of science
and business.
Prof. Oswald, a distinguished German
chemist, stated in 1896 regarding the chem
lcal factories in Germany:
Each large work has the greater part
Of Its scientific stan-and there are often
more than 100 Phi. DIS in a single manu-
factory-Occupied, not In the management
cl the manufacture, but in making inven-
ions. The research laboratory in such
work is only different from one in a uni
Versity by its being more splendidly and
sumptuously fitted than the latter. have
heard from the business managers of SUCH
works that they have not infrequently men
who have worked for years without Drac-
ucai success; but if they know them to
posses sabHty, they keep them notwith-
standing, ana in most cases with ultimate
success sufficient to pay the expenses OF
The former fruitless years"
Is II any wonder that, by such methods,
Germany has come to control the fine
chemical markets of the world? By her SUI
periority in this respect atone she is able
silently and without any legislation, to lay
a tax upon almost every industry in every
country?
AS further proof OF the wise import
auce Germany places upon the union or
9~Itnce ana commerce, one OF the cheInl-
cal works not long ago offered univer-
sly professor a very large salary simply
10 come into the laboratory and make eX-
peHments regarding The practical use Of
certain scientific methods which the pro-
lessor had been developing.
That this close relation between science
ana Industry is greatly to the advantage
OF both Is beyond question. 1t puts the
pest trained and highest inventive power
az the service of manufacturers, and It
also furnishes the scientist not only with
new openings for a livelihood, but with
wide opportunities for research. In Ger
many some of the great establishments
provide finer technical means and appli-
ges to chemists than any university
-~Joratory
At is of interest to know just how many
ol the German chemical manufacturers
control their research laboratories. One Of
me largest, situated in Baden, ana having
branch works in three other cities. main
talns STAFF of over eight chemists, who
ueVote their working hours to research
alone
This army of scientists is housed in
large building deliberately fitted up with
me most modern appliances, but, strange
y. 20. say, as carefully guarded as the late
Prof." Keeley's workshop. Admission Is
strictly forbidden, and there is no inter-
course between the different rooms
each chemist reports for work at an
carly hour in the morning, and, on en-