Evening star., 1901-11-11
CHEMISTS WILL MEET HERE
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF AMERICAN OFFICIAL ANALYSTS.
Sessions to Begin Thursday and Con-
tfnue Three Days - Popular
Papers to BE Read.

Official chemists, to the number of about
100, are to gather in Washington this week
for the eighteenth annual meeting of the
Association of Official Agricultural Chem
lists. Beginning Thursday morning, the
convention will hold two sessions day
until Saturday afternoon, at which time 1t
is expected the business Of the convention
will have been completed All the meetings
of the association are to occur in the hall
of the Columbian University.
Many of the reports submitted for the
consideration of The chemists will be pop
ular'' in form and of decided general inter-
est. Among these, the comments of the
convention referees on the general water
supply of cities on liquor and food adulter-
alton and on foods and feeding stuffs Will
have something of the interest that would
attach to official statements on those sub
jectS.
One special assembly of the convention is
to occur Thursday evening at the Cosmos
Elub-a memorial meeting in honor of tns
late DR.. John A. Myers, distinguished
New York chemist who died during the
past year. DR.. Myers was the repres aata-
tive here Of the great English syndicate
for the sale of South American nitrate as
a fertilizer and during the memorial meet
Ing a letter will be read from the officers
of that body eulogiZing DR.. Myers as a
the syndicate in bis death. This meeting
will be held jointly with the Washington
section of the American Chemical Society
President A. 7. Hadley of Yale, DR.. Myers
and DR.. H. w. Wiley. secretary of the off,
cial chemists. were classmates in the Uni
versity of Vienna.
Omcers of the Association.
The president of the convention is DR.. L.
L. Van Slyke. head Of the agricultural ex-
pertinent station of Geneva. n. Y. The
vice president, J. II. Wheeler, occu-
pies similar post in the station at King
ston, r. ]. DR.. II. ". Wiley, the secre-
tary. is well known in Washington as the
chief chemist of the Department of Agri-
culture.
The other officers are:
Additional members of executive COM
mittee-Mr w. r. Perkins. Agricultural
College. Mississippi. and Mr.. F. W. Trapha-
gen. BoZeman. Mont.
Referees-Phosphoric acid. Mr.. II. X Mil
Ter. Lake City. Fla; nitrogen, Mr.. w. r.
Perkins. Agricultural College. Mississippi;
potash, Mr. C. l.. Hare. Auburn. Ala; soils,
Mr. NJ. E. Jaffa. Berkeley, Cal; dairy prod
ucts, Mr.. ]. A. LeClerc, Geneva. n. Y;
foods and feeding stuffs, Mr.. w II. Krug,
Washington. d. c.; liquor and food adul-
teration, Mr. W. D. Bigelow, Washington,
street. New York: insecticides, Mr.. Louis
A. Voorhees,. New Brunswick, N. j., and
ash, Mr.. g. S. Traps, Raleigh, N C..
G. H. Jones. Burlington. VT: nitrogen. Mr..
Fred W, Morse, Durham. n. H; potash,
Mr.. H B. Mcdonnell, College Park, Md;
soils. Mr.. F. p. Veitch, Washington D. c.:
dairy products: Mr.. George Cavanaugh,
Ithaca, N. Y; foods and feeding stuffs, Mr.
c. a. Browne. jr, State College, Pa;
liquor and food aduiteration-m and
fats and oils, not including dairy products
or their substitutes. l.. NJ. Tolman, Wash
ington. d. c.: cereal products. A. McGill,
Ottawa, Canada; saccharine products in
ton, Mass; vegetables-canned. dried or
otherwise preserved, L. s. Munson, Wash
ington, d. C.; spices and condiments, A
L: Winton. New Haven. Conn; vinegar,
ing extracts, A. 8. Mitchell. Milwaukee,
Wis: fruit products, L. NJ. Tolman and L.
5. Munson,, Washington. d. c.; baking
powders and baking powder chemicals. A.
w. NJ. Allen. Raleigh, N. c.. dyes l.. NJ.
ToIman, Washington. D. c.; sugar, Mr.. G.
L. Spencer, Washington, D. c.; tannin, Mr..
W. H. Teas, Ridway, Pa; insecticides, Mr.
J. X. Haywood, Washington. D, C., and
ash, Mr.. E. w. Magruder, Richmond, Va.
Committees to Report.
Standing committees will report to the
convention as follows:
Committee abstracting-Mr. E w. AL
len. Washington, D. c., chairman; Mr.. w.
H Beal, Washington, D. c.. Mr.. j. T. An
derson Auburn. Ala; Mr.. ]. P Street New
Brunswick, N. j.; Mr.. W. F. Hand, Agri-
cultural College. Miss: Mr.. Harry Snyder,
s.. Anthony, Mimi; Mr.. c. B. Williams,
Raleigh, n. C.
Committee on food standards-Mr. VIM.
Frear, State College, Pa, chairman: Mr.
II. w Wiley Washington, D. c.; Mr. H.
"A Weber, Columbus, Ohio; Mr.. NJ A. SEQ
veil, Lexington. Ky; Mr.. E. H. Jenkins,
New Haven, Conn.
Committee on fertilizer legislation-Mr. H.
W. Wiley. Washington. D. c., chairman;
Mr. b. w. kilgore, Raleigh, n. c.; Mr.. H.
B. Mcdonald, College Park, Md: Mr.. H.
A. Huston, Lafayette, Ind; Mr.. B. B.
Ross. Auburn, Ala.
Committee on volumetric standards-Mr
B. w. Kigore. Raleigh, n. c., chairman;
Mr. c. L. Penny, Newark, Del; Mr.. E. E.
Ewell, Washington, D. c.; Mr. G. c. Cald-
well, Ithaca, n. Y; Mr.. H. w. Wiley,
Washington, d. c.
The Secretary of Agriculture will proba-
bly, address the delegates. The other feat
ures of the program will be as follows:
The presidents address; reports in the fol-
lowing order:
Report on nitrogen report on potash re-
port on phosphoric acid, report on soils,
report on ash, report on foods and feeding
stuffs, report on liquor and food adultera-
tion, report on dairy products, reports on
sugar, report on tannin report on inSecti-
cides, reports of special committees (ab-
stract committee, food Standards fertilizer
legislation, volumetrfc standards).
The headquarters of the visiting delegates
will be at the Ebbitt.