Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
IN NEW LABORATORY
Economic Problems to Be
Solved by Enterprise Headed
by DR.. CuShman.

Washington is to have new labora-
tory, somewhat different from any ex-
listing government laboratory. and differ
ent, too, from anything else in the coun-
try.
The object of the new institution is
original industrial research. It's projec-
tor is DR.. Allerton Cushman. recently as
sociate director of the Office of public
roads in the Department of Agriculture.
He has associated with him Henry A.
Gardener and DR.. N. Monroe Hopkins.
These will be assisted by a staff of ex-
perts and others, as the needs of the
work demand.
Ground for the laboratory has been
secured in Washington. AS soon as the
architects plans are completed the first
of series of buildings will be erected
The first building will be followed by
others.
as the Carnegie laboratories or the bureau
or standards. They will be equipped
with apparatus for carrying on the high
est class of original research work.
largely of DIR. Cushmans work for the
Department of Agriculture. 1t was
1ound that there were many problems in
the industrial world that needed to be
worked out and many of them were such
as could not properly be undertaken by
the government for industrial concerns.
The industrial -eSear ch laboratory was
established a result
An instance of the government work
and its bearing on Industrial problems
was connected with DIR. Cushman's work
TOT the Department of Agriculture. Com
plants were made to the department by
farmers all over the country that wire
FENCES purchased within few years were
yx-tri IL
by the same farmers several years be-
fore were still good.
This seemed legitimate field for gov
eminent investigation. Dr. Cushrnan
was set at the problem.
He made a special study of the me-
chanlcs and chemistry of rust, and wrote
bulletin for the department that ex-
planned many complaints of farmers, AMI
showed the manufacturers of fence wire
where they could improve their output
ana why the wire manufactured of re-
cent years had not been so rust resist
ing as that made some years before.
The rust investigation attracted so
much attention that DR.. Cushman was
invited last spring to read paper on
his work before the Royal Chemical
society in London. Many other prob
lens of an'industrial sort presented them
selves. and manufacturers in several lines
expressed wish that there should be
some authoritative source to which thew
could get work done on a commercial
OASIS that the government could not un-
dertake.
The result is that the laboratory has
been founded to deal with economic re-
search, the use of waste and by-prod,lcts
In manufacture, the use and extension of
cement construction, problems of in
dustrial and electro-c chemistry and of
| fertilizers. paints and similar compounds.
Mr. Gardener has been In charge of the
| division of paint technology in the Paint
manufacturers Association. DR.. Hop
kins has been an associate professor at
George Washington University, and is the
author of works on Observation-Disclosures.
The experiment of such a research
laboratory IS new one. 1t has been
located i'm Washington. not only to be in
| touch with the scientific laboratories of
the government. but to keep it out of the
| immediate range of influence Of any in
| dustrial interests that might want to in
| huence its work as we'll as secure its
| services.