El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-05

Washington.
found the tabled method of transmit
ing the baser metals into gold the
modern chemist has found a thousand
methods whereby rocks may be turned
into bread air into fertilizer, iron into
LIQUID, and other things that have en-
Tiched humanity many fold. more than
the discovery of tranSmutatiOn could
have done. He has delved into the
mysteries of the millions of worlds of
the universe, and has found there ma
terials that the mineralogist had never
found though it existed before his own
his laboratory in a day what required
millions OF years in natures work
shop. With the knowledge he has
gained and applied he has affected di-
man, woman and child in the world
Reveals 10000 Mysteries.
The chemist has revealed 10000 mys-
teries of nature, learned the lesson that
each has afforded, and then has ap-
piled those lessons to humanity. His
science underlies every other science
in the category. Whether a man is a
physician, a newspaper man, a farm
er. an astronomer. or electrician, or
what not. back to the chemist he traces
many of the fundamental features of
without knowledge of chemistry
medicines could not be produced and
compounded The manufacture of this
newspaper and the ink with which
it is printed required chemical knOwl
edge. The farmer could not have the
advantage of fertilizer but for cnemis-
try. The electrician cOulu never fur
nish light for a city or current for a
telephone but for the knowledge he or
someone before him has Of chemistry.
The astronomer and the geolosist. the
men who give us our great discoveries
of life chemistry. the men who release
humanity from the thralldOm of cpl
demic disease, all build upon a fOun-
I dalton of chemistry. Without il the
| microscope which reveals the mystic
ries of the unseen world could not be
made and the telescope, with which
| we explore the infinite reaches of the
/ universe. would never have been C. ed
into use. When the housewife uses a
yeast cake to make bread or when the
! medical laboratory grows germs to de
/ velop a toxin, they borrow their prin
| opal operations from the chemist. He
can make a lightning flash, and a
hundred times over he has made two
blades of grass grow where one grew
| before
Uniform Analysis For Food.
The meeting of the congress in
subsequent short and long swings
AROUND the circle in the United states.
promises to claim the attention of the
whole country. A glance at the pro-
gram of the congress shows that there
will not be a subject under the sun
with which they will not have more
or less direct interest during the ses-
Sions of the congress.
Pure food can be known as such
only by chemical analysis. as a rule,
ana the congress is labOring in the
method of food analysis to be used the
world over. Some of the methods of
analyzing foods are so simple that
housewife may use them and other
processes are so involved that only
the laboratory expert can carry them
out. The adoption of standard meth
DDS of food analysis for the whole
world will make the manufacturer IN
one country know just what is neces-
sary as a standard for his product to
make it stand the analyses of all other
countries.
The Study of Explosives
Another problem which the congress
viii attack is that of obtaining a
world standard of tests for the sta
bility of explosives In these days
when world trade intercourse is so
I large and distances are so small. there
IS a large international trade in eX-
I plosives. Unless there IS substantial
harmony in statement as to the degree
of heat, the amount of cOncuSSiOn. etc.
l which is required to produce an eXplO-
4 The chemists desire these things to be
! expressed in a language that is I'M
I derstood by every person, of whatever
/ country, who handles explosives
In the study of explosives. the con-
/ SresS will consider their composition,
/ methods and processes of manufacture,
/ their properties and uses and methods
! of testing them. Borrowing a page
| from the dynamite Outrages of the Nc
! Namaras and their associates. the con-
/ gress will study the OutraSes that have
/ occurred throughout the world, and will
| try to propose means for the suppress
| sion of such troubles
Wide Range of Subjects.
The congress will devote consider
| able attention to metallUFgy and min
Z ing, discussing furnace practice. Smelt-
! ing. and dozens of related subjects
I Perhaps three-fOurths of the world s
gold and silver supply comes from
] hRnn
| itably worked but for the improved
| and cheaper method OF extracting the
| precious metals.
Perfumes, flavOring extracts, clean
| ing fluids tanning, and feathers viii
| come in for their share of attention
! Some of the finest perfumes in the
I est odors in existence. and when the
! perfume manufacturers get through
! telling about the modern processes
! there will be room for many human
interest story from the perfumery fac
| tory.
Sugar is a subject of deep interest &c
! the chemist and one subsection of the
| congress will devote lite attention tc
the subject alone. Candy and pre-
serves will come under this general
| head because of the sugar they con-
tain, and honey and condensed milk
| will get there for the same reason &C.
! ment, rubber, fuels, asphalt, fats, soaps
! paints, oils and varnishes will all be
| discussed and bear witness to the wide
/ range of subjects with which the
! chemists will deal.
The part of the program which deals
| with starches, cellulose and paper will
/ partially reveal some of the wonderful
! things that the chemist can make bet
! ter than nature herself. Artificial
! horsehair now is being made, and ar
! tificial silk as we'll. Many a brush
! now has artificial brisles, and a large
] number of substitutes for natural pro-
| ducts that seem to be genuine pro-
! ducts compounded in natures own lab
| oratory will be in evidence.
| Composition of Foods.
The congress has one section that
I almost duplicates work done in the
/ International Congress of Hygiene and
! DemOgraphy. 1t will consider the by
/ giene of water. sewage, and air, the
/ Contamination and decomposition OF
! food products. and disinfectants and
/ methods of testing them Another sec
! ton is called the subsection of broma-
/ tology 1t deals with foods-Of what
! they are composed, how they are an
| alyzed chemically. physically, micro
| scopically, and with reference to the
! germs that are in them Bromatology
! courage. her noble beauty and purpose.
! is awakening to tend the fires of the
! race once more and demand her por-
| tion of toll.
The light of inspiration is in her eye.
/ If you have seen her as I have. work
/ hot of or