Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-01
The Scientific German


William Hard describes in interesting de-
tail one of the concrete ways in which Ger
many has reached and maintained her "su-
premacy in this field" in delightful arti-
Gle. what You and Owe to England,
France, Russia and Germany" (2);
.1t ia hateful to make international COM
narisons in science. Science is the fellowship
OF all humanity in the search after such truth
as God permits us to know about HIS human
world In the goal sought, In the means used
and in the nature of the advances made science
is n unit, superinternational.
IAN acquaintance of mine made an inven-
ton, a highly technical one. which turned out
to be commercially very important He went
10 bankers In America, England and Germany
''In America the purpose OF the bankers was
purely financial. The question was. II we
issue stocks and bonds on this proposition.
what is the market for them and how can we
get outT
''In England my friend was charmed. The
bankers he met belonged to the class OF per.
sons immortallzed by Bagehot spending mar
their time washing their whole persons They
bathed and did bit Of business and did a DIT
OF tennis and bathed and We're fresh-eheeked
and fresh-mlnded and civilized But at the
end OF two weeks their conception or the teeh-
nical scope of the new invention was Limited
very limited You may say that my friend
didn't hnd the right bankers Weil' IN Ger
many the bankers found him
,rHe hadn't been in his hotel in Berlin "a
hours when he was waited on by a person VINO
introduced himself as representative OF a GER
tain banking institution-one OF the largest
AND In what capacity? inquired my friend.
IT, said the strange person, am chemist
Yes a chemist, an academic, prolessoflal
chemist protesting industrial chemistry In
ID minutes, for the hrst time on either side
side OF the Atlantic, my friend got his inven-
ton and its scope completely understood py a
member of the regular working stan or oahk'
"And what was the next step? We viii put
so much money into this proposition, and we
will keep it there. And we VIII give you com
mercial advice straight along from so ana 80
in our organization and technical advice from
40 and So We conclude that your invention
has such and such possibilities. We viii CO
operate with you in developing these possioili-
such cooperation be dismissed as an very
well for autocratic militRristie Germany but
quite impossible for usT What Is there mill
tarlstie about it2 Or autocratier"
The moral OF this story quite transcends
the scientific or financial or any other one
phase of German civilization, and helps ex-
plain how Germany holds her own so EN-
GENTLY in hghting almost all the rest OF the
world.
In an editorial on "The War. Industrial
Research and the American Manufactures"
the Scientific American takes as text CD;
,.Edisops remarkable achievement in equip
ming 4 plant which would supply him with the
esrboie acid required In the making of phono-
eraph records and hitherto imported from
Europe which has raised a very pertinent
question. Why can't other manufacturers do
likeWlse2 To be sure. an manufacturers are
moi Fdisons On the other hand. they can lay
tholr problems before research scientists. who.
Tor = comparafivsly small outlay, can devise
nroeesses which ought 20 render many an
American absolutely independent Of Europe
Have You Iitsls Science ia Your Homeg
Dr. Harvey W. wiley. II aThs Balanced
Ratlonp 90 insists the Importance e
actual food values and of adjusting the indi-
riduara dist e his festivities ana needs.
s.Iae average man ef 80 noonda aneassd e
lIzht Iat1l nse4s one aua hall reandz 8 if4
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