Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-14
SAMUEL s. SADTLER
On Chemistry In Modern Industry


CHEMISTRY has played perhaps the most
~ important part of any, one thinG IN ;nt
development of modern industry to the pois'
which it now occupies. says Samuei D.
Sadtler. consulting chemist. ,
Manufacturing is essentially chemical
industry" said Mr.. Sadtler. ., lhe raw
materials of industry are really chemical
Commodities. cor when we consider their COM
position and treat them with reference ~
their actions and reactions. We might A.
most say that chemical industry IS lhteni-
gent industry. Chemistry is productive only
cal chemistry is the science of making money
nv the proper and effective use Of chemistry.
Chemists who employ business methods
are large contributors to the wealth OF the
Nation and of the people. wars, az least
| in the modern sense. cannot be waged With
| out the use of chemistry. because the neces-
sary materials of warfare in these days can
| not be produced without its aid.
Chemistry In Peace Tine
"Rut iu spite of this fact chemistry is
| much more needed in time of peace than IN
| time of war when it Is used for the pur-
| poses of creating rather than those OF ae.
| stroying. and for the additional reason tnat
| peace time industry is much more conpieA
| than is wartime industry.
| .The word chemist has different
| meaning here from that given to it In Eng
| lond. In the United States most persons
| know what is meant by the word CHEMIST
| but in England a chemist is the name
| given to q dispenser OF drugs whom We
| call n druggist or a pharmacist. per-
son of that occupation in England who has
| n laboratory in which he makes eXamlna :
tions of materials or conducts analyses is
called public analyst; here he Is known
as a chemist.
"In this country, if he Is largely engaged
in making analyses he is called an analyti-
cal chemist, and if he directs his efforts
more largely to experimentation or research
| he ia known as n research or consulting
chemist, although in this case he probably
, has also laboratory in which analyses are
made. either by himself or by his assistants.
II chemist has mechanical or engineering
abilities and designs machinery for the prac-
| t;col large scale operations OF manufacture
ing, he is called a chemical engineer.
The Value in Manufacturing
.Tb;s nomenclature is important because
rerv many people have only hazy idea OF
inst what is meant by the various terms
used in connection with the general tern
| chemist 4 broad gauge chemist may con
| duct operations along all OF these ines, MAKE
analyses, conduct tests and experiments aht
Jasicn or select equipment for manufactur'
inc operations in which materials arr
treated.
manufacturers for long time past have
eeon the wisdom of calling in competen
|
iosscs: hut how many have seen the wisdom
it ooI,ino in expert chemists to make
obomical audit of their material to see t.
yhat extent there are material ana chemlca
losses and seconds produced, whereas al
- the product should have been of the frs
I'm a manufacturing plant chemistr'
hoa;ns nv being of use in the purchase o
n,aterials; follows them through the Who'll
process of manufacture WIN cncmlcnl ac
inn
to axect knowledge of the quantities of ma
terials required at each step
"Finally, chemistry assists IN the sale o
the goods by finding new markets in som
} solos resistance which an ordinary sale
f"rce cannot overcome without assistance.
Attitude of the Business Man
..,t NAV be asked, What can chemistry
right now in this country or in this city G
| ;Srstryp Sensible chemistry will first diret
,,n'' to what you have and help the manu-
facturer to make the most OF his plant an
of his business opportunities. The manu-
. Saotmrers of the United States have the bes
rnnortunities and facilities in the world
,haIr respective lines, but with a few excep
t lions they are not making the most out
their plants. ,
science which might prove Of invaluab
n assistance to his plant is peculiar in son
,rows Most of the plants have no chenl
; NJ all and others have chemists who al
r troated like laborers and often become nar
row due principally to the lack of oppol
= tnnity of broadening character which Il
: oyners do not give them. Most of the bus
ness men seem to prefer to look into ne
: propositions, of more or less chemic
n character themselves, while their plal
chemsts are left in their laboratories.
e up to date chem cal control Of the var
ous operatons Is what is needed today
n most of the great manufacturing establish
q ,nnnts, because what may have been rel,
tiyely good control method twenty years a,
is not always a good method now. Chen
= istry is II progressive science:
y 1.-The near future will almost certain
It bring new products to this, market. o.
msshant marine will greatly tend to