The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-05

! Upward to 400 professional chem ] ists gathered from every section of : the nation were in attendance yester- day morning at the Tutwiler hotel } in the opening of the first general session of the American Chemical so- ciety's sixty-third annual convention, at which J. F. Carle, chairman of the local executive committee. assumed , the chair and introduced the various i. speakers of the day.
 Nathan L. Miller, lieutenant gover- nor of Alabama, welcomed the vis- itors, whom he referred to as the : pioneers in development of the po- , tential resources of the physical , state. reminding them of the won derful yet untouched mineral quali- , ties of Alabama which await the scientific developments which chem istry offers. pointing out also the wonderful omplishments which have been made already through ap- . plieation of their profession. Program of Education.
 Mir Miller also called attention of the visiting chemists to the program of education which is sweeping the length and breadth of the state at this time, referring in particular to the Greater Auburn campaign to en- dow the polytechnic institute with facilities to increase the profession ally inclined and especially alchem- ists.
 Pointed reference was made to the development of Muscle Shoals. by the speaker, who declared that whether Congress accepts the offer of the De- troit manufacturer or not, Ford has probably saved from the official junkple one of the most potential resources within the borders of the nation.
 Commissioner w F. Dickson next w elcomed the chemists in the name of the City of Birmingham, speaking for President D. E. McLendon, de- tRined at city hall on account of pressing official business. A rousing welcome was accorded visiting chem ists and one of the busiest of all convention days of the four which the chemists have before them was be- gun.
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 In response, Dr. Edgar F. Smith. president of the society, declared that the first governor of the great state of Alabama, Bihb, was graduate Of the University of Pennsylvania, even as he, and assured his col leagues they were surely in the midst of good company in coming to Ala bama for their annual convention.
 Resolutions of respect were passed by the society in memory of Dr. Charles Baskerville of the department of chemistry of the College of the City of New York and of Giacoma ri ef ta1 Do, CT. Bavaria, and Emil Fisher of Der lin for their contributions to the pro- fession.
 Warns Lumber Shortage
 Warning of the lumber shortage threatening the country was sounded by pr, Charles P. Winslow, chief of the United States forestry laboratory, in an address before the society which ellcited especial interest, com ing as it did from an authority of the government we'll versed in for estry and forestry products.
 Ninety-seven per cent of the virgin yellow pine standing in American for ests today will be cut within 10 years, declared the forestry laboratory chief. The annual output of lumber. from a recent survey made, will be curtailed unless something is done In the way of reforestation. and at the present rate of consumption and within IF years every mill in the country would have consumed it's forests except possibly dozen, which cannot Con tinue long past this period.
 Reforestation was urged by pr. winslow along the lines of rehabilita- ton of the forests as undertaken by the Bougaloosa, La, mills and the kaul Lumber company of Birming- ham.
 The most striking element in the question of providing forests Is the determination of whether or not it pays to grow lumber for commercial purposes" said Dr. Winslow, which he proved has been determined. De- velopment of lumber by-products in- dustries from lumber wastes will help in arriving at this determination,