Excerpt from Industrial Chemistry
The precarious state of affairs which existed at the outbreak of war owing to the dearth of certain absolutely necessary materials, and how the difficulties were surmounted, is a story that cannot be repeated too often. The successful efforts made to provide these vital substances are well known to chemists; bub it is desirable that the essential facts should also be brought home to the general public, if adequate recognition of science is to be secured in the future.
It has been proved without doubt that national life is to an extraordinary degree dependent on the chemist, and that nations neglecting science, and most especially applied chemistry, are treading the path which leads to industrial decay.
Germany's success in industry was fostered by a liberal supply of trained chemists and engineers, adequate plant and capital, and co-operation between manufacturers and research workers. Unlike the state of affairs in this country, their business men had some knowledge of science, and their scientific men some acquaintance with business.
We were heavily handicapped by permitting the control of our educational interests to pass into the hands of those who despised a first-hand knowledge of science, and with whom the caste of classics held supreme sway.
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