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St., N e w Y o r k ; L. Y. D y r e n f o r t h , 415 R e a l t y Bldg. , J a c k s o n v i l l e , F la . ; H e r b e r t A u s t i n , ca re E r n e s t Scot t & Co., F a l l R ive r , M a s s . ; J. S. B ou l den , c a r e Win . W a l t k e & Co.. St. L o u i s ; a m l C has . B. Grime's , c a r e P o m e r o y & F i s h e r , N e w York.

HONOaAZY: Dr . C a r l L. A l sbe rg , C h i e f B u r e a u o f G h e m i s t r y , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C., a n d Dr . W. W. Stock- be rge r , Office D r u g , P o i s o n o u s & Oil P l a n t I n v e s t i g a - t ion, W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.

C o ~ p o ~ A ~ o ~ : C ap i t o l R e f i n i n g Co., W a s h i n g t o n , D. C . ; G l i d d e n N u t B u t t e r Co., 2670 ElSton Ave. , C h i c a g o ; C h e m i c a l a n d M e t a l l u r g i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g , N e w York, a n d Globe Soap Co., C i n c i n n a t i .

REPORT OF RESOLUTION COMMITTEE ADOPTED A T CHICAGO CONVENTION

By C. P. Long, Chairman Be i t r e so lved , t h a t t h e A m e r i c a n Oil C h e m i s t s '

Soc ie ty in c o n v e n t i o n a s s e m b I e d , e x t e n d to i t s r e t i r - i n g p r e s i d e n t , Mr. F . B. P o r t e r , ou r m o s t h e a r t y t h a n k s fo r h i s U n t i r i n g e f fo r t s t o w a r d t h e w e l f a r e of t h e Soc ie ty d u r i n g t h e y e a r f i l led wi~h t r y i n g ob- t a c l e s a n d fo r t h e i n s p i r a t i o n h e h a s g i ven u s by h i s " P i t h y P a r a g r a p h s . "

A n d to ou r S e c r e t a r y , Mr. T. B. Caldwel] , ou r h e a r t i e s t t h a n k s fo r t h e eff ic ient m a n n e r in w h i c h h e h a s h a n d l e d t h e d u t i e s of h i s office d u r i n g h i s t e n u r e .

Be i t a I so r e s o l v e d t h a t we w i s h a g a i n to r e c o r d ou r m o s t h e a r t y t h a n k s to Mr. H e r b e r t Ba i l ey , E d i t o r of ou r C h e m i s t s ' Sec t ion of t he COTTON OIL PRESS, to Dr. J . H . S h r a d e r , a s s i s t a n t e d i t o r a n d to Mr. L o u i s N. Ge lde r t , ed i to r of t h e COTTON OIL PRESS, fo r t h e i r u n t i r i n g e f fo r t s in b r i n g i n g t h e C h e m i s t s ' Sec t ion to i t s p r e s e n t h i g h s t a n d a r d a n d fo r t he i r v i s ion of a s t i l l b e t t e r Sect ion.

Be i t a l so r e so lved , t h a t ou r h e a r t i e s t t h a n k s be e x t e n d e d to t h e en t i r e local c o m m i t t e e fo r t h e eff icient m a n n e r in w h i c h t h e y h a v e a r r a n g e d fo r the, d e t a i l s of ou r m e e t i n g a n d ou r e n t e r t a i n m e n t .

Also to t hose n o n - m e m b e r s w h o h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d t h r o u g h p a p e r s or o t h e r w i s e to t h e good of t h e fneet- ing.

Be i t a l so reso lved , t h a t t h e A m e r i c a n Oil C h e m i s t s ' Soc ie ty in c o n v e n t i o n a s s e m b l e d , e x t e n d to t h e m a n a g e - m e n t of t h e C o n g r e s s Ho t e l m l r t h a n k s fo r t h e p r o v i s i o n t h e y h a v e m a d e fo r ou r c o m f o r t a n d fo r t h e c o u r t e s i e s s h o w n to u s d u r i n g o u r conven t ion .

C. P: Long, C h a i r m a n ; L. B. F o rbes , H. C. T h m e y ,

CERTIFICATION OF REFEREE CHEMISTS By David Wesson, S. C. O. Co., New York City�9 T h e R e f e r e e E x a m i n i n g B o a r d is r e a d y to rece ive

a p p ] i c a t i e n s for ce r t i f i ca t ion fo r t h e c o m i n g yea r . C h e m i s t s w h o h a v e a l r e a d y been cer t i f ied s h o u l d

w r i t e a t once to t h e c h a i r m a n of t h e b o a r d r e q u e s t - ing a n e w cer t i f ica t ion .

M e m b e r s w h o h a v e n o t a l r e a d y been cer t i f ied s h o u l d w r i t e r e q u e s t i n g a p p l i c a t i o n b l a n k s a n d ru les .

Ce r t i f i ca t e s wil l be i s s u e d to l a b o r a t o r i e s in gooff s t a n d i n g as wel l a s to i n d i v i d u a l s . Ce r t i f i ca t e s wil l on ly cover s u c h p r o d u c t s as a r e d e a l t in u n d e r t h e r u l e s of t h e I n t e r s t a t e C o t t o n s e e d C r u s h e r s Assoc i a - t ion.

No ce r t i f i ca t e s wil l be i s s u e d to a n y one w h o is no t a m e m b e r of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n .

Firms or Laboratories taking out certificates must t a k e o u t c o m p a n y m e m b e r s h i p in t h e Society�9

T h e Code of E t h i c s m u s t be s i g n e d a n d al l d u e s p a i d be fo r e a n y a p p l i c a t i o n c a n be cons ide red .

A fee wil l be c h a r g e d "to c o v e r c o s t of e n g r o s s i n g ce r t i f i ca t ion" as dec ided a t t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e Society.

THE CODE OF ETHICS.

By Dr. David Wesson, S. C. O. Co., New York Ci" Our S e c r e t a r y r e p o r t s t h a t s i g n e d copies of '~:

Code a r e r e a c h i n g h i m p r o m p t l y f r o m m a n y of the~ m e m b e r s , w h i c h is a g o o d i n d i c a t i o n t h a t i t is 1)rotty g e n e r a l l y a p p r o v e d .

Op in ion on t h e Code m a y v a r y , b u t i f t h e membera of t h e Socie ty wi l l al l t a k e t h e s t a n d of Dr. A I~

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Gill, a s i n d i c a t e d in t he fo l l owing correspondence t h e r e wil l be no q u e s t i o n r e g a r d i n g t h e f u t u r e !0rea- t ige of ou r Society.

~ASSACI'IUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. CAMBRIDGE, JUL~ 5, 1921.

Mr. T h o m a s B. Ca ldwel l , S e c r e t a r y a n d T r e a s u r e r T h e A m e r i c a n Oil C h e m i s t s Society, ~ r i l m i n g t o n . N. C.

Dear ~ i r : - - I h a v e y o u r c i r c u l a r inc luding the copy of t h e Code o f E th i c s , w h i c h I he rewi th en- close s i g n e d a n d wil l a s k y o u to s e n d m e a dupli. ea te . I a m h e a r t l y in a c c o r d w i t h t h e sp i r i t of the c i r cu l a r , a s y o u wi l l s e e by t h e e n c l o s e d copy of a pa rag ra I~h f r o m a n a d d r e s s by a f o r m e r colleague of m i n e , Mrs . E l l e n R i c h a r d s .

" T h e be s t b u s i n e s s m e n a r e qu ick to value an h o n e s t op in ion a n d a n i n c o r r u p t i b l e s e rvan t . There is for t h e sc ien t i f ic m a n a g r e a t s a f e g u a r d in that t h e n a m e of t h e i n s t i t u t i o n m u s t be protected at all h a z a r d s . N o t h i n g m u s t go ou t f r o m i t s precincts. less t h a n t h e best . No t a i n t of w o r k done for ad. v e r t i s i n g p u r p o s e s , of h e l p g i v e n to a process which is to d e f r a u d t h e pub l i c or e n d a n g e r men ' s lives, no care less , i n a c c u r a t e work , m u s t b e a r the stamp of t he I n s t i t u t i o n . "

ELLEN I-I; RICHARDS, T h i s I h a v e b a d f r a m e d a n d pos t ed in my office

fo r m a n y yea r s . Y o u r s v e r y t r u l y ,

A. H. GILL.

W. H. LOW IN POTASH BUSINESS W i l s o n H. L o w a n d J o h n H. S h a w , fo rmer ly chid

a n d a s s i s t a n t c h i e f c h e m i s t , C u d a h y Pack ing Co,, O m a h a , Neb. , n o w of Los Ange l e s , Cal i f . , h a v e acquired t h e p l a n t of t h e C a l i f o r n i a C h e m i c a l P roduc t s Co., n e a r O w e n s Lake , Calif . , a n d wil l r ecove r alkal i salta f r o m t h e l a k e w a t e r . (Chem. Age, June, 1921.)

AMERICAN FERTILIZER CHEMISTS~MEET At t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e A m e r i c a n Institute

of F e r t i l i z e r C h e m i s t s h e l d r e c e n t l y a t t he BatterY P a r k Hote l , A s h e v i l l e , N. C., m a t t e r s pe r t a i n ing to t h e v a r i o u s p h a s e s of e h e n l i c a l work , ef benefit to t h e f e r t i l i z e r t r ade , w e r e d i s c u s s e d . T h e following w e r e e lec ted as officers f o r t h e e n s u i n g yea r : Presi. dent , Dr. F r a n k L. P a r k e r , C h a r l e s t o n , S. C.; ~,ice p r e s i d e n t , A. G. S t i l lwel l , N e w Y o r k Ci ty ; treasurer, W. J. G a s c o y n e , J r . , B a l t i m o r e ; s e c r e t a r y , S. W. Wi ley , B a l t i m o r e .

HE TRIED IT ONCE " W h y d o n ' t you a d v e r t z s e . C o u n t r y S t o r e k e e p e r : "No, s i ree . I d id once and

i t p r e t t y n e a r r u i n e d m e . " " H o w w a s t h a t ? " " W h y people c a m e in and' b o u g h t d u r n near all

t h e s tu f f I h a d . "