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28 THE COTTON OIL (CHEMISTS' SECTION) are thoroughly trained in this grasping of opportunity and adapting themselves to circumstances. Perhaps the most important advantage which the trained man has is his ability to see things as they are, This is due to his knowledge of research or the principles of research and his fundamental knowledge of chemistry, physics and biology, which enable h i m t o know the cause of things and thereby reach a decision on a problem by orderly, scientific processes. The untrained man, however, is very apt to jump at conclusions from a more or less superficial examination and from accidental occurrences, so that his conclusion might be right or wrong--largely due t o accident. My experience is that a man who has been thoroughly trained in science and who has the proper personality and persistence goes very much farther in any industry, and particularly in such an industry where fundamental knowledge of these things is essential. One of the difficulties which I find scientifically trained men have is their inability to express in simple language the conclusions which they have reached after a thorough study of a problem, and until he trains himself to discuss in an understandable and instructive way with the men with whom he comes in contact he loses very much of his value to the industry. The executive officer who has been trained along scientific lines is also at a great advantage, especially if his college training has included a course in psychology, because it is one of the important fuuctions of the executive to be able to determine very accurately the type of work for which men are best adapted. It is our experience that, in the packing house, technically trained men are frequently very helpful not only in the laboratory and research end of the work, but also in the operating and sales end, for the reason that they have the fundamental knowledge of the products which they are handling. In determining which phase of the business men are more particularly adapted to, the executive of course has to take into consideration adaptability, perspective and temperament as well as training, but all things being equal, the trained man undoubtedly has a very decided advantage, and as this industry develops he will be found more and more in important positions in the operating, sales and executive end. A.L. CORRECTIONS In Mr. Thompkins' articles published in our June issue : In the table on page 122 the difference in yellow is given as 00.0 Less. This figure should have been 60.0. A t the end of the first paragraph at the top of the second column, page 122, "30 yellow" should be 90 yellow. On page 124, 2d column, 4th paragraph, 6th line should read "the oil was not less than 110 ~ F." STANDARD SODIUM CARBONATE AND AMMONIUM SULFATE READY FOR D I S T R I B U T I O N The late Dr. Smalley very generously assumed the responsibility of obtaining several years' supply of the sodium carbonate and ammonium sulfate, mentioned by Mr. Moore, and they are ready for distribution by the Committee on Cooperative Analytical P r o g r a m or the Secretary. Bottles of either ammonium sulfate or sodium carbonate can be obtained for fifty cents apiece from either H. C. Bailey, Head Laboratory, The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Savannah, Ga., or Thos. B. Caldwell, Law and Co., Wilmington, N. C. PRESS R E F E R E E C H E M I S T S CERTIFIED By David Wesson, Chairman Referee Examining Board The following have been passed on as referee eheraist~ oi1 all materials dealt in under the rules of the Inter state Cotton Seed Crushers' Association for th~ .- " ending August 31, 1922: ~ year R. H. Fash, Fort W o r t h Laboratories, Fort Worth, Texas. Granville C. Henry, Cordele, Ga. Nahum E. Katz, Meridian, Miss. Landon C. Moore, Dallas, Texas. F e l i x Paquin, Galveston, Texas. F. B. Porter, F o r t \Vorth Laboratories, Fort Worth, Texas. D. C. Picard, Birmingham, Ala. P. T. Tarnoski (Chemical and Engineering Co.), Chl. cago, III. P. S. Tilson, Houston, Texas. H a r r y P. Trevithick, New York Produce Exchange, New York, N. Y. E. H. Uhlmann (Chemical and Engineering Co.), Chicago, Ill. E d w a r d G. Williams, New Orleans, La. Barrow-Agee Laboratories. The Battle Laboratories, Montgomery, Ala. Falkenburg and Company, Seattle, Wash. Law and Company (Wilmington and Atlanta). Southwestern Laboratories, Dallas, Texas. Chemical and Engineering Company, Chicago, Ill. The following referee chemists certified for subjects as enumerated : William J. Gascoyne, Jr., Baltimore, Md., cottonseed meal and fertilizer. John R. Holland, Wiley and Co., Baltimore, cottonseed meal and fertilizer. H a r r y G. Lewis (Little Rock Lab.), Little Rock, Ark., cottonseed mill products, fertilizer and crude oil. Henry S. Montague (Delta L a b ) , Greenville, Miss., cottonseed mill products and fertilizer. Clinton Morris (Morris-Flinn Co.), Macon, Ga., fertilizer and meal. Francis L. P a r k e r ( P a r k e r Lab.), Charleston, S. C., fertilizer and meal. E. P. Verner ( P a r k e r Lab.), fertilizer and meal. Shuey and Company, Inc., Savannah, Ga., fertilizer and meal. The Stillwell Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y., cottonseed meal, soap stock and fertilizers. I. F. Laucks, Inc., Seattle, Wash., oriental oil, fertilizer and fish oil. Wiley and Company, Inc., Baltimore, Md., cottonseed meal and fertilizer. EPIGRAMS Gas extracteth oil, but hot air driveth away business. A n excess of caustic ruins refinings and conversations. Slippery soap stock and chemists are an abomination to the refiner. Let him who would have a fat for his frying keep his oil off the floor. Accuracy is most highly to be desired, but too much precision is a dangerous thing. Hold your job on your own merits, not on the strength of your boss' good-natured toleration. Some day his patience might give out.  (...truncated)