Show e 1 Promised Revolutions I I THE HE chemists of the country convened in iI Chicago the other day They told some tall tales told tales told them with straight faces too Indeed their earnestness ss carried a measure of conviction Listen to some of the things they said There will in in the future be no such thing as a of raw materials for forthe forthe the simple reason chemists will make in their laboratories everything from rubber to gasoline The old law of supply and denand will willbe willbe be completely upset because everything that men need will be produced in such that there will be more than enough for everyone These statements predict a cha ge in our civilization more than anything that has happened since the tile invention of the steam engine If they are fulfilled the America of years from now will be no nomore more like present day America than New NewYork NewYork York is like ancient Athens It is almost impossible impossible im- im possible for us to the revolution they T would involve Yet the chemists are quietly confident I. I Is not Edison even now making rubber in his own back yard Did not tile the late Charles Steinmetz predict that eventually electriCity electricity City would be generated so cl cheaply that it would be virtually devoid of price These c chemists have a way of knowing what the theare they are talking about They spin great yarns yarns- chemists do But beware of how yo you laugh auh at them Your children may live to see them come true |