Show U S CHEMISTS NOW ARE WORLD LEADERS outstrip all nations in synthetic products new york the united states stales is is outstripping all nations in synthetic chemistry it is declared in the american chemical socie tys annual review of scientific progress the huge tonnages ton nages of synthetic products used in this country are daily increasing and their variety widening at a rate far greater than can be equaled in any other country of the world it is said frequent announcements from abroad of new synthetic products have continually caused a momen tary stir in mens minds the announcement no for example that a chocolate bar which looks like soap but tastes like chocolate has been synthesized in germany from coal tar raw materials and actually marketed appears at first to indicate that our foreign brethren still lead us in cleverness however when this and similar announcements are checked and their significance is evaluated tile the impression is largely nullified similar agitation has been caused from time to time by reports of new synthetic rubber like materials abroad which often turn out to be more interesting than important in this field particularly the united states with at least two such syn materials in large scale commercial production definitely leads jahe he world more and more the real advances of industry based on scientific discovery in the united states slates are becoming everyday articles of commerce which the man in the street fails to recognize as synthetic the upturn in the chemical industry during 1936 was so pronounced that well qualified chemists have become scarce according to the review which reports an accelerated cele rated demand for chemical equipment particularly abroad |