than scientific research.” Mellon Institute has been en- 
gaged in research for a number of associations of manu- 
facturers since 1914—at present there are thirteen association 
fellowships in operation—and its experience shows convine- 
ingly the valuable relation of industrial research to the 
advancement of business in the manufacturing fields thus 
covered. 
Each association of manufacturers that is maintaining 
an industrial fellowship in the Institute consists of those 
rms in an industry having problems of common interest 
which are so basic or of such general application that the 
"esults of research thereon are of importance to all company- 
members. This type of investigational work may be 
carried on without interfering with competitive interests or 
the relative commercial positions of the cooperating firms. 
it has been demonstrated that competitors can work har- 
moniously on a research program, provided the problems 
selected are of concern to all members of the association and 
do not require the disclosure of confidential information by 
any member of the organization. 
For the most part, the Institute’s researches for asso- 
ciations have for their object the advancement of basic 
knowledge of the industries, their processes and products. 
It has been especially successful in work on standardiza- 
:ion of factory practice and manufactured products and on 
»xtending uses of various chemicals and commodities. 
The purpose of industrial research is to promote success 
in manufacturing practice through scientific investigation; 
in other words, to find new materials, new processes, and new 
uses of products, for industrial development, and to advance 
manufacturing operations through the application of 
scientific methods to industry. Before things can be used in 
any way they must be discovered, and it is the particular 
‘unction of science to reveal them. It is the business of the 
scientific investigator to discover and of the engineer or 
‘nventor to recognize and apply the results achieved. 
The spirit of all industrial research is sincerely scientific. 
[t seeks to be open-minded toward new truth. It recognizes 
the intricacy of its problems, it does not hesitate to admit 
ignorance nor to suspend judgment. Its constant aim is the