The Synthesis, Constitution, and Uses of Bakelite.

Any one wishing all four would pay $3 additional. If we assume that 500 would do this (a liberal estimate) this would give $1500, while about $2800 would be saved by the decrease of 3500 copies in the total circulation of the three journals. Such a plan would, in effect, add $3 to the dues of all who wished, as now, to have access to original papers in all fields and would deprive all the rest of the papers in some one field. The increase would be especially felt by students and young men just beginning their professional career. The injury which would result from giving to the majority of our members a one-sided literature appears to me very serious. We ought not to think chiefly of the members of the council of the society and of chemists of similar character and position but rather of members with limited means and of the many who are isolated so that the journals published by the society are the only ones they can see. The decreased circulation would also make the journals less attractive as a means of publication and might also interfere seriously with advertisements. (3) An increase of $1 in the dues would somewhat more than meet the increased expense. It seems to be generally agreed that such a plan is wholly inadvisable and that the dues must not be increased again for any purpose. (4) Add 640 new members. Even with the four journals it would cost only about $5 to print