Eleventh Annual Meeting of the International Acetylene Association

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Excerpt from Eleventh Annual Meeting of the International Acetylene Association: Held at the Auditorium Hotel Chicago, Illinois, August 10, 11, 12, 1908The progress has been so steady from the very in ception of our mutual enterprise that one cannot speak of the present without referring with almost affectionate appreciation to those who, year by year, have in the work of the association laid those foundations upon which we are now building the superstructure. The present prog ress of the industry and its firm position is a most com plete evidence of how well they performed their work. So, in speaking to you this morning of a year of rapid and marked advancement in the industry, I wish to acknowledge the debt we all owe to our predecessors in the past, a debt which is the underlying force that gives to the present its great momentum.There are two tendencies at work which are rapidly eliminating from the public mind any apprehension which may have hitherto existed regarding the safety of acety lene. First, is its much larger use. The word acetylene is very much better understood by people generallv. One of the in¿uences which is bringing this about, especially in the city, is the use of acetylene on automobiles and upon railroads. Hundreds of thousands of automobile users, all those who observe the use of acetylene in head lights and those who sit beneath its beneficent rays on the railroad trains are coming to realize that this illumi nent has a place in the world. That it is no longer a nov clty and as, in spite of the enormous increase in the use of acetylene, accidents are very infrequent, the public has come to regard acetylene as a common Illuminant. The introduction of acetylene into the country is now sowidespread that there is scarcely a community in which some home is not successfully and satisfactorily lighted, and, above all, safely lighted by acetylene. In other words, the illuminant, by its sheer merit, coupled with the industry of the members of this association, is rapidly taking the place which it deserves in the public estimation, and the public as a whole now regards an accident from acetylene as it would regard an accident from any other means of illumination, and is coming to understand that accidents of this character are less frequent than where other illuminants are used. The other factor in modi fying public opinion on this subject is the immense amount of attention which is being paid to acetylene in the pub lic prints. The advertising efforts which have been put forth so persistently and so clearly by the members of this association are bearing fruit, not onlv in familiarizing enormous numbers of people with the subject and the oft reiterated statements as to the merit of the illumi nant and its safety, but there has been, during the past few years. A tremendous lot said in regard to acetylene. Especially in the scientific and technical journals, which is an outgrowth of the persistent and tireless efforts of this association to get before the public not only scientific articles, but popular articles which will be re read and reprinted for the benefit of the great masses of people. The report of the press committee will show that, during the past year, even more has been done than in any previous year, and that the International Acetylene Association is well recognized by the scientific and tech nical press as a source of accurate and authoritative in formation and news regarding acetylene. The position thus taken by the association in this field dignifies the body and gives its literature weight and character, not only on this hemisphere, but it is gratifying and compli mentary to our association to know that the foreign jour nals are paying constant and thorough attention to every thing that we do here.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com