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Special Libraries a - Vol. 5 DEORMBER, 1014 No. 1 0 - -- ---- PUBLISHED BY THE EXECUTIVX BOARD SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION Prcs~dent, V~ce-Preslclent, Secrclary-Tret~surer, Monthly except July and August Edltorlai and Publ~calionOfice Indiana BilTenu Clnr~nceR. Leslcr, \VisconsIn Lcfilslatlve Ref- oC Leg-lnlatlve Informat~on,~n~lanapolls, Ind. erence L~brary; Marian R. Glenn, Amerlckm Subscrlgt~ons, 93 BronA street, Boston, Mass. Uanlrers' Ashoc~aLlon, New Yorlc Clly. Zntered at the Postomce at Ind~nnapohs,Ind., Manng~ngEditor of Spec~alLil.warles .-.fohn A. as second-clash matter. Lapp, Bureau of Lcglslatlve InCormn'tlon, In- Subscription. .....$2.00 a year (10 numbers) dianapolis, Ind. Single copies .....................25 cents Assishnt Editor, Ethel Clelnntl, Burcil~~of Lop- Presl(1enL . .............li 13. Johnston lslatlvc Inlor1iiallon, lndlnnapolls, Ind. Bur_eau of" i7:aliway ~conornlcs,WashinpLon, -U. C Vice-Prcsideut ...........ElIrabetti V. DobMns American Telephone and Tclegrngll Co., NOW I?. N. Morton, Unlled Ga5 Improvement Co., Yorlc U~ly Pliilatlelphln. Secrrtary-'l'reav~i~er. ....... Guy E. Marlon J~~brary,Artl~ur rj.' Little, Inc., 93 Broad H. 1-1. B. Meyer, Library oC Congl'css street, Boslon, Mass. D N Randy, 111suranfcLlbral'y Assoclatlon. The United States Department of Commerce and World Trade (Written from data furnished by the department.) The United Stat.cs Department of com- ecutive departments in Washington, com- merce is established for the purpose of pro- mercial agents of the bureau, bureau ngenlfi moting domestic and foreign conlmerce of in various cities and oificial bulietlns oC for- the United States. Its function IS to be a eign governments and by the rccently cre- clearing house oi information which shall ated roillinercia1 attach& whose duty lt is draw facts from all parts of the world and to make a close study of con~n~erclaldc- put them into possession of the America11 vclopment in foreign countries. businestj man to use in the promotion of his The inlormation gathcred from tllcsC business. sources through the publications of the cle- One of the duties ot the Department is partment is as Collows: The Dnlly con- "to foster, promote and develop the various sular and tradc reports, Monthly sutnmary, manufacturing i~idustries of the United Trade opportunities, Comlnercial nncl tariff States, and markets for the same at home monographs, Statislical abstract, Commer- and abroad, domestic and foreign; by gath- cial relations, Commerce and navigation of ering, compiling, publishing and sup1,lying the United States, Imports for consumptio~l, all available and useful information concern- and by letters nnswering inquiries. Tho ing such industries and such markets; and principal information of foreign tmde is dis- by such other methods and means as may seminated through the Dlvlsion of con.qulnr be prescribed by the Secretary or provided reports wlmh publishes its results in the by law." One of the principal functions tic- Daily consular and trade reports which hns tively carried out by the Department is the a circulation limited to 20,000; free distrlbu- promotion of foreign esport trade. This it tion of the journal is limited to coalmercial has done through the Bureau of foreign and organizations, trade journals, newspapers, li- domestic commerce which prepareR and pub- Sraries and fiimilar organizntions. A sec- lishes nseful commercial information and ond means of distributing lrnowledge is in distributes the same as widely as possible. Special monograplis containing results oC This material is secured from lnany the investigalions of the corrppondenls of sources. from the United States consuls the Bureau, both consuls aud comme~.cinl in every country, customs districts, United agents. Lastly, information is distribated States conlmercial organizations every- by means of confidential bulletins and cir- where, trade papers of the world, other ex- culars Issued at frequent intervuls contnin- SPECIAL LIBRARIES ing information of a character which it is the same so far as possible, down to date, deemed advisable to distribute conflden- Speciflc opportunities for the extension of tially for the use of American Arms in se- American trade, transmitted by consuls, are curing sales of their products abroad or in published in tho Daily consular and trade obtaining foreign contracts or concessions. reports under the title of "Foreign trade The Special monographs issued by the Bu- opportunities," and a similar service, en- reau cover a wide range of subjects related titled "Proposals for government supplies," to the promotion and development of for- containing notices relative to opportunities eign and domestic commerce. Examples of for the sale of American manufactures to these bulletins are "Packing for export," an the federal government, has been estab- illustrated pamphlet of 170 pages containing lished. reports by American consular officers in re- Plans and speciflcations for public and gard to the packing of goods for shipment private works in foreign countries often ac- to foreign countries; "Consular regulations company reports. Announcement of the re- of foreign countries," containing rules to be ceipt of these plans and speciflcations is observed with respect to shipments of mer- made in the Daily consnlar and trade re- chandise to foreign countries; "Commercial ports. circulation of these documents is travelers in foreign countries," giving the commenced at once by the Bureau, an en- laws of foreign nations relative to the ad- deavor being made to reach as soon as pos- mission of commercial travelers ancl their sible manufacturers likely t.o be interested. samples; "Factories in foreign trade," giv- Samples also often accompany reports by ing the language, currency, and weights and consular officers and commercial agents. measures, of foreign countries, a statement Announcement is made of their receipt, and as to postal rates and facilities, numerous they are loaned to those intcrested, in order tables for the conversion of foreign cur- of their application. rencies into American money .and vice The Bureau makes every effort to co-op- versa, and price comparisons for foreign and erate with representative trade organiza- American units; "Foreign credits," a book tions by conferences with their officers, by of 421 pages, presenting a study of the for- the use of membership lists for the distribu- eign credit problem, with a review of Eu- tion of confidential information, ancl by ffl- ropean metliods of financing export ship- ing with them plans and speciflcations for ments; "Transportation rates to the West work relating to the industry or industries Coast of South America," giving the cost of represented by such organizations. transportation of over 800 articles from the Individual requests for ir~formationfrom principal inland cities of the United States America11 manufacturers and exporters re- to principal Inland points in Ecuador, Peru, ceive careful attention and endeavor is and Chile; and "Commercial and agricul- made to supply yroinptly on a particnlar tural organizations of the United States," a subject all material in govsession of the directory giving not only the names of such Bureau. All of the trade information re- organizations but also data as to their mem- ceived is carefully indemxed, and thc Burcau bership, functions, iield of service, etc. has a record of reports on most lines of The Bureau of statistics of the Depart- trade in foreign countries extending over a ment publishes monthly the Summary of period of seven or eight years. When re- commerce and finance, giving exact data quests for data on any particular line are about the movement of commerce. The received, search is made through these rec- trade movements are presented in greater ords and all information available is fur- detail in a volume entitled "Commerce and nished. Should the subject be one on which navigation of the United States." This vol- the Bureau has little information, the in- ume "shows in great detail the trade by ar- quirer is given what is available and is also ticles and countries, stating the countries furnished tho name of the consul or consuls from which each article or class of articles to whom inquiries for further data may be was imported and to which each article or made. If the subject is one of interest to a class of art~cleswas exported during a five- number of concerns they are invited to sub- year period; also statements showing the mit a list of quastions covering the facts movement of merchandise and of gold and desired, and these are consolidated and sent silver by customs d~stricts,the imparts for to Americqn consuls throughout thc world. consumption, and other statements showing The results of these inquiries are subse- details of the trade movements with foreign quently published and distributed by the countries and with the non-contiguous ter- Bureau. ritories for a term of years." The Bureau has issued a directory of A Statistical abstract published by the 3138 quarto pages containing the names of Bureau presents in condensed form state- about 125,000 individuals and firms in for- ments regarding complerce, production, in- eign countries engaged in the import trade, dustries, population, finance, currency, in- classified by country and by industry. debtedness, and wealth of the country.