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Chicago's Business Library Service By NATHAN R. LEVIN, Supervisor of Deposits, Public Library.

r,llw:~ry hcr~i1~010 tllc indnstries :III(Ilmsi- rlous books on the design aud histoi'y of Lllesc IIPSS IWII of' Chiwgo :IN re11(1(>rcillty 111~~'111- ~mrtlculnrarticles, carl#) 1'11ldic~Library can bc diridrcl illto t~vo 'Phe P:I tent Room rci~tlersn sen-ire wllic1l clnsses, the rlirect, ns supl~lietl11s tllc. Rnsi- is in~~:~lonL)leto I~undreds of h~msiu Chlcn- nesh IIouse Deposits tinil the il~tlirclct,through ?o by ~llnlring~~~:111;1111' :I ct11lll)lct~ seL of Qe the rogulnr r~ferenreroonls as 11w IIcS(~~ar~l~l~~,Tv. S. IJ;i1c~~ts, :lnd z~~lso11nvii1g 011 lmlcl Rri1,- C;irics, 1':lteilL ant1 Art rA?pal'lilwlls. The ihh. E'rench, Anstrnlinil. Chlincli:~n xnd Cer- Civiw Dc~x~rtrnentcnll hc cw~~siclcredthc n1:111 L'ntents. Bound ~oluiiles of C'hir-:1~n "Rosli~rssDegnrllnenl'' of' file (%ilxg(~Pub- ne\vslinlrrr nrc .1,1w 11owctl ill lllih tlcl),lrt- lic I~ihrnry. It1 this rooul ~IIYliouwtl thc incnt nntl ;1iac. Ii~~t1~lei1tly(.o~IBLI~~(~I~ for I~usi- lu~lp~zincson busiucss ellirieucy nntl ndmin- lless I)Ul'l?OSCS. ist,rrllio~l,clireclorics 01 tllc ~I~~IIP~]IJIt-itiw 'L'll~gPlIel'tl1 It~f~l'e~lr~1100111l)l'~~l(le~ 1)001i< of lhc T:nited Slntes nntl Europr. rnllro;~d \vhich :Ire not speciticnll~.proritled for 111 :l~itl slc111n.4iip gnicles flli(1 ronles. tog(~I11er llic r'ooms ~ne~itionednborc, thc 1t1~g~t711~*d nil11 :l colllplete set of tinw ttllilcs of 1~11 (':~t:~logIwingin~ togel.hcr in olle 111:lcc till routls crntcrm? ill Chicago : conumrrcinl 111- the rosonrces of the lilwary whetl~erlmuserl II~BI~S11 1111 g~l%~tI(vi's,,I wt of Chicilgt) 31:11111- in the stwlrs or in the different rlc1~iwtmenls. f~lc~turcrs'(':lli~logs rind n wry cm~plcl(~ \Ye cnll the scrrice :IS ~ncntioncdnhorc collwlio~~01' 11cwsc~orpcuis of the I~usincss illtlircct, bccwaw il is t~r:til;~l~leto llw lt~lsi- fl1'1118 oL' tllp ('i1.y. 'rhc del)'l~tlllelltS~I~~RT~'~~ICH iless men i~ndhis employees only ns they for mlny of thc tli11ly xtntislicnl services, Ilir~n~clvesare it~tr~re~tctlin nRll~g tlw cwl- thus ln:~Jchgnctvssil)lc ili~ln 1101 olllnil~n.l~l(~Icctim~s nl the ~nnin litill(liltg, 'l'l~e rlilw~t clsp\~llcrc. servlcc renclercvl tllrnugll ll~cRus~ncss I-Ionst. .\ tlistincl, plunse of thr service renderecl Del)osils tnnla?s possil~lc1110 usc of' 1)oolts mztl 1)y the Cirics Dcpnrt~i~cnti.; tll11t of making ollicr gvintcd m:ltteie nt tllc l)l:lcc of cniplny- nvnilnblc pnmphlets nnA ne\\-si)nper clippi~ijis ment. 111 order to (lo this, thc Chfcngo Pnh- on tlil'frrr~~l1ol)ic's of i~ilri'cstto 111~~IIS~~ICS.; lit. Library llns i~lst:~llc~dcollcrtiol~s oC l~noks mun. .\ s~n:lllnml solecl collcc'tion oC bot~ks munlwring from 200 to ?.On0 rolumos in the for ren(ly usc ill cnnnertioi~ will1 thc1 docw fiictories 2nd oificrs 01' mnrr tllnn fifty lnrgc mcnls '.:IIN~ ~~i~rn~~hlztsis nlso houscd here. hn4ness concerns in the city. 'l'hese cml be 'I'llc, t~jrtilyb (~r11lrc.lio11t~sc41nsirc of 1 llr (:or- drni\-n for home use nnc1 esclln~~peh11s tle- ori1111(~11l(~O~~IIICII~S is clnssih~tl with nn sired in tho snlnc manner, will1 like privi- ~sl):~~~sioilof the ncn-r.\' cl~lasificntiol~,cslir- l~gcs,11s in thc 1n~i1c.h1il)rnrics ngcw 10 the vit~llyclcvisetl to corer tl~rspecilir sul~~cclsII:~ 1 l?n~plnpcrs in Lhr virions :IS \\-orl;crl ont in pnml?hlcts ant1 ncwlinlw estnblish~nentsnuml)cr froul 1.000 to 1:,000 : (.lil)]ll~~~s..\I1 the IJniled Stntr~.Slntr nntl ~vitliout the f:~cIlities thus nrfcrorl Inxm- hInnit4]);1l clocun~c~~~tsnre to 1w fo~unclin this lhonunn(1s of thcin \\-t~nld 1)c uhnblc to nsP tllr lil~vnry11ec:111sr oC thc long clist:~l~cesbe- tn'cc11 thpil- hnmes nntl ll~nrlircsl lil~rnry ngenrg. Tlic crr-opcrr~tionall tll~part of the Iwsi- ness mnnngers controlling thc~eindustrinl ;~ntl romlnc~~cinlcstnl~lishments h:ls been lost c4orr1in;l. The ngreeln~ntmtwed illto 1)y tl~e1il)rnry nnfl encli of the busiucss houses 22 s1'ECIAL LZlJliARllCS February, 1921

A Reference Service Bureau By MRS. GEORGENE L. MILLER, Librarian, Whitfield, Whitcomb & Co., Portland, Oregon. Has n b~rsinssslibI'U?.lj "pltlltxg IIOICCP?Nm. Ilffller 7wrc dC8C).ih?.9olle 17~01 has. It cnwics a dcql siynipcant nlesanOe lull:en irl con?~ccliotlICWL tha ?no~rtlrljlallwtpoeirrrr~ "TV7lnt Bzcsiness Jfen :ire Rcndinq," il~nirg~rr~olcrlin "fij~fctn"for Fcht~nry,1021. Some one has defined "business" as syn- latter indexed analytically. It was (lasignecl onymous with "service", and it is with this primarily for the neecls of the firm, and for. idea as its Taison cl'etre that Tlrhitiielcl, the education of its staff. In the course or Whitcomb C Company, certified public ac- her work, the librarian often found itema countants, of Portland, Oregon, have opened of interest to clients, and a letter was writ- their library to the business men of the ten conveying the information. As the worlr city. developed, it proved an easy matter to ox- The library was established about a year tend the service not only among clients, both ago, with an equipment of approximately In and out of the city, but also to business five hundred boolrs and sixty magazines, the friends and acquaintances. Where items on SPECIAL LIBRARIES

I'orcign trade, on Lhe lolnber industry, 011 and many bnsinesr men declared that this lishcries or Iruil, or port facilities, a1.e sent kind or service filled a long-felt want, Many out to the l~osii~cssnlcn of tl~ccommmlity, telel~honecalls and written requests for in- it is felt that swll sewice aids in thc clevel- formation came in, anrl one or two flr~ils ol~iue~itof the con~muunty. aslied tor a monthly list of current maga- 'l'o c:~rryout this ](lea or service, s letter zine articles. This service does not aim to form was dc'viseil as follows: interfere with or compete with that of the ~~ubliclibrary of the city, but really works Reference Library, Service Bureau toward an increase in the use of that of I~brary. Of course, our small I~brarycould WHITFIELD, WHITCOMB & CO. not hold all the l~oolcsor magazine art~cles Certified Public Accountants of whlch it has indexes, guides or digests, Portland Agents: and thus the public library reference clepart- Seattle San Francisco men1 is often called upon to complete the Spokane Los Angeles work iniliated by us. We call the business Astoria Salt Lake man's attention to the book or the articles Portl:u~il,Oregon,...... I9. , IN a way not feasible, perhaps, for a big public lil~rary;and leave it to hitn to seek it wherever it suits his convenience,-at our own library or elsewhere. You may bc interested to lciiow that: It was diflicnlt at first for some business Jlasazilie articles of recent date which 11ro1)- flrnls to understand how we could give this ably are 01 vnlue to you arc: Bind of service free of charge, but a gro- gressive accounting firm has to keep in More details t~ntlcopies or clisests of the touch wth every Imsiness act~vity,to be ninqnxinc materinl, my be obtained upon informed on all lines of bnsiness, and hence request. Our library is open from 9:30 to must have a great deal of information on 4:::l), and its service is qUatis. file for its own use. The cost of sharing Very trnly yours, this information with clients and fr~endsis con~paratlvelp sn~all-the return in good Certified Publ~cAccountants will IS very large, and good will 1s one of the most valuw1)le assets a professional flrm 011 this form thc l~usinessman was given can have People who at first came to scoff :L digest of sonle special article, a review of at this library venture as a mere advertising some new book, or ;L list of magazine arti- scheme, remained to praise it and welcome rle3 of intcrest to him. it as a valnable tlddition to the business This mcthcrl aroused much enthusiasn~, equipment of the city.

The International Labor Office In the Nove~l~bernumber of SPECIAL cia1 documents, reports of meetings of the 1,JIiItAIZIES we announced the projected governing Body and the various international ~~ublici~tionby the Internalional Labor Of- commissions (on unemployment, eniigra- ilce of a hIonLhly International Labor Re- Lion, etc.), as well as general information view. We are now happy to be able to re- with regard to the progress of the work of 110l't nuthentically on all the gublications of the office. It also contains particulars with (his office and the conditions of purchase regard to the action taken by the different A. Reqular Periodical Publications nations, n~embers of the organization, to 1. Monthly international Labour Review. give effect to the decisions of the Annual This is to he a scientific pogula~'publication Conference. The Bulletin has appeared c.antaininp articles, statistics and informa- regnlarly in English and in French since tion relating to labor trnd industry, of in- the 8th September, and in German since the terest and value to employers, workers and 20th October. aovernn~ents It will contain contributions 3. Daily Intelligence. The Daily Intelli- by well-known economists, employers and gence containing brief notes on i~nportant tlmatleunion leaders, as well ns arlicles pre- current events relating to labor and ind~~s- pared in the International Labor Office. It try has appeared in roneod forin in French is inlendcil that thc Review shall appear in since the 1st September, 1920. The Daily English and French in January, 1921. In Intelligence is now printed in both French conformily with the Peace Treaty, it nlay and English. Until January, 1921, it was also be published in other languages later. called Daily Summary. 2. The Bulletin. The Rulletin is the B, Irregular Periodical Publlcat~ons weclrly oficlal journal of the ofice, and its 4. Studies and Reports. The Studies and I>url)ose is to sunply infornlatioll with regarc1 Reports appear at frequent Intervals, and to the nctivitles of the Internalional Labor contain short reports and articles on sub- Orgi~nizatlon. It contaills the texts of om- jects of immediate importance in the field SPECIAL LIBRARIES February, 1920

Of labor and industry. The collection falls abo~e Snch publications coniprlse, for es- into fourteen series: ainple, the Constitntion and Rnles of the (a) Industrial relations (the act~viliesol Internationti1 I~borOrgnnizat~on, as well as trades unions an(1 employers' associ:ltionu, the scrim clcvotetl to esl)lnin~ngthe func- and political activity In its relations to ques- tions and activit~esof the Or:,.;~nization llnii tions of labor); (b) economic relatlous; (c) the Illte~nationalI.a\~or Office. employment and unemployment; (d) condl- D. Cond~t~onsof Subscription Lions of labor; (e) social insurance; (ebls) 1, Inclusive Subscription. It has becn ciisablerl mcn and v~ctiins of the war; (f) safety; (g) industrial hygiene; (h) con(11- decided to establish an inclusive snbscrl1)- tions of l~feof the workers; (i) co-opera- lion for the ~~ubl~cationof the ofiice as n tion; (j) protection of women and cl~ildren; whole. This snl~scrigtion will cover all (k) education; (I) agriculture; (m) ques- publications of vhatever kind appearins tions affecting seamen. during the period for which the snbscrlption is valid. 5. Bibliographical Series. The B~blio- graphical Series will include: 2. Indiv~dualSubscription. Subscrigtiol~:, (a) General 1)ibllographical lists or pul~li- will be rcceived for any one or more of tll? catlons both official and non-official These vt~rious series of per~odical gubl~cations, are grmtecl weekly or as often as clesirable regular or irvegnlar, nlentionetl above. Inrl!- and possible. Bibliographies and book-notes viclnnl snbsc~iptionsdo not cover non-llerl- will appear each montll in the Tnternational oclical p~tblications. All publications n1a.S Labor Review. be bought separately. (b) Special annotated bibliographies re- lating to pnrticular subjects snch as mini- E. Rate of Subscription n111n1 wage, the eight hour day, vocational 'rhe ofice has enconntered certain dlfi- education. employee's participation in inclus- cnlties in fixing the rate of subscription for trial mnnagement, industrial hygiene, ctc., its publications. It is clearly impossible In will apnear froin time to time as occasion fix the rice for each country at current demands. rates of exchange w~th,say, the Swiss franc Such a system would make the rate of su'l- 6. Leglslatlve Series. This serics con- scril~tionprohibitive in countries in which tains reprints ancl translations of the texts the currency has greatly clepreciated Bur- of laws, decrees, orders and regulations af- thermore, as the rates of exchange contlnu- fecting labos, issued in the different coun- ally fluctuatc, the prices would vary fronl tries of the world. The serics, which is day to clay and from year to year. On the g~~blishedin English, French ancl German, olher hancl the office [lid not consider it constitules a continuation in a new form ol' r~dvisableto Ax the rates of subscription in the series published by the old International tho currencies of the different countries at Labor Omce at Basle. the par rates of exchange existing before tho war. The plan adopted is frankly n 7. Reports of the International Labor comp~-omiseintended Lo give the widest cir- Conference. These Reports comprise: culation of the publications of the InLer- (a) Reuorts prepared by the International national Labor Office, while safeguarding Labor Officc for the Annnal Conference; the office from too heavy flnancial losses. (b) Verbatim Reports of the proceedings It has taken into account to some extent of the Conference; current rates of exchange, but it has avoided (c) The Official Text of the Draft Conven- in~~osingprohibitive prices on any country. tions and Reconlnlendations adopted by the The annual rates of subscription have beell Conference. fixed provisionnlly in the table given below. C. Non-Periodical Publications Rsles will 11e gnoted for other countries 8. Special Reports. The results of im- on application. portant speclal irivestigations or researches carried out by the International Labor OP- Attention may be clrnwn to the fact that Ace and simiIar studies made outsicle the these rates have been flxed in such a way office, if deemed of sufficient value, wlll be as to give considerable advantage to those published as Special Reports. The Intcr- who nay the inclusive suhscrigtion Not national Tabor Office has already published only clo these subscril~erspay lcss than thc a Special Report on "Labor Conditions in sum of the individual snbscriptions, but in Sowet Russia," giving the findings of th~addit~on they receive all the non-periodical study made by the office. The results of ~~nblications Thc Special Reports of the the inquiry into production which is still office will uncloubtedly have considerable 111 progress will be published in this series iniportnnce. when con~pleted. Other Special Reports will be issnecl as occasion requires. Orders and subscriptions of whatever kind should be sent. together with remlt- 9. Other Publications. Under this head- tance, to the International Labor Office, ing are included all publications which (lo Geneva, Sw~tzerland,to whose order checks not fall into any of the categories mentioned should be drawn. m . - - Currency Ih. Lire Vlorlns Pcsctas Frs ~01s- J~~tc!l'~l:~tiul~:~I1.'11ior Iievlew. .... 50 6 5 15 30 LO 6 Dulletln ...... 25 22.50 7 611 15 15 2 50 udi1)' sIllll:ll~1'3~...... ,165 215 50 100 LOO 17 Stmljes ant1 Rcliol'ts...... 200 2GO GO 120 120 20 13il)li~g1'i11)111(~:11Series ...... 10 13 3 G 61 i-egislntivr Smrs ...... 35 1Icl)oi.t (11 the Annual Conference. 35

Slogans By MARGARET REYNOLDS, Libranan, First Wlsconsln National Bank, Milwaukee.

If one consults Web- have you used Pear's Soap7" or "Milwnulcec Is famous, P~~bsthas made it so." A present rl~yfavorite in th~sclay of much talk about the H. C. IJ. is found on the Gold Dusl street car cards. "Kept clean with Gold Dust-stdl 5 cents." The banks throughout the country have tattell up the slogan idca. One evolved as the resull at' the 1919 merger in St. LOUIS 1s "A truly national bank serves every s+,ltein the Union " In Milwanltee we have "The hggei- the bnnlc, the bettcr the service," "The Banlc of Personal Service" mil "tho People's Banlc of Service". Soon after the First National and the :we more or less fttnul- Wiscons~u.Sational Hanlrd nmwged in Jnly, I~IYwith (he blog;lns used by varlous na- 1919, iL was decided to adopt a different I ion:\l ndverlisers Perhaps one of the slogan for each week in thc year. These c?a~.licstones in use was "Good nlorning, were to be significant Eacts about Milwaulcee SPECIAL LIBRARIE8 or Wisconsin. They were to be typed at the waultce to use slogans on all outgomg mail, bottom of every letter which left the bank. whereupon the Publicity Committee of the Among the Arst slogans were: Milwauliee Association or Comme~'cebegan "Wisconsin's annual cranberry crop to proinote a "Slogan-n-Day" Milwauliee acl- will make four million delicious pies." vertising campaign. About flfteen years ago "Wisconsin leads the United States in when Milwaulcce was fannous as a conven- Lhe number of pure-bred Guernsey tion city, "Milwaukee-A Bright S[)ot" was cattle!' used as our slogan. The dssoclation of "Wisconsin, a great leader in packing Comnlerce adopted the slogan, ">Ialce Mil- pens, with 40 per cent of the entire waukee Rlighty." VRT~OLISfirms have uscd outp~~tof the country." this repeatedly. Each month the Assoma- "Milwaultee has the largesl tanneries tion of Commerce has printed a list of slo- for upper side leather and calf skins in gans whlch are to be used during the con the country." ing month. The Publicity Conmittee feel Almost as fast as letters were sent out ihat their efforls have been more than re- comments from the various correspondenls aid, for comments on the facts mentioned began to come in about these slogans. in the slogans have come in from all over Some persons doubted their accuracy, others the country. It Is estimated that letters added slogans of their own and started the mailed by Assoc~nliorl members only, mill movement in their home town. One of tho reach 2S,125,000 persons yearly. If evcry clevereut comments whicll was received business man in the city co-operates a still afte~a shoe slogan had been run said "So larger number will be received. shoes are the substitute which is to make This slogan idea as used in Mllwa~~ltec Milwauliee famous." In thmlring 11s for the suggests also the "no You Ifnow" articles Public Museum lecture slogan an invesl- about I

I:]SECRETARY February, 192 1 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Selected List of Books on Civil Engineering Complled by ELEANOR H. FRlCK and EDITH L. SHEARER.

JANUARY 28TH, 1921.

ENGINEERING IN GENERAL Constructlon Work-Contracting slbllographies Hauer, D. J, Modern management applied to Enfi11lcc1'illg Inilcs. 1SS1-1920. X. Y. AIII Soc conhtructlon. l!IlS. N Y. McGraw, $2.50. hlc~li.IEnFrs., "!I I\'. 39th st Costs l~distriill.\rh Inilcx. 1!113-1~1i0 x. y. H 117. Olllette, K. I' Handboolc of cost data. 1910. Wilson Co. S. Y hlcGraw, $5. contracts and Speclfrcatlons G~llette,H l'.. and R~chardT Dana Hand- .Johnson, Jilhn I:litlc~. Eng.lneerh~gCont~ ttcls botk of mcchanlcnl and rlectrlcul cost data. :mil s~)t~~:lIlrnllnns.Ed. 3, 19U9, Eng. ~cns, 191s N. Y. AlcGritw, $6 %R. Drawing. Graphic Charts. Draftlng Room linrtiett, F. IV., md T. IT. Johnson Engi- nvcrlrlp. cleucr~~tlvegcomelry and drawing. 1!119. N. Y. 'Wlley, $5 50 Coll~tls,C, D. Draftmg room methods, stand- aids and forins. 191s. N. Y. Van Nos- trand, $2 Ihimch. T E. Xanual of englncering draw- Inr: Ed. 2. 3918. N. P. McGraw, $2.50. Haslicll, .\. C. llow to make and use graphic charls. 1919. Codes Rook Co , $5. Carpenter, lt. I' Esrjcr1ment.11 englnecrlng Pecldle, J. R Constructlon of g~~aphlcalcharts. Ed 1!)11. Ed 2. 1910 N Y. McGraw, $2. 7. N Y. 11'i?lc~;1132 111). $G Earthwork, Excavation Cleaning Handbooks I-:nl

('.\I II~RIL. Steel ~0111l)iln). Sllapc btroli con- T>~rell.1-1. I;. .\rtlstic I)r~clgc cl~.slgn, 1912. ldlnlng ~~~olllcs,taulcs, und tl:~t:~dppul (1~111- Chic. Cla.l'lc, 3114 p1, , $3 Ins to the shaucs. ~)l.ltes. b.~r*s. 1:1l1r illid ~~'~ld~l~~ll,J. -\, i2, ilrtilg~~~~g~~icw~rln~. l!llL S. T. \\'lie\. 2 vois. $10. Concrete and ~einfo~edConcrete Constructlon Eddy, FI T , :ill11 ( . A P. TLIIIICI.c'oncrete stwl const~wcLll~n.Ed. 2, 1!11!1. JIlnn~~alb IClllott, 'l' .I ~ll~ott's'ivt-lghts ni stvcl fur olw, $10. rn11 Clcvrlruid. J't~nlon Pub- Eml)erger, F. Edler von, Ed lianclbuch iul' Ilhh~ngc'o. 662 pp., $?U. clscnbetonb:~~. Ed. 2. 1910-16. lIi~rl11l, F19iend, J Sewton C~)rroslon of i~onand Ernst, 12 vols. steel. !!Ill. N. 1'. Lon~ma~is.$I.SO. Glllctte, 1-1, P., and C. S. H111. C:oncrclc con- Tle~n~tnn,H. 1'. Iron and 'btcel. ' ~LI,2, 1916 s'ructlon, methods and cost, l!lOS S. y. N. Y, hIcGraw, $3. Clark, $5. \\ .ro:l, .\I I' ~~rtsl.~sscol~tings, l9Ul N. 1' I-1001, C. A, and N. C. Johnson. Concrete cll- JYllcy, $4. ~;lncers'handboolc 1918. N. Y. Mc(:I?L\v, Stone 5d. lt~cn:~~ds~~ii,('lial'lcs 1-lcllry. Uu~l~llngstones ?tIool, G. .\. Rcinfol'ccd concrete corlstl'uc- and clays, l!ll7. Syracuse. Syracuse Univ. tlon. Ed. 3, 1915. N. Y SIcGr~lw,3 vols $5.50. v , I.- , $2? - -nn - . Tlrnber rhmi Concrete-strel constructlon. Bctts, H. S. T~mber,its strength, seasoning l!lOH S. Y. Eng Ncws, $5. and grading. 1919. N. P. nIcGraw, $3. Taylor, F W.,and S E ~'hornpson. ('Jon- Goss, 0. P. 31 St~ucturaltimber handbook crete costs. 1912. X Y. \\'ilcy, $5. on Padlic coilst u,oods. 191G. Seattle West Taylor, F. W. Trcntlse on concrete, plaln ('vast Lunibrrmen's Assoc. 289 pp , $1 and ~e~nforcrd.1Cd. 3, 1!116. S. I'. \VLlry, Tlemnnn, II. T). Iilh drylng of lumber. 1917. $5 Phil L~gl.lincolt,$1. Turnenu~e,F. B., and E. It. llaurer. PrIn- Snow, Cli11rlcs Henry, &I.-\ma Soc. C. 13 clples of reinforced concwte constructlun. \!'oocl ctnd othcr organic structural lnatc- l!ll9. N y. TVile~~.-. 83, 75. I.111. , Y XIcGmw, $5. Masonry Constructlon Weiss. Howarc1 1" 1'reseI.vdLion of atructurnl Ralcrr, Ira Osborn. Treatlsc on masonry con- tllnber. Ed. 2. l9lG. N. Y &IcGmw, $3 stluct~on. Ed 10. 1810 x. I: --Hey, $:,. Tlrnber Constructlon CIVIL ENGINEERING I>ewcll, H. D. Timber irarnlng. 1817. San General Works Fr,lncalsco Dewey. 375 pp., $2. Jtanlclne, W.J. hi. bI,unual of civil englneer- Fo:~r.clatlc.ns. Brldge Plers and Abutments Ing. Ed. 23, 19lli. I,o~iclon. Grlfhn, 8G.60 Fowler. Charlcs Evnn. AT. .\m. Soc. C. E. Structural Englneerlng, Mechanics of Materials, f'ractical treatise on 'engineer~ngand bullcl- Theory or Deslgn Brldges lng foundat~ons, Including sub-aqueolls Elnst~cltUtund leshltelt.-. 1911. Ed. 6. Ber- foundations Ed. 4, 11120. s. Y. Wilcy, 11n Springer. vol. 1. $5. Recli, Ernest G. Structural steelwork. rclnt- Jncsoby, Henry S , and Roland F. Davls. Poun- lng pr~nclpallyto the construction oi sLoel- datlons of bridges and buildings. 1914. N. f~x~~leclbulltllngs. 1820. N. Y. Longmans, Y, hlcGraw. $5. *" ZA r'l.DU. Retalnlng Walls Ill~cl, Ha:.old I-Iughcs, Xssoc. Sf. Insl. C. E. Cn.111, William. Pract~caldes~gning of retaln- I'r~ctical dcs~gn ol' plate girder br~dges. Ing walls, wlth npllenclices on strcsscs In 1020. London. Grima masonry dams. Ed 6, 1010. hT. Y. Van Result of uract~cnlexaerience In rnanufac- Nostrand, 50 cents. Lure .tnd design (omit npplicd mechanics Howe, IM. A. Retalnlng walls fois earth. Ed. and strenglh of materials). 5, 1911. N. Y. Wilep, $1 25 . Burr. W,FI. Elast~cityand reslatance of ma- Panswell. George. Retaining walls, thelr dc- terials. Ed. 0. 1803. N. Y. Wiley, $7.50. sign and construction, 1920 hr. Y. Mc- Castlgllnno, A. Elasllc stresses in structures. Claw, 275 pp. $4. 1919. Van Nostrand, $9. Bulldlng Constructlon. Bulldlngs Church, I. 1'. hIechanics of englneerlng. 1908. I

13Yrn@,Aust~n Thomns. T~eatlseon I11~hw.l~ construction. Ed. S, l9OS. N. P.-\VII&, 8:. Cuodcll, .I 11. Locat~un, const1 uctlor~ and

malntenance of loads.~- -. 1131s~ .. s. Y. Vdn.~- Nostrand, $1.50 JCtl. G, ;:I211 S.,Y, hlcC~;lw,$2.50. Tlllson, Georgc \V Street pavcmcants and IJ~IV~S,14 IWI. 1~:lllffily C'bt~lili~ti's,design, P:lving lmterlals Ed. 2, 1!112. N. Y 11'1- ~lu.lnl~tles,cclslh. l!lli. N. Y. 31cGlnaw, $6. ley. 651 PB., $4. I'lbrlil~ls.J~r.1.. It:llll.O:ld ~EIIIPI;the tllcbory an11 Asphalt ;~~~gllcitLlor~of ti con~~mundtrans~t~on culvth 12l~hdrd60n.Cl~fCord. Xsph 111 constructlon fol bnsed upon 11ill.t~-footcllords. 1!J15. N. Y. 1XIvclnenls and hlghwiys: a ~oclit>lbookfol' \VI~L.Y,mi 1111 , $2 50. mglneots, contracFors und insper.to~.s 1913. Itay~~,onrl,\\' (;. JClcn~unLsof ri~~lroadcngl- N. Y. AlcGraw, $2. nt~crlng IW. 3, 1!117 N. Y Wilcy, $1. Concrete IIXYI~~OII~I,w G. 12a111~0~11nelcl III'LIIU~I for I-Ianson, E. S Concrctc roaJs and pave- clvll cnglnrcrs. 1lIlG. 9. Y. 1Vllcy, $3. mcnts 191.1. (:hit Cement Era, $1 5U. Scnlbles, W. H. Blclll rnglnccriny. Ed. 18, Dust Preventives 1!11!1 N. Y. Wllcy, $3. Hubbard, Prevost Dust preventives and rond Rhunii, 1'1'. I$ Field engineer Ed. 21, 1018. blncle~s, 1910 N. Y. W~lry,416 pp., $3. N. Y. V.1n Nostrand, $2.50. Wclllngton Arthur XIellcn. Economlc thcory HYDROLOGY-HYDRAULICS of the loc~ltlon of rallwr~yh. Etl 6, 1020. N. Y. Wilcy, $5. General Constructlon and Maintenance Alead, D 1V. Hydrology. 1919. N. Y. Nc- Camp, 7ValLcr Nusm. Notes on traclc, con- Omw, $5. stwct~onr~nd nialntenance. Ed. 2, 1!101. Mcrl*iman, llansfleld. T~catlseon livd~'aul~cs Auburr~Parlc, Cl~lc~iig'o,'rllc Author. 1912. N. Y 1Viley. C:~xn(lall, Charles Lcc. Ilailroad conat!uctlon. 1913 N. P. McGrnw, 321 pp. $3. DAMS AND RESERVOIRS Crmlclall, 13. V Track labnr cost data. 1920 Chicugo, The .lulhor, 14 E. Jacltaon Bonle- General Bl~gh,W. G Dams and weirs. 1015. Chlc. vard, $P.iiO. Arner. Techn~cnlSociety, $1.50. Tl*atlntm, E. E. R. Railway trnclc and traclc Creagw, I\' P., 11, Am Soc. C E. Engi- work IM. 3 190s. N. Y. Eng. News, $3.50, neerlng for masonry clams. 1917. N. Y. Webb,i~altc~~'~orlng. Railroad constructlon. \VIley, 237 pp., $2 50. Ecl, 6, i!117 N, Y, Wlky, $at. Sral~uyl~*~.,.I. D Reservolrs for irl'lgatlon, Tunnels and Tunneling Subways w.~te~~-gowcrand domestic water su~~ply. Gilbert, G. H Luclus I Wlghtlnnn and VI 1,. llCd 2 1008. N. Y AVlley, $G. Saundcrs. Subways and tunncls of Ncw Wegm:vnn, E, Design and construct~on of York, mcthotls and costs. 1012. N. Y WI- dnnis. Ed. 6, 1018. N. Y Wlley, )G. Icy, $4. Lauchli, Eugene, Tunneling. 1915. N. Y McGrnw, 238 up. $3. WATERWAYS Prcllnl, Chorlrs. Tunncllng. Ed. G, 1012 Coast Eroslon and Protection hr. Y. Vnn Noslrnnd, 53. Cdt'ey, A. E., and F. W. Oliver. Tidal Inllds: Ralts a studv of shore oroblcms. 1019 London Sellcw, W.11. Stccl mils. 1913. N. Y. Van I3lackie and -son, $5. Nostrand. $15.60. Case, Gerald Otley Coast sand dunes, sand Yards and ~er'mlnals sp~tsand sand wastes, 1914 I~ondon, St Crnndall, 13. 5'. Tcrnunnl cost dntn, 1919 L31,ide's Press. Railwriy Nducntional Pl'css. $2 50. hia,tthews, E R. Coast eroslon and protec- Tlroege, John A. Frc~ght tcrmlnnls, 1912. tion. 1913 London. Griffin, $3.50. N. Y. hTcGraw, $5. Dredges and Dredging Locomotlves I'relmi, Charles. Dredges and dredglng 1911. ..lrncrlcnn Rma~lwny Nnslcr hTcchan1c.s Assoc. N. Y. Van Nostrand, $3. 1,ocomotlve dlctlonnry and cyclo~~cdia.Ed. Sargennt, 3. W. Centr~fugalpumgs and suc- 5. Slmmons-not~rclll~nn,$10, tlon drcdgcs. Ed. 2, 1918. I'hll. Lippincott, Rolllnp Stock $3 25 (hlachincry for doflts. etc.). Cnr bu~lder'sclictlonnry. Ed. 8, 191G. N. Y. S~mon.F Lestcl. Dredg~ngenglneerlng. 191'0 Slmmc~ns-Roinc11na11,. $4. . N. Y. JlcGmw, $2.:0. Opnratlon. Rlvers I-Talnrs. R, P, M. Am, Roc. C, E. Eficlrnt Hoyt, John Claylon, and N C. Grover R~ver rn11w11v oncrntlon. 1919, N Y, 3rflcnillla~n cl~scharge Ed 4. 1916 N. Y. Wlley. $2. 7o!1 pl;, $1 Thomas, 13. F' , nnd D A. Watt. Improvem~nt Slgnals and Slgnallng of rlvcrs. Ed. 2, 1913. N. Y. W~ley,$7 50. Anderson, J. Elrrtrlc locltlng. 101s. N. Y 2 v0ls. Slmmons-Roar(lman, $2 Van Ornum, J. L, Regulation of rivers. 1911. XT STcf'ready, 1-1 Alt~srnatingcurrent signallnk Y A~PCITLW.-.. - - . - .. , 64? - Ed 3. 1919. Sw~ssvnle,Pa. TTnlon Swltcll ~loddsand Flood Control und Slgnnl Co $3. .\lvord, J W , ancl C B. Ru~dlcli. Rellef fl'oln floods 1915 N. Y. McGraw, $2 Canals Goethals, George W., Ed Fnnalnn canal 191G. N, Y. 3IcGraw, 2 vols., $7 50 Harbors ,I:unn~ngham,RI ysson Treatise on the prin- clples and pmdces of harbor englncerlng. Ed. 2, 191R. London. GrlMn, $7 50. Greenc, Carleton. Urha~,\'esand picrs, th~ir a~slrn.construcllon and equipment. 1017. HIGHWAYS Y-Y~~' hfc~raw, $3. MacElwee, Roy 8. Ports and terminal facil- General ftles. 1918. N. Y JicGram, $3. no,lter. I. O Treqtlse on roads and pave- Shle'd, Wlllram. princlnles and practlce of ments. Ed 3, 1918. N. Y. \TrIIey, $4.60. harbor construction 1910 N. Y. Long- Rlanohnrd, A T-T. American hlghyay engi- mans, $5. neers' handbook. 1019. N. Y. 1Tr~1ey,15. 30 SPECIAL L IBRARIES February, 192 1

WATER POWER General LIcatl, U. W. 1Ir:&r powcr cnglnecr~ng. 1915. N. Y 55. Turbines '-. SANITATION GelDke, V~litorand A. H Van Clcve. EIY- General draulic turbines. 1911, N. Y. XcGraw. $4. Folwell 4. P. Nunic~pnlcng~ncct,ing. 1010. N. Y.' \Vllcv. 422 PB.,$3.50. WATER SUPPLY General I'allier, Philip A hlorley. Control of water as ap~llcdto irrigation, powcr and town Water . . supply purDoses. 1913 N. Y Vdn Nos- Dralnage traiid. $5. IClllott, 12. C:. Englneerir~gfor land clra~nngc Water-Works ~d,3, i!11!1. Wilcy, $2 50. Funnlng, J. I. I-IJ draul~c.md water su~~ly XIurphy, U IV. Urainagc cnglnccl lng. 1920 englncering. N. Y. Vun Nostrand. N. Y. XcGrtlw, 178 pl)., $2.50 Flinn, A I)., R,.S. Weston cmtl C. L. Bogert. sewerage \Vatelworlcs hnndbook. 1918. N. P. Mc- r'ol\r.c.ll, .\ P Scwerngc. ICd. S, 191s. A'. P. Graw. %li. Wllcy, $8. ~olwe~i:A;P. TVatcr-supply enginccrlng. Ed. ~Ielcitlf, IAvr)nard, 1m11 1tdrr1so11 1'. EdlIy, 3, 1317. N. Y. Wllep, $3 SO. ,\rncrrc:m srswcragu ~~raclicu.1915, N. Y. RTnson, W. P. Water sul)ply. Ed. 4, 1916. AlcOraw, 3 vols., $15. N. Y. Wiley, $3.75. f-)g~l(~11,Henry N. Scwcr (:onstrucllon. 191s. Turnenurc, F. E., and EI J, liussell. Public N. Y IVilev. water-supplies. Ed. 3, 1!~09. N Y \Iriley, sewi&-~~spotiai' $5. Fuller, George W. Scwagt. dlsposnl, 1912. uY water for mrctcr supply. 1918. \2'lley, N. Y, hlcC:raw, $0. Of water for water supply. 1918. 5. Y Ge~hnrtl,\V. 1'. L)lsgos:ll of household wastP9 Van Nostiand, $5. Ed 3. 1915. S. Y. Van Sosl~und. \Vhltc, Lnzt~rus. Catslclll nater SUPIJIY of ICershnw, C:. T3erLrnm. hTotlern mrthods of scwngc pu~lfic,itlon. 1011. London, Gr1111r1. New Yorlc CI~Y.- 1913. M. Y. Wile>,.. SG.. Water Analysis Sewage pu~~llc:~t~onnnrl c11~pos:~I.1!)15. $3.75, American Pubhc Health Assoc , Labor~~.LOr~ l'utnanl. Scction Standmd methods for the esam- Klnnlcutt, L P., uncl oth~rtr. S?wagc dis11os:ll. nation of wnte~an.d sewage 1Bd. 1, 1020. ICd. 2, l!ll!l. N, Y, W!lcy, $4, Boston. The Assoclntlon. lG9 Xlasslchusctls Rldcnl, Siuuucl. Sew:lgc :Inel llrrn bnctcrini Ave., $1 25, pur~fic:ltion of scw:~gc. Ed. 3, 1906. N. Water -Purlflcatlon \VllCP. $4. IJori, John, :uid .John Chiaholm. Alodcrn rnelh- Refuse disposal ods of water purrflcation. 1911. I~ondon Capes, W, P , anel J I). C;1.i.pcntcr. IIunlc'111 11 Arnold, $4.20 house-clenn~ng. 1IIIS. N. Y. Dutton, $0. I3llms, Joscph \Ir. Water purificatwn 1917. hfatthewu, E. R JicTusc dlsl~osnl. 1015. lJ1lil. N. Y. AIcGraw, $5. Lippincott, $2 Hazen, Allen Filtration or pubi~cwater sup- EIerrlng. Rudolph, and S. A. Grcc~lcy. Collec- plies. 1000. N. Y tion and disnosr~lof hf~~nl~~lwtlw;rstcs. 1!121. Stein, hI F. \Vatel- purlHcat~on plants and - . . ------. . thelr operntion. 1M. 2, 1920. hT. P ITlley, Publlc Health 33 Parltes, Louts C., :md IT. It Krnwnntl. FIy- watk;: Rates g1e111~;~nd pulrllr I~c:lltIi lF(1 6, 1!117. Phil Hazen, A. XIrtcr rates for wrrter worlcs, 191S. N. Y. miles.. ~2.3~ Fly and ~osquitoSuppresslon lrrlgatlon T,c Prlncc, Josepl~ .\., nnrl .\. .T Orc11strI11. I)uv!s, A. P., and EI. 31. W~lson. Iir~g~lt~or~ AIostlu~to control in 1'11nn1nrt: llic CI ntl!r,;~- eng~neering. 1919 N. Y. TVlley, $4 50 tlon of nialarm and ycllow fcvcr In cull:^ Etchcrerry, B. A. Irrlgittion ~ractlceand en- nnd l'unnrna. 1916. N. Y. T'utnrim, $?.Ln. ginecrlng. 1015. N. Y. RlcQraw. 3 vols , 49.SO. PARK ENGINEERING Haycling, S. T. Operation and maintenance or irrigat~onsystems. 1017. N. Y. Mc- Gram, 271 BP., $2 50. Libraries Aid in Educating China C. TAI, Llbrarian of TEiing Hua College. IJnder this title Mr. Tai most attractively within Itsel1 the seed of grlccess, is sho>vi~ ~~rescntsthc p~esent library situation in by the progress it has ~nadein SIX short Chlna in the February number of the Trans- years, years of troublc untl doul~lthe wo~~ltl PRC~~IC.China has sent four students to over. In the summer of 1920 the flrril American library schools since 1914, and library summer school of China was he111 these young men have now become the I11 Llie Peltin High Normal College. The leaclers of this new nlovenlent for the scien- enrollment numbered 78, 69 mcll and 9 tific management of libraries The move- women. ment originated, hz1r. Tai tells us, in 1914, The Tsing Hua Library took the lead in the thircl year of the Republic. That it is a forming a Pekln Library Association in thoroughly healthy movement, holding 1918. Under the ausplces oP this Associn- Pel)ruary, 182 1 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 3 1 tiori a system of inter-l~bruryloans has becn elected in the autumn of 3020 iultl it [H introdncetl, and hTr. Tni comment? on the pldnnc'd to hold thc first cmr~lerc>ncc!in the spirit ol co-operat1011 wl~icl~now exists summer oC 1921. Mr. Tai's article is ILL- anlong the l~bmriar~sof the city. Seeing the tractirely jlluslratefl with % 1)icluro oi' thl' need of more modern libraries in China, a students attending the first Sulllnlcr SC~(JO~, qroul) of libl'arinns 2nd educt~torsin Peliin interiors of various pul~liclib~'ni*ies, :uld IL is now orgi~nixingn Chinese 1,ibrnry Asso- cornel. of the children's rentlir~gPOD111 Of thcl cfntlou. An organizing coln~nittee was Frec l'ublic library, W~sl.City, I'clii~l.

The Old Colony Book Shelf

nusiness 111 all its phases is assuming lal'ger lwoportions and ef iciently conduclod I~usinessis tacing grcat l)ossibilities. 'l'liose who I~vcstudied business condi- tlons agree that competit~onIS to become exceedingly Ireen and new idcas ancl nleans of n~ultiglylng the dollar wlll be sought Orlhorlox~snlmill receive rude jolts 111 this new er;l. The nsslniilation of new ideas w~llbe necessary to maintain the new pace 11y those not sat~sActlwith mcdiocrity-and these ideas arc to be fouild in thc business books ol today. The new interest iu commerce and ~ndr~s- try 1s responsible for the great amount of 1)uslness literature now conling from thc presses of American l~ublisliinghouses, ailil hen, too, newly discovered authors have set down business iixts in a new and inter- c~stiugnianner. The liiissioll of the business book of today Is that 01 a clearing 11onse for better bnsi- lies practice. It represents in the grenc major~tyoC cnscs the concentrated records of those who have made the text nlalter a life study; representing an allogethcr new phase in lnotlern literature ruld nlarlcs thc turning po~ntin what hs~sherelolore becn considered purely technical reading. A large number of very prtlctical and vai- uable books are coming from educnlional m~titutionsand schools cond~~clingcorre- spondence courscs in bnsiness, and well as leaders in industllnl engineering and scien- t~flcmanagement. The range 1s lrom Gen- eral Business Subjecls to specialized texl, such as. Commerce, Coats, Finance, Boolc- Iteeping, Factory Orgamxation ancl Manage- ment, Oficc Practice, Advertising Salesman- ship, Retail Trade and Sgecialty Unes; In- surance, Esports and 1ml)orls; volunles deal- ing with efficieucies in every conceivable line; inspirational works and a number of special volumes. Apropos to this influx of business litera- ture ls comnlent me have heard on its true SPECIAL LZBRARZEi3 Fel.rnary, 19.21 A Company Traveling Library

On December 28 the departnlent of in- out only to Midwest employes or their fam- dustr~al relations sent out on their first ihes and under certain simple rnlps :ind tril) to the seven field go~ntsof the corn- regulations. pall) the system of Midwest traveling lli~ra- Each library will remain at each camp lies. Tiicre are seven of these ~~i~rari~s:tnrl for a period of two months, when it will they are designed to circle among the fol- be sent on to the next camp and n liew one lowing points: Salt Creek Home Camp, take its place at the old station. Conse- Salt Creek Gas Plant, Tcapot Station, Big quently, within n period of fourteen months Muddy, Osage, Ell; Basin m~dGrass Crecli. all camps will have had the entire librxry There are approsimt~tely fiCty boolis 111 system. At the end of that fourteen each library, selected from the very besf. months new boolis will be put illto standard Rction and the very latest current the libraries and the department of f!ct~on, n selection 01 biographies, lustor~es inclustrial relations will endeavor at all ant1 1j00Iis on travel, and a selection of times to keep the libraries strictly boolts on geology with special reference to 1111 to clilte. We sincerely hope that the petroleunl industry. In s short me it the fullest use will be made of these boolts is plunned to add a certain number of bnolts 11)y the men in the different camps, We on field ant1 lletroleunl engmewing, and nl hope also that every employe will co-operate (11tiele11ttimes additions will be made to with ns by observing the simple rnles which th~scl~lmrles so as to keep them 1111 to have been laid down to govern the issunnce clilte ant1 of the niaxinlum amount of iuter of boolts. est to the nlen in these camps. Inc~clentally In every volume will be found a printed me should add that each Ilbrary contains slil), calling for an expression from tho two or more boolts of special interest to rc~deras to the kind of boolcs he likes and thc cl~ildren,and we s~ncerelyhope that the lor suggesLions for the improvement of the Midwest juniors will take advantage ol 1ir:ries We trust that every bor- these boolts being in the libraries. rower will talie occasion to fill out The boolts were sent out in strong, well these slips and send them in to us so that made cases golten out by the field con- we can have an idea of the kind of reading struction departn~ent. Each library will be Son like. Suggestions and criticisms will in charge 01 the chief clerk at each camp, be favorably received nt all times.-(From ;uld in order to preserve the proper sort of The Jlidwest Rev~ew,Jan., 1921, issued bj circulating s~stemthe boolis will be let the Midwest Rellnery Co., Casper, Wyo.) ...... Organisation du Travail Intellectuel 1.c conseil tlc la Socl6t.k des nations n Sesseurs de tons les pays sont organises cxaminr5 cc mnliu la qucstion cle l'orgnn~sa- thnqne nnn6e en vne de parachever ];I tinn du 11;~vailintellectnel et ptu'Liculi6re- formnlion des 616ves par I'dtude tles aspects ment celle du t16veloppe1urnt tle la co-opdra- internationa~~xde tontes les grandes ques- tion intcrn:~tionale clam le domnine ~ntel- tions. Un projet d'11nlversit6 ~nternnlionale ler tnel avait Bt6 pr8sente la. SociBtk des nations IJIUnion des assoc'tltions intesnationnles, nu debut de 1920. D'aotre part, 1111 crbrlit osganisstion qul a gronp6 nn gl3;~nrlnombre avuit 6t6 accorde par le conseil ile la So- rle soci6tes tle tous les pays et qui se pro- c1St4 des nations a l'union des associations pose cle ccntral'ser et de faire ronnait~~e internaLionales pour couvrir les fnis d'1111- tontes les manifestations de la vie intel- pression du ((Cocle des voeux et r6solutions lectuel (Inns le montle, nvt~itpr6sent6 un tles congi*Bs internationaux,), comprenant les crrta~nnoml~re de voeux. Cette soc16t6 a d6cisions prises dans les ::,000 sessions qne 1,6u11iB 13rr1xellcs (livers 6stal~l1sse1nentsin- les gt.onpements internationaux ont tenucs Icrn;~tionalix,tels qne 1'Institut international xu cours des 75 den16res annkes. de l~il)l~ograpllleet de doc~unentation,la TTne ri.solution, volee par l'assem1)lke cle Bil~liothSq~~ecollective inlernationale et les la SociOt6 cles nations, tenuc ?iGenBve, n ap- archives doclu~l~elntaires,le mns6e interna- pronve I'alcle que le conseil a don118 jnsqu'a tional, les offices dcs grandes associatio~ls prQsent a certaines organisations priv8es; internationales; elle y a ajout8, en sep- elle I'a invite ii suivre avec une bienveillante tembra dernier, une universlt6 interna- attent on les travaux actuellement en cours tionale ofi un ensemble de cours et cle con- pour developper la coop4ration interna- f6rences faits par des savants et des gro- tionale dans le domaine intellectuel et SPECIAL LIBRARIES

A Suggestion for Making our Scientific Publications More Useful and our Post-Offices a Center of Information By HERDMAN F. CLELAND It is evident to all persons who have when tlie writer stopped off to stud\' them Ll~oaghtnl~ont the matter th~tom. fetlerdl he found thal nr] I'ollo wt'as :rv:~ilnble and, arid stale scicnliflc pnl~lict~tlonsare not :~b as f;u' as he conltl learn, no one in Llle reyioti n idols me.1 or ;is well Iwown ns itwir great owned ,I cops. At Ardmore, Oltln , he value to Ihc pul)lir. warrants. There are inro wished lo consnlt the geolo~icnlliterature ]~rincipalre:tsons for this: first, becnuse it of the region and round Lhat tlie Catmeale is diWcult to ~rom~tlyol~tain them nnrl, sec- 1,ibmry has neither thc p~~bl~c~ationsof its ond, because con1i)arntlvely fc~people Itnow own statc nor the ~sccllcntUnited StaLes GI tlle:r existence as the goverlinlent has Geological Survey ProCess~onalpaper of the l'o11nc1 no effective way of aclvertlsing them. reg1on. Mnny sini~larinstances could ;)c S;)@rtslnenant1 scicntists, for exnmple, I've- cited. rlncntly hnd Lhnt the guides of a rcaion of The biological and bottrnical publications which an excellent topogrt~phic map 11:~s are erlually inaccessible. TIIP archeolosicn~ I.aen made 1)y the government are not aware ~)ublications cleal~ng wiLli the Cliff Dwell- al' Lhe existence of the map although it ings, the prehistoric ru;ns of New Mex~co woultl be d great value to them in the~r and Arizona, the Yo~uncl Bullders of Ohio, u'orlc. I1 is ~~erhapsconservative to say tll:~~and elsewhere might nlnwst ns well never nvst antomobilists (lo not even linow what hitve lrcen pul;lished as far as their uscful- to11ogra~h:cnlnps ttre, and that, when they ness to Ihe visitor who llns not h-ad tme to (10 know, they can not obtain tllem unless secure illenl from Washinston is conrernea. their Lour is ~lannctllong in advnnce. The The only justification for this stat? t)f writr htw never but once secn a togo- affn'rs is that one can ol~ttl~nthe govern- graplAc mai, in the home of a farmer, not- men1 publications in Wi~aslmgton and the wilhstiu~dingthe fact that it moulrl be n state p111)lications at tlie state capitols by source of great pleasure and prolit to him. wriling for them; but it shoulc1 always hr? If n publishing house had issued maps of added "if one has the time lo wait for them " F~IIC~excellet~ce ~t wonltl 11nve expended The writer proposes two remedies: thousnnrls of dollars in adve~~tislngthen1 so 1 That every first, second, and third class that, if possible, every home n~ghthave a post-ofice shall be providcd with a f~~tlmed. map of its own neigl~l~orhootl.As a matter printed list of the federal and state pnhlica- ol' CncL the expense of pn1)lishing these tions which deal with the region in which it maI)s is so great that no private concern is situated as well as of historical and otller c~111ilInnlie them for sale at a profit. p1111l:cationsof local interest. It is, perhaps, Nevertheless. t~fler they have been pub- eltident that IC ~t became generally lin0l5'1l lished, no effort is made to let the people that every flrst, second, and third class posl- whose taxes pnid for them learn of them cmce conlained such u, list of gubllrations m~dof tlie~rvt~lue. the traveler and resiclent in search of infor- A few cxan~plesfrom thc writer's expcrl- n~ationwonlrl immediately go to the post- ence-which can be duplicated by ninny pcr- oflice Lo consult lhe list sons-will illustrate the chnrncteristic inac- 2. The second suggestion is that every ressibility of our Fecleral anrl slale ~ul~lica-postmaster shall have on sale all of tilt. tions. Many tinies he has wnterl the topo- federal and state pnbl~cations on the ex- graphic maps of a legion bnt was unable ,o hibite(1 11st. ol~tninthem becnuso he conld not wait nntll 111 order to put this suggestion In prnc- he received them from SVashington. At tical form the wr~terprepared the follow- Zion National Park Ut~h,this past summer ing l~stfor his home town: not only were no topographic maps for sale, Publications on Wllilamstown and Viclnlty but none could be consulted. At Uvalde, Maps , there are some interesting volcanlc The Greylock, Bennington, Berlin, and necks which are mapped and described in B Wilmington topographic maps published by Unitecl States Geological Survey Folio but the United Stntes Geological Survey. Show 3 4 SPECIAL LTBRARIB~ February, 19~i the locaLion oC roads, streams, honses, and limn are on an adjoining bulletm boarcl The elevations. On eslnbilion ancl for sale here. bulletins on these lists are published by the Un~ted States Deparl~llenlol' Agriculture, Local History the I\lassachr~settsAgricultural Esyeri~uent "Origins in Willian~stown," by Professor Stat~onat Amherst; the Now Yorlc State A, L. Perry. An account of the early history Agricultuml Experiment Station at Ithaca, of the Norlhcrn Berlcsl~ires. Can l~econ- ancl the Connecticut Agricultural Esperi- ,solteil in the Village and College Libraries. ment Station at Storrs. "9 History or SYillinins College," by Pro- fessor L W. Sprlng, d history oC the local Collections and Objects of Local Interest collcge from its Coundation to 1916. Can be consultetl in the Village and College Li- The sworcl and othcr personal property ol' braries. Ephmim Williams, the founder of Williams "Boyhoocl Reminiscences," by ICeyes Dan- College. In the College Library forth. Published in 1805, An interesting Colleatio~~sof' local rocks ant1 other eu- :iccount of the honses, people, and customs hibits. 111 the Geological Museum, Clarlr of the time. Can bo corlsulteii in Llle Village Hall. and College I~il~~m'ies. Missioii Monument, Mission Parlc. Block House Mwrlier, West Mali1 Street, Geology on the property ol' the KaPDa hlplla liouse. "Tmon~c Physiography," by T. Nelson Dale, U. S. Geological Survey Rnlletin 272 The desirability of such a list in every Conta~nsexcellent descript~onsand expla- post-office in the land beconles grealer t~s nutions of the scenery of the Berkshires. automobile travel beconles more general. Can be consulted in the Village and College (In one state there is, on an average, onc 1,ibraries. auloinobile tor every six ~)essons.)Farmers, "Geology of thc Green Mountains," 1)y who, a lew years ago, selcloin went furtlier Puinpelly, Wolle and Dale. United States than their nearest town now go muny nliles Geological Survey Monograph XXIII. Con- in their nutomol~iles. Whcn they reach a tains a technical cliscuss~onof Lhe geology town new to them they want to see what- ol Lhe region. Can be consultecl in the Vil- ever is of interest. If all auton~obilistsand lage arid College Jdbrnries. other travelers knew a list such as the "Fiu;~l Report of the Geology of Massa- above coulrl be found in the yost-office they chnsetts, 1841," by Edward H~tchcoclc. In- would first go there for informatiop. teresting chielly from a historical point of There is another important roason why vlew. Can he consolted In the College Li- such lists should be on exhibition in post- brary. oftlces. It is very desirable that some per- Zoology son or persons in every community should "Blrds of h'cw Yorh," by E. H. Eaton know what has been written about their New Yorlc State h111semn Memoir 12. Illns- region. If those government anrl state gub- trates, with 106 colorecl ~,laLes, the birds ol' lications pertaining to a region were listed New Yoslc and New England. Can be con- and on sale at the post-oflices, the gost- sulted in the College Library. masters and their assistants would Itnow "Useful Birds ruid their Protection," Ed- about them and through them this lcnowl- ward 1-1. For1)ush. Massachusetts Bureau edge, which at present is confined to com- ot Agricn!tulSr. An illustrated and interest- paratively few, woul(1 be disseminated. ing book on the birds or the state. Contains All this could be accomplished if congrcss I~riefclescrigtions of the more common birds should pass the following laws: and accounts of thew Coocl nnd habits. Can 1. A law ordering the exhibition of n, list 11e consultetl in the Village and College of the publications pertaining to the region Libraries. 111 which the post-office is situtlterl, ol some- Botany what the same characLer as that lor TV11- liamstown, Massachusetts. "Wild Flowers of New Yorlc," by H. D. 2. A law ordering the scientific bureaus to House. New Pork State hfuseum Memoir send to each flrst, second and thircl class 15. Illustrated with many admirable colored post-office all of the government pul~licn- l~lates, As the New Yorlc anrl New England tions of local interest, and directing the species are lor Ihe most part identicul this postmasters to offer them for sale. volume Is as valuable for Williarnstown as 3. A law orclering that state publications for New Yorlc. Can be consulted in the Col- be offered for sale by the postmasters if lege Library. the state legislatures so direct, "Bog Trotting for Orchids," Grace Grey- It is hoped that all scientists and others loclc Niles. A popular clescription of the interested will write to their congressmen lands ancl habits of orchids in this region. urging the enactmenl of such a law as that Can be consultecl in the Village and College outlined above so that our excellent govern- Libraries. ment and state publications may beconlo Agriculture better known and so that our post-omces Lists of publications of great practical may become centers of greater usefulness.-- use to the farmer, stoclrman and poultry- (Reprinted from "Science," Feb. 26, 1921.) February, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 35

SpecialA Libraries ADELAIDE R. HASSE, Editor Council of National Defense Washington, D. C. ASSOCIATE EDITORS Claribel R. Barnett Ella &I. Genung Mary A. Pillsbury Mary B. Day Edward D. Greenman Edward H. Redstone

Published Monthly except Julv and August at 20 Vesev Street, New Yorlr N. Y. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New Yorli, N. P Acceptance for mailing at the sgecinl rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized June 10, 1919. Rates: 84.00 a year: single copies 50 cents. Checks lor dues and subscriptions should he made out to the Association and mailed to Miss Margaret C. Wells, Asst. Sec'y-Treasurer, care Americnn Internationnl Corpora- tion. 120 Broadwav, New York Cftv. EDITORIALS SWAMPSCOTT 1921 SWAMPSCOTT 3 6 SPECIAL LZBRAIzlEB February, 1921

S WAMPSCOTT 192 1 SWAMPSCOTT --- COLLECTIVE CO-OPERATION

ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

A meeting of the Executive Board of the will be taken 1711 hsther with the meinher- Speclal Libraries Association was held on ship. , 1921, in the Xunicipal Reterence The report on the membership drive was 1-ibrary of New Yorl; City. The following satisfactory. Many new members are join- memkcrs were present, the President of the ing. The spirit of member-getting is spreaA- Association, Mr. Hyde, Misses Carabin, ing to special grou~s. Notable in this worlr Hemphill, L~ebmann and Mr. Redstone. is that done by Mr. Armistead and Miss hlltj~Rebecca B. Ranliin, Librarian of the Alexander. In connection with the member- M~~nicipalReference Library, was present ship drive, the question of the relationship by special invitation. The matter of local of the A. L. A. ancl the S. L. A, membersh'p organix:~tion was brought up and il mas drives was discussecl, and the Execulive voted that the membershig clause of the Board went on record as favoring close co- Constitution be so ~nterpi~etetlas to n~altc operutloll wherever feasible, to the end thaL possible affiliation with a local organization the best interests of the library pr~~fession by permitting each member of the local as- as a whole might be advanced sociation joining the National Co make a de- The big subject discussed was the pro- duction of dues in the National not to ex- gram of the Swampscott meeting in coniunc- reed $1.00, such sutn to be used for the pro- tion with the A. L. A. The A. L. A, wilI motion of the work of the local association. nlect fsom ,June 20 to 27, the S. I,, A. from h reporl was mado on the returns of the June 20-25 It was decicled to have onu cucationn:~irereplies to the effect thnt they open session each day, in addition to group furnished not only interesting basic infor- meetings. An atlractive program is being mation of the worlr done by members of the planned, and there is every inducement thxL Associ~tion.but information which will be all members should malrc the effort to be of great value in determining Associalio~~ present. ~~olicy.The results of the qnestionnaire

One Hundred Years of American Foreign Trade ITnder this heading 11. DeRichep Cain re- Considering the many collateral govrrnnlent views the outhtancling re:~tnresof An~erlca's reports on foreign trade, the clistinei~ishecl foreim trade, 1821-1821, in "Com~nerceRe- names apociated with the origin oC tlleae l~orts,"of March 16, 1921, 11. 1482 passim. reports, as well as wlth the later issucu, This year, then, (loses the centennary of the occasion scenls a Trultfnl one Tor the continuous ~~~l~l~cation01' the annoal volu~~~eaml~ltious historical bibliographer. now lznoivn as "Colnnlerre and Savigation." February, 192 1 SPECIAL LIBRARIE8 3 7 SPECIAL LIBRARY FIELD DOINGS I

ITnder the aus1)ices of the Library Divi- 1 0) [I, IJbrar~t~n,Kentucky Wesleyan Col. slon of the State Board of Education of lege, n'inchester, Icy. Rllotle Island, a series of lectures a11(1'con- I'e~wweswas held nt tho Rhotle Islan(1 Col- The following story of the intention of lege of Education, Providence, in Xovember the Ulliversity of Michigan to place a tecll- 1mt1 December of 1920. nical 1il1r:lry at the disposal of ~~i~hi'~a~~ 1x1 November Niss Clara Hunt, of the hIanufacturers, nppeuretl in the Detroit Free 13roolilyn Pul~lic Library, was the chief Press of January 29, 1921: spealccr, Miss Hunt's address ~vnson "Our "On Februxry 1 n cud mill be n~nlletl to Children's Reading and Ainerlca Tomorrow." each JIichisan manufacturer, notifying hnn The second lecture in the series occurred that the University of Miclugan, through its on December 8, Mr. MncGregor Jenkins, dep:irtment of englneering research, is ready l)ublisher of the Allantic Monthly, gave an to furnish technical literature which, if address on "Literature with a large 'L"'. used advisedly, mill aid, in whatever branch Duising his atldress, which was interspersed of nlanufacturing he is engaged, to solve the with rare liumor, Mr. Jenkins said, "One of ~rol)lemswhich confront him. my theorics about libraries ant1 scllools is "This will be the first slep the clepart- that their iisefulness incretms just in pro- men1 of engineering research has taken to 11orL1on to the closeness of contact which bring before the manufacturing public the they can mnlce with human life and experi- Iacilitles at the University of Xichipan. ence. When they can be t:~ken as points of Business conditions havc been such that it dcpartnre for useful and far-reaching en- has seemed inndvisable to push the work dct~vol~s,they justify then~selves vastly of the depa~t~nentBut the proposed library more than if Lhey are mere repositories for service is one w111ch can Be rendered with- boolts or mere forcings for young minds." out great initial expense on the part of the miversity, antl with appreciably no expense The yew '1920 of the Scovill Manufactnr- to the manufacturer. ing Co., TLTaterbury, Conn., closed with the ,'It is believed that the use of this service library work oC the Company steadily In- mill make it possible for mannfacturers to creming The librarian, Miss Edith Phaill, save large s~uinsthrough the el~n~inationof reports ln the Conlpany's Bnlletin for Janu- tlupl'cation of experimental and resedllch ary-Fel~ruary,1921, that the circulation of ~orli. All the n~nnufacturerneeds to do, boolts, magaxlnes, trade catalogues, transac- when he wants information upon a technical tions, reports, etc. for 1920 was 21,790, an subject, which his local library may not incrensc of 8802 over 1919. The reference have, is to order through his library, or questio~isanswered for 1920 were 3444, nu write direct to the clepal~tmentof engineer- increase of 925 over 1919. Miss Phaill, in ing research at the university, antl make n urging a still greater use of this special request for the technical boolts or periodl- library, says: "Many persons have thought cals which he wants and which are available thnl the Inagamncs are sent to each person for c~rcnlntion. These boolts will be fur- to be Iccpt three days. If the men want to njshed for two weeks, with time extension take thcln hollle (luring that pcriod there priv~leges,and the only charge to the bor- is no reason why they should not. The rower will be the transportation charges. serious business depression of the present Bibliograph~es, abstracts, technical digests, moment is not golng to last forever. The translations and l~hotostnt yrlnts mill be ti~neto prepare for the next busy season is furnished nt a nominal charge. at hand. Keel) up with the latest magazlnes "The photostat service IS particularly em- on the subject of the work in which you al'e phasized, since by this lueans one can outnin engaged. Rend the best books on the same @:.act copics of pagers, lnbles and charts. su1)jcct. The Idbrary slands ready to aid which mav be contained in boolts or peri- in the preparation for the busy time to od csls, but x::hicli, becaose they only occupy come. Po your reading now ant1 wo1'1tins one or two pages in the boolts or periodicals later." tsender it lnadvisnble to buy the book or At the District Meeting of Kentucky Li- periodicnl, or even to ship the whole pub- I~rarians,which was held at Frmkfort on lication for the sake of the exnnlination of Feb. 17, 1921, the following subjects related the one or two pages. to sgecial library work were discussed, viz., "In colnmenting on the aid such technlcnl "Malting the Most of Magazine Material," i~oolis;~nd niagt~zines may be to the inann- by Mary Hiss, Assistant, I

College, Fort ~ollins,Colo, will be held June trial and personal ramiflcations." The G to July 22. Among the subjects of interest writer then refers to a method adopted by Lo sl)eci:rl libstu'ians in this course are: the public library of Blaclrburn, where he Docunlents, four lectures by Miss Cilarlotte was shown a handy list of boobs in the A. Baker, Librarian, Colorado Agricultural le!iding ancl reference departments on the College; Piling, Indexing and Business Pro- cotto11 intlnstry. Roughly this list contains rctlnrc, five lectures by Miss Irene Warren, the names of some 200 morlcs, clealing with Director Chicago School of Filing; and the raw material, various sections of spin- Business Filing and Indexing, slx lectures ning mcl illan~facture,designing, weaving; by Miss Warren. sleaming, calculations, history, etc. The The Kent ncky Manutacturers' Association, Blnclrburn librarian having presented the in its Weelrly I3ulletin No. 36, , writer with n pamphlet copy of this list, 1921, conments on the excellent service Iwres him still in doubt "whether we (he) be~iigprovided by Miss Fannie C. Rawson, could get from them any details about those Sec rctary oi' lhe Kcntuclzy L~brnryCommie- clramalic incidents of depression, strikes and sion, iu the malter of a state-wide loan riots that blackened the town and district service to worlcer-students. Loans arc made in 1877 and 1878. The social and labor side to individual borrowers upon receipt of sig- of the industry does not hold a too promi- nature to an agreeinent card. Carriage is nent place in boolcs, and in too many cases paid by tho borrower. The collection covers has elther not been 'written up' at all, or all those subjects which are of special i11- the local narrations have been lost to pos- LC~I'PSL to inen 111 industrial plants. terity We lrnow that much of it, but not too nlncll, is 3buricd in the flles oL old nems- Under Lhe caption "Cotton BOOlis in Pub- papers. Is it not possible to snend a little lic I.dl)rt~~hs,"the Textile Mercury of Lon- of the annual interest which will be clue dn~i,oC January 82, 1081, prints a long article frorn the cotton control funds in bringing nrlilcli we snnimarixe as follows: Perhaps all this to light and serving it up in read- 1he:'c is no industry in the world whicll is able volumes for the lrnowledge of coming w~lLlcnnl~out so widely as that devoted to generations, and, in fact, for the world'? If I ~uiululactureol cotton goods. Reference we wwe ns keen investigators of social and is n1:~rlc to the fact that the thirty-mile economic history as we ouglit to be, there ilrCiL 01 JIni~cl~eslei',England, contains the would be less hesitation in respect to Lhe c18catcst o~'g:uiixeclcotton lactory system in need we have suggested. We are interested the worlcl, full 01 com~i~ercialancl humnn in- to Irnow if other pnbhc libraries publish a Ires It ought tl~ereloreto be the nwst special list of cotton boolcs, or if any par- outstmltling center for gu1)lications on cot- ticular methods are adopted to bring such ton manufacture. "We could not tell," the volumes (technical, commercial, economic wrlter says, "whether it is or not, without and human) before the youths and men of :L closer inquiry, for, as we know, America the borough. The Lancasllire cotton indus- i~ :L land ol' l~ni~licity,and mny run us a try has an interesting history and it should tight race on literary productions alluding be ~~ossihlefor all to become easlly ac- to the trade in all its commercial, indns- quainted with it." I THE DATA FILE I 'I'he English text of the Torriente Law tects, ongineers and educators. In 25 quarto No. 1, governing the liCting of the Cuban pages the characteristics, sizes, shapes and moratorium, is printed in full in Federal colors of tiles are described and illustrated, Trade Inforniation Service of Febrnary 11. as well as methods of production. Cl~emicalBulletin, v. 4, No. 6, February 5, The Geological Survey Press Bulletin of 1811, the meekly newspaller of the Chemical February (No. 466) carries the Portland National Bank, New Yorlr City, contains an cement figures for 1920. analysis and comparison of clearing house I?. A very atlractive boolrlet is "Smce 1873," rules by K. Houston, Vice-president of being n r6sunlE of the origin and history of the bank, and an article on The Platinum the investment service of Associated Mort- Metals by Raleigh Gilchrist, associate gage Investors, Granite Building, Rochester, chemist, the U. S. Bureau of Standards. N. Y, A brief bibliography on the business Mr. Gilchrist closes his article with an im- portant table showing the quantity in troy of creding farm mortgage investments ounces, of platinum metals (platinum, iri- closes the text. dium and paIladium) consumed in each of Tiles, issued By the Associated Tile Manu- the following industries in 1918 and 1919, facturers, Beaver Falls, Pa., as Publication respectively, viz., chemical, electrical, dental, No. R-200, was prepared for the use of archi- jewelry and miscellaneous. SPECIAL LIBBARIES February. 1921

Timlren Magazine, house publication of trial Organ~cChenlistry and Techno-Chem- the Timlten-Detroit Axle Co., Detroit, Mich., ical Antilysis, by 1%' Segerblnm. The regort enters upon the ninth year with its current is printed in Journal of Industrial and issue, which marks a new epoc11 in the life Engrng. Chemistry, v 12 (19201, pp. 701-5; of the Magazine. First issued in 1912 in the 806-12. interests of Tin~lien-DetroitAxles and Tim- Thrt excellently printed bulletin "Typoth- lien Roller Bearings, this joint interes.1 was eke Bulletin," yields most useful inlor- maintained until the close of the year 1020. nlation for the Data File. In the January Beginning with the current, January-Fcbru- number are two valuable contributions on ar~,number, the publication will be devoted Printers' Cost, viz., Report of the Ainerlcun solely to the interests of the Ti~nlcen-Detroit Printers' Cost Commission and Better Pdc- Axle Co. mg of the Printer's Products by George i\' In his testimony before the Senate Select Voorhees. The report of the Cosl Commis- Committee on Reconstruction and Produc- sion was issued in a four-page l~anlghletat tion, 66th Congress, volunle 1, p. 123 et seq., the last convention of the United Typothe- Daniel Willard, President of ,the tae, but was ornitted from the convention and Ohio R. R Co., describes the origin and grocccdings, hence its ap~earnnce in the function of the Association of Railway Ex- January Bulletin inalies it, for the flrst time, ecutives, the American Railroad Association generally available and tlie Car Service Commission respective- Ellher a practical or theoisetical intorcst ly, and their relation to each other. Special in co-ol~erative entergisises is w~despread. librarians who keep association history rec- J. J. Bonrqnin, inining engineer in the U. ords may wish to note. If you haven't the S. Bureau of Mines, describes co-operative hearings, the Editor of Special Libraries mining at the Keely Mine, Duggar, Ind., in will be glad to have copies of the above the Febr~lrrryissue of Reports of Investign- nlentionecl nlaterial made and sent you. tions of the Bureau of Mines. Servlce free. "Illn~trittedHistory of the W. IL EIencler- The address, "The Equilibrium in Indus- son Iron Worlts and SnppIy Co., Shreve~ort, try," as retiring President of the American Ala," is the titlc of a large publication is- Statistical Association or George E. Rob- sued by that co~iccrn. I1 is a special yic- erts, Vice-President of the National City turerl story of the rise ;uld progress of the Bank of New Yorlc, delivered at Atlant~c business which mas estxbllshccl in IS92 by City December 20, 1920, and now reprinted, the late \\'illiam K. I-Ienclerson, father of should be read by all business librarians. the present presiclent There are G2 pages. Mr. Roberts characterizes tlie value of sta- ll), Cost of coal nncl coal cons~ulnption havc tistical information (p. trade statistics un~versalinterest tu1d a place in every (p. 14), and gives a good deal of considera- B.E., tion generally to industrial information and Data File. Eclwin Wortham, sugervis- ing engineer, Richmond, Va., hiis issi~cdfl its use. small folder on this subject with tlie title l?ecleratecl Brilish Industries, Intelligence "And What Abont Your I