The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-15
The Philadelphia Commercial
Museums Work.
OCCUPIES A WIDE FIELD
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international in Its Relations-Op-
GRAFTON and Methods.
Strong Society.

Professor w. d. Alexander has re-
celved a number Of letters and papers
from the Philadelphia Commercial
Museum. This institution is composed
OF leading citizens of the United States
and In Its scientific research CONNER
cial inquiry and dissemination of trade
and other information is national in,
Its scope. The following from a mus
cum circular will be of interest here.
This collection shows samples of
merchandise now being sold in for
elgn countries, especially ia the mar
kets of Latin-America, Australia.
South Africa and other PROMISING
nalds. The object is to show to the
American manufacturer what his COM
petitors are doing in the foreign trade
or these countries, and to suggest to-
MIN new lines of goods which he may
produce and sell with profit. The prac-
tlcal value of this department will be
at once recognized. The manufacture
er or cotton goods, for instance, who
is ues1rouS OF wider markets for Jhis
products may here find thousands OF
samples, showing him in the greatest
detail the styles of goods which are
now being sold. He may inform him
self concerning the weights, widths.
lengths and patterns which are in
favor. Each sample is accompanied
by the manufacturers price, With this
information the American manufacture
er is put in position to judge Of any
market, as to whether it would be adj
visable for him to attempt to claim a.
share of its trade. Equal facilities are
offered to manufacturers of hardware
and cutlery, boots and shoes, hats,
caps, woolens, and many other lines
OF products.
Novelties and improvements made
by foreign manufacturers in standard
goods and staples are promptly noted
BY frequent additions this collection
is equipped to give good idea of i'm
portant changes in the demand for any
line Of commodities.
WORK OF THE BUREAU OF INFOR-,
NATION.
1t is the work of the Bureau of In
formation to bring together all pos
sible data relating to foreign COM
merce; to index and compile this in
formation so as to render it accessible
to each individual interest BY means
Of anSelsfborate system of card-index-
of the world consular reports of the
United States and foreign govern
ments, and all trade reports of the var
ious Chambers of Commerce and
Boards of Trade of the world are care
fully digested and indexed, SO that
every item of information bearing on a
specific line of products or special COM
mercial subject is carefully noted and
classified.
This commercial information, which
comes to the institution in printed
form, is further supplemented by ex-
tenSive and systematic correspondence.
Constant communication is maintained
with all Chambers of Commerce and
other commercial organizations repre-
sented on the Advisory Board of the
institution; with foreign governments
and government commissions appoint
ed to collect, augment and renew the
raw products; with all United States
Consuls; and with paid representatives
of the Museums abroad. These con-
nections embrace an organized corps
of correspondents mum bering several
thousand.
Through this careful compiling of
printed matter bearing ON commercial
subjects and through extensive cores
pondence with all foreign markets, an
exhaustive study is made of the re-
uuirements Of foreign trade. All facts
relative thereto are compiled and made
available in as concise and definite a
form as possible to manufacturers and
| business men.
The manufacturer or dealer who de-
sires to import raw products of foreign