The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-15

When l refused to diVluSe my SyS-
tenn 70 him Chief Moore grew cold. and
again deprived me of access to the
public weather records. 1 am the only
long range forecaster who receives re-
Enumeration from the press for forecasts
submitted"
Such was the statement made yester-
day morning TO a reporter for The
Times, by w. T. Foster, meteorologfst,
Of ST. Louis. Mo-, who is in Washington
for the purpose of scientific research 10
complete valuable weather records and
forecasts. on which he has been at
work for twenty-eight years.
Treatment Not Fair.
Mr.. Foster believes the chief Of the
Weather Bureau has not acted fairly
with him. in refusing to allow him 10
have access. to the public records.
granted any scientific student who may
desire 10 consult them.
After twenty-eight years labor Mr..
Foster is about TO complete a system
by which, it is said, .ong-range fore
casts may be made which will be of
invaluable use to farmers and to 9TH
ers. He has studied the records in the
Smithsonian Institution, the Library Of
Congress, and the War Department,
and has compiled a record dating back
100 years.
He came to Washington for the pur-
pose of consulting the public records
of the Weather Bureau, but. with one
exception. he declares. Chief Moore has
persistently refused to allow him ac-
cess TO the charts.
His Letter Ignored.
ter to Mr.. Moore. asking the privilege
OF consulting the records and also tor
tn. chiefs reason for blacklisting him.
The letter stated that when Mr.. Fos-
ter applied to see the records the chief
was out of town, and had left word
with the clerk in charge that Mr.. Fos-
ter was not to be allowed access TO the
records without his (dr. Moore's) per-
sonal consent
Mr.. Foster says he never received "A
reply to the letter, and the recently
published article in The Times was the
first intimatiOn he had that his appli-
cation had been noticed.
Il regularly supply forecasts to I4e
daily papers and as many weekiies
Many OF these papers have published
my forecasts for fifteen and eighteen
years. Chief Moore dubs these papers
Iural.' but as q matter of fact, they
arc published in such cities as Pitts
burg. Minneapolis. Springfield. Worces-
tel. Houston. Tex. etc.
''Chief Moore's statements regarding
M forecasts are at variance. He says
they are valueless. as he has found by
per sonal investigation and again. that
have persistently refused 10 submit
them TO him. How. then, could he
L., 81
Prof. Moore Jealous.
He cannot afford to accord merit 10
my forecasts because they are in COM
petition with the Weather Bureau pre-
dictions OF course. he must discredit
M work It would be particularly IN
fortunate for Chief Moore's aspirations
to be regarded as a great scientist If
the weather forecasts of a mere news
paper man should become more popular
with press and public than those of
Chief Moore
1T bsve never had trouble with the
Weather Bureau. but when my work
began to assume large proportions some
years ago. Chief Moore deprived me Of
access TO the United States public rec
ords. I obtained the Endorsement Of
twenty-five Representatives in Congress
sion be given me TO see the charts. Chief
Moore refused them all.
In January. 1913, he unexpectedly
granted my request. presented by a cit
lien of Washington. and l came imme
diately TO Washington
AT our first interview. Chief Moore
began to question me about my system.
II was somewhat embarrassing as my
sons and I had worked for twenty-five
years to evolve IL. l could not afford
10 give II away. When 1 refused TO d.
vuIge my system 10 him Chief Moore
grew cold and again deprived me Of
access 70 the public weather records.
Magnetic Poles Unheard of.
when was trying 10 explain to
Chief Moore. at his own solicitation. the
relation Of sun. moon. earth. and plan
cts. magnetism and weather. I was as
founded TO hear him say he did not
know the earth had magnetic poles.
can never afford 10 place my system Of
meteorology. based as II is on the phys
ical forces and related through magne-