Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07
TO AID MANUfAC TURES
Aim of the Bureau Now Being
Organized,
COMPILATION OF DATA
BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE THAT
WILL CONTRIBUTE.
Response to a Widespread Desire for
Government Interest and Supervi-
sion-Mr. Moore Studying Plans.

The interesting process of forming new
bureau OF the Department of Commerce
and Labor is now going on This bureau
is known as the bureau of manufactures,
and was provided for in the act of Con-
gress approved February II. 1903 The
orga niZatiOn of the bureau represents one
of the most important steps in the ad-
vance movement of the United States to
invade the markets of the world for her
products and to bring her home industries
on the highest plane of effectiveness, not
only in productive power. but in mercan-
tile ability. which Will encourage an in
crease of the bulk of exports of the coun
tries.
Considering Scope of Bureau.
The formative process that has been
going on in the bureau for some time is
now nearing a condition which will soon
permit of aggressive work in the advance
ment of manufacturing interests. The bu-
reau is getting II its quarters in the CEN.
sus office building. and Mr.. j. Hampton
Moore chief of the new bureau, is carefully
considering the scope of the work and the
details of the methods that he will adopt
in order to bring the bureau into shape as
soon possible for active opera tons in
advancing the manufacturing interests or
the country.
The manufacturers of this country in
the past have not had the active assistance
of the government in pushing aggressive
work for the advancement of manufacture
ing interests at home and abroad that
Eas been given manufacturers of several of
the most advanced nations. The German
government has been aggressive in ev-
cry means for advancing the industrial in
tereStS of that country as if the govern
ment was directly responsible for the re-
suits of such business and directly inter-
ested in them. Every government is in
terested in the success of its citizens be
cause the taxing power rests upon such sue
cess The Germans have recognized these
principles and have fOstered technical and
trade schools at home, while a constant
effort has been made in order to keep open
to her citizens the markets of the world.
Governmental Supervision Desired.
There has for many years been a feeling
among American manufacturers that this
government should do for Americans what
Germany has done for her citizens and
still more, if possible 1t that con-
slant demand extending over long series
of years that finally eliminated in legisla-
ton for the formation of the Department
of Commerce and Labor and made the head
of that department a cabinet officer in
order that its interests might far as
possible receive the attention given to any
other branch of governmental work.
There are many bureaus of the depart
ment, but naturally many persons regard
the bureau of manufactures as the culmina-
ton of the work of establishing the COM
mercial matters of the country on a pro-
gressive basis The statistical work being
done within the department will have its
highest use in the bureau of manufactures,
because ii will be there that such data will
be put to practical effect. The bureau of
navigation, the light house inspection ser
vice. the steamboat inspection service the
national bureau of standards, the coast and
geodetic survey, the immigration service
and other divisions of the department will
all furnish material on which the new bu-
reau of manufactures will call in the pur-
suance of its work. The authority given to
the bureau of manufactures under the law
creating ii is broad and will allow almost
any course to be taken in its work for the
purpose of assisting American manufacture
ers and foreign trade
Functions of the Bureau
1T shall be the province of and the duty
secretary" the law prescribes, ito foster,
promote and develop the various manufac-
turing industries of the United States and
markets for the same at home and abroad,
domestic and foreign by gathering, compl-
ing, publishing and supplying all available
and useful information concerning such in
dustries and such markets and by such
other methods and means may be pre-
scribed by the secretary or provided by
law"
Mr.. Moore is now getting his bureau in
such form that in the near future there will
be active work to carry out this instruction
of Congress. There are being studied many
tentative plans for promoting the manu-
featuring and commercial relations of the
country. and ii is believed that when the
work has been put underway there will be
decidedly beneficial results