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Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Daily Paper for Exporters Printed by Uncle Sam

know that our own consular reports are
sent abroad as soon as they are published.
The agents of the German government
cable everything of value, and such cables
relate to every branch of manufacture and
trade. Some of our consuls, for instance,
write us that they hear of their own re-
ports first through Berlin rather than
through the United States. The cable 10
now largely used in trade matters and by
its means Berlin is brought close 70
Washington as New York, Baltimore or
Philadelphia"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Keeps Daily Record.

The aged traveller keeps daily record OF
his experiences along the way, and these.
together with his experiences Of fifty-four
years ago. he will shortly publish in book
form. He is already we'll known as
writer. being the author OF Pioneer
"Reminiscences OF Puget Sound and
Tragedy of Leschi." 1t is the intention
of Mr., Meeker to be In Omaha during Ak
Sar-Ben week with his outfit, that the
younger generations may see what the old
time prairie schooner and OK team look
like.
During tho intervening period before the
fall festivities he will consult with DR..
George L. Miller and other early settlers
and with them he will mark points Of in
terest left by the men OF the old days ana
will plan the erection OF a monument at
the original Missouri river crossing.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

built up In manufacturing them here and
in sending them, knocked down. across the
Pacific. We have done the same as to the
jinriksha, the little carriage pulled by men,
which is in common use in japan and other
parts Of the far east"
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Route 20 the sound.

In making his westward trip Mr.. Meeker
went UP the Platte river. through South
Pass, down Snake river to the Columbia,
down through Oregon to Puget sound. At
the last place he located, probably because
he had come to the jumping OF place, but
for flfty-four years he has stayed there, he
and his wife. and during that time, so he
said neither had been sick day. In those
days the traveller was only % years of age
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

aliup, Wash, to indianapolis, Ind, the
place he left fifty~four years ago in a
prairie schooner hitched to a yoke of oxen.
Mr.. Meeker is making the return trip in
exactly the same way he journeyed west
ward, in a prairie schooner hitched TO r.
yoke Of oxen. II is true the oxen are not
the same. but great portion of the wagon
Is making the trip for a second time.
Mr. Meeker made his first trip across
the continent in 1852 in search of a western
home, as did. hundreds of his neighbors.
His return trip is made in the interest Of
history. He is marking Off the old Oregon
trail. travelled by thousands and thousands
IN the pioneer days.
Time has obliterated many of the old land
marks and the old Oregon trail. known
throughout the country as the great road
way 10 the west, is traced more deeply In
the minds of the pioneers than on the
country which II traverses. 1t outlived its
usefulness. ana has Icing since given away
TO the railroad, and the country through
which Il was forced, then a wilderness,
rich only In prospects. Is covered with
towns and cities, farms ana ranches far
beyond the dreams Of the travellers Of long
ago. II IL in such country as this under
such changed conditions, that Ezra Meeker,
the rugged old pioneer. is picking out the
trail of hfty-four years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Loolsinr Tor nm Or.

For some time Mr.. Meeker has been tied
up at Lincoln with his outfit and he will
remain there until ne secures another OK
to complete his team. one having recently
died He has had great difficulty in secur-
Ing what he wants. for the days OF the OK
teams are over in Nebraska and the great
west The faithful old beasts have done
their work and are more. II is merely
an incident in the many changes which
have occurred in the fifty-four years Mr..
Meeker has always kept a team Of oxen
at his home. a reminder OF the strenuous
days of long ago. where strength and en-
durahce counted most. but. as luck would
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Uncle Sam and Manufacturers.

What arrangements have you for CIV
ing information to our manufacturers and
exporters?" asked.
1--WE are now making a classified cata-
logue of all the manufacturers and ex-
porters of the United States and we shall
have a cross reference card index system
by which we can tell at glance anything
we want to know about them. Shortly
after / took charge OF the bureau l sent
about 1000 circulars to our various manu-
facturers and men interested In foreign
trade asking for detailed information re-
garding their commodities for export, their
capital. output and system of doing busi-
ness. l have received many responses and
we are tabulating and card indexing the
information.
LAS 1t is now when we receive a report
from one OF our Nconsuls as to a demand
for certain classes of goods we send out
letters TO the persons making such goods.
reaching them by our card index great
deal Of this matter does not go into the
and shoes we send IL to the shoe man
interested. For example, II we learn OF a
good market in a certain country for boots
and shoes we send It only to the shoe man
ufacturers only, and IL of a good market
for plows We send 1t only to the pillow
men. There is no use in circularizlng the
boot manufacturers as to where to sell
agricultural implements, and the plow-
makers don't care for up-to-date informa-
ton about shoes. Speaking of boots and
shoes. we sometimes get up reports for
special branches of trade, showing what
Is doing In those branches all over the
world We did that for the boot and shoe
trade, furnishing the manufacturer with
a list of the dealers in every consular dis
trict and describing the sort of shoes used
and how they should be marketed"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

and nights as comfortable as in his own
beautiful home in the western state. He
has not been sick. he said. for ffty-four
years and he looks It. In fact, he looks
as though he never knew what sickness
was. He is strong and rugged and APP
parently capable of enduring any kind of
hardship He has no date fitted for his
final arrival at indianapolis and is much
more interested in marking out exactly
the old Oregon trail, as his contribution
to the history OF the west, than he is in
arrival at his destination.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Gorernmenf Renorter..

Tell me something about your machinery
for getting business informauonT'
I'VE have, as you know. the American
consuls. One is located at every trade
center, and they are required by law to
respond to such inquiries. giving us such
information we call for. There are
about 800 consuls. and they sent us last
year more than 1000 different reports. In
addition TO that We watch the newspapers
and maya zines. and we Gull out any authen-
tic information of value. We also get the
reports issued by the British. German and
other governments. and make such ex-
tracts from them as will interest our peo-
pie. Indeed. We try to gather such in
formation from every source as viii pro-
mote American trade and enable our people
to get II. We aim 20 put the information
in the shortest possible space and in the
plainest possible way"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

Information for Our Cotton Mills.
Such reports as we are gathering
through these agents are of great value TO
the industries of the United States" con-
tinued the chief of the bureau of manu-
features. Take those we got as to our
cotton trade with China, for instance. By
our instructions the agents collected sam
pies of every kind and pattern of cotton
goods imported there. They reported where
each pattern came from, how 1t was
shipped, how sold and its price. They told
how the cotton was used, giving the guam
titles sold, the popularity of certain kinds
and their cost at wholesale and retail.
The agents sent in about It's different kinds
of goods with full details concerning them,
including all technical information regard
ing the value of the manufactures"
But how could you get such matter to
manufacturers"
I'VE did not send to them direct, but
so arranged it that II reached every cham
Der of commerce and board of trade in
the cotton manufacturing states. In tho
first place we printed a description of
each kind of goods, giving the width.
length and weight. We also described
its uses and the methods of putting the
goods up for sale. as we'll as the whole
sale and retail prices This was printed
on a card half the size of a sheet of fools
cap. Below the printed matter was a photo
graph OF the goods, showing the pattern.
and on the bottom was pasted a sample
of the material. We sent out altogether
about 5000 or 1000 of such cards. giving
full information as to the cotton trade of
China. They attracted a great deal of at
tention and the factors and exporters from
everywhere came to see them. We expect
to do the same, wherever it is practicable,
for every branch of American industry,
and that as to every country in which a
market for our goods may be created"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
keeping Trade secrets.

"But is It advisable TO give the reports
of our consuls to the world at large? Should
they not be sent under bond of secrecy to
our manufacturers and exporters only?"
Some things are kept secret. but we be-
lieve that others can be published 10 adj
vantage. The nations OF Europe are more
scrupulously guarding their secrets from
year 10 year The Germans, for instance.
now publish but few OF the business sug-
gestions OF their eonsuls and they circulate
their trade reports only among their own
manufacturers and exporters. with injunc-
tons that they must not be sent abroad.
Great Britain. which has been publishing
its consular reports, Is now considering
whether they should not be withheld from
the public and the British press. strange TO
say. IL advocating their nonpublication- We
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Progressive Germany.

What nation pushes its foreign trade
best, Major Carson7"
1.-THE Germans are far ahead of all others
as to such matters" replied the chief of the
manufactures bureau. THE various in
dustries there are thoroughly organized as
to foreign markets and the government
does all it can to help them. Industrial
and technical schools have been established
with view to foreign trade. and young
men are sent abroad to be trained as COM
mercial travellers. They learn the language
of the country in which they are to work;
they study the patterns most liked by the
people and know all about credits and the
methods OF doing business. In nearly all
the foreign countries the Germans have
resident agents at the chief ports with sub
agents throughout the interior. Such
agents often intermarry with the people
of the countries where they are stationed.
The German government offers also special
inducements as to freight rates on goods
intended for export"
What other nations are increasing their
trader
1.-THE Italians are fast coming to the
front as manufacturers and exporters.
They are sending more and more goods to
South America and especially to Argentina
and Brazil. This is largely because there
are about 100000 Italians in Argentina
and an almost equal number in Brazil"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
People Encourage Enterprise.

People Encourage Enterprise.
Since leaving Washington on his historical
mission 10000 people have contributed to
the erection OF monuments. At Baker City,
Ore, the monument was erected by con-
tributions received from 800 school chill
dren. and these were all present when the
monument was dedicated. At Boise. Idaho,
Mr. Meeker was given a most cordial re-
ception. At the invitation of the city of
f1cers he camped for several days beside
the postofHce. He spoke to the public
school children of his object and LOO
contributed to purchase the granite monu-
ment which will mark the place where the
old-timers passed through what is now a
thriving city. The governor of The state
and the other state officers insisted that
the slab be erected on the state house
yard and II was In the presence OF over
5000 people, the state officers participating
in the exercises. The monument at this
place is twelve feet high
To erect a monument at the summit OF
South Pass Mr.. Meeker Travelled eighty
four miles from a postofice and twenty
four people who reside in the neighborhood
were the only witnesses to the historical
event. These interested people. with Mr..
Meeker, inscribed the stone themselves. II
stands on the irrigation survey near Sweet
water ana is I4bO rect above the sea level,
probably the highest monument in the
United States. Incidentally, Mr.. Meeker
said, water is being taken through irriga-
ton bitches from the east side of the
mountains to irrigate the west side, prob
ably the only case of this kind on record.
In most of the towns and places where
monuments have been erected Mr.. Meeker
stays to see the work DONE but in some
Instances he has turned the matter over to
a local committee appointed for that pur-
pose He has witnessed the exercises in
cidental to the erection Of the permanent
landmark at the following places: Tenino.
Wash: The Dalles Pendeton, Meacham,
LaGrand, Baker City. Durkee, all in Ore
Fon: American Falls and Twin Falls Idaho;
Fort Boise and at Casper, Wyo. At the
summit OF Blue mountains II was necessary
to scrape away the snow in order to get
q place to set the monument.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

9 enthusiastic as a school boy;
as strong, mentally and physic-
ally. as man thirty years his
Junior. Ezra Meeker. age rs years,
Is travelling overland from Puy-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

the customs duties and in fact all infor-
nation that might be of value to our man
ufacturers. In fact, their instructions
cover the gathering of all sorts of COM
mercial, industrial and financial informa-
ton such is needed by our exporters
or those who manufacture for foreign
trade"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

and Labor as to what Uncle Sam is doing
to Increase his foreign trade. This bureau
is one of the most important branches of
the government. Our foreign trade is rap
idly increasing and our domestic exports
are now greater than those OF any other
nation. We sold to foreign countries more
than H,70o. 100000 worth of goods during
the year ended June 90 1906. and of this
more than $780, 900 consisted of manufac-
lures. 1t used to be that the most of our
wealth came from the farms. Today we
have about $4,000. 100000 invested in manu-
featuring plants. and those plants are now
turning out something like Sis, 100, 00o. 900
worth of goods every year. This enormous
product is more than we can consume.
and. II the plants are to be kept busy. we
must have increased markets for our sur
plus abroad. 1t Is the business of the
bureau Of manufactures to aid in finding
such, markets. and also an outlet for our
enormous surplus OF agricultural products.
the sales of which last year Appropriated
81. 600 10000.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

Il, INB, by Frank @. Carpenter)
ASHINGToN. d. c., Sept. 90
Especial Correspondence to The
Bee)-I have just had a talk
with the chief of the bureau of
the Department OF Commerce
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

Carson, having noted the valuable busi-
ness news contained in these reports. sug-
gested to Secretary Evarts that they ought
to be given to the press when they were
fresh and the result was that Evarts is
sued them as a monthly magazine and sent
them out all over the country. This publ
cation was continued until about a year or
30 ago, when the State Department pub
lished the reports as a daily. Then came
the transfer Of the United States consuls
as business agents to the bureau of manu-
features of the Department of Commerce
and Labor and the appointment of Major
Carson as chief and as editor of the daily.
AS to the work since then and as to the
possibilities of the future 1 can give them
best in the words of Major Carson himself.
-
Uncle SANS Daily.
I'VE have materially changed the daily
which the government publishes, giving
the latest trade matters" said Major Car
son. las 1t was issued by the State de-
partment, the consuls wrote on all sorts OF
things, gathering their information from
a variety of sources and roaming the world
for subjects. A consul at Lyons, France.
for instance, might send In an essay on
Confucius, or one In South Africa a
China. An agent situated at the icy port
OF vladivostock might discuss the heat
rays of the equator. and consul at Para,
at the mouth of the Amazon, describe the
course of the icebergs on their way down
from the pole. AS II is now we are de-
voting ourselves to reports on trade mat
ters only and are largely combining the in
designations of the consuls to their own
districts and as TO how American thade
may be pushed In those districts. We are
cutting out the essays and superfiuous
matter and are gathering live, up-to-date
Information about our foreign trade and
its possibilities from various other sources.
We have materially improved the daily
In its value to our exporting and manu-
featuring interests and we find that 1t is
more and 'more appreciated from day to
day 1t now goes to every large manufac-
turer of the country as well to every
exporter of note. 1t has such a standing
abroad that the consular agents send 1t
to their governments and the foreign news
papers quote largely from it. 1 got re-
quest the other day from the editors of the
London Times that II be sent regularly to
them and we now have the London Times
on our exchange list"
How many copies do you PUBLISH" i
asked.
The number OF copies issued daily is
only 5000. but that gives no idea OF our
Circulation" said Major Carson. Those
5000 copies reach our whole population.
They are sent to all the leading news
apers. and the editors quote and comment
upon them. Many OF the reports are tele-
graphed to the papers from Washington,
being taken from the daily as they APP
pear, and important reports are also cabled
abroad. We aim to send the daily to
every large exporter and manufacturing
firm. We send It also to the industrial
schools, and to all parties who are inan-
cialy interested in foreign trade"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Consular Reports.

1t takes a good man to be chief Of q
bureau like this, and President Roosevelt
chose we'll when he selected Major John
NJ. Carson Tor the position. Major Car
son has for thirty years ana more been
one OF the leading newspaper correspon-
dents at Washington. and as such he has
been noted as an authority on all matters
connected with manufactures and COM
merce. He was a close associate OF Nc
Kinley's, and as clerk OF the ways and
means committee he assisted in forming
the tariff acts OF 1883 and the famous Nc
Kinley bill of 1890. Indeed. he is the orig
inator OF the system OF utilizing our con-
suls as business agents or at least of
making their reports of actual value to our
exporters and manufacturers 1t used to
be that when the consuls made reports
they were stuck away in pigeon-holes I'M
I'll the end of the year. when they came
out In bulky volume known as the Com
mercial Relations of the United States.
This volume went only to congressman and
government officials. and it was of no
practical value TO the business men OF the
country. This was the condition up until
William M. Evarts became secretary OF
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Lives AIonS the Route.

Lives Along the Route.
Mr. Meeker, accompanied by his grand
daughter, Miss Bertha Templeton. left
Puyallup, Wash, January %, 1905, and is
making the trip by easy stages. His old
fashioned prairie schooner Is fitted up for
housekeeping and In It he spends his days
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

have II. one OF these died Just previous 10
his start. At the stock yards in his locality
he secured a mate for his remaining OK,
and he is again watching the Omaha stock
yards for one that can match the surviving
member of his team. His oxen come first
in all his calculations, said Mr.. MeelSer,
for It is upon them he is absolutely de-
pendent, and the death of one OF them
greatly affected the traveller.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
Type of the Pioneer.

Type of the Pioneer.
In appearance Ezra Meeker is the typical
pioneer. He is tall and straight, notwith-
standing his &c years and his hard life
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23

and he was accompanied by his young wife
and their one child. He at once began
raising hops, which has been his business
ever since The introduction OF machinery
and the growing demands for his products
caused him TO make dozen or more trips
back to the east, but those trips were
made aboard tho ''varnished cars" conse-
quently he knew only In a general way OF
the vast changes which have occurred.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10
ST. vincenrs Academy

The honor roll OF ST. vncents
Boys Academy for tho past month
follows.
Master Joseph F. Murphy, w. Der
nard Walsh, Peter, l.. Laxarich. James
J. Hughes, John J. Oakley, George
Carvil, Edward Fay. Edward Wade
William Puryear, Thomas Ticrncy,
Francis Yerabeck, William Hoffman.
Herbert 'rlghe Francis Schwaicnberg
lohn lmbert. Floyd lIagnn, Howard
Peacock Denis An,inurl, Robert
Mackey George Blnncy John Cary:l
Leo Mascc Michael Green. Frederick
lazarlch, Mathew Tierney, Philip
smithers, John Tuigg, Macmillan.
Peters. Thomas Smith George Beeson
irwin Chilcoal, Otto ST. Claire.
William Wright. Floyd Gregory.
Maurice Fitzgerald, Jdseph Carvil
John Lynch, Anthony Vatala. Archi.
bald O'keefe Charles Daily, Norman
'CWvcn,W Walter Becson Arthur Bradley
John Ccrvarich Francis Malone. Win.
cent Dchenc, James Oakley, Alex.
arder lasstcr, Andrew Stuart. John
kreb&, Eugene Williams ana Stanis.
laus Zcglcr
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10
Big Steel Dredge 10 be Construct
ed for AmerIcon Loco.
motive Works.
DETAILS ARE nut GIVEN oUl
Dredge May be Used by Government
in Building Panama Canal-Ma.
chinery to be installed by Locomo.
tive Company After Hull is Con
structcd Here.

Il contract for the construction OF
large steel drcdee has been let to
me Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company by the American
Locomotive Works. The locomotive
company has the contract for the
'rclce and viii Install the machinery
after the vessel has been built here.
t Is understood that the drcdse is for
the United States government and is
to be used in the building Of the Pan
anna canal.
AT the .hipyard yesterday il was
stated that the coutract had been Sc
cured, but no details concerning the
size or cost OF the dredgc could be
learned officially. 1t is understood.
however, that the contract amounts
70 over 100000.
Work on the dreIgd will be started
IN the near future
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10
Warwick County Court.

The November term of the Circuit
Court OF Warwick county will begin
acSt Tuesday instead OF Monday as
Intended. This will be an important
'"rm OF the court. as many felony
cases are TO he tried. Among the
cases is that of Mary Murphy, char
gca with numbering another negro
woman named Fanny steele
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10
charaed With "RoIllnn. .

Minnie harrison, Annie Smith and
Annie Taylor, women we'll known III
police circles, were in the police court
yesterday morning charged with rob
bling Il sailor oil one of the trans
ports of $S5 in gold. The case was
continued for five days in order that
evidence NAV be collected.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10
.pfIblic entertainment.

10 High The High School Liter
~ Society will hold II public enter
Eminent In the Iiish school assem-
dig hall at O'Clock on Friday night
December u. An interesting program
Is now being arranged for the Occa.
sion and IT, is expected that the affair
Will be one OF the best OF Its kind
the society has yet given.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10
Powhatan pue To.dau

The British steamer Powhatan is
IN" TO arrive here TODAY from Lond IN
with a large cargo of import mor-
chandise, which she will discharge
before loading cXp1rts for the return
rip 10 London.