The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-08
HOW THE WEATHER BUREAU
MAKES GOOD.

HOW THE WEATHER BUREAU
MAKES GOOD.
Along the seacoast and the Gulf and
Great Lakes the Weather Bureau rem
ders invaluable service in giving adj
vance notice OF dangerous storms,
Millions of dollars worth of shipping
and other valuable property and thous-
ands of human lives are thus saved
through its instrumentality. Inland Its
services in giving warning of sudden
changes of temperature are indispen-
sable to producers, shippers and COM
mercial interests generally. The good
work OF the bureau is an everyday
affair and has come to be accepted so
much as matter of course tnat it does
not receive the attention and credit It
deserves The recent attack on the
bureau and its work by Emerson Hough
in leading magazine, while wholly
without warrant, has had the gooo eff
feet Of putting the bureau and its oper-
ations in the limelight in connection
with some of the valuable interests 1t
serves. Among the endorsements 1t
has recently received are testimonials
from leading Keokuk business men
and firms, who agree in saying that
they are governed by its reports and
find them exceedingly valuable AS
showing that building operations as
well as shipments of perishable goods,
are governed by the bureaus forecasts
the following letter from the Kellogg
Birge Company, addressed to Mr.. Fred
q. Gosewisch, local weather observer,
is in point and of interest:
"Keokuk, Iowa, May 4, 1903. Mr..
Fred 2. Gosewisch, City.
Dear Sir: Our attention has just
been called to an article appearing In
the different magazines in the form OF
an attack on the weather bureau. We
wish to state that as large shippers
that we have found your reports very
valuable and they have frequently say
ed us serious loss and annoyance.
Three years ago when we were
building our present business house
we were working in cold weather ans
we found your reports very valuable t
us. We were frequently permitted Z
work on our reinforced concrete build
ing when ne would have been afrai'
to risk it, had it not been for your re
ports through the weather bureau
I'VE assure you we should great
regret to see the weather bureau Gun
tailed or hampered in any manner
"KELLoGGBIRGE co.
a(Signed) Majors
The following letter from Mr.. D.
Collier. head of the Blom- Collier Con
many. is worthy of note as an expire
sion of appreciation from one OF tn
largest shippers of produce in ii
country. Mr.. Collier writes out OF II
fullness Of intimate personal know
edge OF the benefits of the service:
aKeokuk, Iowa, May 4. 1909 NJ
Fred y. Gosewisch, observer, Keokr
Iowa
eMy dear Mr. Gosewisch: We b.
to report that through the advices I
ceived through your Office that
have gone through another winter al
spring without any loss from frost
shipping, which re could not ha
done If we had not been advised OF Z
sudden changes in the weather th
were predicted to us through 20
office.
owe are very large shippers OF p
duce and other commodities that
seriously affected if not wholly ru
ed by freezing and we take this opp
tunity to thank you for keeping us
well posted and your efficient seryi
throughout the entire season.
reason of the q. S. Weather Bure
being located in Keokuk makes
possible for us to do a large busin'
fair inc I,
from the severe changes of
weather. And we surely appreci
the benefits that we have derived
reason of the weather bureaus 10
ton in Keokuk. Yours truly,
"BLOM-COLLIER &C
"(Signed) d. A. Collie
Another valuable testimonial
from the Keokuk Canning Compa
William Ballinger, president.
company, one of the largest produt
of canned goods and pickles in
United States, finds the weather
ports of great value to 1t in its b
ness. The extensive use made of
information furnished by the bur
is set forth in detail in the letter
follows:
Keokuk, Iowa. May 5.-Fret
Gosewisch. Weather Observer, ]
kuk, Iowa.
Dear Sir: You have asked u
give you some expression of
views about the weather report.
furnished for the public.
I'VE have found same of very e
value to US in our business. We
very large producers of canned g
and rickles. We contract ann
something near 5000 acres with (
ers to be grown in cucumbers
something near 1900 acres to
grown chiefly in tomatoes, but ali
corn. sweet potatoes, beans, and {
products. Besides the above we
something near 1000 acres of lal