Evening star., 1912-09-01

farmers and planters but specific examples Of what the
predictions have done for many other lines of endeavor
can he found all of them being taken from letters that
have the bureau which personally have seen.
Take the question of floods. Flood warnings Inds
pcrsabe all industries well to the opera
tions carried in the lowands subject to lnundation
Us the bureau issues warning that flood IS
coming, cattle are removed from bottom lands. and
such crops be cut before high water reaches the
threatened district harvested. Such warnings give
fishermen opportunity to remove their fishing apparatus
the water, to avoid damage from dr1ttwood
and logs brought down on the flood. Along the rver
streets many and cities the Easements of ware
houses and other buildings usually submerged at
high water and accurate forecast about the rise OF nv
ers enables business to their goods TO the
upper floors Often these consult the predictions
about how high the water will run and thus avoid max
ing useless transfer of the goods if the water Is not
going reach the high mark Forecasts OF rising water
are great help all in charge of locks. dams. and
levees, and them to strengthen and protect the
property under their care.
STRIKING instances Of the manifold ways in which
- the Weather Bureau affects all classes of people
are these
Fishermen in the Columbia River claim that the
trance Of salmon from the affected by the water
stage and that by watching the river forecast, squirt
in the of fish be predicted with fair accuracy
The humidity records are used by silk and candy
manufacturers
The digging Of potatoes suspended and the potatoes
alreadv dug are removed from the fields when sudden
cold snap IS predicted.
Many farmers consult the weather predictions before
They decide what day they will kill hogs for the slaugh
tef requires cool weather
In California. where the raisin crop is extremely
valuable many dollars saved by the bureau
ing the dryers that rain is coming and that the drying
rasns must be protected
Railroads organize their snow-fghting equipment in
accordance with information OF snowstorms sent out by
the bureau.
Physicians use the predictions in advising patients
suffering with tonsltis, inflammation OF the throat or
similar ailments.
The great stockmen in the West again and again
enabled through the warnings of the bureau to hurry
their stock from the ranges to shelter and thus avoid
heavy losses from blizzards and northers
The business of protecting shipping and commerce
from storms IS alone a tremendous branch OF the br
reaus work. Storm warnings are displayed at nearly
three hundred points along the Atlantic Pacific and
Gulf Coasts and the shores of the Great Lakes taking
in every port and harbor of Importance. 1t IS matter
record that this service has become trustworthy
and has worked efficiently that scarcely any storm
of marked danger maritime interests has occurred in
without having been preceded by twelve to twe
tv-four hours by ample warning. In this connection
the reports received from the West Indies partcu
arly valuable because they the bureau OF the ap
proach of those terrific hurricanes which sweep the Gulf
and Atlantic Coasts from July to October
Even the great business of manufacturing much
to the bureau This specially true of those who
icture articles that will be affected by changes IN tenn
perat,ife, moisture, and other elements of weather
This applies to certain stages in the manufacture OF
ning varnsh oils, cement lime, bricks, paper photo
graphic supplies, chocolate candy, and various acids
In summertime the great excursion enterprises and
outdoor amusement companies depend almost
tirelv what the bureau says the weather will be.
But the service does collect information from dry
land alone. 1t gets similar bulletins and messages con
cernng meteorological conditions pertaining to the
oceans from thousand cooperative observers
sells OF and commerce and other sailing craft. Many
Of those vessels equipped with wireless telegraph nsr
rnents send messages twice daily the stations San
Francisco and Portland Oregon for in the forecast
work those points. Eight stations maintained on
the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts for vessel reporting
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