The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-03
The Governments work.


ing the activities of the Government
with the interests of business men.
This is believed OF have much to do
with the present prosperity of the
country.
with banks-just about everybody
there's the new Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn For Interstate traders, to stand
.guard against unfair competition,
there's the new Trade Commission;
and it is better than ever BEFORE
many months are gone q Tariff Conn
mission will have become a permanent
lnstiaution and equal partner in Inn
5ortance ana s5i BUSINESS c6dseduence to
the two other big Connmission rs
Then. If you are a small farmer and
lack a market for a9portioni of your
output the Department Of Agriculture
a3e1Ds Won find it. If you are man
dfacturer and seeking new MARKERS
1t home or abroad, the Department
az Commerce points you the best OPP
nortunities. There's scarcely q bust.
ness that the Government Goes not
now aid in some way.
The Mint Service of the Treasury
assays the ores found by thousands Of
rrospectors every year. Experts OF
f5ne Department OF Agriculture test the
sof1 of thousands of farms every year
TO determine what crops are PEST
ADAPTED to them The relative value
e,f fuels. the strength and qualities OF
metals produced by various processes,
me use of new substances as the raw
basis for the manufacture Of standard
commodities such as paper - these
and scores of others are pra1c 9-lI17
Questions at which different govern
xnent experts are constantly hammer
ling away.
81 ETFe weather Bureaus important
work has been brought into daily
touch with many big industries. 3, It
is Indispensable to farmers, commas
4 sion men and the Atlantic, Pacific and
Il Great Lakes shipping interests It
now also warns the communities OF
the Mississippi and the Ohio Valleys
Of coming foods.
information rules the world and the
world is ruled wen If it be accurate IN
formatfon Pursuing this theory, the
Departnent Of Labor recently under.
took to provide the American indus
4ria1 world an intelligence service re-
elective of labor conditions the world
over and recording the huctuations of
supply and demand in various parts
of the United States. The results are
complied IN tine monthly Review is
sued bg the Unite States Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Increasing demand
for this publication has proved It's
practical value to- employers
The Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce, Departmen of Com
from all over the world and passes
it out to American manufa cturers and
exporters. Most of this data. is print-.
ed in the daily g cpFeTce Reports"
These reports are cpmpMed from re-
ports rendered regularly at Washing
ton by the roo men employed in the
United States Consular Service, and
stationed abroad It Is the largest
and most complete foreign commercial
service maintained by any country
IN the world. even in normal times
Recently the work of sitting and edit
5nssS the reports on condition and OPP
rtk1Aftaes abroad has Seen brought
fo 81 high state OF ef1iciency4 Hence,
@Comrnerce Reports have come to be
Of daily utility to manufa cturers and
merchants who look beyond the local
market at sal1.
is issue dby the Federal Reserve Board
is regarded as a financial barometer
that the man Of large affairs must
have on his desk. 1t was originated
for the purpose OF keeping the offices
and the member banks of the system
in close touch with it's operation. This
Bulletin is issued on the nrst Iof each
month and is sent without charge to
the oficers and directors Of the sys-
tenn and to each member bank 1t
reviews business conditions in each Of
the twelve federal reserve districts
Science has become more and more
the daily and intimate partner of bus
mess. Practically all Of the numer-
GUS scientific bureaus of the Govern
rnent, in one way or the other, touch
many business activities But per
haps at the present time the work,
respectively, of the Bureau of Stand
ards of the Department of Commerce
and the Bureau OF Mines of the De-
partment of the Interior, are the more
Important. 1t was the Bureau of
Mines which only last year gave to
the country a process devised by one
OF its chemists, DR.. w. f. Rittman, for
the manufacture from petroleum. of
benzoI and toluoI, used in the mani
ufacture of dyes and high explosives.
This process has since been demon
strated on commercial scale. DR.
Rfttman also devised a process which
will enable refiners to increase the
output of gasoline from crude petro-
IeaIrn 200. per- cent or even more, the
patent right to this process to be ded-
icated to the public to prevent monop-
oily.
And If YOU want to know what S
on the earth or under the earth or
the shape of the earth IN the United
States, just ask the Geological Sur
vey. There is constant practical bus
mess need for this Information If
new railway, electric or steam, is
protected, the engineers before sub
hitting estimates Of cost first send
them for the topographic maps from
the Geological Survey covering the
proposed route.
There are 200 biologists constantly
at work literally digging out such
facts. Their activities extend into
every State and into Alaska and Ha.-
wall, and reach every mineral sub
stance from geld to sapphires not to
mention oil and water. Over 10o, 900
square miles, these geologfsts have
roaned. mapped and reported, show
ing the location of coal beds, pIos-
phate 10 eds dron sores.A gofd bearing
rocks and placers, silver, copper. brass
zinc, limestone, granite. sIate--in fact
every kind of precious and useful min
er.al from r.aj7frra ores and diamond