New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
How to Get Business Statistics

Question--Caa You inform ms OF the
state and government depart,nents which
publish weekly or monthly reports on the
general business and labor conditions
throughout the state and country? Are
sach documents sent to tho general public,
and Il SO. what steps are necessary to be
put on the mailing list?
Answer-The Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics of the Department Of Labor,
Washington, publishes excellent ma
terial on the national labor situation
in its Monthly Bulletin, which may be
obtained at q small charge by writing
to the Chief Of the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics. Washington. The Bureau OF
Labor Statistics and Information OF
the. New York State Industrial Com
mission publishes both the Labor Mar
ket Bulletin monthly, and special bull
letins from time TO time. BY writing
to the New York State Industrial Com
mission at Albany you can have your
name placed on the mailing list and
receive such documents free of charge
The Division of Publications of the
Department of Commerce, Washington,
publishes each month multitude OF
special and regular bulle s4ns, which
may be obtained by writing to the de-
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lie a monthly list of publications from
which you can make selections. For
$3.50 q year You can subscribe, through
the superintendent of Documents.
Washington, to Commerce Reports.
which are issued daily by the Bureau
Of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of
the Department of Commerce, and are
based on tirst-hand daily and consular
trade reports from all parts Of the
1A ,--{
ment of Commerce each month pub
/ Hshes comprehensive ard authorita-
tive statistics in bulletin called
Monthly Summary of Foreign Com
merce Of the United States, for which
you may subscribe through the Super
intendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington. at 81
year. The Quarterly Statement OF I'm
ported Merchandise Entered for Con-
sumption in the United States may be
had at 50 cents o year by subscribing
through the Superintendent of Docu-
ments. Other government departments
and bureaus OF commerce issue econ
omic data, ither regularly or on
special occasions. The Bureau of Mar
kets of the Department of Agriculture
issues huge quantities of statistical in
formation of special interest to farm
ers and those whose business in any
way VouSneS on AGRICULTURAL matters.
By writing to the chief of this bureau
you can get on its mailing list. The
Federal Trade Commission makes
special reports for Congress from time
to time and some of these are avail
able to the public. The Treasury De-
| partment issues a statement on the
condition of the Treasury, each day,
and the Federal Reserve Board at
/ Washington makes public each Satur-
/ day a consolidated statement of the
( week just ended, and each of the
! twelve Federal Reserve banks makes
a statement of condition weekly. The
Federal Reserve Board issues 8 month
/ ly bulletin, which is circulated free to
member banks. and at the rate of 81
year to other individuals. More
over, each Of the twelve Federal Re-
serve banks publishes d monthly cir
cular on business conditions in the
district which is available for free
distribution. Incidentally, the Month
/ ~ Review, published by the Federal
, Reserve Bank Of New York, which YOU
can get for the asking, will give you
monthly reports on the general bust
ness and lator conditions in this state.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
| Commerce has a New York Office at
734 New York Custom House Building,
where business men can inspect its
very complete files on trade subjects.