Evening star., 1927-04-17

the Bureau of Standards with its
large corps of the greatest scien'
lists constantly studying the tensile
strength of building materials and OF
fabrics for clothing and other pur.
poses.
The trade associations are constant.
II, finding ii necessary to make a
wider use Of Libraries and here they
have splendid facilities not only In
the Library of Congress which is
eoualed by only two others In all the
world. but i'm the technical libraries
maintained by SO many speclaiized
branches of the Government.
Then there is the growing coIltact
between the industries and business
on one hand and the Government
especially the law-making body IN
congress. on the other, and with the
administrative departments which
carry out the laws. There is inter
denendence of various industries and
between the industries and the Gov
ernment. AS is pointed out by Q. IL.
Cheney, vice president of the Amer1-
can Exchange Irving Trust GO. OF
New York, TO a forum of business sec
retaries. every Government depart
ment in Washington is the battle
ground of this new intercommodity
competition. Legislation, regulation,
rate making and research are all
weapons in this new business warfare,
and many industries owe their pros
perity to the stragetic use of them. To
help them in the new competition, the
farmers are invoking Federal aid.
What did Federal and State highway
aid mean to the automobile and con-
struction and road materials indus
tries? What is the demand for price
maintenance legislation and truth in
fabrics" legislation? What are the
elaborate freight rate hearings before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
but this new competition between diff.
ferent sections of the country? What
are tariffs?
Establish Guards Here.
And so the trade organizations and
other national organizations that are
not strictly trade associations, but i'm
terested in these same problems, have
established here their national or
branch offices, or a special representa-
tive, as minute men on guard of their
trade interests and their special group
interests. Here is a partial list:
Trade associations with headquar.
fers in Washington-Am Auto
mobile Association. American Bottlers
of Carbonated Beverages, American
Drug Manufacturers Association,
American Granite Association, Inc;
American Short Line Railroad Associa'
tion. American Wholesale Coal Asso.
ciation, American Wholesale Grocers
Association. Associated General Con.
tractors of America, Association of
Limb Manufacturers of America, AS
rr DosI IH-oHqt4fWHG Ryt,
reau of Raw Materials for American
Vegetable oils & Fats Industries, Com
mercial Motor Vehicle owners Asso-
citation, Institute of Margarine Manu-
facturers, Joint Stock Land Banks
American Association, Manufacturing
Chemists Association of the United
States, Mercerizers' Association Of
America, National Aeronautic Associa-
ton of the United States of America,
National Association of Builders Ex-
changes, National Association of
Dyers and Cleaners, National Can
ners' Association, National Coal AS
sociatiCn. National Cone Manufacture
ers' Association. National Crushed
Stone Association, National Drug
Trade Conference. National Fer.
tiliZer Association, National League OF
Commission Merchants, National Lime
Association, National Lumber Manu-.
facturers' Association, National Mer-
chant Marine Association. National
Petroleum Association. National Pre-.
servers & Fruit Products Association,
National Retail Coal Merchants Asso.
citation. National Sand & Gravel Asso'
citation, Inc; National Syrup and
Mola sses Association, Tanners Coun.
ell Of the United States, American So
ciety of Certified Public Accountants,
Association Of Manufacturing Bank &
Commercial Stationcrs. Proprietary
Association, Railroad Owners Asso-