The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-27
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data collected by the Department.
through safeguarding the products Of
ingenuity and initiative by patent pro-
lection, Is the duty and aim OF the
Department Of Commerce. Protec-
ton Of life and property by marine
and air regulations, by preparation Of
maps, charts, and tables, by broad
casts Of weather-as well Is business
conditions, Is among the great range
/, Of responsibilities Of this organiza-
ton. Scientific research to develop
the products OF industry and make
them available In reliable. less expen-
sive. and safer forms for the consum-
er, direct information aids to individ-
ual industries, improvement Of COM
mercial and sportsmen's fisheries, and
enforcement Of air and marine safety
principles are some Of the services
rendered to specific segments Of the
national economic order and to the
United States as whole.
New Home Of Commerce Department
These duties are so numerous that
nearly 10000 employees are engaged
in the field, and 1000 in Washing
ton. OF the field employees, . large
percentage are concerned with MAIN
tanning aids to navigation, fish hatch
cries. and preparing land and marine
maps and charts. The national cap
ttal contingent, with the exception of
the Bureau Of Standards and Ship
ping Board Bureau. Is housed in one
Of the largest office buildings in the
world. The monumental structure is
situated cross-corner from the Treas
ury on Pennsylvania Avenue and
Fifteenth Street and occupies three
city blocks. It extends to Constitu-
ton Avenue, Is built on eighty miles
OF reinforced concrete and contains
more than 27,000,O00 cubic feet Of
space. Building materials from near
~ every state were used in the con-
struction Of building Of massive type
simple in architectural treatment. It
contains in addition to offices an aud
ttorium which will seat one thous-
and persons, cafeteria in which five
thousand can be served in an hour, q
beautiful and interesting aquarium,
and q library containing one Of the
finest collections Of statistical iufor.
nation In the country.
It Is impossible to classify the bu-
reaus which carry on the work ac-
cording to the dual functions Of the
Department, protecting life and prop
erty and promoting business, for the
act which protects may promote and
vice versa. For example, the Bureau
Of Air Commerce by prescribing safety
measures, the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey BY charting sea, air, and terrain,
and the Bureau Of Lighthouses BY
establishing beacons and other Sig
mails, may safeguard life and property,
,, but at the same time commerce Is
stimulated. The Bureau Of Standards
may set up factors Of safety and pur-
ity; these very qualities are used by
business houses to perfect and pro-
mote their wares. The Bureau OF
Navigation and Steamboat Inspection
regulates by rigid requirements the
type Of crafts which use the waters
In order to make them as safe as pos
sible. but In the last analysis these
very qualifications are . boost to
business.
NUmeEVuS SERVICE bureaus
The Bureaus Of the Census, For
eign and Domestic Commerce, Fisher
les. United States Shipping Board,
Patent Office, and the Business Ad-
visory and Planning Council furnish
innumerable and intellectually valu-
able aids to industry, but safety and
protection Of life and property are
obvious by-products. The Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce in
surveying industrial and economic
problems cannot draw line separat-
ing the welfare Of people and ways
and means Of promoting business.
II any one thing is characteristic
Of American business methods, 1t Is
speed. Correspondence and merchan-
disc must move rapidly. statesmen and
executives pride themselves upon ac-
complishing more by saving travel
time. In this they rely to . great ex-
tent upon air transportation, and here
again, through the Bureau Of Air Com
merce, the Department serves COM
merce, industry. and the public.
Making airline journeys from coast |
to coast and flights between other
points with comparable speed, air.
line pilots rely upon the Federal Air
ways System. There are nearly 10000
miles Of air routes equipped with |
beacon lights, intermediate landing |
fields, radio communication stations |
for broadcasting weather information,
radio range beacons and marker bea-
cons for directional guidance, and q |
ground communication system con-
sisting Of teletypewriter and point-to-
point radio for relaying weather In
formation to airports and radio broad
casting stations. Weather maps. pre-
pared by the Weather Bureau and
transmitted every four hours by the
Federal Always System teletypewriter
network, keep the airports informed Of
changing meteorological trends.
Weather forecasts, which include the
probable height Of clouds and visible
ity along the air routes, and other
information particularly significant
to the airman. are made available in
cooperation with the Weather Bureau.
The guiding principle in the operation
Of the Always system Is safety and
this principle also controls the other
major activity Of the Bureau Of Air
Commerce, which Is air regulation.
Copyright. 1880
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3. Don Frederickson and his
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