Lastly, the Department is by far the largest publisher of agricultural information in the world. Last year it issued over twenty-five hundred documents of all kinds, in editions aggregating nearly one hundred million copies. Included in this stupendous flood of literature were millions of copies of Farmers’ Bulletins, distributed free of charge, and each devoted to some practical topic connected with rural life and industries.
PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 7, No. 11, SERIAL No. 183
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
EXHIBIT OF BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
THE STORY OF UNCLE SAM
Promoting Commerce
THREE
The Department of Commerce, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Bureau of Markets, the Shipping Board, and many other agencies of the Federal Government are engaged in promoting and regulating the commercial business of the country. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, a branch of the Department of Commerce, collects information about foreign markets for American goods from American consuls, commercial attachés stationed at the principal foreign capitals, and a corps of traveling special agents. The Bureau issues a daily newspaper called Commerce Reports, containing notes and articles of commercial interest from all parts of the world and a list of “Foreign Trade Opportunities.” Each of these “opportunities” for American business in some foreign country is set forth in a brief paragraph. The following are examples:
29267.*—Chemicals, and equipment and supplies for electroplating work are required by a firm in Denmark. Correspondence may be in English. Reference.