HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 2138 
presses cind that much you could cut out of the next appropriation. I 
should say that there would be $25,000 expended for presses. 
Mr. Scorr. If we allow this $135,000, then you do not want the 
$20,000 for salaries? 
Professor Moorr. Yes, sir. 
The Cuatrman. How much increase in maps do you propose to 
have under this appropriation? 
Professor Moore. I can not answer that question now, but I can say 
anywhere from two to four times the distribution. 
The Cuarrman. You would double the distribution? 
Professor Moore. Yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. Is there a demand for that? Do you thiak the 
Weather Bureau is supplying information where the people want and 
need it? I never had any difficulty to find a weather map. 
Professor Moorr. That is true, but you are spending $1,250,C00 a 
year in gathering information, and thisisa matter of the dissemination 
of that information. I would say that you had better spend a little 
more money and put the maps in proper shape. 
ee aes Do you not think the map is disseminated very thor- 
oughly ? 
Proresér Moore. It is very well disseminated now, but it could be 
improved. 
Mr. Burieson. You say that with this increased appropriation you 
can put the map into hands of double the number? 
Professor Moorn. Yes, sir; twice the number. 
Mr. PERLREON: Do the people desire the map and will they appre- 
ciate it? 
Professor Moors. Yes, sir; I believe they do desire it, and that they 
can make good use of it. The country is growing all the time. One 
industry gets the report and the other industry wants it. The produce 
man gets the report and uses it, and in comes his neighbor and sees it 
and says: ‘‘Where do you get this map? I wantit. Now if I want 
to see it, 1 have to run over to Smith’s.” 
The Cuarrman. I never look at the weather map except when I look 
at the newspaper. The daily papers all over the country contain the 
information. . 
Professor Moors. The shippers of produce are very much interested 
in the map. Most of the maps go to the shippers of produce. We do 
not push them on to anybody, but the shipping man of any importance 
gets the map, and his competitors all want the map. We can not give 
it to them; we have reached the limit of distribution. 
The CHatrman. You think it is necessary to increase the distribu- 
tion fourfold in order to get the map into the hands of the people who 
really need it? 
Professor Moore. I know that we can not meet the demand that 
is legitimately made. With the improved process we may meet it. 
Most of the demand is legitimate. There area great many people who 
ask for maps whose requests we do not honor; there are thousands of 
those requests that come in annually. 
Mr. Scorr. Do you think that you could meet the demands by cut- 
ting out the hotels? 
Professor Moore. The hotels are very important, as are also the 
prominent business houses. The men who can use these maps most 
profitably are those who are engaged in produce—produce that they 
want to ship to different parts of the country. 
