214 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Scorr. The ordinary traveling public would not have any occa- 
sion to examine these maps except for mere idle curiosity. 
The Cuarrman. Here is the Washington Post. It gives the ther- 
mometer in a great many cities and the rainfall for twelve hours at 
8 o’clock p. m. last night at Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, 
Denver, Des Moines, Galveston, iat Jacksonville, Little 
Rock, Memphis, Omaha, Pittsburg, Salt Lake City, St. Paul, Buffalo— 
1 just look at that sheet and see Buffalo and I know what the conditions 
are at my home. That list is published in all the dailies of the United 
States? 
Professor Moore. No, sir. 
Mr. Bowrs. Does the Associated Press carry it? ; 
Professor Moore. No, sir; we distribute it. The Associated Press 
does not handle it. That information is sent from our local offices, 
The Cuarrman. The newspapers are the best means of dissemination. 
The rural free delivery has increased the circulation of the daily news- 
papers a hundredfold. You insert that information in the daily news- 
papers and it is better than all the flags or slips. 
Mr. Grarr. Does not the Associated Press handle it? 
Professor Moorr. We must send the reports to our stations, and 
rea the Government disseminates the information and distributes 
the maps. 
Mr. Bowtsz. And it costs nothing to deliver them? 
Professor Moors. No, sir; we frank them. We are already mak- 
ing a good distribution of this report. There is no country in the 
world that attempts to make such a distribution of meteorological 
information as we do. 
The Cuarrman. That accounts for $35,000 of your increase. Now, 
what have you to say as to the other $100,000? 
Professor Moors. The map business just boils itself down to this: 
We are making a fair distribution of the maps to-day, but we are only 
printing a portion of the maps in a thoroughly legible form. Thirty- 
five thousand dollars and $20,000 in the previous item for salaries are 
for the better printing of the weather maps and their more thorough 
dissemination. These [exhibiting] papers are demands for weather 
maps, or river service. : 
Mr. Wricut. Demands that you have received which you are unable 
to supply ? 
Professor Moore. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Bowrs. What would it cost to establish the flag service? 
Professor Moorr. I can not answer that question. 
Mr. Bowtie. It is a small fraction of the other cost? 
Professor Moors. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Bowrr. Why could not you experiment with that before taking 
up the other? 
Professor Moore. I could. : 
os Bowrz. How much appropriation would you need for that pur- 
pose 
Professor Moore. I can not answer that question at this time. 
Mr. Bowie. Could you give us an estimate? 
pe Moors. Yes, sir; I can give you an estimate in a day 
or two. 
Mr. Bowre. You say there is a difference in the accuracy of the 
weather forecasts and the flood forecasts; what percentage do you 
estimate you attain in the weather forecast? 
