December, 1010.] 



551 



Miscellaneous. 



does the translation of correspondence 

 cover such as is received from abroad, 

 but merchants and manufacturers doing 

 business with other countries avail 

 themselves of the opportunity to have 

 their letters rendered into the proper 

 vernacular before tbey are sent to their 

 destinations. 



There are issued through the publi- 

 cation department two journals : the 

 Weekly Bulletin, which is in the nature 

 of a confidential paper and comes out 

 every Saturday, and Commercial Amer- 

 ica, which makes its appearance once a 

 mouth. Commercial America is in- 

 tended for circulation abroad, with a 

 view toward interesting foreign buyers 

 in American goods. As a matter of 

 course, therefore, the greater part of 

 the magazine is devoted to the descrip- 

 tion of new and novel articles made in 

 the United States, and especially suited 

 for export. Through the agency of 

 Commercial America many thousands of 

 foreign importing houses have had 

 their attention directed to the work of 

 the Museums, and as a result of their 

 inquiries the information conveyed, in 

 most instances, led to valuable trade 

 connections. The Weekly Bulletin 

 makes it a point to publish letters of 

 inquiry regarding special lines of goods 

 wanted by importers abroad, and as it is 

 circulating only among its subscribers, 

 this publication is of a somewhat con- 

 fidential nature. Besides the regular 

 issues of Commercial America and the 

 Weekly Bulletin, there are also pub- 

 lished, from time to time, other pamph- 

 lets and reports such as Foreign Trade 

 Figures, showing trade conditions in 

 almost every country with any degree 

 of commerce, and pointing out the 

 share the United States has in the 

 business of each. Cotton Manufac- 

 turers has been a means of posting both 

 producers and manufacturers on the 

 world's trade in this commodity, as well 

 as specifying the standing of this coun- 



try, where cotton growing and further 

 utilisation is concerned 



That the Commercial Museum is 

 occupying an important position in the 

 economic program of the future is not 

 doubted. The influence of the iustitu- 

 tion runs far beyond its local boundaries, 

 Taken altogether, the business interests 

 throughout the United States are learn- 

 ing more and more that for straight- 

 forward information the Commercial 

 Museum is one of the most reliable 

 sources operative at the present day, 

 and that it effects a beneficial influence 

 not easily to be equaled. 



The administration and staff of The 

 Philadelphia Museums are as follows. 



Board of Trustee, ex-officio.— The Go- 

 vernor of Pennsylvania ; the 31ayor of 

 Philadelphia , the President of Select 

 Council ; the President of Common Coun- 

 cil ; the President of the Board of 

 Public Education ; the Superintendent of 

 Schools ; the State Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction ; the State Forestry 

 Commissioner. 



By Appointment.— Daniel Baugh. Wil- 

 son H. Brown, Theodore N. Ely, W. W. 

 Poulkrod, Ellis A. Giinbel, Simon Gratz, 

 W. S. Harvey, William W. Supplee, W. 

 T. Tilden, Charles P. Warwick, W. P. 

 Wilson, Sydney JL. Wright. 



Officers oj the Board of Trustees. — 

 President, W. S. Harvey ; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Chailes F. Warwick; Treasurer, 

 Daniel Baugh ; Secretary, Wilfred H. 

 Schoff. 



Director. — Dr. W. P. Wilson. 

 Curator.— Charles R, Toothaker. 

 Librarian. —John J. Macfarlane. 



Chief of the Foreign Trade Bureau. — 

 Dudley Bartlett. 



The Museum buildings are open daily, 

 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.— Sundays, 1 p.m to 

 5 p.m. 



Admission is free. 



