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CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 



been supplied on shipping conditions and trade routes, credit and fi- 

 nance, munitions-making, explosives, the metallurgy of iron and steel, 

 drafting and machine design, factory construction and shop manage- 

 ment, coal tar products, industrial chemistry, and many similar sub- 

 jects. In addition, as in previous years, ambitious young workingmen 

 in large numbers have been furnished with reading to fit them for 

 advancement in their trades or calUngs. Our citizens know the work 

 of this Association as a center of popular education; but few, perhaps, 

 realize how large a place it is coming to fill in the business and industrial 

 life of the community. 



