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Domestic Services of Your Department of Commerce by E. M. Roeder
Many Texas businessmen, in our present expanding economy of un- precedented production and pros- perity, have found the resources and facilities of the United States Department of Commerce indis- pensable in making decisions for the conduct of their business op-. erations. LIBRARIES IMPORTANT. The far- flung libraries in Texas are play- ing an ever-increasing and impor- tant role in supplying business in- formation needed by business. A large portion of the basic business information they furnish to per- sons seeking it is found in the re- ports and publications from the various bureaus and offices of the Commerce Department. Among the Department's publi- cations and reports well known to librarians are the Censuses of Ag- riculture, Business, Manufactures, Mineral Industries and Population; the Monthly Survey of Current Business; Distribution Data Guide; Construction Review, Chemical and Rubber Industry Report, Gov- ernment Research Reports, Con- tainers and Packaging, Industry Quarterly Report, and Public Roads Bi-Monthly Report. NEW BENCH MARK DATA. The Bureau of the Census, world's greatest fact-gathering organiza- tion, is busy preparing reports which will provide new bench mark data essential to business in evaluating the great changes that Mr. Roeder is Business Specialist (Domestic Trade) in the Dallas Field Office of the United States Department of Commerce.
have taken place right here in Tex- as between the years 1947 and 1954. Figures presented will in- clude the number of establish- ments, workers and receipts for business firms in groups and by types and kinds of business activ- ity, including retail, wholesale and service trades. Similar data will also be tabulated for manufactur- ing industries. In the mineral in- dustries, production and consump- tion data will be presented. The current data for 1954 will comprise the most authentic sta- tistics available. Reports are be- ing readied in half the time for- merly required for their presenta- tion. As in business so in Gov- ernment, a new product has been put to work in the tabulation of the voluminous data taken in the latest surveys-the "Univac." TRENDS. The new statistics when available will be required by Texas businesses to determine trends, both for individual firms and for various fields of our busi- ness structure. Comparisons of trends are frequently made to de- termine growth or decline and the degree for each category. Very often comparative trend informa- tion reveals opportunities for de- cisions on the formation of new businesses to meet the needs of our ever-growing population or the expansion of existing facilities to meet increased capacity require- ments. We are all familiar with the phenomenal growth of business ac- tivities in the state, but the an- swers as to where and how much
Index to volume 18 of a journal about library issues in Texas including collection development, programming and activities, managements, and other topics of interest.
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