Hearing Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Upon the Bill (S. 4680) to Establish a National Standardizing Bureau; January 3, 1901.--Ordered to Be Printed (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... / 56TH Congress, j SENATE. j Document U Session. No. 70. M. S. ---..--. Sfi..1 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCEjjUNITED STATES SENATE, UPON THE BILL (S. 4680) TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL STANDARDIZING BUREAU. January 3, 1901.--Ordered to be printed, and that 200 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate and 500 for the use of the Committee on Commerce. Washington, D. C., December 28, 1900. The subcommittee met at 10 o'clock a. m. Present, Senators Nelson (chairman) and Turner; absent, Senator Gallinger. The Chairman. Gentlemen, we have met this morning for the purpose of affording a hearing to anyone who may wish to address the subcommittee upon Senate bill 4680, to establish a national standardizing bureau. The Secretary of the Treasury is recognized to make any remarks he may desire. STATEMENT OF HON. LYMAN J. GAGE, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Mr. Chairman, we have come before the committee, as you know, to produce argument, if we can, in support of the proposition to establish what will be ca-tled the national standardizing bureau. It will in reality be an enlargement of the present Bureau of Weights and Measures, which is at present very incomplete and far behind the needs of modern scientific and commercial requirements. I am not able nor disposed to go much into the technicalities of the requirements which it is hoped this measure, if adopted, will meet and.satisfy. What I shall say will be of the most general character and very briefly stated. In a most general way, I may state that it is open to our observation that a new country is raw in its methods. It does not work by close rule. There is often a large margin for waste. The technical and scientific side of affairs come...