. The World almanac and encyclopedia. which will be held in St. Louis in 1904, will illustrate the study and investigation of socialand economic conditions, resources and oiganizations, together with the means adopted bycivilized people to solve the social problems with which they are confronted. The official bureaus, census offices, reform associations, by statistical tables and data,will set forth the economic and social conditions in a manner which will admit of easycomparison. Physical resources and characteristics, together with means of transportation havelargely to do with the developme
. The World almanac and encyclopedia. which will be held in St. Louis in 1904, will illustrate the study and investigation of socialand economic conditions, resources and oiganizations, together with the means adopted bycivilized people to solve the social problems with which they are confronted. The official bureaus, census offices, reform associations, by statistical tables and data,will set forth the economic and social conditions in a manner which will admit of easycomparison. Physical resources and characteristics, together with means of transportation havelargely to do with the development of the world. These subjects will form items In thissection, as will the important factors of the location and organization of industrial enter-prises. Tne regulation of industry and labor by governments is one of the salient features ofthe exhibit. The inspection of mines, factories, &c., the organization of employers andemj)!oyes, settlement of disputes, &c., all afford opportunities for valuable and PALACE OF ELECTRICITY, For the first time an effort is made to show the work of employers will be made of the various systems employed for the payment of work-people,profit-sharing, co-operative institutions, co-operative credit and banking institutions, co-operative building societies, «S:c. A view of liow thrift is promoted by savings banks, life,accident, sickness, old age and invalidism, fire, marine and other insurance methods, willbe fully set forth. The Model Village is to-day the pride of more than one captain of industry. InGreat Britain, France and Germany and other European countries there are many groupsof this kind, and in America there are jierhaps even more. The complex and distressingproblem of providing house accommodation for the working classes in thickly populatedcentres will be treated under this head. The erection of improved dwellings by privateefforts or by public authorities will be adeauately described by s
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