“ If a large manufacturer desires to try the experiment of prosperity-sharing by improving the conditions of his factory or by establishing an industrial village, he may learn exactly what has been done for industrial betterment by Krupp, the great German gunmaker, by Lever and Cadbury at the model industrial villages of Port Sunlight, near Liverpool, and Bournville, near Birmingham, in England ”

“ A department lately instituted, and one which promises to be of much value in places far removed from the great centers, is the sending out to village clubs, churches, social organizations, etc., reading lectures on subjects of social improvement, illustrated with lantern slides made from photographs selected from the thousands at the Institute. Very often these small societies cannot afford to have a lecturer visit them, and yet are most anxious and interested to obtain all the information possible on subjects which are to them of vital importance. ”

“ The alert Japanese, who have made their country the modern world-wonder by carrying out to its fullest extent this idea of profiting by the experience of others, have not been slow in availing themselves of the service of this Institute, and are now organizing an Institute of their own, modeled on the American original. Not long ago, the mayor of Kyoto sent a request for information concerning soldiers' homes, as he had collected a fund of one million five hundred thousand yen for the protection of the disabled soldiers of Japan. ”

“ The knowledge thus gained is disseminated by correspondence, by the press and by placing at the disposal of the inquirer all the literature and photographs obtainable that deal with the topic under discussion, and lending expert aid in formulating plans of improvement. ”