Excerpt from The New International Year Book: A Compendium of the World's Progress for the Year 1911

The present year book for 1911 is the fifth volume that has appeared since the series was resumed with the publication of the new international year book for 1907. No essential change has been made in its plan or see e. Like its predecessors in the series, the new international year book for 1911 differs rom all other annual volumes at present published In the English lan age in being encyclopedic in range and method and not confined to special fields or to a sing e country. Its purpose is to comprise in one annual volume all classes of Information that are now scattered in many volumes, some exclusively statistical, others exclu swely historical, biographical, political, or restricted to the United States or to the British Empire; and also to comprise certain features not to be found in other annuals, as, for exam plae, an ample treatment of political events and political discussion here and abroad. In short, the aim has been, through the coiiperation of some forty contributors with upwards of 800 pages at their disposal, to produce what may be fairly termed an encyciopaedia of the year. As in preceding volumes, the text is written anew, instead of carrying forward from one year to another matter of a permanent sort, descriptive or statistical, which may be readily found in works of reference previously published.

In the United States the work of Congress under the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives was of unusual interest, not only for the important measures passed, but for the equally important measures that failed to ass. Amon the latter were the Reci procity bill and the bill tproviding for direct election 0 senators. 'he discussion of the Reci procity measure will be ound in the article tariff, in the section on Congress under the united states, and in the article canada. The State elections held in November, 1911, were of especial interest as indicatin the possibilities of the Presidential campaign of 1912. Their results in massachusetts, EW jersey, new mexico, new york, and other States in which they were held are given under the respective State titles and in the paragraph on Elections of 1911 in the article united states. Among the interesting political events in the history of the municipalities during the year were the remarkable election in Los Angeles, the successful employment of the recall in Seattle, and the success of the reform movement in Philadelphia, which are described in the articles on california, washington, and penn sylvania, respective] Under. California also will be found the record of the arrest and conviction of the Me amara brothers, which is also discussed in relation to trade unions in the article trade unions. The results of the Thirteenth Census so far as made public at the close of the year; will be found under united states census, and in the articles on the different States and those dealing with agriculture and manufactures. The important trust decisions under the Sherman law and the discussion to which they gave rise are summarized in the articles on trusts, american tobacco company, and standard oil company. The article banks and banking, in addition to the statistical record of the year, includes an account of the important Aldrich plan of reorganization and the arguments for and against it. Other significant developments in social and industrial matters are recorded in the arti cles arbitration and conciliation, child labor, workingmen's insurance, strikes, prices, women IN industry, financial review, vagrancy, etc.

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