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Straight Goods practical questions on the clothes problem that make travel more comfortable if they are satisfactorily settled. We have also been assured the coopera- tion of the Chambers of Commerce of other countries. At the present writing the repre- sentatives of every foreign gov- ernment are being interviewed and are giving us their enthusias- tic support. Representatives of 4 countries as widely separated as the following for instance have cooperated with us in securing in- formation, establishing stations, and have placed us in touch with sources of information in their countries: French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Roumanian, Austrian, Fin- nish, Latvian, Spanish, Swiss, Peruvian, Ca- nadian, Mexican, Siamese. Many more are being interviewed every day so that shortly we shall have collected complete data from | hun (Ay 205 authoritative sources on every country. When we first planned Adventure’s Travel Association it looked big and prom- ising. Practical developments have made it look so much bigger and more promising that it’s difficult to hold ourselves down un- til we can prove our enthusiasm justified by laying before you the completed structure. It’s not only going to be a boon to travel- ers and an asset for our magazine but, as the Vice-Consul of one European nation remarked, it “can do more to foster inter- national friendship and under- standing than any other one factor or political organization.” Many of you, through your suggestions, have already helped bring matters to the present satisfactory stage and given us a feeling of working with you instead of just for you. Keep it up! cA News Bulletin of Outdoor Equipment and Commodities STRAIGHT GOODS TESTED BY OUR EXPERTS A TESTING laboratory that covers sev- eral thousand miles is new in the publishing field, or in any field. Adventure has one, however, that extends from Alaska to Massachusetts. The individual factors of the laboratory have been there a long time; it is only recently that they have been organized into an official department. In the Questions and Answers section of the Ask Adventure we have gathered over a period of years a group of experts on almost a hundred separate subjects. We have men who are recognized authorities on sports and outdoor activities—authorities because they have spent a large part of their lives hunting, fishing, raising horses or whatever their particular fields may be; so that the verdict of an A. A. man is about the soundest verdict you can get. These experts have always answered the questions of Adventure readers concerning suitable equipment for various activities and in the Questions and Answers section will continue to doso. In addition to their function in that department they have be- come part of the new Straight Goods De- partment in which outdoor commodities of all sorts are tried out and discussed. Several experts are testing products and will publish impartial reports in this depart- ment, telling how they tested the equipment, what features were most valuable, how to use and care for the article for the best service. In this department, as well as in all other Ask Adventure divisions, we are anxious to get our readers’ suggestions. Your requests for information will guide us in selecting the products to be tested. MICLOOOK C©