It is clearly recognized that the program thus mapped out is a mere beginning and that the field of the Bureau is far wider than these first plans would indicate, but it will be some time before the Bureau can do more than to endeavor to carry out this program. Suggestions for further work will, however, be carefully considered at any time.

It must be borne in mind that the Children's Bureau has no power to do administrative work. It can not make any regulations concerning children, nor create any institutions for them. Its duty is solely to study and report upon conditions affecting the welfare of children. It may publish facts it secures, in any form approved by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor. It will endeavor to secure pertinent facts and to present them promptly and clearly for use and popular distribution. Its effectiveness must depend upon the use made of these facts by the people of the United States.