The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-09

The Farming Interests IN tho Cabinet.
The House committee, on, civil service
rcform atsWashiigton atH,s INJECTING last
Saturday directed Representative Iiubboll
y offer asa. substitute. for tho Anderson
billwhen itSis, taken Up for action in tho
House n bill which has been prcparedIby
the committee. The bill is entitled "a biz
to enlarge thcpowcrs and duties 'oi the 10.
partment; Of agriculture"
stctionlf provides that the department
Of agriculture shall hereafter be an cxccu-
tive department., md the commissioner
thereof shull be known as the secretary Of
agriculture. It nlso amends section 1853 OF
the revised statutes by adding, "eighth, the
department @of agriculture, which shnll
hereafter be tho title Of 'sAid department"
Section provides for u secretary and assis.
tant secretary, to DO appointed by tho Pres.
ident, by and with he advice and consent
Of the Senate, tiic secretary to receive the
same compensation IS is now paid TO tho
other heads Of departments; the assistant
secretary, 81 900 per anunm, and the ycliici
clerk, to be appointed BY the secretary,
$1,000 per ,annum. i Section 3 pro-
vides that the statistician OF 1.-The
department shall collect = III facts,
Information, and statistics obtainabie rclSS.
tive to the annual product OF manufactures
and the cost thereof, the various processes
employed, the quantity and value Of raw
material CONSUMED, and such other infor-
nation rs shull show each year the coudi-
ton Of manufactures in the several States;
also 10 collect all the facts relating 10 the
wages Of labor hours Of labor, and tho
gene al condition-o OF the. laboring classes
throughout tEecountry. Section i author.
ICES the sctrctary'of the department OF ~.
riculturc 10 call upon the chief OF the bu-
reau Of statistics, now organized under the
Treasury department, for all information
collected by that bureau relating to the
railroad systems Of the country, and the
cost Of, constructing and operating the
same. It also makes it the duty OF the
head Of sAid bureau 10 furnish the in|or-
mntion" whenever called for. Section. 5
provides for n burcaU Of mining industry,
Tor q the collection Of such facts
and information as directly relate
TO- tho utilization ,;oi waste and
other products to geology, and the geolog-
icagsuryeys OF the United States and al
powers and duties vested III the commits
sion known as the Geological Survey, to-
gcther with all officers, clerks, employees,
and agents, and all instruments, records,
hooks, papers, and Y other property
thereof are by this section, ac-
corded to the Department Of Agri.
culture. Section 6 directs the Secre,a.
Try OF Agriculture to organizes bureau OF
animal industry and uppointa chief there
OF. who shallbe 4 competent and expert
enced veterinary surgeon, with Il salary Of
$500 per annum. and provides for the
collection through this bureau of all facts
and information relative TO the number,
value and condition OF all domestic AMI
mails, the infectious and contagious d.
seascs to which they IRE subject, and cx.
periments, with remedies and preventivcs
for the same, and such other information
rs shall be valuable to the agricultural or
commercial interest Of the country. Sec
ton I repeats all acts Or parts ofacts incotl-
sissent with the foregoing, ''''''