The evening times., 1900-02-08
GOOD RESULTS EXPECTED
Scope of the Proposed Department
of Commerce.
The Various Bureaus TO BE Trans
ferred to Its JurisdictiOn-COnsO
Saving of a Large Annual Rental
Now PAID Out by the Government.

The bill TO establish a Department o
| Commerce and Industries is regarded as
| one of the most important that has beer
presented TO Congress for its approval il
many years Senator Frye, Chairman Of
| the Commerce Committee, and his Repub-
| lican associates, especially Senator VIII
| son, have given this question much atten-
tion and careful enquiry for several years
and vast amount of data has been accu-
mulated and is in possession of the COM
mittee.
The acquisition of the new territories
| and dependencies, including our posses
sions in the Pacific Ocean, extending to
the Philippine Islands, as a doorway TO
China and the East. renders it, in the
judgment of the committee, of greater
Importance now that the new department
proposed by the bill should be established
as soon as possible. The consolidation un-
der one department of the large number
of different bureaus, which now occupy
separate buildings in various sections of
this city, the rental of which amounts an
nually TO s15OOO0. would reduce the ex-
of at least s75,0o0 yearly.
President Mckinley and the members
of his Cabinet are in favor of the bill, and
believe that ii will accomplish all that its
friends claim. and will result in a great
saving TO the Government. 1t creates an
other Cabinet officer whose duties will be
more extensive than those of any other
member Of the Cabinet
The new department will have general
jurisdiction over the foreign and internal
commerce of the United States, except in
so far as relates to the collection Of rev.
enue and administration of the customs
and internal revenue laws.
1t will also have jurisdiction over all
matters relating to the manufacturing in
terests of the United States. including the
extension of foreign markets for the same
and the increase of trade and trade facili-
ties with foreign countries. The new Sec
retary will have control and will perform
all the duties now incumbent upon the
Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the
trade and commerce of the United States,
whether the same be upon land or water.
The several bureaus of the department.
of the Treasury known as the Life-Sav-
ing Service, the Lighthouse Board the
Marine Hospital Service. the Bureau of
Steamboat Inspection, the Bureau OF
Navigation and the United States Ship
ping Commissioners. the Bureau Of Immi
grafton the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, together with the Bureau
of Statistics. are transferred from the De-
partment of the Treasury to the Depart |
ment of Commerce and Industries
The Department of Labor and the office |
Of Commissioner of Railroads, which are |
now under the Department of the Interior !
and the Office of Commissioner of Fish |
and Fisheries are placed under the juris- |
liction and made part of the Department |
Jf Commerce. The Bureau of Foreign |
Commerce. now in the State Department |
IS also transferred and consolidated with |
and made a part OF the Bureau of Statis- |
les.
The Consular Bureau of the Department |
1f State and the several consular officers |
# the Federal Government including |
,onsul generals. consuls commercial |
gents. their deputies, clerks, and all other
lflfcerS of the Government resident in
oreign countries and charged with the
luty of facilitating and promoting the
commerce of the United States with coun-
ries to which they are accredited. are
transferred from the jurisdiction of the
Department of State 10 the jurisdiction OF
he Department Of Commerce aud Indus
ries