The sun., 1900-01-02
Atu OFFICES ii CABINET
Almost Certain That a Depart
ment Of Commerce and In.
dustrieS Will be Added.
4 DEAL TO BE EFFECTED
Consuls win Report 20 Secretary
Of Commerce and Industry
Except in Rare Cases
of Diplomatic
Duty.
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By Special Dispatch 70 The Sun.
Washington, 3. G., Jan. Two new
Cabinet Offices will he created II the bills
now pending before Congress become
law There is little possibility. how
ever, Of both being passed at this ses-
sion, but the chances Of one Of them are
excellent, and the present outlook is that
a ''dpal'' will be Effected by which tie
advocates Of the other department Will
be satisfied
At the senate end OF the Capitol the
Eastern men are preparing 10 pass sena-
tnr Frye's bill creating the new Depart-
meni ~ Commerce and Industries 10
the House the Representatives ot the
mining States are working for the crt a
ton n the Department Mining. The
indications are that the Western men
will have TO be content for tie present
With a Burean Of Mines and Mining
under The proposed Department OF Com.
merce.
Il is the Western element that has
| talked of the d. ppartment OF Commerce
as in the interest vt the East, but i ls
not strictly 70 Senator Frye said today
that his bill for the creation OF this de-
partment has the hearty and enthusias-
tic indorsement Of commercial organ,
cations in all parts OF the country, ana
that business men everywhere realize
that il is in the interest OF no class or
section, but OF every business IN the
country. ~ 80 >,
a slmiar bin was intrddlfced, in The
last Congress, but the press Of business
incident to the war prevented action.
1.-The Commerce Committee will pass this
as its first measure at this session, ana
hopes TO get it before the Senate I'M
nedalely after the bills which Senator
Foraker is pre- pairing for the govern.
ment of Porto Rico and Hawaii are acted
lupon. The Currency bill is to be hrst
disposed Of by the Senate, then IL is ex'
pected that the Hawaii and Porto Rice
bills will next be taken up.
The bill is now in The hands OF sub
committee, consisting OF Senators Mel
son. Hanna and CLAW. A favorable re
port is expected inthe early days afte
the reconveniBg OF Congress.
Senator FRYE believes that instead Q
pressing for the creation OF Depart
ment OF Mining, the Western men shonlt
agree TO the establishment OF Bureau
Inf Mines and N ming under the Depart
ment of Commerce, and il 10 believes
the matter will take this direction. Tn
Frye bill provides that o number {
bureaus under the Treasury Department
and some others under other depart
ments be transferred to the new depar
ment. These are bureaus which hav
nothing at all to do with the legitimat
work of the Treasury, but have bee
placed there apparently because the
: might as well go there as anywhere.
} These are the Bureau Of Immigration
: the Bureau oi Steamboat Inspection, tn
D Commissioner If Navigation. the Light
9 house Board, the Marine Hospital Sc
a ice, the Coast and Geodetc Survey. ii
! Life Saving Ser, ice, the Shipping Con
: ussio ers and the Bnrean # Statistic
The Burean of Statistics of the State D.
9 pariment il to be then transferred to n
r new depart ments. as is the DepaItner
/ ~ Labor. The consnls, whose duty
b almost entirely commercial, are TO
i. placed underlhis department, an are
n report TO the Secretary Of Commerce an
Industry except 10 the rare cases ~he
!, they are called upon to do diplomat
. duty.