, 1901-12-10
BUREAUS
TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRi-
CULTURE.
Wide Diffusion of the Scientific Work
of the Government Made Partly by
Accidert-New Plan Expected to
Work to the Simplification of the
Matter and Help All Concerned.

Washington, d. c., December 10
Especial to The RepubliCan.)-Much
interest is taken here in departmental
and other circles in the proposed plan
of transferring the scientific bureaus
of all departments to the jurisdiction
of the Department OF Agriculture.
President Roosevelt, in his message.
recommended the adoption of this plan
in preference to having these bureaus
included in the proposed new Depart
ment of Commerce. should be Gre
ated.
The scientific work Of the govern
ment is now widely diffused. the ar
rangement being partly accidental.
Each new bureau created has been at
tached to the department which hap
pened at the time to be the newest.
For instance, the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, the oldest of the scientific
bureaus, was attached to the Treasury
Department, as that was at the time
Inc tfiItI1dl 1OT ItNlN tIttlltll
bureaus. The Geological Survey.
when created was attached to the De.
partment of the Interior, at the time
tho vnurpest of tbe denartments
The scientific bureaus are now dis.
tributed as follows: In the Treasury
Denartment ara found tho bureou or
statistics 1~ifa-savinp service coast
and geodetic survey and Marine hospi-
tal service In the NAVY DEPARTMENT
are found the naval observatory. nauti-
cal almanac tbe museum of hygiene.
In tbo Derartme1t of fine Interior are
roupd the hoard of Education the geo
,ogic,, snrvav and the census office,
Not connected with any dcpartment
arc the pureau Of Labor. Fish Com
mission BOARD of Geoeraphical Names.
and Ru.eau Of The coast
and qeodetic survey now under the
treasury denortment carries OH sur
veys along the coast. and makes care
r,I daterminotion of poipts in the in
ter;or IF tbe country
Tho GEOLOGICAL survey under the In
,erior Den,rtmert takes nm tbe ont
s;do work of tho geodetic survey and
6nisbos tha work of tonograDhic mop-
ming If the narsonal relations he
twaa, tho beods IF these bureaus han
ne, to ho cordial as they are at pres
ont beneficial co-oneration results. If
tho rol,tions arc otberwisn moro or
,oss dun,ica,,o and friction result.
The forestry work of the govern
mont &c shown Inv tba president in his
moesogo is wide1v scattered and
sbo,,1d no consolidated The irrigation
investigations begun in 1898 bv the
oao,ooioo1 s,rvsy oro. heinz aunlicated
in nort Inv tho Denartmont If Asricul-
+uro No cood reason can he advanced
Cow no, bov;ra oil tho irritation work
ao,o Inv ono danartment and this
obor,d be rn.,ay tho Jurisdiction of the
eocrotorv of a~griculturo
Tho s+o+is,ioo1 work of tbe govern.
mont ;s being dunIicatod in mart by the
statistic bureaus of the Treasury De-
,ortr,ont the Denartment Of Agricul-
ture and nv the census office. The
u,orL Of tho cepsus is ot present tenn.
nor,rv ord not co ordinate with exist.
ing bureaus With , nermanent CEN
eng bureau as is now placed
nj tbe same department with other sci
e,ti6c b,reaus or bureaus of informa-
,io, such dun,icotion of work could
bo nrevented
1]no,rd;rg the ]nensior list which is
/, Tho Danortment of tbe Interior the
soorotor, of that danartmont sinner.
,,ises tho annually of an.
~roviuote,y slOo mn OOo whereas the
coorotorv If Agriculture , coordinate
omoer IN tba cabinet sunervises the