The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-20
NEW
CABINET
POSITION.

proposed new eXecu-
tive department of commerce, it is said
to-day that President Roosevelt is in IA
vor of such department and will recon-
mend its establishment in his message to
congress. President Mckinley favored
such legislation, but never spoke to con-
gress on the subject. A cabinet officer
to look after commercial matters such as
exists in nearly every cabinet in Europe
would be an advantage in the opinion of
business men, particularly those engaged
in foreign trade, as demonstrated by me-
MORALS and petitions sent to congress on
the subject. AS it is now the secretary of
the treasury is the only one supposed to
look after such matters, but his time is
principally taken up with financial af-
fairs. The conduct Of the finances of the
government is as much as any one man
can well attend to.
The state department, through it's con-
suls, has some connection with commercial
questions, but it is only in perfunctory
way that the secretary of state is sup
posed to give any attention to that sub
ject. There are various bureaus, such as
customs, navigations, immigration, sta
tistics, steamboat inspection coast and
geodetic survey, ETC., connected with the
treasury department that have no rela-
tion whatever to the finances of govern
ment or only in an indirect way. The
proposition has been to combine those
with the bureau Of foreign commerce in
the state department and with such other
bureaus in other departments as have re-
lation to the commerce of the country
and put them under the head of an execu-
tive officer who can give his time and at
tention to those subjects The experience
of the agricultural department has shown
the advantage of combining one class of
subjects under cabinet member and is is
probable that congress will take some ac-
tion on this subject at the coming session.
Senator Nelson will probably introduce
the bill in the senate and make it copy
of the bill covering the same subject
which was reported favorably from the
senate committee last session. There is
little doubt that Governor Merriams
friends will urge him for this position
when it shall have been created.
THE The request of the Min
nesota Board of Capitol
FRIGATE'S Commissioners for the
loan Of the f1gurehead Of
FIGUREHEAD the old frigate Minnesota
to be placed in the capt.
tol building at st. Paul has been backed
up by Senators Nelson and Clapp The
request of the commissioners, with letters
from the senators and others interested
in having this historical relic taken to
st. Paul, is waiting action by Secretary
LOnS, MuO T0IuIu0u " a lew
days ago. Reports from the various bu-
reaus to whom the request was referred
are favorable and there is little doubt
that it Will be granted after congress has
authorized the transfer.
JUDGE MOVES Judge Arthur P. Noyes
was out Of bed for short
TO RETAIN time yesterday. In the
evening he had a long
JERE WILSON consultation with Uere
Wilson, the eminent
Washington attorney, as to the conduct of
his case. Judge Noyes would be glad to
retain Judge Wilson and will probably do
so should Wilson's engagements as prin-
eipal counsel for Admiral Schley permit
MANUFAC- A census bulletin issued
to-day shows that the
TURES OF number of manufacturing
establishments in Iowa
IIAWKEYE- increased from 7,440 in
1890 to IA ,S19 in 1900. The
DOM. capital employed increased
from $77,513 ,097 to 1902
733, ,103;5 average number of wage earners
from 51037 to 5S,553; total wages from
2O,429, 500 to $2S, ,931, $50; miscellaneous
expenses from S., 1872, ,206 to 1885, ,767; cost
of material used from $79, ,292. .407 to S101,-
1857, and value of products, including
custom work and repairing from SIPS, ,O49, =
1873 to 164,617, ,877.
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