The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22

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both. The commissioner OF corpora
tons viii publish reports on the ffnane-
ing and workings of trusts and SO
called trusts and will gather data
which may aid the president in recon-
mending laws to further remedy the
trust evils
The new branch Of the department
next in Importance is the bureau OF
manufactures. The salary Of the chief
is fixed at $1,000 This functionary will
develop manufacturing Interests and
will seek markets fer manufactures at
home and abroad. \ new unlciaI OF the
state depa will submit TO the
bureau Of manufactures sIcn reports
Of consuIs in all foreign lands as rec
omnenL markets for American goods
or describe improvement IS upon AmeTl-
can methods
The third new branch is the bureau
Of statistics, which combines the Ou-
reau Of at1sttcs, taken from the treas
ury department, and the bureau of for
eign commerce, detached from the state
department. This bureau will do the
difficult and complicated statistical
work of the department.
One Of the most important functions
of the department will be the proIec-
ton of marine commerce The bureau
with the greatest personnel will be
that in charge of the lighthouse es-
Enlistment on whose pay rolls are
nearly 5000 men
The commissioner Of navigation will
decide all questions relating to the
issue of registers, enrollments, licenses
Of vessels and the collection and re-
funding of tonnage taxes. He will
also have power to change the names
OF vessels and will be required to pre-
pare annually a list of ships.
The sup2rT Using Inspector general Of
steam vessels Will administer the
steamboat inspection laws.
The coast and geodetic survey bu
reau will prepare mariners charts Of
the entire coast line, survey all Of the
rivers to the head of t1dewa ter, sound
the oceans depths and study its great
currents, correct the mariners COM
pass and study disturbances of the
magnetic needle. Apart from its work
in the aid OF mariners this great scie1-
tile bureau Will determine points Of
latitude and longitude for the adjust,
ment Of state boundary lines AMI SIP
veys, measure the height Of NOM
tains and determine tt exact geo
graphical position OF a.; points in the
country.
The new department takes over from
the treasury department t.so aIminis-
tration OF affairs relating to immi@r1-
ton. One OF its chief bureaus will
revise the immigration regulations
and enforce the alien contract labor
Laws. New officers under tie new de-
partment will be charged with the
same duties in the enforcement of 1Ln
Chinese exclusion laws which former
II fell to collectors of customs and in
ternaI revenue.
The bureau OF labor under the new
will collect and diffuse
useful information on subjects of in
terest to the American Iaboring man,
setting forth the relations Of capital
to labor. the hours of labor, the earn
ings Of Iaboring men and women and
the means Of promoting their ma
terial, social, intellectual and moral
This bureau will inyesti-
gate all controversies between employ
ers and employees which may inter
fere with the welfare of the public.
The task of taking the census every
ten years will be under the supervision
Of the secretary Of commerce ard la
Dor, as will also be the statistical work
Of the permanent census recently au-
thorized by congress
The bureau of fish and fisheries will
propagate for the ever hungry public
useful food fishes, including Holsters.