The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

lOGy ouU auuUOI VI SuUJcCCS 0uUIoCCu,
this is the most important depart
ment in the government and should be
Pensions should be trans
ferred to the war department, where
the records are kept.
The postmaster general appoints all
officers and employees in his depart
ment, except the three assistant post
masters general, who are designated by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; he appoints postmasters whose
annual compensation does not exceed
81 900; makes postal treaties with for
eign governments, ty and with the con-
sent of the president; awards and exc
cutes contracts, and directs the man
agement of the domestic and foreign
mail service. He has four assistants
and superintendents of railway mail
service, of foreign mails, dead letters
and of the money and order business.
The attorney general is the head of
the department Of Justice and chieflaw
officer of the government. He repre-
sents the United States in matters in
volving legal questions; gives his ad-
vice and opinion on questions of law
when required by the president, or by
the heads of the executive departments;
exercises general superintendence and
direction over United States attorneys
and marshals in all judicial districts in
the states and territories; and provides
special counsel for the United States
whenever required BY any department.
He is assisted by a chief clerk and
other employees, and also by the law
clerk, who is an examiner of titles and
assists in the investigation of legal
questions and in the preparation of
opinions. There is also a solicitor gen.
eral, who acts in the absence of the at
torney general, and conducts and ar
CUES causes in the supreme court and
the court of claims The assistant
attorney general for the department of
the interior, the assistant attorney
general for the post Office department,
the solicitor of internal revenue, treas
ury department.; the navy solicitor,
navy department., and examiner of
claims, state department, exercise their
functions under the supervision and
control of the attorney general.
The secretary of agricultureis is charged
with the supervision of all public busi-
ness relating to the agricultural
industry. He appoints the officers and
employees. with the exception of the
assistant secretary, Who is selected by
the president, and directs the manage
ment of all the divisions and sections
and the bureau embraced In the de-
partment. He exercises advisory super
vision over the agricultural e. pertinent
stations, receiving support from the
treasury, and has control of quarantine
stations for imported cattle and inter-
state quarantine rendered necessary by
contagious diseases. Under him are a
statistician, an entomologist, botanist,
a pomologist, chemist a microscopic,
an ornithologist; bureau of expert
mental stations, of animal industry, of
vegetable pathology, of forestry, of
records, of illustrations, of silk culture,
of seed distribution, and Of gardens
and Drounds. By recent act of Con-
gress the signal service for weather
forecasts and chronological obs servation
has been transferred from this depart
ment to that of war
In addition to the above, depart
ment of labor was established in 1888
now in charge of commissioner, hav-
ing no seat in the cabinet, who is di.
rected to obtain and disseminate
among the people of the United States
useful information on subjects con-
nected with labor, and especially upon
its relation to capital; the hours of labor
the earnings of laboring men and
women, and the means of promoting
their material, social, intellectual and
moral prosperity. He is also especial
. ly charged in accordance with the
general design and duties prescribed
by the law, at as early date as posi-
, BILE, and whenever industrial changes
shall make it essential, to ascertain the
cost of producing articles dut:able in
the United States in leading countries
where such articles are produced, by
! fully specified units of production, and
. under a classification showing the off