The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-02-27
THE NEW cAsINET OFFICE.
What the Secretary Of Commerce VIII
Have to Do.


The Law setting up the new depart
ment makes the secretary Of commerce
and labor a cabinet officer with the sal
airy Of 5000 and the same term and ten
ure as those Of other cabinet officers It
also places him in the line Of temporary
succession as the head Of the govern
ment IN case Of emergency.
One assistant secretary Is provided, q
chief clerk, disbursing clerk, and the
auditor of the state department is given
auditing Jurisdiction Of the accounts Of
the new department. The law declares
sit shall be the province and duty Of
said department to foster, promote and
develOPe the foreign and domestic COM
merce, the mining, manufacturing, ship
ping and fishery industries, the labor in
terests, the transportation facilities and
the insurance business Of the United
States"
The new department will consist Of
the bureau of labor, the bureau Of cor
pOrations, the lighthouse board, the
lighthouse establishment, the steamboat
inspection service, the bureau Of navi-
cation, the bureau Of standards, the
coast and geodetic survey, the commiss-
Toner general Of immigration, the com
missiOners Of immigra ton, the bureau
of immigration and the immigration at
large, the bureau Of foreign commerce
/ (now in the department of state), the
! census bureau and the fish commission.
That part Of the law which erects the
bureau Of corporations, which is to have
a partial Jurisdiction of the subject OF
trust control, provides that there shall
be in the new department q bureau, to
be called bureau of corporations, and
a commissioner Of corporations, with a
salary of 5000; deputy commissioner
with a salary of $500; a chief clerk and
such special agents, clerks and other
employees as may be authorized by law
The commissioner is to have power to
make, under the direction and control OF
the secretary Of commerce and labor
"dililgent investigation into the Organiza-
| ton, conduct and management Of the
business of any corporation, joint stock
/ company, or corporate combination en-
gagged IN comm cree among the Sc vera
states and with foreign nations, except
| ing common carriers subject to the in.
/ terstate commerce act, and to gather
such information and data as will enable
the president Of the United States t.
make recommendation to congress fol
| the regulation of such commerce and Il
report such data to the president from
time to time as he shall require, and the
| information so obtained and as much
thereof as the president may direct shall
be made public"
In order to accomplish this the com.
missioner shall have and exercise the
same power and authority in respect t
corporations, joint stock companies and
combinations subject to the provisions
herein as is conferred on the interstate
commerce commission in respect to com
mon carriers so far as applicable, incIud
ing the right to subpoena and cOmPe
the attendance and testimony of witness
| es, All requirements, obligations, LA
bilities and immunities imposed or con
ferred by the interstate commerce &C
also apply to all persons who may b.
subpoenaed to testify as witnesses o.
to produce documentary evidence before
the commissioner Of corporations.