New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

either the Interstate Commerce Commission or
the Bureau of Statistics In the Agricultural De
parfrlent The new department will consist CT
The Bureau of Corporations the Bureau of Ls-
bor the Lighthouse Board. the Lighthouse Is
adjustment the Steamboat Inspection Service.
the Bureau of Standards the Coast and Geo
detic Survey. the Commissioner General of I'M
migration the Commissioners Of Immigration.
the Bureau Of Immigration, and the Immgra-
ton Service at large the Bureau of Statistics of
the Treasury Department the Bureau of NaHi-
CATION. the Shipping Commissioner the Bureau
OF Foreign Commerce. now in the Department OF
State: the Census Bureau, and the Fish Com
mission.
THE BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS.
Section C. the antitrust provision which estab-
fishes the Bureau Of Corporations reads as fol-
lows:
That there shall be in the Department OF Com
T'esr oF ~ornorations and a Commissioner of Cor
porations who shall be the head OF sald SAID, bureau ,a
salary of S5.eco per annum There shall also De 9e
acI ~ sse saIarv Of ss5oS per annum and who shall
in she absence Of the Commissioner, act as ana
poratioI.s' and who shall also perform such other
duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary
81 o6e %hefe ahG aa S5 o be be in the he said
3ffsr empoyes as1 as may be authorized by law.
The said Commissioner shall have power ana ana
,etsrv Of commerce and Labor diligent investiga-
lion int NJ ~, Ihe eS IF any corpoTstion joint stock
company or corporate combination engaged IN com; com,
rnerce among the several States and with Ioreign
nations. excepting common carriers subject 70
An Act TO Regulate commerce, approNeea s feps
data as win enable The President of the United
EQUATION Of such commerce. and TO report such
data to the President from time TO time as ne shat
much thereof as the President may direct, shall De
In order to accomplish the purpose of this sec
fion the said commissioner shall have and e%er-
else the same power ana authoriy IN resPtgS!! 10
corporations. joint stock companies and comblna-
'2rea ~, Inc interstate Commerce Commission in
-aid Act Regulate Commerce and the amend
= fnosns ri s nd rcnpef the ATTENDANCE and testi
,1c, aT WITNESSES and the production OF document
ARK evidence and to administer oaths All the re
quirements obligations liabilities and imBunines
imposed or conferred BY said al et to Kegg1a5e
commerce and by An ACT IN helaton 70 IesIlIllo ,,
etc approved February II, 1898, supplemental TO
10 elI persons ~ho da S e doc,,ToetsT evidence in
pursuance OF the authority conferred by this Sec
II shall also be the province and duty Of said
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor: to gather, COM
5seT1ling corporations doing business within the
iiInlIs o. me 5ree Ir or in connerc betveeTs the
United States and any foreign country including
to such other duties may be hereafter provided
by law.
Before the meeting Of the conferrees senator
Clay asked the Democratic members of the Sen
ate to meet him in conference in the Democratic
cloakroom for informal discussion OF the
deadlock over the disposition OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission He explained the sltu-
alton to them, and all OF them expressed their
willingness 10 stand with him in opposition TO
she report of the coEferrees in case the bureau
should be transferred TO the new department
Senator Clay carried the information OF TINS
proceeding 20 the conference. Senator Nelson
stood with him in demanding that the commits
zion be left as an independent division Of the
government while Senator Hanna took the posi-
tion that the success Of the bill should not be
inorerilled by an amendment 10 accomplish a
purpose which he thought had already been
accomplished. Senator Nelson suggested the
1rox-isioa specifically mentioning the statistical
bureaus TO be transferred. Mr.. Hepburn was
the first Of the House conferrees TO yield, and
.oon afterward the other members came over
and the work of creating the new executive de-
partnlent was completed, so far as the confer
rees were able TO accomplish it