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CORTELYOU| IN THE CABINET
President Makes Him Secretary Of
Commerc, and Labor.
NEEDF0R THE NEW DEPARTMENT


Deal with the Largest Commercial
Interests OF the World The Unitsd
States Leads All sst.oas.
Washington. u. C.-Tlc President
has sent to the Senate the nomination
Of George B. Cortc!you. now Secre-
tsry TO the President. to be Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor. tie new Cab
met office created Ivy 4 bill which has
been approved Ivy tie Chief Execu-
tive.
The nomination was promptly con-
! Grmed by the Senate.
| 1t was announced at the White
House that the president would ap-
point james r. Garfield. Of Ohio. Con.
missioner CT Corporations under the
act creating the lew Department OF
Commerce and Labor. Mr.. Garfield 10
a son Of the late President James A.
Garfield. and Is at present q member OF
the Civil Service Commission.
The new Department OF Commerce
will have the distinction OF dealing
| with the largest commercial interests
Of the world. In domestic exports. In
manufactures. In transportation and In
internal commerce the United Safes
Is at the head of the worlds list OF
nations. Some figures just complied
by the Treasury Bureau Of Statistics,
which By the new law becomes q part
Of the Department o. Commerce, est
/ mate the internal commerce OF the
country ut SO. zoos. 900. 000-a sum equal
10 the ent!ie International commerce
| Of the world.
The estimate OF S20,O00.000.O00 Is
based upon the figures OF the census,
which put the total value Of manuSacs
lures IN 1900 at $I3. O0.000,O 00. thoss
Of agriculture at ucarly $4,O00.O00O00.
aud those Of minerals ut about $780,
0O0.O Adding to these the products
Of the fisheries. the total value Of this
| products OF the great industries IN 1900
would be $4,000 100000. and the rapid
growth In all lines Of industry since
1900. especially In manufacturing.
seems to justify the conclusion that
even q single transaction In all the pro-
ducts Of the country would produce
m aggregate for 19J2 Of fully $30.-
900. loo. 00O.
Estimating thu Internal commerce
| OF the country at former census years
by the same method. the Burea1 Of
Statistics finds that the total internal
commerce has grown from about 81
600. 100000 In 1850, $3,500y000.000 In
1850. $6.250.000.O00 in 1870. S7.75Q000s-
coo in 1890. and So. 0cG.0 1000 In 1880.
1t will be seen from this that the Inter
nal commerce seems to have Increased
about fifty per cent. In the decade from
1890 to 1900. and Is ten times az large
In 1902 Is In the yea. 1850.
In the same period. from 1870 TO
f902. the population has increased from
23.O00.OO0 to T0.000.COD. ard "a there
fore only three and oce-halc times as
great as in 1850. while ;he Internal
commerce Is ten times as Sreat IS at
that time. This relative gain OF In.
ternal commerce ovcr civilization In
! due. In part. to the greatly increased
facilities for transportation. the cheap
enIng OF cost Of articles utilized, and
| the increased earnings and increased
wealth OF the people. The railroads
! nave increased from 1901 miles In 1850
| to col $50 miles In 1909. and the csti-
mated wealth OF the country from 3d.
i3J. s 1900 In 1850 to $9f. 300.c00.0W I'm
1905 per capita Increase Of from
sos I'm 1850 { SIPS I'm 1900. This In
crease In wealth has been accompanied
by an increase In deposits In banks.
those In savings banks alone Increasing
from S43.431. 130 In 1850 to $3.50 .00f,-'
$50 In 1901.
Meantime the foreign commerce has
made rapid increase. though not at
q rate Of speed proportionate to that
| o. internal commerce. The imports Of
1850 were SlT3.5O9,52G those Of 1900.
1903 GOODS. The exports In 1850 were
Sl44.375.7 26: In 1901. s1.sS1. I19.40i.
While 1t Is not practicable to measrre
the internal commerce Of other coun.
tries with the same accuracy as that
| OF the United States, It IL known that
In agricultural products. manufactures
and minerals the United States now
outranks the other nations OF the
world. and that the transactions In
these products. which form the internal
commerce. may therefore be assumed
|. surpass those Of any other country.
The manufactures OF the United States
are now about double those Of the
United Kingdom. and nearly equal to
those Of France. Germany and Russia
combined. while the value OF the agr.-
cultural products Of the United States