New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-10
WORK OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. AND LABOR
FIRST REPORT OF SECRETARY CORTELYOU SETS
FORTH HIS AIMS And ACHIEVElfENTS

eI3eTio IN and industrial interest
les Tor supplying foreign trade Nome ion 49,
consular service. The relation ~ ttsr- L.1.u me
taS new oepartIqent Is one of its pressing prom
subject OF administrative as well as Ia * VIC
slderaton. Essentially commercial ef i've con-
should play vital part in the extension OF foreg5
trade. BY careful supervision and timely ana HEN
and OF greater usefulness TO our exIorters +la9
HlThy 81 nose hitherto furnished can be obtained
IN addition 70 the measures taken for the re-
organization and Improvement Of existing branches
an l gd seTEice II is proposed TO establish
eign tariff Information this being of the direc-
entity be extended with great advantage Ai'SF-
an effort Is being made 70 secure prompter issue
their accuracy. Bulletins containing the rulings
regulations and notices Of the department and so
terest 70 the public. viii be issued with the least
BUREAU OF MANUFACTURERS
The organization Of the Bureau Of Manufactures
has been necessarily postponed in the absence OF
adequate appropriations No tine has been lost
however. as the work OF this bureau in some re-
spects will resemble certain phases of the present
duties % the Bureau OF the Census and the Bureau
OF Statistics. some Teadjustment Of work will be
branches OF The service and the plans for redis-
tr6uton Of duties have not yet been fully formu-
as CONGRESS kbaH have provided the funds With
which TO organize new bureau.
BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS.
It is the duty Of the Bureau Of Corporations to
gather information on the SUBJECT or interstate and
foreign commerce. 10 investigate the organization
conduct and management OF corporations and joint
stock companies engaged in such commerce Cother
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission5, 10 report
the results Of such investigations to the President
through the Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
and 70 compile and publish useful information con
eir7 commerce incIu5ing Insurance corrpanfes
since the orF-inization Of the bureau on February
in the following fields:
Frrst-A systematic study of the creating the
seoond-The general subject Of interstate commerce
the powers Of the federal government in relation
ThirdThe decisions Of the federal courts relating
subigoT 10 the jurisdiction Of the blTeau "'1' 81
Fourth-Tfe jurisdiction powers Interstate
FTfrh-The decisions courts in relation
trade co0spiracies. rnonopoes, and combinations in
sixh-The corporation laws Of the various States
Territories pa-tlary those relating TO the annual
Sevea5h-ae methods o. taxing corporations in each
State decisions relating 70 the ta&a'on Of inter
Firhf5Te effect ~ Industrial combinations upon thu
prices Of the commodities sold by such combinations the
f sc Il sac5 duties and the 4eaEons Tor the aeTanee
y arv exists and foreign prices
Of Commodities manufactured projected Industrial
Niat6-The powers Of the federal government in re-
latIon 70 insurance companies
Results thus far obtained show thar much fuller
Information has been given in the past than is
generally supposed The knowledge already ac-
QUired from various sources regarding particular
corporations Will be Of decided value IN determining
sary Inquiries can be avoided In order that the
completed and the information gained be utilized
70 the best possible advantage, a liberal addition
10 the present appropriation should be granted
BUREAU OF LABOR.
The department IS empowered 10 acquire and
diffUse among the people of the United States use
ful Information subjects connected with labor.
in the most general and comprehensive sense Of the
word, especially regarding its relation 10 capital
Trrh he hNfrrz Of Ia 0r and fha earn Of
lsboring and women; the means in general OF
promoting their material, social. intellectual and
moral condition. the elements of cost. or approx
mate cost, Of products; the comparative cost Of
living and the kind Of living; the articles con
troIed by trusts other combinations of capital.
business opera tons, labor, and the effect such
trusts or other combinations have on production
and prices the causes OF and facts relating all
controversies and disputes between employers ana
Whatever enables either party 10 secure neces-
sary informa ton falls within the authority OF law
publishing any Information drawn from conditions
80 - u olLlei Thl-H W. pc nel-l4
dersLanding Employer and erapoye are dependent
upon each other, and the recognition Of the welfare
OF both and OF the means Of assisting in securing
that welfare. viii be assiduously cultivated Al
employed TO induce the representatives Of labor
Wlch shan not interfere Win the general WelIare
Of those not engaged IN the disputes This general
ployer and enpiOye alike. as it is in the interests
The Bureau OF Labor has rendered effective ser
vice in its special fed The department will utilize
70 the fullest extent the experience that has been
make more and more available the Information it
can obtain and 10 secure larger results from It's
work
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
The purely scientific work Of the Census Bureau
is closely related at many points TO the practical
affairs OF the nation striking illustration OF this
fact found in the current investigation of this
bureau concerning the receipts and expenditures Of
cities. The schedule prepared for collecting data
relating this subject has become the pivot around
which IS centrfng q well organized movement
for securing a uniform classification OF municipal
accounts and more Intelligent presentation OF
them.
I desire here to call attention 10 the recommends
grafton and the Director OF the Census that pro
vision at once be made by law for securing the
this country No satisfactory statistical statement
OF immigration and its permanent eject upon the
the statistics OF Immigration are accompanied by
the corresponding statistics Of foreign born eugra-
STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE.
IN regard 10 this service the report states that
the Board Of Supervising Inspectors held special
session IN the summer. at which some changes
in these general acts and regulations were consid-
cred The proposed changes are Tt7,. now under ex-
nnendauOns prompted by the defects o. the present
inspection system. the department Will incorporate
in a bill 10 amend the laws now IN force This bill
viii be submitted TO Congress for It's consideration
during the present regular session
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
The government is not only maintaining and in
creasing the supply OF food fish IN public waters.
bur is doing so IN accordance with sound business
principles The annual appropriations for the main
tenance OF the Bureau OF Fisheries have been
profitable Investments y1eIdlng GiIect nnancIaI
stantly been augmented and for years nave been