Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
PRAISES HIS CLERKS
CONCENTRATION BY SECRETARY
CoRTELYoU ON RETIRING.
Principles Governing the Policy Of the
Depart ment |of Commerce
and Labor.

In retiring from the secretaryship OF the
Department of Commerce and Labor. Mr..
Corteiyou. who today became chairman or
the republican national committee slid that
his rela lions with the force of the new de-
partment had been of the most satisfactory
nature. lie hoped, he said. that the new
Secretary would find things beginning to
run smoothly, and he felt assured. from the
progress which has been made during the
past sixteen months of its life, that the
baby department of the government ma
chinery would prove itself worthy of Its
creators and grow to full development
under the guidance of its able and efficient
officers and assistants.
Faithful and Devoted Service.
During the period the department has
been organized" said Mr.. Cortelyou. lit
has made as rapid progress toward the &C
complishment of the purposes OF Its es1ao-
lishment as the limited appropriations at
its disposal admitted. Many men and
women in Its personnel have contributed
faithful and devoted service to its develop
ment, and as in the early days Of its exist
ence / made public acknowledgment Of
their loyalty and cooperation, l am glad
again to recognize in the same manner the
support they have given the head of the
department, and to make record of the fact
that without their assistance the results
would have been meager indeed. They are
a type of many thousands of officials in the
service Of the government, whose work Is as
well done and whose contribution to the
welfare of the country is as great as those
of any employees In the walks OF private
life
Favors Conservatism.
In his last of series of addresses which
he has made before various trade bodies
fhrcu
at Westfeld, Mass. June II, that he made
apology for the new department, and
that he would rather thousand times have
1t said that 1t moved too slowly than that
it moved too fast He thoroughly believes
in conservatism as opposed to radicalism,
and asseverates that only by careful and
conservative action can the Department Of
Commerce and Labor achieve the ends FOR
which 1t was created.
In his speech before the Westfield board
of trade he said that progress and prosper
ity must not lead us away from the prin-
ciples upon which the government was
founded. and in accordance with which this
people has taken it's place as the greatest
among the nations.
American Commercial Supremacy.
american commercial supremacy, he
said, is one of the great facts of today,
and 1t must be maintained, but 1t can not
be maintained unless our business ideals
are made to square with the eternal prin-
ciples Of honor and fair dealing And these
principles should be instilled in the home
and taught in the schools of the land.
From our homes and our schools must come
the incentive and the inspira ton, for ma
terial prosperity is but a poor and empty
thing If achieved through any sacrifice Of
the moral sense of our people,"
These arc the feelings he has nourshed
during his career at the head of the de-
partment. and he said today that they were
his sentiments in retiring to take I'D his
new duties as campaign manager for the
republican party.