The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-07

ganizatiOn greater efficiency and a substantial reduction in the expense of operation can be brought about.
 Consolidation of Bureaus.
 request congressional authority to enable the secretary of commerce and labor to unite the bureaus of manu- factures and statistics. This was rec. commended by a competent committee appointed in the previous administrA- ton for the purpose of suggesting changes in the interest of economy and efficiency and is requested by the secretary.
 The White Slave Trade.
 I greatly regret to have to say that the investigations made in the bureau of immigration and other sources of information lead to the view that there is urgent necessity for addition al legislation and greater executive activity to suppress the recruiting of the ranks of prostitutes from the streams of immigration into this coun- try-an evil which, for want of a bet ter name, has been called ''the white slave trade" 1 believe it to be con- stitutional to forbid under penalty the transportation of persons for purposes of prostitution across national and state lines, and by appropriating . fund of S50,0O0 to be used by the sec retary of commerce and labor for the employment of special inspectors 1t will be possible to bring those re- sponsible for this trade to indictment and conviction under federal law.
 Bureau of Health.
 
 movement has been gathering strength, especially among the members of the medical profession, in favor of a con centration of the instruments of the national government which have to do with the promotion of public health. In the nature of things the medical department of the army and the med icaI department of the navy must be kept separate. But there seems to be no reason why all the other bureaus and offices in the general government which have to do with the public health or subjects akin thereto should not be united in a bureau to be called the bureau of public health" This would necessitate the transfer of the marine hospital service to such a bu- reau. I am aware that there is a wide
 
 committed to the states in which the federal government cannot exercise jur risdiction. but we have seen in the agricultural department the expansion into widest usefulness of department giving attention to agriculture when that subject is plainly one over which the states properly exercise direct ju- risdiction. The opportunities offered for useful research and the spread of useful information in regard to the cultivation of the soil and the breeding of stock and the solution of many of the intricate problems in progressive Agriculture have demonstrated the wisdom of establishing that depart ment. Similar reasons of equal force can be given for the establishment of a bureau of health that shall not only exercise the police Jurisdiction of the federal government respecting Quaran- tine, but which shall also afford an op- portunity for investigation and re- search by competent experts into ques- lions of health affecting the whole country or important sections thereof questions which in the absence of fed eral governmental work are not likely to ne promptly solved
 The work of the United States civil service commission has been perform ed to the general satisfaction of the executive officers with whom the com mission has been brought into official communication The volume Of that work and it's variety and extent have under new laws, such as the census act and new executive orders, greatly increased. The activities of the com mission required by the statutes have reached to every portion of the public domain.
 The accommodations of the commis- sion are most inadequate for its needs. I call your attention to it's request for increase in those accommodations a will appear from the annual report for this year.
 Political Contributions. I urgently recommend to congress- that law be passed requiring thaf candidates in elections of members of the house Of representative and com mittees in charge of their candidacy and campaign file in a proper office of the United, States government state ment of the contributions received ana of the expenditures incurred in the campaign for such elections and that similar legislation be enacted in re- spect to all other elections which are constitutionally within the control of congress.
 Freedman's Savings and Trust Conn pany.
 Recommendations have been mada by my predecessor that congress ap- propriate a sufficient sum to pay the balance-about 3S per cent-of the amounts due depositors in the Freed mans Savings and Trust company ! renew this recommendation and advise also that a proper limitation be pre- scrfbed fixing period within which the claims may be presented, that as- signed claims be not recognized and that a limit be imposed on the amount of fees collectibie for services in pre- senting such claims