The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-12-13


and down the other Alone the Yukon
river the civil engineers with tran
sits and plumb.hohs have boen loeat
ling the i4ist meridian Ia the valley
Of one Of the greatest rivers in The
world. Is being laid there now
Each aspect OF this work comes ml-
der one OF the sixteen bureaus Of the
department. They cover eyerythng.
In the bureau OF corporations the pro
per control OF the great industrial and
financial forces Of the country is the
absorbing problem. a system Of stat
utory publicity by which corporations
VIII be required 20 report the essen
tial facts OF their organization and
condition, is suggested This must be
done by the federal government, Sec
retary Nagcl believes and his report
says any attempt 70 solve the prob
lem through state action will be futile,
because no number OF states can ever
agree on establishing and maintain
ing one system.
frhe bureau OF immigration shows in
cold figures that the longer tho stran-
ger stays in the United States the
more unlikely he is to SO away There
has been during the year an increase
IA the immigrant population Of the
United tSates of more than 100000
More than quarter Of million i'm
migrants went back home and 10000
Of them had been here less than five
years There were only 1000 depar
lures Of those who have been here 70
years, The statistics show it is the
pnsbilled immigrant who is the bird
81 passage ana thar The mechanic and
the artisan stay in their new homes.
The effectiveness Of the immigra
tion limitations agreed upon between
the government and Japan is demon.
stated in the reports which show that
of 2.66i lananese who applied for ad-
mission to the country, 2.4s2 had the
proper passports rom their home gov
ernment and only 2l2 We're debarred
In the division Of Naturalization, i
is shown that 1922 aliens applied for
papers. which was more
than 5000 over the number Of appl
cants during the fiscal wear preeed
ing.
The magnitude OF the foreign com
merce is amazing The total value Of
imports was more than $500 -00o,OO |
The value Of exports was more than
81 600 100000. During the year more
than 100000 bulletins from Che bu-
reau Of manufactures carried the news
Of business opportunities from the cor
ners Of the earth to American CAPT
tai and labor
The bureau OF navigation shows thar
we build fewer steel ships for foreign
trade than we did ten years ago, be-
cause our shipbuilding is confined tol
the needs Of coastwise and domestic
During the fiscal year
ls99 our shipyards built only i,247
vessels with tonnage of 2sS,-
ls0. the smallest product since 1898.
The protecting waves OF the wire
less telegraph have spread themselves
over the sea and formed life net
Of 2Ss steamships that carry steerage
to and from the United
States. half have been equipped with
wireless. and the proportion unequipp-
ed is a small figure. The mainland
81 Alaska, the United States. Hawaii
Porto Rico and the Panama Canal
rome have been equipped with wire
less land stations and vessel at sea
within 300 miles Of shore can com
nunicate.
The department has made official
tests Of mueilsge. steel rails. soap for
use on the Panama Canal. silk and
many other things It has establish
"a a bureau Of standards for honest
weights with which some of the states
are co-operating And when the de-
partment has cared for everything
Else IN its jurisdiction. Secretary
Nagel's reports calls attention 70 the
TACT that it has accomplished the
work with appropriations which have
orly little more than three
Der cent in the last four years