The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-28
COMMERCE AND LABOR REPORT
SRI RETtRi NMEL TELLS or
orr FOREIGN TRADE.
Imp"ris the Highest Vet. our ENperts
Faii in ' aiu~ NorA % Bureau Of Cor
porations Immigrant Tide Rising
Again Other Affairs Summarized.


tn" Department OF Commerce and Labor
during tho asst year is reviewed by Score
tary Nagel in his annual report made pub
lie to-day According 20 the report the
force of The Department numbers 10 .c5s
persons. not counting temporary census
employees and IL has an annual nppro-
rrIation amounting 10 SCI .t2i zoo. The
Secretary saws notable event during the
year was the Completio ion OF tide per
fecring maohn" bv the coast and geo
d"iIc survey. which /. "A bureau Of the
Department
In" report gives statistics Of immigra-
ton into the United States during 1910.
of our foreign trade. recommends that
appeals b. allowed in naturalization
cases So a. TO secure harmony in court
decisions and suggests that some OF the
islands in the Boring Sea be made reserva-
lions ON which fur bearing animals may
not be killed
The number OF immigrants in 1910
was i,oii $50. showing an upward trend
Secretary Nagel says: As the later
months Of the year show a greater pro-
portionate increase than the earlier. IL
seems likely that the ensuing year will
witness a still nearer approach to the
largest record so far made. that for the
year 1907. namely. i,,S5 .3,s- We lost
2O2. i3S immigrants. who went home 70
live the rest Of their days. Russia. Greece.
Italy and Austria supplied a. per cent of
our immigrants this year. Ellis Island
will have TO be extended or some OF the
immigrant stream he diverted from New
York
Concerning the work of the bureau OF
corporations the report says that II had
on hand at the end Of the fiscal year "a work
still pending invest cations into the lum-
Der. steel and tobacco Industries, the
International Harvester Company. trans
portation by water in the United States.
the concentration OF water power owner
ship and corporate taxation The m
vestI CATION Of the lumber industry. II
states has by reason Of he great i'm
porrance Of IN. subject been given prec"-
denc" and II Is expected thai report
thereon will he issued the latter part Of
December. 1910. or the early part Of
January. 1911 Secretary Nagsi saws APP
precistively Of the bureaus work
ReliabI. information regarding business
- tho first reuUisit. to establish
and enforce proper regulation I, has been
peculiarly the work OF the bureau OF cOrpo-
Tation- to obtain such information "
has been - business also 80 put thc-"
facts IN such concise. clear and TelIabl"
form that every citizen can Use them
These basic facts of business have Deen
increasingly used IN legislative and al
illustrative action Far more important.
tn. II atsment of these facts has been AN 81
fecrIve check upon improper business moth.
DDS Tn. publicity gwen nv the bureaus
reports on various industries has been
frequently marked by the disappearance ~
railway rebates. unfair methods OF COM
petition and divers forms 81 business
oppression. Statements volunteered by
numerous small business concerns furnish
excellent evidence Of this
Such results have been possible only nv
he bureaus u<- Of the utmost care in ~erur-
ing ~ Information Considerable time
has h'en necessary 10 complete each Of 10
repOrs. since accuracy and mpl.tansSs
ar. essential IN order that tn" information
may 2. absolutely reliable Probah'v III.
most crec-IVe single fea'ur. nf it, work II
'hc reduction Of vast masses Of business
facts 10 few Grv important ar plainly
stated conciu-Ion- ia order that ihoSe"on-
illusions may be- brought before IN. public
through the one eHeCtiv. and accepted
means Of pubicitv
For this work rhe bureau has DEVELOPED
through a S"ri"- ~ wears a highly trained
force of specialists II has had. a. an
almost invar,ahI~ rule arcsss to the hooks
OF larg" corporations. and more encourag-
ing still the increasing voluntary Cooprra-
ton "i corporate managers
Our foreign commerce IN 1910 shows "a
larger total than IN any earlier year ex-
Cspi 1897 Imports were the !arScs- IN
our history Exports fell in value below
thoan 81 1905 and 1907 in spite ~ untl- Tally
high prices. The total valu" ii mer-
chandis.. imported IN 1910 was 81 $50
ss' $50. against 81 i3I. al .t2s in the former
81 domestic and foreign merchandise eN-
ported IN 1910 was 81 IA. 9s.. 100. against
81 .sGn. ia $40 in 1913 and 81 $50 s5i .01s IN
1897 IN" high record years in exports.
! no imports thus exceeded by sl2? 81, -
O15 the largest total OF any earlier year.
while IN. exports fell SIPS s25 .ip2 below
ne annual average Of 1907 and ians.
While the increase in imports occurred
chiefly IN manufacturers materials. the
decrease IN exports occurred chiefly ~
foodstufrs. W this phenomenon Secre-
'ary NaR"l saws
This falling on IN the expectation Of
foodsturs - apparently due IN large
part AZ least 70 increased consumption
~ hon" rather than Ia deciin. IN pro-
dCciIon IN" wheat crop ~ 1000. IN" chief
source ~ tn" 1910 exports Of that article,
was 'Ith single exception m. largest
IN our history. and This - also true at IN"
corn crop 0i 1909. and while the supply
of food animals somewhat diminished
h. The gradual breaking ny al IN. RrPa'
stock ranges IN III" West and tn. transfer
of IN. live stock industry to farms The
relatIv" decline IN expectation Of meats ,
and food animals has been much greater
than that IN the number Of food animals
a. reported from wear to year by rhs DE.
partmen' 81 Agricul'ur. This shortage
~ the surplus Of rhe greatest food exporting
OF the world. IN" tinted states.
has been met III III. worlds markets by
increased production and expectation Of
meats frois australia. New Zealand and
South America. Of wheat from Russia
Rumanii. australia. Argentina. canada
and India and Of corn from Argentina.
r.. s~Ia and EVmlnIa
The reduction IN IN" exploration of food
stunts from IN" ni'sd states ha- been
offset N part nv an incrra-.. ~ the eNporta-
ton Of manufactures The value of do
nestle manufactures exported In 1910
was larger than ever before. agRrrga'inz
s5s7. gD.sH. against Sass 0'oGs1 ~ issb
si7o Wo1O IN I-D and si:. GpBn IN 1850
and forming IN 1919. ~ ~ per cent of m.
domestic exports. against ~ " per cent