The Washington herald., 1912-12-16

Two outstanding features OF the annual
report OF Secretary Of Commerce and
! Labor Nagel to President Taft, made
! public last night. are recommendations
for the establishment Of q board OF con-
Citation and arbitration to adtudicate
the differences between railroad men and
their employers, and the secretary 5
condemnation Of hasty legislation look
ing toward the establishment Of a trade
commission
The secretary proposes that a rigid
Investigation be made into the proposed
duties Of such a commission before II
is enacted into law. Until the idea or
a trade commission has been more thor
oughly debated, both In the National
Legislature and in the public press, the
objects for which the Bureau OF Cor
porations was created can well be served
by the present policy Of effective exposi-
ton OF facts"
Many Other Recommendation.
Secretary Nagel also recommended that
provision be made to clrcumvent super
annuation of employees; that exporters be
compelled by law to make accurate re-
turns, so that statistics relating to ex-
ports and imports may be promptly pre-
pared; that port customs collectors be
permitted to increase their forces in or
DER to facilitate reports to the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce; that
the fur seal treaty be amended to permit
the killing OF seals on land with certain
restriction; that the primary inspection
force be increased to prevent the admis-
sion Of undesirable aliens, and that an
AUTHORIZATION be made to increase the
scope Of the Division of Information, with
a view OF compiling more extensive In
formation regarding the farm lands OF
the United States. He also made plea
for the general increase Of appropriations
for his bureau stating that broadly
speaking the constructive legislation most
essential to the proper organization OF
his department had been enacted into
law, and that hereafter the work will be
measured practically by the appropria-
tons of Congress"
Secretary Nagel said that the puolished
reports of the immigration situation were
liable to create a false impression because
they were for the most part devoted to
describing aliens who tarried in the cities
He stated that there were S'S'li2 arrivals a-.s,
during the last fiscal year, against SSS,262
who departed; 1867 immigrants were re-
jected as undesirable.
During the last year the bulk OF the
immigrants was made up as follows: BEL
gium, 4,l69; Denmark. 6,l9l; France, S,62S:
German Empire, q, 7SS; Netherlands, 6,Sl9;
Norway S675; Sweden, l2,6S: Switzer-
land. 3,5O5: England, 40,40S; Ireland, 25.SIs'
Scotland. l4,57s; Wales, 2,l62; Italy, l5I'lS4'
Russia, including Finland, 1886; Austria
S.. S54; Hungary, 3,02S; Greece, 2l44S; Tur-
key in Europe and adjoining principali-
ties, 14,4s1; Turkey IN Asia, 12,7Ss; Portu-
gal, 1920, and Spain, 6,27.
Antidote for SuperannuatIon.
AS a partial antidote for superannua-
ton, the Secretary proposed revision of
the civil service laws calculated to fix
age limits upon men entering the serv-
Ice. II. also advocated the change in
the present apportionment laws, provid-
ing that appointments to the public
service in a department at Washington
shall be made in accordance to scale
of population in the several States and
Territories and the District OF Column
bia. This law he characterized as not
in the interest of good administra-
ton"
The total value Of the manufactures
exported exceeded for the first time, one
billion dollars during the fiscal year OF
1872, export manufactures ready for con-
sumption having been S6l2,26S,l68 and
those for further use in manufacturing
$34S. 149, 524
The decline in expectation Of food |
stuffs continues, the total value OF the |
exports of this class having been in |
1912. S41S 49, T63. against SlS,6lT,7 39 in 1902
Under the head of safety OF life at
sea-" the Secretary expresses himself in |
general as well satisfied with the steps |
taken to guard the welfare of ocean |
travellers since the Titanic disaster