Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
APPOINTS RUB[EE
T0U.S. TRADE BODY
President Places New Hamp-
shire Man on Commission
Despite Objections.
ORGANIZATION TO BE
EFFECTED NEXT WEEK
Candidates for secretaryship, Which
Pays 5000 Year, Loom
Up Over Capital.


President Wilson today gave re-
cess appointment to George Rublee of
| Cornish, N. H. as a member Of the
| new federal trade commission. Mr..
| Rublee's nomination was not confirmed
| by the Senate at the last session owing
| to objections. The Presidents action
today completes the membership of the
trade commission, which will organize
here next week.
The date for the organization of the
commission, which was set for March
IL, has been altered to Monday, March
Is. Commissioner Parry of Seattle,
Wash. will not be able to close up his
business affairs and reach Washington
until the end of next week, according
to information furnished today by W.
| ). Harris, the retiring director of the
census, who is to be another member
or the commission.
Secretaryship Is Sought.
Candidates for the secretaryship of
the commission, a position paying
so'ooo a year, are still looming up all
over washington. One of the latest
names 10 come up in this connection is
that or NJ +. Hudson, clerk to the SEN
\ ate committee on interstate commerce,
| one OF the assistants of Senator New
idHds, VINO IS one of the fathers of the
| ACT creating the federal trade commits
! SION W hen the commission ORGANIZES
! ~ VIII vote the appointment of the
secretary a gift within it's own powers.
Much Work Ahead.
mere is a tremendous amount of
work ahead of the new commission,
hlr
the present quarters of the bureau OF
corporations, which it absorbs, in the
| department of Commerce building. as
| the intended Appropriation OF $1,000
ior rent or an once building was
stricken out at the last moment IN Con-
sIess. Inc bureau OF corporations has
received an enormous NUMBER OF IN
quifles from corporations all over the
| country asking what the attitude OF
the commission will be toward this.
! that or the other feature OF their
| business.
On the other hand, the bureau of cor
poratlons has done a large amount Of
preliminary work for the commission
In connection with the various lnvestl-
cations that the bureau has recently
| made, the work has been done with a
| view to be OF value to the new commits
sion, according to statements made by
Joseph r. DaVles, the retiring head OF
| the bureau OF corporations, and who
| probably is to be the chairman of the
new commission,
| Davies Ideas.
Mr.. Davies ideas in this respect are:
| Taking as a basis the value OF out
put OF the industries OF the country, as
| Iurnlshed by the census bureau, ABOUT
| 80 per cent OF these Industries were
| examined in general way, as to
| nave material at hand, II desired, Tor
| a brief general survey thereof; and a
| someW nat more comprehensive survey
| or ABOUT twenty leauius Industries mas
| likewise been maze, with a view OF
having slmIIar Information avaIla uIe,
| II needed by the commission, upon the
general IactS OF the pi oceSSeS o. manu-
| Iacture, organization ana dominate
| nnancIai control, II any, in the Ie-
spectiVe industries. ...
| "A card INDEX or directors of the prin-
clpal Industrial, railroad and public
| utli1ty corporations, insurance COM
| panleS ana banks mas also peen COM
pictcd Tor the same pu. pose. Inere are
approximately o,ouU COZ porattons, eA-
ciuSiye OF steam railroads., banking anu
otner nnanctaI corporations ana puuIlc
service corporations under the 1uIl sulc-
lion OF the Interstate coInineI ce comm.s-
SION, tnat nd We caplIai STOCK or Donued
ana otner Indebtedness amounting L.
! SI,UUo,vuU or over eneaSed IN inteI state
| commerce. approximately one-tulru
| OF these have Voluntarily furnished,
| upon request, reports ao TO their nndn-
cIai coiiuItion, org anIlaLIon ana Oluer
! slflIlar facts, an Oh wnIcn were pa o.
cuI Ell with the design o. peIne, avail
| apie Tor the use o. The Ieue.aI tIadc
| COMMISSION upon ITS organization.
Study Trusts.
IN addition, the federal trade COM
/ mission Is expected to complete a COM
| preneuSIse STUDY, begun by the bu-
| reau OF corporations, or the funua-
! mental problems or the efficiency OF
| trusts. 1t is expected to determine tn.
! question wneuner from the stand
| point OF business profits and also from
| the STANDPOINT of social welfare the
trust form of organization is really
| socially and economically efficient
| secretary kedfield mas again and again
declared that his experience in the
| department of Commerce and as a
| business man before he entered Con-
gress mas led him to question whether
| the trust form of organization is really
efficient from business profits point
of view.
Furthermore, a study commenced by
I the bureau of corporations Of the con-
! fict of state laws relating to forign
corporations will be completed by the
new federal trade commission 1t is
said that the wide Emergencies in the
| prerequisites for doing business in the
| various states have often hammered
and restricted the business world
i Probe Export Trade.
One of the most important things to
! be done by the new commission is a
/ general invests cation of certain legal
and economic problems relating to pro-