1492 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.· FEBRUARY 10, SENATE. The letter referred to is as follows: INDUSTRIAL COIDIISSION, MoNDAY, February 10, 1902. Washington, D. C., February 10, 190!. To the Fifty-seventh Congress: Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. In behalf of the Industrial Commission I have the honor to submit here­ The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings with its final report. This is Volume XIX and is devoted to historical re­ of Friday last, when, on request of Mr. H.A.LE, and by unani­ views of the ubjectsof our inquiries, and torecommendationsforlegislation, with appendixes relatin~ thereto. mous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. It presents a subst&ntl.ally complete epitome of the industrial life of the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Journal, without objec­ nation and of the important changes in business methods which have taken place in recent years, with a discussion of some of the economic problems tion, will stand approved. which confront the people. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. It may not be inappropriate to call attention to certain features of our reports, which we hope will make them convenient to members of Con~ess A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. C. R. and to legislators in the several States, and also to economists and busmess McKENNEY, its enrolling clerk, announced that the House had men throughout the countr y. passed the following bills and joint resolution; in which it In the first place it was the aim of the Commission to select only the most competent witnesses, although, of course, there were, in the nearly 700 exam­ requested the concurrence of the Senate: ined, a few who sought to be heard, and some of them, perhaps, for personal as A bill (H. R. 199) for the establishment of a light station on well as public reasons. As n rule, however, the evidence is that of the chief men in business or the heads of business departments, public officials, leaders Bluff Shoal, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina; of organized labor, and experts who have given the subjects exhaustive A bill (H. R. 5801) to authorize the St. Clair Terminal Rail­ studv. road Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Having obtained such instructive testimony, it was the next purpose of the Monongahela River; Commiss10n to present it in accessible and attractive form: therefore each of the volumes of testimony opens with a narrative review of its su~stance. A bill (H. R. 8108) for the relief of John Hornick; This is followed by a digest of the evidence, usually about one-fourth .the A bill (H. R. 10070) establishing a United States court at Cat­ length of the evidence it elf, arranged under topiGal heads and giving refer­ ence t{) the pages of the testimony and cross references to other evidence on lettsburg, in the eastern district of Kentucky; authorities on the same subject. In addition, each volume contains an index A bill (H. R. 10380) to authorize the transfer to an adjoining of the dige t and an index of the testimo~~< prepa!·ed in accordance with the district of causes in the district or circuit courts of the United latest and best approved library rules, wn.ile the final volume conta.ins an in­ States in which the judge of. the district wherein such causes are dex of its contents and a general index for all the volumes, by means of which quick and sure guidance can be had to all the information presented. Some pending is disqualified; of these features are unique in Government reports and have been highly A bill (H. R. 10847) making appropriations for the legislative, commended bv economists at home and abroad. executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal Besides takfng testimony the Com..mission has availed itself of much other authentic information, gathered chiefly from official documents of the nation year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes; and and the States, from the decisions of courts, and from the researches of ex­ A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 106) authorizing the Secretary of perts. Thus a person who seeks knowledge a.S to the history and late1t status War to loan to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Ameri­ of any of the subjects covered can find it in condensed but accurate terms in these volumes without taking the trouble to find and read the many publica.­ can Revolution certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arse­ tions from which it has ~n gleaned. In view of the size of the country and nal. Pittsburg, Pa. the voluminous nature of the legislation and reports of its forty-five States, The message further communicated to the Senate resolutions and of the many organizations which represent mdustrial progress, this com· pendium should prove of service to busy men. adopted by the House commemorative of the life and public serv­ Any reader of the reviews in this final volume can not but be impressed ices of Hon. ROBERT E. BURKE, late a Representative from the with the immensity and complexity of the industrial life of the nat1on and with the fact that nearly all kinds of business have undergone almost revo­ State of Texas. lutionary changes in recent rears. It would now seem impossible to legis­ ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. late wisely or to conduct busmess prudentlywithoutobtairung knowledge of The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had these new conditions. It is not presumptuous to say that most students of these reports wi1l find many revelations of business methods and complica­ signed the enrolled bill (H. R. 8761) to declare the international tions of which they knew little before and will have a liberal education in railway bridge over the St. Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, the economic problems of the day. N.Y., a lawful structure; and it was thereupon signed by the Possibly a word will be pardoned in reference to the publication and dis­ tribution of the volumes. For some months past the demands for them from President pro tempore. all over the country and from foreign countries bas been so great that re­ MONUMENT TO COMMODORE PERRY IN JA.PA.N. grets are expressed that larger editiOns were not printed. Doubtless Sena· tors and Representatives 'have generally sent their allotments to libraries, The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ which will serve the public fairly well so far as all but the final volume is munication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in re­ concerned; but as this volume is substantially complete of itself and em­ b!"aces summaries and conclusions drawn from its predecessors,lrobably sponse to a resolution of the 3d instant, the reports of Rear­ the publication of a very large edition for a much more general an popnlai' Admiral Frederick Rodgers, United States Navy, and Rear­ distribution would prove to be a profitable and commendable use of publio Admiral L. A. Beardslee, United States Navy, retired, relating funds. The Commission regrets that lack of time prevented it from taking testi­ to the unveiling of the monument to Commodore Perry in Japan. mony in the States on the Pacific coast, now such an important part of the ~fr. HOAR. I have in my possession a number of extracts country, and from investigating many branches of industry and some of the from Japanese newspapers sent me by the Secretary of State con­ newest combinations in sections which it partially covered. It especia.lly re­ grets its inability to complete an investigation of telegraph systems and pro­ taining an account of that celebration. They are not very posed Government ownership and of the American merchant marine in the voluminous, and I have the authority of the Secretary of State to foreign trade. The country has become so vast and its industries so -varied do what I propose. I move that the reports be prin~ and with and changeable that a bureau. in a permanent department of the Government would have all it could do to keep trace of the mutations of business, a sub­ them the newspaper accounts of the celebration belonging to the ject which is quite apart from the scientific and statistical work now wen State Department. perfo:r:med by other bureaus and departments. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The reports will be printed. The Commission acknowledges with gratitude courtesies received from officials in various departments of the Government and in many of the States, The Senator from Massachusetts asks unanimous consent that and takes lJleasure in testifying to the fidelity of its entire corp of assist­ certain extracts from papers to which he has referred may be ants espec:mlly to the valuable aid rendered by most of its expert agentsJ printed in connection with the reports. Is there objection? The particularly by its accomplished secretary, Mr. Edward Dana. Durand, ana by Messrs. F. J. Stimson, J. W. Jenks, William Z. Ripley, John Frankl\n Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. Crowell, John R. Commons, Max West, and Charles E. Edgerton. COST OF NA.VA.L VESSELS. In conclusion, it should be said that the duty which the law devolved upon the Commission, to recommend legislation, has been performed with becoming The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ modesty and without a thought that importance will be attached to its sug­ munication from-the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in re­ ~estions except so far as they are the results of a careful study of the sub­ Jects.