Items of Interest February 26, 1903 Issue

Items of Interest

George B. Cortelyou took the oath of office as Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor on the 18th. At the same time William Loeb, Jr., was sworn in as secretary to the President. The oaths were administered by Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court.

The new secretary's official career began in 1889 as private secretary to the post office inspector in New York. Later he was confidential stenographer to the surveyor of the port of New York; private secretary to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General; in 1895 executive clerk and confidential stenographer to President Cleveland; in 1898 assistant secretary to President McKinley and later secretary, which position he has continued to hold with President Roosevelt.

James R. Garfield of Ohio, second son of the late President Garfield, will be Commissioner of Corporations under the act creating the new Department of Commerce. The law provides that the commissioner shall have authority to make, under direction of the secretary, "Diligent investigation into the organization, conduct, and management of the business of any corporation, joint stock company, or corporate combination engaged in commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, excepting common carriers, subject to an act to regulate commerce, approved February 4, 1887, and togather such information and data as will enable the President of the United States to make recommendations to Congress for legislation for the regulation of such commerce, and to report such data to the President from time to time as he shall require."

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