ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT. [October 1, 1921.] Secretary of Commerce.... Assistant Secretary of Commerce_ Solicitor. Assistant to the Secretary Private Secretary to the Secretary. Chief, Division of Appointments. Chief, Division of Supplies.. Director of the Census___. Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce__ Director, Bureau of Standards___ Commissioner of Fisheries__ Commissioner of Lighthouses_. Director, Coast and Geodetic Survey- Commissioner of Navigation__. Supervising Inspector General, Steamboat-Inspection Service... 2 HERBERT HOOVER. CLAUDIUS H. HUSTON. WILLIAM E. LAMB. F. M. FEIKER. RICHARD S. EMMET. EDWARD W. LIBBEY. CHARLES E. MOLSTER. CLIFFORD HASTINGS. THOMAS F. MCKEON. FRANCIS M. SHORE. WILLIAM M. STEUART. JULIUS KLEIN. .S. W. STRATTON. HUGH M. SMITH. DAVID B. CARSON. GEORGE UHLER. CONTENTS. Changes among officers and division chiefs of Bureau.... General developments in connection with foreign service__ Western and northern Europe British South Africa. Original research and compilation of foreign statistics_ Division of foreign tariffs---- kona o report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Abstract of report of the Director of the Coast and Geo 119 See of the Bureau 119 General statement of work done 128 Appendix II. Abstract of report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Appendix I Abstract of report of the Supervising Inspector General of the Steamboat Inspection Service 146 NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. To the PRESIDENT: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, November 15, 1921. I have the honor to submit herewith, for transmission to Congress, in accordance with provisions of the organic act, the ninth annual report of the Secretary of Commerce. I attach hereto formal reports of the different bureaus, showing the scope and character of their work and expenditures during the fiscal year in question. As I assumed office on March 4, 1921, this report covers but four months of the administration of the Department under my direction. The new administration during this four months devoted itself to two primary questions: First. Reorganization of the departmental expenditures. Second. Reorganization of those bureaus concerned with industry and trade, that they may become of more effective service to the community. The results of reorganization enabled a revision of the estimates of expenditure for the fiscal year 1921-22, so that while the total appropriations available for the Department for this period are $24.222.192, yet it now seems probable that the expenses during this fiscal year will approximate $20,200,000, showing a total saving of about $4,000,000, or 163 per cent, of the available appropriations. The above economies should be accomplished notwithstanding the transfer of some savings and some supplemental appropriations. to burea us whose services to the public required expansion if they were to give full effectiveness. The results of reorganization of the bureaus concerning industry and trade are in part indicated by the increase in volume of demand spon the Department for helpful action or information. These demands have now reached a rate of over 500,000 per annum. The further practical results to American commerce and industry will be more evident later in the year and comment upon them can best be deferred until results have been further realized. The establishment of a real Department of Commerce, effective in service to the producers, manufacturers, and distributors of commodities, able to give economic interpretation of importance to the American public generally, to stimulate American trade and merchant marine, requires a thorough reorganization and entire regrouping of the Federal functions bearing upon these problems. Inasmuch as these matters are now actively before Congress and the administration it is not necessary on this occasion to enter upon discussion of them. Yours faithfully, HERBERT HOOVER. Secretary of Commerce. |