Speech #570004494

As its name implies. it is the Treasury Department. or what they call in other governments the finance department. of the Government. Now. in the course of time that Department has been lumbered up with a lot of matters foreign to its main purpose. The Department of the Treasury has attached to it the LifeSaving Service. the LightHouse Board. the MarineHospital Service. the SteamboatInspection Service. the Bureau of Navigation. the United States Shipping Commissioners. the Bureau of Immigration. the Bureau of Statistics. and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Now. all these branches of the public service. the titles of which I have read. have no relevancy to or bearing upon the financial or fiscal administration of the Government. They have charge of matters each and all of which peculiarly appertain to commerce and navigation. to the industrial interests of this country. and they ought not to be attached to a department charged with the fiscal affairs of the Government.