Washington speech urges consolidation of customs and reform
A presidential address urges abolition or consolidation of overly numerous customs districts and officers, proposing central auditing and specialization. It highlights cost per dollar collected at small ports and calls for the revenue cutter service and a new tariff board to study rates and costs, with a plan for gradual tariff changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Port of
York
Annapolis
Natchez
Alexandria
Revenue Cutter Service
New York City
Leon
Leon Jone
Syeyr Fie Wade
Register
Comptroller of
United States
Tariff Board
Tariff Commission
Monetary Commission of Congress
Teverar
Progress of Panama Canal and Related Policy Debates
President calls for swift completion of the Panama Canal within the 1915 deadline and $375 million cost. He analyzes excavation needs, slides in the Culebra Cut, fortification and tolls, maintenance, and government management. He urges fortification, tolls around $1 per net ton, and centralized government control of drydock, coal, and supplies, plus reforms to judicial procedure and appeals to reduce litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Celonel Goethals
United States
Culebra
Hayes
Geological Survey
Isthmus
Canal Zone
Congress
Suez Canal
Tehauntepec
Central America
Atlantic
Canal
Tropics
Panama
Port Said
Suez
President Favors Higher Pay for Judges to 17000 Year
The Department of Justice has expanded its duties through recent Congress legislation. The attorney general reports improved organization and a large amount of civil and criminal litigation disposed of this year. He notes increased expenditures, recovery of duties, land and fines, and major prosecutions under anti trust and interstate commerce laws, including bucket shops and mail fraud schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Army Engineers
Treasury Department
War Department
Dependencies of
Philippines
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Army of
United States
Corps of Ordnance
Engineers
Signal
Regular Army
Department
Army
House
Senate
Legislative
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
England
Court of First Instance
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Circuit Courts of Appeals
American Bar Association
Pew
Department of Justice
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Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Olongapo
Subig Bay
Pacific
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Pacific Naval Base
Honolulu
America
Philippine
Rto Rico
House of Representatives
Chief of Engineers
Progress OF
Goethals
Isthmian Canal
National Incorporation
Vlaims
Court of Claims
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