The great volume of immigration flows into the United States at Ellis Island, New York. A great majority of those who seek our shores as immigrants come with very little money, and of necessity are obliged to either remain in New York City or in close proximity thereto. The vast majority of the male immigrants coming to the United States were either farmers or engaged in farm work or common labor in Europe. In the agricultural sections of this country there is a large and growing demand for the services of just such men as these, but unless they are informed as to the opportunities which are open to them on the farms they remain in ignorance of the real facts, and are likely to become dwellers in the slums of the large cities, rather than workers in the fields of the nation. Only those who have friends in the interior willing to aid them are likely, under ordinary conditions, to go many miles away from the seaport.

On July 1, 1907, there was established in the Department of Commerce and Labor, a Division of Information, the duties of which should be to promote a beneficial distribution of aliens admitted into the United States. This Division was authorized to collect information concerning the resources, products and physical characteristics of the various States and Territories, and to present these facts to admitted aliens and to all others who might desire this information. That division aims especially to supply immigrants with information, and to direct their steps to places in the interior of this country where they may better their condition.

The division secures its information by corresponding with the representatives of the States, counties and municipalities as to the opportunities for laborers in their respective localities. An official in each county is corresponded with and requested to state where lands are available for cultivation in his county, the prices of land, its proximity to and means of transportation to the market, the kinds and number of crops, the schools and their grades, the churches-in fact, every item which a homeseeker would inquire about is sought by the division through recognized sources of authority, and this in turn is verified later.

The department at present has offices for the collection of this information at two ports only-New York and Galveston. Its operation in those cities has had the effect of paving the way for a substantial relief of the congestion in our cities.

In view of the beneficial results of the operations of these two bureaus, and of the desirability of securing a wider distribution of our immigrants, the passage of the following resolutions is recommended:

Resolved, That the National Board of Trade commends the work done by the Immigration Bureau, through its Division of Information, in placing at the disposal of immigrants information which

enables them to obtain employment at interior points, and especially on our farms, and thus tending to prevent a further increase in the overcrowded slums of our cities; and recommends the providing by Congress of a larger appropriation to make possible the opening of branch offices of this division at the various seaports of our country; and

Resolved, That, as a means of more equitably distributing our immigrant population, and as a means of relieving the congestion of our Eastern coast cities, the National Board of Trade approves the suggestion of President Taft, that additional stations for the reception of immigrants be established at one or more South Atlantic or Gulf ports.

COMMITTEES APPOINTED AND REVISED BY THE

PRESIDENT.

AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.

W. H. DOUGLAS, Chairman, New York; JOHN G. CROXTON, Philadelphia; F. L. HITCHCOCK, Scranton; ROBERT N. HARPER, Washington; JOHN S. LAWRENCE, Boston; EDWARD H. HORWOOD, Hoboken; W. B. LIVEZEY, Newport News; G. WALDO SMITH, New York; Hon. JOSEPH A. GOULDEN, New York; E. R. WOOD, Philadelphia; ROBERT RAMSAY, Baltimore; H. A. PLUMB, Milwaukee; HENRY G. DAVIS, Elkins, W. Va.

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

WILLIAM S. HARVEY, Chairman, Philadelphia; R. G. BICKFORD, Newport News, Va.; H. C. REYNOLDS, Scranton; E. STANLEY GARY, Baltimore; WILLIAM P. HUBBARD, Wheeling, W. Va.; CHARLES S. HAMLIN, Boston; E. J. FURLONG, Milwaukee; GUY E. MITCHELL, Washington; CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Washington; B. FRANK HOWARD, Chicago; W. T. ANDERSON, Norfolk; Wм. D. MULLEN, Wilmington.

CURRENCY AND BANKING,

JOHN M. NELSON, Chairman, Baltimore, LOUIS MULLER, Baltimore; ALEXANDER GILBERT, New York; J. P. TRUES DELL, New York; F. L. HITCHCOCK, Scranton; JOHN JOY EDSON, Washington; JOHN S. ROSSELL, Wilmington; FINLEY ACKER, Philadelphia; J. J. SULLIVAN, Cleveland; HARRISON NESBIT, Pittsburg; WALLACE M. BELL, Milwaukee; W. T. ROLPH, Philadelphia; E. R. WOOD, Philadelphia; W. H. PERRINE, Chicago.

POSTAL AFFAIRS AND PARCELS POST.

T. JAMES FERNLEY, Chairman, Philadelphia; EDGAR L. HAYNES, Wilmington; FINLEY ACKER, Philadelphia; CHARLES J. COHEN, Philadelphia; E. H. HORWOOD, Hoboken; S. B. AYRES, New York; GEORGE S. SMITH, Boston; JOHN ASPREGREN, New York; GEORGE T. MCINTOSH, Cleveland; GEORGE H. MAXWELL, Chicago; G. WALDO SMITH, New York; WALLACE M. BELL, Milwaukee; H. C. REYNOLDS, Scranton;

ALBERT MCCULLOUGH, Cincinnati; W. H. STEVENSON, Pittsburg; GEORGE F. STONE, Chicago; GEORGE C. STURGISS, West Virginia.

RIVERS AND HARBORS IMPROVEMENT.

GEORGE H. MAXWELL, Chairman, Chicago; WELDING RING, New York; DR. A. P. FARDON, Washington; HOWELL S. ENGLAND, Wilmington; W. T. ANDERSON, Norfolk; CHARLES H. BRECK, Boston; F. E. HAGEMEYER, New York; ALBERT MCCULLOUGH, Cincinnati; A. J. LOGAN, Pittsburg; J. D. O'NEIL, Pittsburg; G. WALDO SMITH, New York; CHARLES ENGLAND, Baltimore; PALMER CAMPBELL, Hoboken; CLARK FAGG, Milwaukee.

TARIFF AND RECIPROCITY.

JOHN G. CROXTON, Chairman, Philadelphia; Wм. D. MULLen, Wilmington; ADOLPH LAN KERING, Hoboken; E. STANLEY GARY, Baltimore; E. R. CARHART, New York; HENRY G. DAVIS, West Virginia; W. C. NIMMO, Washington; E. L. ROGERS, Philadelphia; W. W. ROBERTSON, Norfolk; JOSEPH PERSONENI, New York; CHARLES H. BRECK, Boston; CHARLES E. REID, New York.

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION.

N. B. KELLY, Chairman, Philadelphia; H. C. REYNOLDS, Scranton; H. T. NEWCOMB, Washington; J. HARRIS JONES, New York; CHARLES ENGLAND, Baltimore; PALMER CAMPBELL, Hoboken; R. G. BICKFORD, Newport News; Wм. D. MULLEN, Wilmington; J. C. TAYLOR, Chester; CLINTON WHITE, Boston; MARSHALL CUSHING, Chicago; CLARK FAGG, Milwaukee; Hon. GEORGE C. STURGISS, West Virginia; R. S. LYON, Chicago; E. R. CARHART, New York; E. H. HORWOOD, Hoboken.

EXPORT TRADE AND DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS.

W. H. DOUGLAS, Chairman, New York; FINLEY ACKER, Philadelphia; G. WALDO SMITH, New York; A. M. JENKINSON, Pittsburg; ADOLPH LANKERING, Hoboken; FRED. P. FISH, Boston; LOUIS MULLER, Baltimore; PALMER CAMPBELL, Hoboken; WELDING RING, New York; H. A. PLUMB, Milwaukee; J. N. PEw, Philadelphia; WILLIAM P. WILSON, Philadelphia; GEORGE E. ROBERTS, Washington; R. S. LYON, Chicago; Hon. STEPHEN B. AYRES, New York.

NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY ACT.

ACHILLE STARACE, Chairman, New York; W. T. ROLPH, Philadelphia; J. C. TAYLOR, Chester, Pa.; W. C. NIMMO, Washington.

NATIONAL PURE FOOD LAW.

MIERS BUSCH, Chairman, Philadelphia; ACHILLE STARACE, New York; WM. P. WILSON, Philadelphia.

GOVERNMENT INSPECTION OF GRAIN.

CHARLES ENGLAND, Chairman, Baltimore; B. FRANK HOWARD, Chicago; E. L. ROGERS, Philadelphia.

IMMIGRATION.

ROBERT RAMSAY, Chairman, Baltimore; JAMES A. McKIBBEN, Boston; A. M. JENKINSON, Pittsburg.

ADMINISTRATION OF PATENT LAWS.

FREDERICK P. FISH, Chairman, Boston; H. C. REYNOLDS, Scranton; R. S. LYON, Chicago.

EXTENSION OF INFLUENCE OF NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.

JOHN P. TRUESDELL, Chairman, New York; A. T. ANDERSON, Cleveland; CHARLES ENGLAND, Baltimore; EDWARD A. FILENE, Boston; JOHN H. FAHEY, Boston; F. L. HITCHCOCK, Scranton; W. B. Livezey, Newport News; GEORGE H. MAXWELL, Chicago; A. M. READ, Washington; GEORGE F. STONE, Chicago; WILLIAM R. TUCKER, Philadelphia.