, 1875-03-02
GOVERNMENTAL STATISTICS.
Assaults upon tho Statistical and Edu.
catonal Bureaus.
4 Suggestion that TIley Ec Consolidated
with tl,e Ccns,ls.OfIicc.


ss" ~ o.'o1'S'h ~ 1ne department OF the
'u' :, - - "''esea ulat sufficient number
VI i1upupnca"a "i' DO 'oafd TO reinforce tho
as4an''''' ~ or suostahttal attack mud tho pos.
t.o' te7ulls may noe ons fnoFslfy aud aln,nlls.te
nv .o.",sy ", wv provo a'aas1roaa to most im.
pI1H""s ,r u''4s'oil " 's 'nteFeHts'
1he chaeges lodgea asainat
TIE BUREAU Of EDUCATION
are ~ usetessness: fe) extraynvancc NJ
49,, ~ =. >..e s~H w c''ao''saeo' tao &c.
oou 10 Pfo'eh' ao'1af OF public money spent
uHcleFaly is woFao than mere e1trayagarcc,-it is
criminal waate. But is tho Bureau Of Education
tin,,n, r. ia A'o t'E'ols
.'.,,.., ,. :" ue's!'of leeslat.'o' executive nor
Iuu1elah ~ III Simply Federal focdB toward
which tho school syatoms Of tho States converge.
It, primary purposo vas to co1iato do,nrca and
factn ronrescn.nc HIN artu,1 cot,I,t,o,, - 49,,
lion in tin gtatcs and Tarr;,nr;ss " " sa sss''s,
'ou ~ ~ osa1t' auu !asE1totes. II SHOULD
nave no function beyond thss. Education is not
Sational. but State. prorogstive. Each State
1nanagca its own school system: md Concrca.
las no rola,on-ahouI1 ,.r. noro",, as. .h.sa .e'
........,. ~, nA'o iono-'o t1eso Fe-
speeuso s5htems' 1ae bureau OF Education "as
designed as mesns OF improving these By OK
l.Ibstine to all the States tho progrcss Of eacb.
and tho prorrtas of cdnc,tion af,-o.1 W.
or., ~. r,,Iss.s, -, a.'onu+ "non-
~. '"' oo'4oauuei % Ia0cation ms nndot-
'aAe" moro t''an 'nls' TO haa
The various pamphlets which baye h.an tss,.,
fro,n Tho I,urcauEth,t ~, T;rds-as..s eA .oouea
atauee-.rcra rnrornd =" aaaetesl1an, Tor 'n-
os.,'eo"ete c"sefca' presume by the appro-
pf'atioh lof tao bureau; and whatever amount
Inns been expended in Buch general theoretical
instruction in pedagogy should be deducted from
tho appropriation. Publications OF thia find hv
tha hatioual Government nre superoroCatoTy. II
might as we'll publish .reatisea on tsiloring or
fII1At NIT
There is ITO profession moro alert and prorress-
iyo thau t}lat OF public cducation. Ffnn trs5a
il one Of its cardinal usarms. Wherever m i'm
proved method Of instruction IL to be- i,ad,-in
llcatorR import it without leave or duty, and riya
in exchange their unpateu.el nacl,uoryththe
best in tho word-for government tn ychools.
Tho same criticirn applies to
Of tho Commtssinners annual report which da.,
with abatsact questions OF moral and noi,t;es1
economy, not directly rcla.ad to facts. ani har,
sng no c1eas rclerauco to established psinoipIcs
Of education, II, thcruforp. tha aseniinrts -
tho Bureau hnd !oveesod their prcmaaa ni.ain. ".
the chargo Of e1trayagauco frst. tha,r Ia.nee
would be worth consideration. Il il tIiffcrit
too, to understand why tho Commissioner should
iudiyiduals bricay occupying of1cl.l scanI ra'.s
tions to couuica Aud towns Encl, i,s.s se.a.
valuc except for hook.agcnts and the cnnntrv ~
can atlor1 to lot shom lind the,r own iuforn..
tion. uEllHfG That t1H ljufklu rf E1,4pa
sould DO maintained. but that tho form ~ ita
administration should 10 modified. na ahafi
shortly suggest. 3A4''
It IL iucxplicabla why tho Democrats should
THE Hunrau or srAr,sr,ex.
and tt Is gratifying to bolioyo That re+v far ~
any, Republicans will bo eurspnI viii, rhan, l.,
an enterprise purely stuntd auti partisan. srhata
IL not Government on tbn farc ~ tha riohs
which does not proyida the 1nna nv fnr conS.in,.
mud digesting ii owp Statistics. Many Iinvsrns
mctta, even smone the inarnla,.ntJ Jroijties1ia
but Of tho nuatrially strong far ercenJ n Xxx
NECESSARY onlcAyor eho utmost Limits feschsd
By ours, which iB not ouy nalitcaiIy in te lit
class bnt wttcl, is t,rstncd In hn ji.st jninsr;;
ly, unless Katuro itsc,f cT.,ires Evssv w.
ESttraout which il valid against 5 tho5 ~.
roau Of Statistics is forcibio agajnst tho
Ceus,s. Report. Nc o,ieeton whic,, ,n"v mi ~
raised aCat1et tbo ce,,r,is can ha fn.as ansinst
tho Uurcan of Statistica Tia onc rcrr6s.n1s
tho totals aud the pLases Of uopula, ,ton. '' M
nthnr cYLIfftn tha nsnt.1tu n rn,n,rcron 49,, IA.
dustry iIhe ,,ecessitv far tha maisn.n saI -, M
bureau OF Statistics 'is - sA'
ryrs GREATER
than thsl of tho Census. i){t,re: for wh,o eve-v
tata provides for tic taking Of it, @ census. .G no
commerce; and geogranical cn,,sna ri, IL fara ,rs
aver rroyent tic Statee frnm naLinC . ,,..i,ess,
which would 10 OF menerai xs1uo
formally to abolish tho 1,urear, Of 6tat,stic.
liu.ing pa! might wc annh at fo1 oven ~. ~
collects with extrome care ttn rns,ts ~ hsr
Erade. aud furnishes il,om IN conta,nnorsr, r.nr.
sr1l1le,lta but practically to sboIsh fSo J,1ea,,
II t,tatisljcs ii ftlpossihia. Te Trrsa,rv .ror,d
lave 10 assign ina11arisnc1d tn ts,a
,auro uork now m, ,fo,ma,1 hy nr,..rt. az, siM
ionnl thousands wn, l,sy. ~ H. ' t,o,,,aT "1 T..
ho Dnnnrt,nont nnnTnnriatior N rnost tSo ~ -
~ Even II m otEcr c"ss ~ citi1eus ~ ~ ,o,n.
# abroad. waro ronccrnmi - N'1Ss''
= Tus .Mxnic.S ,vponrv,s
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NV fnrr,,shsu s, ts,o T.sss,,rv ,,!n ~, usao
,so In a,,,a,I d. rho I!nren" r'i"Et n'oe, III
nj ;rNictinr ~ ~, - our l.ons ~, 1n1nIs Nth-
=, irrnnysnTence IN uhjrI amsricsu ',os.'a' naos'
y a., iii ,,a~er subn;t "o''sAn ousanssa-
i1 I'M IL ncr" n''I. slso wnur1 s,ccsat ,a.,..