National Republican., 1883-07-14
By command Of Maj. Gen. sumner.
]. NJ TAYLOR,
Chief OF StaG A. a. G.

j. NJ, TAYLOR,
Chief Of Stan, A. a. G.
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The act providing for the taking of tho
tenth census contains provision authorizing
states to take censuses in 1885, complete in
all respects, according to the forms and
schedules of enumeration in the census of
the United States, and pledging tho govern
ment to the payment of one-half Of the cost
of such enumeration. Additional legislation
will be necessary to make the law operative,
and it is understood that congressional
action to that effect will be recommended by
the secretary of the interior. Several of the
principal manufacturing states have already
signihed willingness to divide the expense
of taking states censuses in 1885. On the
basis of the last general census New York's
share of the cost of the work would be $50, 000 /;
Illinois's share, $65,OOO; Pennsylvania's. $780,
900; Ohio's, $65,OOO; Indiana's, $4,000, and
Massachusetts,, $4,000.
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AT the present writing 1000 pages of the
census reports have been sterootyped, and all
the 5000 pages remaining will be ready for
the stereotyper before the end of the year
Just entered upon. The 800, 900 appropriated
for the completion of the work will be very
nearly enough for the purpose, and a ma
.iority of the fifteen volumes will be out be-
fore the dog days of another season arrives.
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1t is the dream of Statistician Nimmo's life
to see department of transportation, manu-
factures, and wages, and mining established.
Others want to see bureau of the same sort
established, only embracing additional fca-
lures. "As things are now" said an advo-
cate of the latter idea. "the business of the
collection of statistics is conducted at
random, and in most cases in the dark.
The State department. through one OF
its bureaus, collects and publishes reports
on the commercial relations between this
and other countries. The Treasury depart.
| ment has one set of men engaged in collecting
statistics relating to transportation and i'm
ports and exports, another set in gathering
facts about the revenue collections and other
sets of men on other branches. In the Inte-
rior department there is a census bureau, a
division with nothing to do but compile sta
| tistics about land sales, another an educa-
tional statistics, and q railway commissioner
or auditor. The agricultural burean is also
in this department. Then there is the
fish commission and the national
board of health, and two or three other
bodies / might mention, devoted entirely to
the compilation Of statistics. These could all
be grouped in one department with advantage
to the government and the people. The
census bureau ought to be permanent. The
bungling work done during the past three
years in getting the census reports ready fol
the printer could have been avoided il
trained clerks had been on hand to start the
machinery properly, and trained clerks car
only be had by keeping them in regular EN-
ployment A statistical bureau is one of tn,
necessities of the day.
a'If there is any one thing needed NOR,
than another it is data upon which to bas
laws for tariff. To-day little or nothing 1
I fknown of the relations between manufac
turers and employees, and until there is relia
BILE data on the point, legislation on tarit
must be blind"
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p" The revenue marine needs an infusion
Of new blood more than any other branch o.
the public SERVICE" said the commodore. 81
has bad case of the dry rot. If it wer,
left to me l could put the service in goot
shape in very short time. Instead of main
tanning revenue marine training school a
great costan to no purpose, would shut dowi
on that luxury, and man the vessels with tn
graduates Of the naval academy at Annapolis
The government keeps up costly naval acad
emy and annually turns out thirty or fort!
more highly educated cadets than it has any us
for. 1t pays very large sum for the educa
tion of these young men and gets nothing il
return. If these cadets could be put into th
revenue marine this service would soon be
come the best in the world, and the govern
ment would bs getting something for it
investment. The revenue marine puts it
boys in training in New Bedford, and out o
a class of twenty-one examined lately, onl.
one passed with a creditable record. Thi
one obtained his knowledge of seamanship b.
, running away from the training bark an
shipping on board merchantmen bound 70
; the orient. He was gone year, and cam
/, back with a practical knowledge of his bust
: ness. The revenue marine course is tw
years; at Annapolis it is six. l should lik
f to see this question agitatcd."
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