National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-11

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alarming nc tho gent,oros, supnosed. Tho state
ofits bSaa ~ hdu ss sa,t ns ord 40 in M
Ulatp hnit ~ i"DDr SthtIsHos AZ ny in Md
t ta bureaus The bill under consideration pro-
h " tIly e1edVise y, E ~ tbs
oase ali or @ rnyv;lIjna 10 eTno,e
tbeir npi,,a,o gi3ad tbay sho,,id nheLc
OATH ~ ,,b id inipa tSsir busi
nose Wnie, 49,, 10 ~ ,o n ths chief of tns
bureau snn1e nnISer IN coIieot the statistics Il
,vouih ha V n III INV" ~ piejys nninInn tn Mas
W. o ~ Do az ~, wei ~, ~, hho 49,
lions wiihon, nrcention througbout the country
u, 81 ~ Xii ~ this ob
Mr. VSi WycL pre,naSLed That what the iaborrrH
,cr o ssn myoS , os sh ouid be radnccd
Mr.. Biair said that every monument labor or.
ca MEATS, 20 to finitod Sistas had nv their rem
sEos,,ti .l,e d arriu,s tho psst snnmer
honnro ~ VS. ON edunetinn and iebor ana
teStiae6 that The ,iniyersai demand of Inc work
in,n,n ~ ~ Wy iynitad sates ,yas for hureau of
sngneh Oh shG onlteu s9'eS was i'l "u'o"u VI
iho ~, TINT Tho graateat hind
rance 10 the prosperity. elevation, and advance.
9nI OF aUor n no "a ovIy hss rsmoxeS
nv an efBcient md nronerly orgapilod bureau OF
siatistics P1'F
Tbev had asserled that Il was irnpossible for
than n dsa,ItcIv asccrtain facts mon whioh
,h ho w h Ssoei s' a. oSisisiion rbeir
,,nygorr, r,,nsI "a boe,, aLbove ali things oiva
ne n bureau Of statistics ~ laboTU o. sNN
NJ Shcrn,en rnoved 70 stpiio ont tho ssntion
,binh o, sasad ,,yn, ,ho oiInf Of The bnresu tha
nawor 90 ,ste teayimony III said that annie
pp,ncIinar,, niToody nSisicd Tor thn oathering ~
AZ Vtlstics' There was a bureau in the treasury
donarin,an, ,ni,i, noShans 40 CLARKE devotad IL
the eolleciion of statistiss of oommerce, nayiga-
lion 20 ana n p,iahi readilv at vary sIight ad.
SN %g 9pe ~ n,sne dted 10 ~ tbe wort con.
ta,nniated ~ tbis bill
III Gsriand ,vhjia r,llv svp,nathizing with tho
purpose of the bill thought IL would be better to
piace tbe who,c work ofgathsrino sttstirs under
I've baaS nabir, a. a cco,nnista svs,su, aud AZ
Tho same time aSoidino tha large characterization
81 siS nno al d,snons{,o yvitI Tho nycaniIonal
mower IA 10 tho sttendanee Of witnesses, "a.
FMr Risir sXnrossad The heIier that senatnrs did
not scam 10 cnncejye ~ ali the fnnrtIons whioh
ansrioi,,eJ ~ b,,oa, ~ ahor staiistics a,,oh as
* NV - 10 oo,ntpv were dsnnsn,iIng
IL was not mereiy aOnres of wages and of produc.
tn, III G ~, ~ b,,t 6,,ir, md facta hoar
Inc uron III hysicS social esanItnTv moral aud
inhh,I ~ voge nartyars In that
dircti ra IaS nbIntay n lac AT the nreseSt
time. and nothing Whatever q xcept VIII at hau boon
Gathered incdentaliv Nv The arents of line state
denar,wap Ipoueu'aNS W 'ne VI VIC e'A'0
Mr. Sherman reninded Mr. blair Of the Stats.
Nos Of ,vsaat and iahnr which bad bean oathpred
by n former statistician of the treasury DEPART
,nyan, NJ Von,s ~ 'N ' T
Mr. Riair yeniiad that tboso statis,ic. had been
enihered nnder movers which lid not anne rtain
p 70 The bureau Va bnnsd that tb, biii wo,ild mass
members hSSd yiven il very raTefItl c"nsderation
Mr. Van Wvck lid tbaI avery oitizen Who read
the neyspapefs knew what was happening in the
inbor void when a mill WIS shnt down and la
hands disoharped, the fact was known next morn.
ING IN rnuyhniit the Ifnited states Statisticiana
cnls Sma M 'I mora tba ba peana hnew
WhaI the neonle wanted was To have the In Yes
removed fTbp inborinv man who maid two cents
n nound on sugar Iaid na nncb FtnS from his
scantv waoea rs The rich man maid on his nound
Of s,,sar NeN' -" '-S1 1"N" F' ~ S
NJ Ai,i.o, tbo,,ght tba. tho sta,istios referred
q, na,id ho sac,,r5 so,'t sn,, &c H., or,sa ,iy
lions we now nave lie th"mgSt the staisticsl
GNra.m W 90 "ha aor,o,,S,'rnI edsnsrtront hasi
ndaUted tor tha wei IL Tho sanator tr,n Eew
Han vn,id Va sir u, an,iue The III
~, E 1910 n ,h1 o p;; s,tn
ls't ne Wouia see tnat sstsiSai bureaus
daOer, u1 hod IN MISREPRESENTATION las, vaar ~