The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-05
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A Prominent uitigen aud Worker VINO
Phinks no DiaAgreeA with mo News
Democrat,
EDlToR NEws,DEMooRATi-ln your yid
issue OF yesterday sec an hiupie
oopied from the New York sun az "
WIS In the editorial columns ana lulg
inc from the heading and the llTat par
agfaph of the article II seems 70 10 on,
dereed by tho NRWaDEMOORAl "
snrunses me that such u relofmef ~
gen Sherwood who N In close loueh
with The labor ref0rmerh ana lhh loll
ing masses could endorse such llle WI
noflnqs as that taken from that moHl
unreliable public lumluary, tle nlh,
which Ia more often elonded on pupilu
questions than ita brilliant namehhke
has been during the past few weeks OK
rainy weather, aud, / have no doubt
thatit will be called 10 task before the
census has been taken, ,.,..,
/ wonld ask why Ia the census taken
eyery.deoadeand why ls no mueh spent
In ACQUIRING reliable census repofthf 7
And why should anyone object 70 an
swerlng any question put 10 lhem py
the ennmeTat0r ana why particular
objection should DO made 70 the ioui
questions grantedY .u..,
ia il not ia the interest OF medical
seiense that such questlone aa NO, "a
are askedY How are we TO know now
many imbeollea, insane or detofmeu
psople there IA In this country uhlehH
suek queations are asked ana the an
n should be borne In mind that oil
lmbOcllea or insane people are hot ~
the aayluma provided for buch, OF lhe
0sun" would have aet long ago, nor arc
all the defoTmed and crippled IN lhe
XII the thieves and raacala are not IN
the penltentiafy nor have all who were
sent there served out their deserts, par
tlcnlarly II they had u political pun,
Last fall when Capt, II, II, IreYelllck
snolse In Canton and stated that q Ger
| tain per centage OF the people OF thii
country did not have their own homeh
the N, ID, used that statement very
promlseoualy, Now where ala Chpt
TreyellIok got his authority for such Z
Abatement, except through u census tak
er. And how are we 10 know nov
many people rent or how many Owl
their own homes unless the answers U
such questions are given promptly
| And how are we 10 know the moftghg'
indebtedness OF this country unless th'
census enumerators can llnd OUT
This Is o question that the NEWa
DEMOoRAT Is Interested IN, IN ORDER V
show how the country has proBperec
under A protective tarlif ana, why
ahould there be any objections 70 II
The argument used by the "Snn' 10 th'
same ma that used by manufacturer
and employers 10 the agents or th'
bureau OF Labor statistics IN the var
ious States when they 90 70 una ou'
lnattem OF great Importance 10 the peo
pie Of this country. Yet who 10 thel'
that desires the Bureau OF Labor st.
tistics abolished except these SAINT
manufacturers and employers,
The writer Of this for several year
tried TO get samv vital statistics o.
| great Importance 10 his trade, ant
could not get them because " was NJ
body's business TO take them. HeknoWl
therefore the necessity Of such ques
tions, and though Of foreign birth rs ~
American citizen who recognizes th'
fact that every act Of his life should b'
open 10 the inspection Of this govern
ment and subject TO It's laws, nor doe
he consider IL interfering with his per
gonal liberty when its agents dehir'
any information that he has In hii
| power TO give II, Yours, o.,
Canton, o., May 2S.