The sun., 1891-07-13

Manual. and from that doctor upthe missina
sr sreat cost ns ana aaam,fy y mas been pursued a!
osSs
slon upon the operations OF Interstate rail-
roads. aud the separate reports Of the various
made to serRos 81 tho
important ,a data Wholesale from, these sources
i. ns ssSeSpt eST ass sas IRs
partifnlar special agent in charge Of the rail-
state Comnerce Commission. At 1rst 9lancs
this would seem to be a circumstance advan-
to nesssn sSs sSe put s s d Hr ns itss
State Com merce Commission. and this he does
,hn hhus after an estravaesnt outlay oi money
,Se ySsesisations Of the Commission. -
IN sas spfsss'vs nf'nSs:
taken @ by tho census people. The CON
@ in MS5s nearly s aess b. ssss sss
large proportion OF the clerks employed have
The work they have done. The method Of ap.
Sressmen and Senators s have M tI made lad the Census
political adhersnis anh poor relations, and
jeeted much, seeink that be. must look to them
next session and at subsequent sessions
10 carry on his census 10 compietiop., At The
outset It was arranged that tue speciai agenta
rsSfSs as wben
order ordered to procure, as many schedules as nos.
were turned In in a single day: the agents
ysIS were given TO nnde'stsnd that they would be
Fhs ISL on oas psr as1 Hsd
ns the minimum which could be furnished and
ne Il age agent s.ill receive mis- fun pay The result
numerabIe insancea tho agents have con-
tented themselves with turning in only four
their work for a. long u per cd as possible.
although frequently IRON ten to twenty sched-
Mles could ensily have been secured daily
Thus BY bad management Uncle sam has been
Through mismanagement at the Interior De.
were employed about two months ago, osten-
ssibly to expedite such work q was Telling be.
about the same time. The Greater part OF the
S Seg Ss %.ps
ployment. or at l-nst with salaries, while the
two weeks must Of the neweomeIs ne I sat idly nt
their desks with nothing to do. Then they
were gradually discharged. AIN Almost ali Of these @
inGly because OF lack ,oi funds to pay them
needed owing t. the fact that the work which
"mplstion than had been pi Supposed. E"' A'"'''
There is little doubt that Superintendent
pos5 Il nnSnd S on his
pete,i Yet. The fact is. the total limit Of cost
has been aIreHdy ven nigh reached; By The
er,siS"iy hs.d at s. ~ rSs wa. n:
sn ss s tine 81 81
iainE the inquiry as to morteased IndeIiei:
cost 10 s7.4s7, 800. Under this limit the f9lIow.
tGG been npprorr;a.sd Sy
fsSssss s$ 1880 sSS SSne
sssh I as{i & .lSS6soS % :siSSS$ S6s + 81
rroprn,ed. Just how much Of the s7475,OOo
is ono OF. the secreie Of the Interior Depart
ment nI md can only be conIectured: but from
small 's essn as any
iutn,,e event can be that Mr.. Porter will have
to ask The next Congress for at least couple
The t,d last
that "it sh1l! not be lawful ioes ior ths
Secretary OF the Interior or the eSuperintendent
Of Census to incur any 1 expense or obIisatoa
that sum" Still. this viii have to BE- amended.
and the next Congress will be obliged; II It
60 for nothing TO step into the breach and
make nrovis on to co,eI Or the @ gross ross. misealcula.
Of Census.
1t is now known that. owing to the strait.
OF clerks from various divisions has been
being paid from that division while completing
the inquiry upon social statistics The
amounts above quoted for tho EXPENSES Of the
census proper are not intended to include ex.
penses for printing and binding. stationery.
bulletins. reports. DC. to which no limit has
been liked For printing alone tho aggregate
sum Of $3.50. 900 has already been appropriated:
Dec 70 1889 s25g; 900; avg: 80 1880 o. $3.50. COO;
his printing js done at the GovernWent Print
Ing Office. while he remainder Is done N the
Census Bureau proper. There being no fixed
limit for tho expenses OF printing. 1t can be
readily understood why the clerks yet remain
Ing at work on the unfinished INQUIRIES such
rs those on insurance and social statistics.
have been SO adroitiy diverted to the account
Of the division on printing while pursuing
other work. Several hundred clerks In other
branches OF the census work wore recently
before their heads OF division and
told that thew would either have to accept $50 |
monthly salnry or else send In iheir r.signa- |
ions. Some OF the clerks resigned forthwith.
while a greater part consented TO stay under |
The terms lad down. Several weeks ago the
'orce was still further din,ine shed by wedding |
,ut. as far as It could be done without TOO |
much friction. all those who had near relatives
elsewhere in tho Government service.