St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-03

the eleventh census will be completed
and the matter turned over to the serre-
tary of the interior by the 3lst of De-
cember. 1893. This will be required by
the appropriations bill now being framed
by the house subcommittee, of wich
Mr.. Savers of Texas is chairman. The
clau providing that the Worl, mu t be
completed by the end of the year meets
with the appreciation OF Supt. Porter,
who says it can be done in that time.
Congress was appr0priating money Tor
the tenth census up to as late
date as 1885. and the publications
were not all distributed until after the
present census was organized, the last
two volumes being sent out as late as
1889. The tenth census cost in round
numbers about S5.000,000, and the pres
ent will cost about IS, 1000, the in
crease being largely due to the enlarged
scope OF the census. Up to date the
cost of the census has been S7,260, GOO,
and Mr.. Porter was before the commit
tee to-day 10 urge the passage OF the bill
apprOpriatlng $240. GOO to carry him from
the 4tn Of March TO the end of the fiscal
year. At the last session of congress.
instead or approprlatlng sufficient mon
ey to carry the Office through the fiscal
year, the house insisted on reduction
To n sum that should be sufficient only
until March 4. The present bill wall
provide the amount necessary to carry
the department to the end OF the year.
Mr.. Porter was called upon by the
committee 10 show why it was that tie
expense attached to the taking of the
census was greater than had been an
ticpated. He replied that it was be-
cause the present census had assumed
much broader field Of operation than
any of its predecessors. This was
noticeable in the statistics that had been
prepared on education, churches, insur-
ance, Indians, fish and fisheries, hOrti-
culture. irrigation, yiticulture, street
railway statistics, water transportation
and other subjects.
In addition there was an expense OF
$l,250,000 entailed by taking the sta
tlStlcS relative to farms, homes ana
mortgages, which was entirely without
the province of the census proper, and
was never attempted before. Mr.. Por-
ter says that all except the reports of
agriculture. farms. homes and mort
and few specials, will be out by the
1st of July next. and one volume of
the compendium is now i'll the
press. Within the next six
months the following reports would
be completed: Social statistics.
pauperism and crime. education,
churches, wealth, debt, and taxation,
fish and fisheries. transportation, lnsur-
ance. Indians and Alaska. The report
on mines and mining is complete and
has been issued. The largest of the re-
ports are those OH agriculture, p0pula-
ton and manufacturing, and these Will
not be ready until the close OF the year.
The fact u.s." says Mr.. Porter ''the
eleventh census, when the great extent
and variety of the statistical work
actually completed, is taken into consid.
Grafton, has been 4 marvel OF economy.
The leading colleges OF the country
have endorsed and many are using our
bulletins as textbooks for their classes
in finance, economics, engineering. So
GEOLOGY and other important studies.
Canada and Australia, and within the
past few months. Italy. have adopted
our system of tabulatiOn, and thereby
indorSe the methods of the eleventh
census. Statesmen of all shades OF pO-
Iitical faith. scientific men, students OF
all classes, both at home and abroad,
have accepted the eleventh census as
the most advanced statistical work yet
accomplished by any government. In
Vulnerable letters on file in the census
Office attest these facts. In view of this
| sincerely hope your honorable conf
mittee will grant the additional appro-
priation to finish the work now SO rap
lilly nearing completion"