Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-03
A Plea for Its Establishment by
State Senator Chambers.
GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS n.
Purposes aud Duties Of such a Isonsd
House mi covering Them
Come. Up Tucsdsy.

H. u. No. o.. by Hansen. Creating n
state bureau of atntlatics. and defining
the purposes and duties thereof" III
come up for special ,onaiicrit'pn AZ >
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon next The
measure created considerable discus
sion In the House yesterday afternoon.
the author of the hill aud Representa-
tive shepard making pleas Tor - pass
age and Representatives johnson and
Cook opposing Representative Ale.
Qunrric. who u a member 81 the cone
miiicc, while favorable TO. It In a gem
cral way, said II It were pressed to
passage ut that time. he wouiu be COM
PEELED to vote against II. and Cook
moved 10 strike out the cnacting clause.
whorcupon the friends u the bill de-
cidcd that definite action had better b.
postponed 10 the time Indicated. which
was done. In the Scnatc considerable
continent has been developed IN favor
81 the TIL. and IN this connection Sem
ntor Chambers has introduced =. T.
No. .. entitled "a plea for the cHtnb.
llahmcnt ~ q State bureau Of Statistics,
showing itH necessity ana setting forth
Its duties" II Il as follows.
THE STATE AND ITS BUSINESS.
The state and lts afairr. ~ a com.
munwcalth. " vast enterprise that
must frequently be- considered from "a
business point " View and like other
enterprise. requires 20 be- invcntorlcd
ana valued 20 that "a statement Of ~
possessions can be- correctly placed be.
fore the people. who are itH owncrr,and
the officers ~ the people. who are ~.
nuOnsible Tor them. The people should
know what they are possessed OF 30
that their officers can be instructed ~
to the peoples wishes concerning ". A
business iirm % any character nnds u
necessary 10 keep posted In this way
that II may uffcr itH wares TO the prob
able investor to the best advantage.
other states with FAR less 10 oncr, and
losr needing immigration than ours.
have found u profitable 20 establish
means 81 acquiring ana disseminating
Information Tor advertising their fc.
sources, and our young state may well
adopt legislation which has been 80 Sue
ccssfui In others.
The governmental institutions OF this
State. as woll as u many OF It's coun.
Ties and cities. are large enough and
expensive enough FOR much greater
population, and immigration should be-
invited to help bear this expense. No
better way can be devised 20 induce the
incoming ~ population ana capital than
by the dissemination ~ full Information
regarding the extraordinary resources
OF the State. many ~ which are latent.
and orcr line opportunities Tor the ems
ployment ~ capital and labor.
Previous 20 Statehood u was the duty
~ the Governor OF the Territory
"a report annually 10 the SECRETARY
OF the Interior ON the material re-
sources ana developments Of Utah. and
this WIS published In Washington for
distribution an over the world. but
since We have tceotnc a sovereign state,
this duty dcyoiyca upon rs and too
much time has already elapsed during
which this work might have been per-
formed. until the lust few years. stat
iatical Information OF a limited charac-
ter has been gathered at great expense,
and az disadvantage. 10y chambers of
commerce and boards ~ trade IN the
larger cities. but even these have ceased
10 exist and they nt their best were un-
able. through lack OF authority aud Tor
other rrnNonH.to secure complete HtatiH-
ties. especially from the remoter parts
of the state. IN which they had no In
terert, hut which urc Just aH essential
20 the woll-hcing ~ the outlying dis
trlctH and the development Of the COM
monwcnlth MS a whole. nor did the In
formation which they gathered have
official character or weight
There II an inccnHant demand from
rHny directions FOR full Information
pertaining TO the affairs ~ the state
but there " No source from which II
can he obtained. officially, or with much
accuracy, nor any method for It,
preservation by record. II " needed by
the officers NJ all state departments IA
the interests Of Intelligent legislation
and the performance Of their duties.
The Governors ~ the Territory Of
Utah for many years past have pointed
out to previous Legislatures the aim.
Guilty with which they made up their
annual reports and Governor Wells IN
his recent message 10 the present Lcgls-
lhturr SAYS;
"a crying need of the state IN statist-
Teal Information concerning It's re-
sources, The embarrassment OF public
officers NJ well M private citizens at be-
Ing unable 10 supply accurate and oii-
elal Information respecting our
quests therefore. II constantly In
ey''shrs, thing of this hiri hrafifs
tho impress If vtho~.i" has "insrai"
from this f'atc since the pamphlet
published by the Territorial librarian
aud stntistician In 1885. aud owing "a
the hopelcsaly Inadequate means aud
facilities provided for his. that report
was wocfully incNact. A. an eNampl,
~ It's value for reliable Information
| the number Uf-,tnpatcntcd mines IN IN,
| state was Hot down Mt $40, Even IN,
| tcnHpoonfui ~ Information given M
under the law providing Tor the collec
/ tipn of triennini statistics under the di
/ rcction Of the Territorial librarian Il
de.ird rs now. as the law II no longrl
| In existence and there N no pllloin
mcnnr of knowing whether our state u
| forging ahead or rctrpgrcFsing, whether
| We raise million muHhels NJ pnintnel
| ~ Ave million. whether our population
| " grow INK or h at u Rtandstill, ! cun
| uOt emphasize too strongly thu need nj
supplying Official and accurate stats
| tcs, not only FOR tho Information "a
thoHc dVfiroua To learn CONCERNING 'u
Hlntt. hut for our own satisfied ~,
| COM enioncc.
II tier, fore suggeat tho creation ~
| state bureau of statistics and hniuiFra
| tlon urd proper appropriation 4
! male IT. work efficient and authentic.
This portion Of the Governors mes
sage has been referred 10 joint com
mittcc consisting NJ Senators cham
beers, Alder and Shurtlln and Rcpresen
tatlNes Hansen, g. u, Harris. McQuar
RE, Christensen aud Richards.
The work of a bureau 90 statistics al
outlined below requires the Continuou
work of an able and efficient officer ani
one who N gcalously Inclined In thl
direction, ana for tho first year or twl
the work viii be very urduous nnd>rc
uulre the assistance u several aids
when tho general work shall once huv
been complled,nnd the Organization 10
acquiring Information IL complete. IN
expense Of the bureau VIII be mucl