The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-10-30
OUR JUCcLED CENSUS.
Wage Statistics Doctored to
Aid the Protectionists.
ALL DONE TO FOOL TIE PEOPLE.

Wages Declined Mere From 1880 q
1ooo Than Csnsas oAeaals Admit
Facts CsaeealeA ~ IapessibAs
sAvesagse" sAA CsaDasisea ef tAs
lneo0Darable.
~Our Juggied Census' Il the title Of
q recent pamphlet BY Nr. n. L. Bliss
Mr.. Bliss b Q leading statistician and
has had numerous articles In the Jour.
nal Of Political Economy and the
American Journal Of Sociology. Last
winter he prepared an article showing
the fallacious and even fraudulent
methods Of the manufactures depart
ment Of the census. especially - ~
CARDS wages and wage earners. His
article was about to be published In the
Journal Of Political Economy when, to
mike certain that he was not laborlpg
under false Impressions ON some points.
he wrote the bead Of the department.
Mr.. 8. n. d. North. and virtually out
lined to him the criticism ready for
publication.
Mr.. North wrote letters to both Mr..
Bliss and the editor Of the magazine
protesting strongly against the publ
cation Of the article. He said the CEN
sus figures a. published In the bulletin
were faulty and misleading. but said
that explanations and changes which
would be inserted in the dual volumes
would fit the statistics for study and
comparison. He urged Mr. Bliss to
await the anal report before publish
ing his criticism. In bis letters to Mr..
Bliss (which. strange to say. he re-
fused permission to publish. although
1t Is from public official and on public
business, he said:
mo computation Of the average
earnings which considers the total
amount paid In wages In conjunction
with the average number OF employees.
which average number cannot by any
possibility include all persons to whom
the total wages was paid. has any sci.
entinc value.
''The. methods Of the last census with
reference to the average earnings will
not be those Of the twelfth census. but
that Of the figures and conclusions Of
this census regarding the earnings Of
labor. and comparative earnings In
1890 and 1900 will be based wholly up
on the resul: reached by the special
Investigation Of wage pay rolls now in
progress under the direction Of DR..
Davis r. Dewey Of Boston.
ssIt {o Nhvfnv,c 4 In, Porv,,a
letter. that there can be no fair criti-
cism upon the twelfth census In so far
az relates to its treatment OF the ques
tion Of the average number of en-
ployees and wages until DIR. Dewey's
report is made and published
Both Mr.. Bliss and the editor Of the
magazine. desiring to be entirely fair.
accepted the suggestion Of Mr. North
and postponed publishing the criticism
Of the wage and other statistics of the
census until the appearance Of the
final reports.
In the meantime Mr.. North. having
the withering criticisms Of Mr..
Bliss until 1t Is almost too late to hurt
the Republicans In this years elections,
all Of bis injunctions to Mr..
Bliss and goes OH getting out bulletins
comparisons which he says
ARE practically worthless" He also
writes articles for magazines in which
be exploits bis bulletin statistics and
apparently does bis utmost to assist
the public In drawing premature and
conclusions from the pre-
liminary fgures."
Not only this. but he published the
anal report on manufactures without
making any mention Of Qewey's IN