The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-03-28
PREPARING FOR ACTIVE WORK
Col. Allan Miller Outlines Policy Of I'm .
migration Commissioners Office

The Capital News Of Boise comment
ing on the work outlined by Col Allan
Miller is recognizing the immigration
Bureau says:
Colonel Allan Miller. the commits
sioner Of immigration, labor and sta
tistlcs, is busy man these days and
he can be found in his Office any day
after s o'clock in the morning until the
close of working hours. and sometimes
well into the night getting his affairs
In shape to begin active work in the
Held. He has mass Of literature piled
up in his Office which he is sending out
in answer to requests from all parts
of the country, asking for information
| concerning Idaho. When asked this
morning by Capital News reporter for
some information as to what, he was
| doing and what his ideas were as to
his future policy, Mr.. Miller said:
ITO be candid with you, we are not
doing anything except distributing the
| literature of our predecessor. The
word doing implies performance. Now.
since you insist, will tell you what
| we are trying to do:
THE statute makes it the duty Of
the commissioner to collect and COM
pile all reliable data and information
concerning the climate, soil and various
resources Of the state its agricultural,
horticultural, mineral, timber and graz
ing lands and industries. and the de-
velopment thereof. together with a host
of other things, the mere mention of
which would fill a whole sheet Of the
Evening Capital News.
For example, take agriculture: To
fulfill the requirements Of the statute.
for the year 1904 say, would require
the number of acres in the state plant
ed to wheat that year, the average pro-
duction per acre, the cost OF produc-
ton, the cost of marketing. the gross
profit and the net profit to the farmer
The same routine is prescribed for all
the other cereals. Hay and grasses are
| in the same category, and every pro-
duct of the soil, including all the fruits,
root and garden truck Is expected to be
treated in like manner. The livestock
of the state is to be enumerated and
classified. their value to be stated, how
they are fed. handled and taken care
of to be noted. their increase or de-
crease from year to year, and the
profits accruing from the business must
have a place; even the chicken and the
egg are to be taken into account.
"The rivers and lakes of the state,
\ ~.,sAn &c. t.,
rigation and their power for manu-
featuring and other purposes are to
be set forth.
1.-THE irrigation canals already con-
structed, their cost, their capacity. the
acreage under them in actual cultiva-
ton, and the acreage not actually In
cultivation but capable of being irri-
!. gated. the rental per acre of the water
, If they are water selling bitches, II on
the cooperative plan their first cost
and cost of annual repairs must be
set forth.
Next we are expected to have q
list of every manufacturing establish
ment in the state. the cost of the plant
c the various officers employed, the salar-
les paid. the number of clerks, male
and female. and the salaries paid to
them, the value of material on hand
. the number of workmen employed and
o the wages paid the value of the pro-
g duct and the net profits of the bust.
ness during the year.
" And last, but not least, the com.
: missioner is ordered by the statute t.
It collect information upon the subject o.
II labor, it's relation to capital, the hours
of labor, the earnings of laboring mel
Il and women, the number of laborinl
q men and mechaics i'm the state, thu
j. number of apprentices in each trade
# the nativity of the laborers, the wages
q earned and the savings from the same
d the number married, average numbe
of members in the family Of the mar
ried, the number of married OWNING
D homes, number of married renting
homes, average rent paid together will
" all cognate subjects.
ITO do all this work and compil
all these statistics, the office is onl
allowed the sum of $4,000 a year, in
IL GLIDING salary of commissioner an
81 clerk However. in addition to thi
II the fourth section of the act creating
'e the Office. (Fifth Session Laws, pag
lie 1850 clothes the commissioner wit
~ power to call to his aid every Office
* OF the state and county, even includin
Is the members of the legislature, and
they are not called upon one and al
u the failure will not be due to consider
~ ations of modesty. / shall also have n
J. hesitancy in calling upon any and a
" good citizens of the state to assist IN
ie office in the gathering of these stats
81 tics and especially do | look for and eS
vi pect much assistance from the labt
unions of the state. | think | kno
rs the people of the state of Idaho.
know they are patriotic. | know n
w pride they have i'm the Gem OF IN
w Mountains is not surpassed by that