The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-28
Salt Lakers Are Overlooked
as if Omission Was
Intentional.
WORK OF ENUMERAT0RS
is LIKE A FARCE
Appears to Be a Concerted Plan
to Prevent a Full
Count.

There are a great many persons In
Salt Lake who have reached the con-
clusion that the taking of the census in
Salt Lake City is not only q farce, and
that there is not only desire, but a con-
certed plan TO prevent real count OF the
people who live in Salt Lake. The hand
OF the federal bunch Is seen in the
scheme" This is the way a prominent
Salt Laker expressed himself TO The
Tribune on Tuesday. Continuing, nc
said.
The reason for this is apparent. The
great growth in the population In Utah
during the last decade mas been In salt
Lake and Salt Lake county, Il fair In
crease In Ogden and large increase in
Tooele county, due 10 the great smelter
near Toocle City.
Little Gain Outside.
There has been parativcly. little
gain in population In other portions or
the state Provo census returns will dis
close but little Increase, and the same is
true OF Logan, for the converts TO the
Mormon faith who have emigrated to
Utah during the past ten years have
been small as compared TO previous de-
cades, and few outside of the church
converts have come into the outer coun-
ties. The great influx OF immigrants has
been to the places first cited, Salt Lake
CITY in particular.
Salt Lake City should show a popula-
tion OF $4,000, In View OF the great Influx
OF new population and the recent addI-
tons taken into The city The last city
directory. issued by Polk showed a popu-
latloD OF 1lo.Q0p- But the way the
enumerators are working. large areas In
the city are being skipped, for some rea-
son or other And there you are
Places That Are Skipped.
There are only three days more in
which the enumerators can work Sa;ur-
day Is the last day. From various points
In the city complaints come 10 The
Tribune that many persons are being
overlooked Here are a few that came
in wednesday afternoon where no
cnumerator has been
oxford apartments, 1l9 West North
Temple street
a long stretch on South Eighth East
Eleventh South, between Tenth and
Eleventh East.
No. 744 South Fifth East.
Smith apartments on Third East.
Why have these places been over
looked? Residents OF the localities cited
declare that census enumera tors have
been in that vicinity. but have not called,
Why?
Some Interesting Figures.
The census OF 1900 gave Utah popula-
tion Of 276.It9. OF this number. SO. .5Sl
resided In Salt Lake City, or almost one
nth of the entire population OF the state.
Lake City. contained a population of IL
I25, or more than one-fourth. in fact.
almost one-third OF the entire popula-
tlon of the state.
The present apport ionmert OF the legis-
lature OF Utah Is not based upon the
census OF 1900, but upon the census OF
1880. or twenty years ago. Then the
state had a population OF 20T ,305. Upon
that population the basis OF apportou-
mcpt for representation In the leSisla
ture was one representative for every
1900 persons and one senator for every
IL 500 persons, This gave the house
forty-fvc members and the senate
elentcon. Salt Lake county was given
ten representatives and three senators.
This apportlonment has never been
changed. although the Legislature is di-
rected by the constitution so TO do.
New Apportionment Necessary.
When the Legislature elected next fall
necessarily change in the basis of ap-
portionment. and under this apportion
mcnt Salt Lake county, In view of the
enormous Increase in population. will be
entitled to at least twenty representa-
tivcS and eight senators There IS every
tlves and senators under this apportion-
ment who will be elected In 1918 will he
persons who will not he dominated b. the
federal bunch the high ecclesiasts OF
the church.
II Is MP to the people themselves. II
there Is any resident of Salt Lake CITY
who has not been visited or enumerated
by the census enumerator, he or she
should call the Commercial club today
over either phone. The number Of the
club Is 236. They should likewise coll
the supervisor of the census, Bell phone
$3.50,
Utah wants another congressman. Salt
Lake county wants its proportion of rep
In the state legislature, Every
good citizen Is directly interested In
seeing that this Is done. 1t can only
bn done where every citizen docs his duty
.S,r- fhDt Is