Show GATHERING statistics the following editorial appeal appealed ed in a the desrat news of saturday oneff one of tile the deputy statisticians for salt lake county lias has pointed out to 10 us that people at aie e seemingly very erv averse to giving the inhof ma unit liou ti aich the statistical schedules require quite le and do not that the law w makes tho the fin fill dishing of such information compulsory at the s same kiino some people have complained that tile the statisticians in quite too closely alok ay iy into private affairs airs the complainants also als o a assert sart that if the law goes to so far its as is claimed for it then it is an unwarrantable invasion al rights arid and liberty of tile citizen tien ci and its enforcement is improper impi oper aber therefore e fore they for information regarding it 11 ll ith i cherence to lo the first request quest wa iva mil say that thai the law directs that statisticians be appointed for a stated purpose pin pose arid and al 11 aloie o oie ie quires the people to gic them certain information which it is considered vill be of public benefit it gitig is provided that a refusal to confor or to ong friall subject the person lel using to the penalty of a fine not dot less than five milli nor more than tRoll two hundred undred dolliro the deputy statistician in each county must begin their work not later than the first of february in ill each statistical year that is 1895 and triennially thereafter the thereal ler I 1 and a failure to toper per form their duty duly renders them liable to fil fine leand and imprisonment the hilor information mation which the law requires that persons applied to shall furnish to the deputy statisticians is is as to the number of acres they have hae of improved land arid rind and land under cultivation during ihei as farms faring acres irrigated and also alao under enclosure for pasture acres of crops and amount and value thereof acres of apple peach apricot pear avid and plum trees the number of bushels of each fruit the dun number aber of bushels anil and alue of small fruit produced including cherries and berries be iries the number of pounds arid and value of grapes sold eold the number of gallons galloni of wine cider vinegar arid and sorghum number of pounds of butter cheese honey and of each kind of dried fruit number of hives lives 01 ol bees and pounds of wool shorland shor nand the number of coils cattle horses mules apses sheep goatle and swine over six months old owned on the day of december of the preceding year in addition to procuring the data mentioned in the foregoing enumeration the deputy statisticians i ns are require required 1 I to collect information a to the amount that his big been expended for public I 1 the number of industrial concerns and pe people ople employed wages paid value of plants amount and value of annual product and capital annual sales aces and wages miles of street railway arid and linda kinds of motive power number of hands in each kind of mining capital invested wages arid and annual output in tops an and d values tho the number dumber of r sm melters elters and stam pine mills average cost of reducing ores tons reduced hands employed and wages paid also alao statistics concerning conc eining irrigation ty stems this is an claboe elaborate ate list of data and when compiled arid and published no doubt will nill prove interesting r and valuable in many respects in or older der to secure it blanks have been issued which chichin chin in most particulars conform to the statute but in some borne minor respects present a difference in making requirements not specifically set out in the law but adapted to make the reports more per feet regarding the complaints made inquiry does doe not dot show that the deputy statisticians have exceeded their duty cluty or that they have been offensive in performing it nor does there seem to be any request in the lanfor law for information that baynot may not be cheerfully compiled without the personal rights or liberty of anyone being antei ferch n ith there is one feature however in the blanks which appears to be very objectionable judging by the Nelle mence of the regarding it probably augmented because abe the bard times have made it a sore place tins this is the requirement to ull how much of a mortgage is on a certain labs dabs of property and the per cent of interest etc there is nothing in the law it which appears to justify the calling for such information therefore if people to do not R nant ant to tell anything regarding their in s they aro are under no ob li aaion to do 10 so 0 o outside of indi v I 1 lual feeling as to chii particular ii item there ines not cot seem to be any rood good reason why the statisticians not be afforded Afford eil every facility in I 1 ea for ining wol boil 1 |