Salt Lake Herald | 1902-01-09 | Page 4 | Permanent Census Office

PERMANENT CENSUS OFFICE VILT rA R MERRIAM director o 11 the last census oenaus u has an article It b the January North American Review lit ht I he argues for a permanent permanent I II I office Mr Merriam would J II enter fOnt no objections if be he het bewan wan t retained as the th permanent head 1 mch auth a 8 department Although he be of V a ft number of reasons reIO S for maintain Mf a asIs I office continuously it be lif w If the plan result re in any all commensurate with the ex r J na which h must be involved r chief argument Is the th tb of securing expert statistic ja a Oft abort short notice It is quite true I experts ere re needed when i jha are re taken but there should Ute be difficulty in finding them theIR feat Dr Merriam suggests It is pos post nt t be he has bas looked only in the theran ran g etie f t the Republican party lor his l There is plenty of it In la the I Democratic party and in other political I J N doubts the Ute necessity for ere re i Ua ore more emcee Any o Win jive dT expert testimony on this point i is As M s matters stand today there is 18 an bute famine In the office line u i te not of material but of the e A beneficent benefi nt Re He Hen n government is doing all an it can canto an nl to Jt up the deficiency but try as asit asit J it will wID K It Cannot make the supply equal t A ent census office would car cartt tt r e Indorsed by b the pie hunters it Jt Would mean the fhe establishment of s i for tor favorite individuals and andt t k Ming g of the treasury to keep ke p pUL them tle UL idleness Even the i 4 e C methods of a surrounded as it is by i tW eQI of led i ed tape which ingen t servers can invent should it possible to draw out the C taking a census through ten tn r F disputes the claim that nu nuo c o were made of or inac jb bi the last et netis and ml those lIt l it Mr Merriam charges aniie The e necessity for tor hurrying the 9 we e the people would r mit to inconsequential mix mi min 1 i Rn n to be taxed for the benefit benfit individuals who would take taketo takeI I to In do three years yean work r