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Show k Thev Superfluous Job -f- - . f TNDER the state militia law it is necessary for the variouscounties of Utah to take the census o'f men between 18 and 45 years of age, and enumerators areriow at work in Salt Lake counly. We can tbjnkxof no more super-j ifluous work than that of the Numerator at this! I time. i ' i The law should be repealed by the next legls-1 latuie. There Is no necessity of taking a census of the kind now being undertaken. The; war is over. We don't want to beever remind:d of the possibility of another. We ki attempting to think that we are civilized. - x Again, the work of enumeration must be paid for by the taxpayer. He's tired of paying money for useless service, and enumeration -for the militia comes under the heading. When war looms it will be time enough to take the census, although even then draft ma chinery might prevail and the men between the ages stated taken Into the fold, so what good would these county censuses be? Let's forget this particular kind of a census. Wipe It from the ' legislative leaves. 'It's ridiculously superfluous,' for Its only service Is to find a job which is not worth having. |