| Show WHAT IS THE population three weeks ago today the city council appropriated for counting the people of salt lake city this action was taken before the enumerators had made their reports consequently it was somewhat premature to say the least we believe it is the rule because of the absurdity of any other method of transacting public bu business to ascertain whether the work of the class referred to has baa been done before fore it is paid for it is presumable however that the reports have been all in for some time and if the enumerators mera tors have been tb thorough orough the are in possession of informs on of much value and which be longs nga to the public who paid for it why hy then is it not imparted Is it because the figures do not reach the estimate ostin aate of hyperbolic boomers JJ if this is not the reason is lot dot there a lurking suspicion that the work has been imperfectly done and the result in consequence UP ore liable if the public cannot get the information some reason should be given for its being withheld d Is their a patient waiting for the th publication of the result of the government enumeration in order to bridge any chasm that might exist between the desulis results of the two processes the delay in giving the e people the information for which they cy have paid necessarily incites a great many conjectures in consequence of the brilliant silence main ned on the subject by the city petals the he taking of the census of this city under the auspices of the muni caw pal corporation was in view of tb the e work wot instituted by the general ern ment supererogatory each batch ww of enumerators having to do precisely the same labor except that what was required of the national counters was much ch more elaborate gauding that those employed by the city ty received about one half more remuneration for instance the government receive two cents a name lain coupled with elaborate ques aiono ons not lot p by the city offers if lithe the population latin be O the government pays 1000 fajr the work for less labor the city pays 1407 75 however it must be admitted that uncle sams pay is rather scrimp and no question would have been raised as to the amount appropriated to the city enumerators had baa the work not been in III vew of the government census entirely unnecessary the instituting of such a labor merely to improvise employment for political partisans parti is an inexcusable piece of jobbery if that was the sole reason for it it is difficult to io discover or even imagine any other the withholding from the public the census information obtained at the expense of the taxpayers only makes the matter more aggravated the people should know the numerical status of the population of salt lake city as figured out by the municipal enumerators era tors whether the conclusion agrees with that reached by the officers of the general government or otherwise |
