Show LABOR statistics there is as Is well known a united states bureau ot labor statistics says the san francisco chronicle which for years and until recently has been in charge of that veteran carroll D most 0 tho states also now have similar bureaus and these officials have for many years maintained a national which is holding its twenty first annual convention in this city all will miss mr the president 0 the association whose health does not permit undertaking so long a journey his place ot leadership will be announced by dr C P neall his successor as united states commissioner of labor the membership of this association is necessarily eaarl and their sessions will attract no popular attention these are the men who are employed it public expense to impartially gather arrange and publish those facts relating to the em of labor and of capital en in industries upon which the equities of the and employers must rest whatever the con tent lons between capital and labor and whatever the severity of the con flicks between them in theand that settlement will bo reached which commends itself to the judgment of mankind as right that judgment when formed must be upon the facts as orcy really exist and lor the world will always turn to the official experts as tho best and the only im partial authority the labor commissioners of many states are able men possessing the confidence ct both capital and labor and are often accepted by both parties as arbitrators in industrial du contests and the official publications licati ons ot some state labor bureaus are as highly regarded as those ot the united states probably in some states the office Is still regarded as a political plum and in such states the labor bureau cuts very little figure these annual conventions ot labor statisticians are highly important a a means not only 0 interchanging general views but more particularly fo unifying methods and making the statistics ot the various states useful and comparable with ach cach c other |