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Show Utah Census Taking Will Pay Poorly Unless Wages Increased pay of lh census takers In this state raised at least to tho maximum stipulated stipu-lated by the government.. Ho euest-eil euest-eil that tho commercial bodies of the larger Utah elt!s take tbe matter up with the proper ofliclals nl Washington. In speaking along this line he said: "Considering the cost of travel In the intermountain country and the I timo It takes to got around, especially in Fomo of the outlying dlbtrlctJ, I think the ennmerators In UUh are going go-ing to be poorly paid, and I vould like to see them get more all that'H coining to them. Tho per cpit;i rate for tho population census Is from 2 to 4 cent, while the agricultural r.it-j Is from 20 to 3i cents a farm. "When you ftgum the dost of living here and tho expense of carrying on the work, tho person who takes the cermus does not even gt n good day's pay. "In other states conditions are altogether al-together different, and I think a special spe-cial rate ought to be allowed those ho do the work In Mil state. The effort being made in Denver will bear fruit, I am trure. If the enumerators In Colorado get more money they ousht to get more In Utah. The work of taking the census la a most important Item, and it should ' be given more attention by the public." SaU Lftke, Feb. 28 H. C. Rhodes, rpoclal field ageut of the department cf Bgrlcultnr for Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, who wa In Salt Lake on tnisincns pertaining to his office on Saturday, said that a combiner effort Ir. being made hy tho Denver Cnm-tnerclaj Cnm-tnerclaj club and other organizations lr. that city to have the census taken in tho best possible manner, and to secure, for tli enumerators pay corn-inenmirnle corn-inenmirnle with ralarles pe.id In other lines of Industry. Mr. Rhodes said that lbe city of Denver had been divided into districts, dis-tricts, and that committees from the Various combined organisations will fee that tho work of taking the census cen-sus is carried on an it should b. Thit nction has been taken, Mr Rhodes Kays, as tho rcnult of puhllc Interest In tho 1010 census. The citizens of Denver wish to make the best showing show-ing jK)sslble, and they want those who do the work to recelvo tho best pay po3tdblc, and in thin war more money will be circulated in Colorado pnd tbo public benefited generally because be-cause of the census. A prominent citizen of Salt Take City, who hoard Mr. Rhodes Jeil of tbo plan being worked out in Denver, paid this morning that he thought n Flmllor plan mlht be worked out In Utah, and an effort made 1o have th |