Excerpt from Fourth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of California, for the Years 1889-1890 In my introduction to the third biennial report of this bureau, I pointed out that the attempt to collect labor and industrial statistics by mail had proved a failure in every State in which it had been tried. I said personal inspection and interrogation by the Commissioner or his authorized representative, is the only and proper way to Obtain full, fresh, intelligent, and correct statistics, and this cannot be done without an increase in the appropriation for contingent expenses, including hire Of one or two agents. My predecessor in office, Mr. John S. Enos, in his report used almost identical language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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