New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . 882 appeared The West in 1880, a volume which re-ceived the generous criticism of the English press and hada large sale. In 1882 Mr. Porter was appointed by Presi-dent Arthur a member of the Tariff Commission, and didan unusual amount of work. On his return from a visit toEurope, Mr. Porter accepted an editorship on the Philadel-])hia Press. During the campaign of 1884, Mr. Porter wasI most energetic worker and writer, over half a million ofiiis pamphlets, etc., being distributed throughout thecountry. In 1885 Mr. Porter, in
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . 882 appeared The West in 1880, a volume which re-ceived the generous criticism of the English press and hada large sale. In 1882 Mr. Porter was appointed by Presi-dent Arthur a member of the Tariff Commission, and didan unusual amount of work. On his return from a visit toEurope, Mr. Porter accepted an editorship on the Philadel-])hia Press. During the campaign of 1884, Mr. Porter wasI most energetic worker and writer, over half a million ofiiis pamphlets, etc., being distributed throughout thecountry. In 1885 Mr. Porter, in conjunction with Mr. Ammidown, founded the American Protective TariffLeague. In 1887, Mr. Porter returned to New York, wherehe saw a field for a daily Republican paper, at a price andof a conciseness calculated to meet the wants of busy andworking people. The result was the New York Press,which now has an enormous circulation and did most effec-tive service in the Presidential campaign of 1888. In Harrison appointed Mr. Porter Superintendent of. ROBERT p. PORTER. 278 NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. tlic KlcveiUli Census. In spite of the enormous |)ressure olthe census work Mr. Porter found, or rather made, time towrite a number of articles for encyclopajdias, the NorthAmerican Review, Independetit, Frank Leslies, and otherpublications. There never has been a census so well andso rapidly taken, as the passage of the Ajjportionment Billtwo years earlier than ever before shows. Its results willadd largely to Mr. Porters reputation for executive ability,shown in the magnificent way he has brought together,equipped and handled a force numbering at different timesfrom 2,000 to 50,000 people ; his broad-mindedness, asevinced in his selection of experts and sijecialists in allbranches of industry :ind science with which the censusdeals ; and his skill at financiering in the taking of a censusfor the first time in the history of the country within theappropriations made b
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