, 1879-03-11
THE NEW CENSUS.

Talk with Gen. Francis a. Whlker-How
tho Census OF 1880 Will Do Tnker, md
why 1t will lso in Certain Important l'nr.
tIcuIara Dettcr than tbs Former Census.
Corrtspondtnce .Sttc Fork Times.
NEW HAVEN, March 5.-In conversation With
Prof. Francis A. Walker, OF Yale College. TO-
day, he went into the question Of the next ccn~
sus at length. Alter superintending tho census
OF 1870, when The last table had been mads out,
he at once reported his work u 1nishel and
from that time ceased 10 draw any salary; yet
10 many points connected with the work camo
w TINT no one but he could attend To that bo
was requested by Ills superIors to continue In
Office. lie agrced, and during thess past years
has done al immense amount OF work, although
not under salary, as'a until yesterday wah In Of
flee. Thus be has kept tile run Of the work, aud
lis conversation shows that he has we'll In hand
all the details Of the Immense undertaking, ,with
tic additional experience that hc gaiucd Wills
tnk!ng tie census OF 1Sio. This cxpcrtencu
guided h1n in the recommendations he made.
and which were embodied ID the Census bill that
has gust passed Congress-.
Tie croat change proposed by Gen. Walker Is
the doing away with the Marshall OF 1870. In
ihat year the census was taken by United states
tIarshais. Their regular work occupied so mitch
Of their time in many cascs that they turned
the CENSUS nork over to deputies OF assistants.
Not even tho names OF thcec hitter were known
at Washington. and, Of COURSE. they felt but
little responsibility in that direction. The Mar.
a,als were connected With tue Department Of
Justice, while tile census wAs under coutrol VI
the Interior Department. Thla In great meas
uro relieved the Marshals from their respouat.
b!llty., The result was that thu Marahnla cared
more for their own work than the census, and
did not begin to render tho acrytco that spcclAl-
ly-nppoEntcd men would have done. Thus, said
Mr. Walker, this important work, ou which
ten, was more or les. neglected in too many
instances The new bill phsscd correcte this by
calling for the appointment Of $50 Census su-
pcrvisors. which will give at least one to each
thcy may appoint to assist them, shall be sub,
1cct to approval at Warrington, and they shall
ali bo held responsible for the faithful per
formance Of their important dnties.
rot properly divided. For Instance, Marshul
Ia Northern New York might hAvo a,5C0, 900 Of
population to cover, willis ~ Southern Florida
another Marshal Tould lave 81 bus 5,oo0 nntnes to
Nevada, or Arizona Territory-co.erfng a. many
rs 30 t0O0 miles Of territory. Yet the law was
such TINT tbs Marshai who did the least work
got nearly as much pay ~ those who dil W
EoycTu the matter Of compensation, md the ap-
plicatlon Of tho ru!c worxed badly. Now Il Is
intended to allow each enutlcrator not 70 CT
coed AUo0 na1nes,, and to divide the territory
more proportiunally thAa beforo. Comprnsa-
tl0n will Ia fixed according 10 the W0ES. tFaves,
md other circumstances.
The delay .ttcnaIng tho taking Of the T. lsst
larQu CITY, where it took Marshal three or
four months to get oyer his district, before ho
eamo 10 many Of the poorer class md the great
tloatinc population they Hssc liable TO have 70.
Rone over. and thu. tho census would hare no
record OF them. Now 1t Is proposed hav'
in9 enough supervisors aud ous.
%s'i5 aSs' @ T. fosR osae d ~ }ro ree
and bb through with the wAole colntFv In
month. Another point in favor Of Lhe eomlng
census ia that specific appropriation 81 $3,No,-
This, Gan. Walker thinks, Will 10 enough, and
he atso ta of The opinion tilat IL Is better thus
to do the work than to pay Tor each Item 20
much, md open lnnulnetahle avenues Tint may
lead 10 unnecessary expenditures.
The concluding point, iu which the coming
cansus Will show m improvement over that OF
1870, will be In the largo increase Of Inquiries
to b. made In regard to cotpor.tons,-rallroads,
nics-thut i correct and detailed statement Of
The progress mud prcsent poAltton Of TIC coun-
try may b. arrived a. Fer this work Gen.
man sa~a .naY be sbla to ~siis wail, sps aud tsts
nalnes correctly. and do tie ordinary work OF
the ccnsus.taker, and yet be wholly uultted to
make the squally important inquiries With ref~
crence to corto1asiona mud manufacturing sen-
ceros. Experts can ba secured 1t but little
more outlay, which wilt Ia moro than repaid ny
ths results Of their Inquiries. Through this
work being 10 1mpert0et!Y done last Tine Ud31.
Walker mentioned, incidentally. ho found it
necessary to wgitc about 60U0o letters With rct-
erenco to matters connected With the Uopars-
mcnt Of Manufactures alon1.
ln conclusion Gen. Walker said he shrahk
from thu thought of being classed ., an oitieo-
seeker. HU knew hta uams was mentioned for
the position OF Superintendent OF the Census for
1850, but Le had not sought tllo position. II the
people thought hs ought TO bo called TO TAO
Office, anI kuch call calue to him, hs should
feel It hls duty to place hts services ind expo
rience 1t tho natlon's disposal. tscunattly 10
should bo the Loser, for hs should. Of eoutse,
Econolny At Yals, and would have to lsavc ht.
family here ull board souae t!Me, at Increased
expsuse, OF coutse, as Washington: Though 10
thought 4 would tsks but month TO eomp!gto M
tuntisnt, whoever hc might be, would need to
devote mouths. before aid altar, to the Hork:
Gen. Walkers name has been sent 70 The
atata scuate as Railroad Commlsatoner, and hs
ILL iiItlnhta u adlu ha ehnf1r1nixl !rhe EnYatDQr