The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-26
THE CENSUS.
How the Chfes of the Nation a
Census Bureau Proposes
10 Take the Enumera-
lion.

lion.
A Post Reporter dropped into thu
old Republican building yesterday ant
had a pleasant chat with Gen. France
X. Walker. Chief of the National Cen
sus Bureau, In refer, nee to the pro
gress and prospective arrangement
Tor this important work by The depart
mept of which he is the head.
"Whst arrangements have you mad
for taking the census, general?" quer
led the Post preventative.
THE census of the coming year,
replied the general. will be taker
different from the ones preceding, ow
ing sssifJstary f6. appoiot specis
agents. and we expect through thi,
means to deal with subjects of which
II has been found impossible to obtain
accurate or even approximate statistic.
through the usual system of going from
house 10 house
The census day Is june l. 1880
when The population all over The coun-
Try will he counted The enumerarors
a. they are technically called. will be
gin 90 that day aud proceed until the
counting il flushed Persons who
we're alive June / aud died before the
collectors visit, will be put in the cen.
sus. Births subsequent TO the / It of
June sanitary will not be taken The
/ object l. TO get the correct statistics up
TO June | which is the last of the cen
I sus year
How will agricultural statistics be
secured?"
at would not pay TO employ special
agents TO take agricultural figures. aud
this duty will be trusted to The enum
erators This is a wide field. There
are probably three million farmers in
this country, and you will zee the OBJ
lection TO employing special assistance
when the ground can be covered "a
we'll by the regular force
Does this apply to all granger in
terests2"
No, there are certain branches.
such as fruit culture, live stock, aud
important crops. where special agents
must necessarily be employed, aud the
work will be done as never before
The special officers will collect facts
and figures relating to the growth Of
those crops, and fruit, meat and trans
porta;ion, and the shipping of live
stock to EDglsnd Lumber. honey.
bceswax, aud other Industries that are
becoming of great importance, will also
receive the special attention of this
agent, and the product of these efforts
will form a valuable adjunct 10 the
census, and show 4 vast difference TO
thnsa Of Ie....er year=. Heretofore
these Statistics hive oreu erO--ty urrU-
neous and inadequate Then the law
provided for no special assistance in
procuring these facts, and was so con
structed that Goldfish, coal oil and min
ing were placed upon the same sche
dule
us education a class for itself"
at comes under the branch of so
cial statistics. which embraces educa
ton, churches, schools. libraries, news
papers. wages, wealth, debt and taxa
ton 1t will be collected almost en-
tirely through special agency. as will
also special statistics, pauperism. crimi
nality, idiocy and deaf muteism Z"
How have they been collected be
fore2"
BY enumerators. or else By depu-
ties of the United States marshals 10
the several districts
What force will be necessary. aud
when will il be selecied?"
There will be Que hundred aud IF
y supervisors, one or more to each
State, according to its size. The SUI
pervisors' districts will be formed and
announced about the middle Of October
and the appointments will probably be
made ut the meeting of Congress in
December. In January the supervi
sors will appoint the euumeraiors The
special agents will be selected as ne
cessi'y requires :"
How many enumerators will be
required "
II suppose about fifteen or twenty
thousand, aud those in the country
will be required to complete their la
bors during the month of June, 1880
Those 10 the city are confined to the
6rst two weeks of the same month
The reports will come 10 Is rapidly as
possible"