The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-29


Therc y Ereai pFoisubiiity, - Bink iha5
he ksnsas dboai y be aaken sili i,e ysry ~
perfsei, on aecoant Of the hrief time allowed
70 accomplish The work-
OatEide Of eilies hasing fe,ess9 iuhabitantl
The soFk uili extend thT0aehaet The noah 81
lame. u cities hAsing io,eAe inhsbiiasts i
must Be 6nishea il twO seeks-fhai . b.
June "A. The uork s IN ekzege q 10 81.
psrxisarz appointed b tie Prsss3eas and
eonhrned b. the Senate, who are under ihs
gsneFal diFeciion Of GeA. FrAneis A. Walker.
Chief ~ the Census Barean. Gen. Walker i
iocSted i WashinstDH. wilh sell -eqaippe.l
qaeEters sad comI'eient sal Of knbcrlh-
aalea. TIE supervisors apfoiat . large nuua-
Der q namerafofu, shose daty Il Il 70 Fisii
personally every dwelling il their districts
and % obiain ali the inforna.ioa asked foF on
he priaied scbeinIe. The xork i extremely
2iizeuit and require The utas0at care Ard via-
aaaea. The cosperAiism 81 tbs yaaiiee ia Al
cities has been Eeg8estei, and 4 4 10 Be hcped
thai citizens generally vii d al sbey ena %
facilitate serk Ehose importance Is readily
seen and whose rAlae Is dependess entirely 70
is acearaey. ProVision, moreover, 4 made
b. law for The p1riEhnlsnt q 81 uho 0lt u
obstinaey o. rsekleasaeas sftes8p2 70 0b.srsei
the nBHlsrators or refase then the desired n.
fOFnatios- By the Aei Of March. 1879, re-
fazal % The part o. any Adelt 80 render a
trua aeeosns 10 tae pssl u ha OF ber knoHl
sdse ii every parsan b4lonE;ng q knEh iamify
IL the xhriaas nnriicniarz ssaained ~ lMm'i
Il Punishable with 6as moi exceeding 500.
Tiers are 1--WE general keads anaer zhich the
questions 70 Be answered are classi&rd.
These are;-Popslatioa, agricshBre, nann-
Ee4ares. social Statistics and mortality. The
eoilecii0a % sseiAl statistics, hoHeser, hAs
bsea Withdrawn from the regular generators
and intrss,ed 70 experts il the diSersbi
branehss covered.
Among the facts % he aseefzainsd IN he
enumeration 81 he popaiAti1A are the tcliow-
ing s-Name or each person IN the hmils;
color, sex and age Of each person. -ssa1iOn-
ship Of each person 70 The head Of The family,
What persons are aagie, married, widowed or
divorced, aad uho, II any sere married
during the census year occupation Of bob
males and females Eumbef 81 uonfhs aay
person has besn unemployed during the een-
Eas year; sickness OF disability Of zay persoa
n the time Of yisii; whether there Ars Any
blind, deaf, dumb, idi0tie. insane, MANNED,
crippled or bed riddles members q the family:
hos m3Ry afie1d schsol; how tnAny, Il ans,
who cannot Rad and urite; the BlAee o. hirih
o. each perzon and The piasss q birth Of his
OF her father End mother. All persons vii
be iaciaded Who are hyiag Jane I OF Who
mar die between that time and the e0mpletisu
Of the census, bai children bora afier gune /
viii be Oulitted. The questions a. 20 aErieul-
tnre, manufactures. etc., eoFer . mneh wider
range Of sabjecis and will entail an immense
amoani Of painSiaking labor on the part u
the numeFat0rz. Ia Great Britain The census
d taken IA = single day, thus prsseutiag As il
we're, statistical Photograph. NarloRs sJs-
tens ara "a Force IN difereat countries, but
oar osn tAAen every ten years u probably
the most accurate and satisfactory Of all.
According 10 the last eezsas the p0palAfioa
Of the Uniaed States mas -, SIS, 81. Il IL
believed that The nes census vii SHOW an ap-
proximati0n TO 50,00o,Ooo people within
the borders Of our territory.