The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-26
The Tenth Ceusus.

Now, four years after the date OF tho
tenth census OF the United States, 1t
begins 10 be possible TO realize the
magnitude Of the undertaking. II Ia
the most detailed and complete census
ever taken Of any nation, and II Is a
census OF the largest nation OF which q
census has ever been taken. Therefore,
II Is the greatest census ever compiled
IN the world.
The public Is already pretty familiar
with the compendium of the census,
which has been published some time,
and Is tho volume which will be Of most
general use, There were printed 10000
copies of II, huge octave volume
seven or eight inches thick. II contains
statistical tables Of population, labor,
products illlteracy, etc., In great
minuteness of detail,
The remainder Of the census reports
are now being published as rapidly ~
the work can bo done by tho public
printer, They are In largo quarIo vol
umes of from 300 20 1000 pages each,
and thoy contain the special reports
prepared by expert stallstlclans and In
yostlgators In the various departments.
The llrst Of these, on population, tho
second, on manufacture, the third, on
agriculture, tho fourth, on railroad
transportation, steam navigation, tele'
graphs, etc,, aud tho fifth and sixth on
cotton, have all been issued In editions
OF 1000 10 10000 each, Tho seventh
volume h ready for distribution, and Is
OF moro interest, Just now, at loast
than any Of lts predecessors IL treats
OF taxation, the national debt and other
public debts, aud the wealth of tho
nation In general, The eighth volume,
on forestry and tho lumber interests,
will take moro time for production,
owing TO the largo number OF illustra-
tions that are being prepared for II.
Tho order Of subjects for the remain
Ing volumes has not yet boen fully
determined. II Il probable, however,
that tho ninth and tenth volumes Will
bo filled with miscellaneous reports
Among thom will bo tho very elaborate
census Of shlpbulldlng prepared by Mr.
Henry Hall, Of the New York tribune,
tho report on newspapers and publish
ing-hOusos, by Mr.. North OF tho Utica
Heraid, and tho report on coke manu-
features and wages, prepared by Mr.
Weeks, OF Pittsburgh, editor OF tho IRON
A0e. Othor reports In those volumes
will be ON petroleum and lts products,
quarrlos and building stone, tho seal
fisheries aud NJ, pelrolrs report and
romantic story OF adventure In Alaska
These subjects may bo found 80 bulky
as TO occupy threo volumes Instead OF
two.
A subsequent volume will DO devoted
10 tho llfo insurance report OF Mr.. Kyle,
and an exhaustive report ON llro insur.
anco by an ollcor Of Tho National Board
OF Underwriters, Col, George II. War
ing OF Newport, Il. l., tho well known
civil and sanitary engineer, has pro-
pared report on tho social conditions
OF nearly three hundred Of tho prncl-
psi cities Of tho country, IL covers
their moral condition, sanitary oondi-
ton, charitable and female institutions,
police and llrO departments, soclotes
Tor prevention Of cruelty suppression OF
vice, etc., and many other topics. Two,
II not threo volumes will bo required
for these reports, which constitute prac'
tIcally n municipal social encyclopedia
OF tho nation,
Tho wOtor power reports OF Prot
Trowbrldg0 will probably lill another
volume, aud another will bo devoted 10
the gas, loo and watorsupplos ofcillcs,
Clarence Kings report on pro iuus
molals, Raphael pumpolly's on base
metals and Elliot Lords on mining
laws and social conditions OF mining
districts will bo grouped In two vol
umos or possibly three, Industrial Hn'
plcmcnts will be In tho topics Of n yol'
umo with nearly u thousand illustra'
Ions,
In ono volume will bo bound reports
on sheep and wool hogs and fruit cul'
turc. Within the compass OF two OF
three moro will bO reports on pumps
and pumping engines, churches,
libraries museums, schools and coll
logos, fisheries (by Prof, Goodo),
oysters (by Ernest fngorsoll, Of Con,
nocticuD, and pNupors, idiots aud
criminals Fittngly tho scrlos viii
end with reports, In ono or two volumes,
on vital statistics and mortality BY
Surgeon Billings, U, s. A. Thoro will
thus bc probably twonty-four yolumOl
In all, besides tho compendium.
Tho work OF preparing tho reports
for publication Is by no means yet com
plote. Indeed, II will probably require
year and u half OF hard work yet
should there happen nothing 10 delay
IT, Tho work Of printing and binding
goes on as rapidly as possible, and Il al
tho reports were prepared In timo and
thoro were no extraordinary delay, the
remaining olghtocn volumes could be
issued IN about two years or tive
years and u quarter, This SCENT
Ike u long limo TO wait, until.
1886 and 1887 for tho complete
census Of 1880. But II IL rather more
rapid than tho issue Of tho Encyclopedias
Britannica, which Is work Of far loss
technical magnitude than this, On
completion the census reports, not In
oludlng tho "oompopdIum," which Il
as big u book almost ~ u "Wobslort
Unabridged Dictionary" Will con Isl
of twcntysfour volumes, averaging
l,lOO pugos each, or about 3i,GOC
closely prul0d pages - lIdSliag'oh
Cor. HiSbWW DiVd'h.
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