Telegram-herald., 1889-10-03

Henry G4nns.s ara Dr. :. Bimngs
ss ais rtzns oO-ers. 14nnett las for
yssrs as1 charge q TIE mineral ssaas-
tee n ths Geological SzEFey, asd Eil
cover Ehar and eognate digislous of sns
csasss. Billings kas IN fame zs an
srBy s1rgeoa. an1 thSugn somsWhas
inclined - 10zLE Est-ss concerning nat
tsss ~lEh shleh be = act acquainted,
BE I'll to2Stless make = szluab1s c0En-
E-.4El0l Of sNbzl Sta sLsIics
1a@ 49, provides Ter IT'S susersislrs
n We cltsFsnt states. vita = salary %
soco each for sns m0EEh 0r 81 1artng
which ELeF slll os 51sF The Al. 90
snazsrst0rs s14l h4Ve &kost sT5 piece,
Aa6 Ehsy sin De sngsgeG Only during
JaEs- N the Eass they VII sst tE'3
GEMS for s&ch 1aEs, and In s2&rselT
populated regions q small per diem al
iosshee besides. The census stl BE
begun on Jane lst and Ia al cities of
more tasn 10, 900 IL mast be nnlshe3
sirhia r-o weexA
- The clerks and messengers en- owed
here IA tbs ~ofk II preparing instruc-
tloss for tbs supervision. and OF compil-
ing and ecsrelaung LAe be.il1ering re-
turns -alch the snul1eraEors are ex-
pected % furnish. isill get salaries
ranging from ss0o ~ a. 500 a year. but
skeF ~tll not De regarded a. III the per-
manenL service OF tie Government. ana
a. TIE completion or the work they vii
be pege-n pJOrlly dismissed.
It's the lnssntlonof the Superintend-
ent 20 make the EleyeatA Census mors
complete than any that has preceded IL
Some subjects not hitherto covered viii
be exhaustiVely tre4ted. and some in
= 1t Ns4 a
com p2etly than IN 1850. The prelimin-
ary plans are as yetsOnewh4t nebulous
and can speak only oi tentative pur-
poses.
Investigation into vital statistics will
be more thorough than ever before.
Most ot the physicians OF the country
have been supplied with blanks on
which - AseP a eurreaE record, stead
or depending on memory al the end Of
the year. The division, Mortality"
Will oe dropped, as being merely = sub
division Of vital statistics So with
deafness, blindn SIS. insanity, &c.
Church statistics will be gathered IN
such form IS 20 be promptly available.
inquiry touching the following salient
points: organization communicates,
church edihces, seating capacity, value OF
property. The attention OF the Super
intendent has been called 70 the fact
that she most iTn nportsnt item. namely,
average attendance has been omitted,
and this may yet be added.
Under "Occupati tions" much fuller
treatment OF the activities and indus
tries OF the people Is contem ated
than has hitherto been undertaken.
An entirely new inquiry, specially
authorized by Congress, will be the
a -. ...~.l
war and the widows OF soldiers.
The investigation OF indebtedness Is
% be pushed farther than has hitherto
been attempted, particularly in the in
Quiry into recorded private indebtness"
specially authorized by Congress. This
is expected 70 settle the mortgage"
question SO much agitated.
IL IS intended 10 take account of the
draft animals Of cities, and OF all horses
mules and cattle not kept on farms.
This Is an addition.
An attempt viii be made to secure .
rigidly statistical census. Arguments,
deductions and references will be eX-
cluded. or at least, will be minimized.
Matters hitherto treated exhaustively
will not now receive the same atten-
tion. Cotton, which occupied two vol
umes of tho Tenth Census and the
cereals and tobacco, which made up
another, will probably be included un-
der one cover. Genetnl information
concerning Forestry will not be re-
peated. Mineral resources will prob
ably be put into one volume instead of
three.
So with water power. This is dealing
with fixed characteristics, and much of
the previous work will not be repeated.
But electricity, natural gas, ETC., will
receive increased attention.
The Superirtend purposes to have
for the first time a full census of the
public schools.
Wages" which occupied volume in
.he last census, will be remitted to the
annual reports of Gen. Carroll d. Wight,
Commissioner of Labor. But there will
be an important report on machines and
machinery