The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-05-23
questions were certainly comprehensive

questions were certainly comprehensive
enough, but the mode of taking the
census was slow, cumbrous and unsatis-
factory. 1t was two years and six
months after the beginning of the work
when the compilation known as tho
Compendium was sent to congress.
In the introduction to this compendium
General Walker, superintendent OF the
census, says: There is no reason, how
ever, why, with such notifications of
existing laws as would insure that the
material should come originally to the
census office in proper shape for tahula-
ton, the entire compilation shout not
be concluded within a year from the
date of the first receipt OF returns. 1t
is not possible for one who has had such,
painful occasion as the present superin-
tendent to observe the workings of the
census law of 1850 to characterize 1T
otherwise than clumsy, Anticipated and
barbarous. The machinery it provides
is unfit for use in tho census of the
United States, in this day of advanced
statistical science, as the smooth-bore
muzzle-loading Queens arm of the reyo-
luton would BIO for service against the
repeating rife of the present time. 1t
ought not to be possible hat another
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such a thing ought not to be seriously
proposed. The country has suffered
more than enough already of discredit
and of loss on ccount of the wretched
insuficiency and appropriateness of
the provisions of this demonstrated
and outgrown statute"
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
The act providing for the taking Of
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President Cleveland March /, 1889. 1t
provides that the census shall be taken
June i, 1890.
For the purpose of the enumeration
the whole country is divided into It's
districts. for each of which the presi-
dent appoints a supervisor. The super
visor will appoint u sufficient number OF
enumerators in their districts who will
be paid 2 cents for each name recorded,
and the same for each birth and death
reported, Is cents for each farm, 90 cents
for each Industrial establishment and
5 cents for each surviving soldier or
sailor of the late wal. 1t is estimated
that the number of enumeraters will be
10000. The enumeration shall
begin June l and must be
finished within fifteen days in
the city and within thirty days
in the country precincts. The result OF
thu eleventh census will be printed in
thirteen volumes. The first volume
will give all the data rs to population
, by states, counties and towns, nativity
color, etc; volume 2, health, vital and
morality statistics; volume 3, public
! schools, illiteracy, %pauperism, crime,
! churches and religious denominations
volume 4, trades and professions; vol
ume 5, survivors of rebellion; volume 6
wealth, taxation, public indebtedness
} etc; volume Z, Indebtedness of corpora
> tons and individuals; volume s, agri
= cultural statistics; volume Q, manu-
4 features: volume 10, mines and mining
! volume II, fish and fisheries; volume IL
transportation, railways, telegraphs ant
telephones; volume 10, insurance.
The superintendent of census is Rob
. ert p. Porter, of New York. He has al
y y annual salary of &c. 900.