Evening star., 1899-02-02


Publications to BE Made.
THE House substitute bill, the same as
the Senate bill, provides that the only vol
umes that shall be published in connection
with the twelfth census, shall relate to
population, mortality and vital statistics.
the products of agriculture, and of manu-
featuring and mechanical establishments.
and shall bc designated as and constitute
the Census Reports and that they shall
be prepared and published by the director
| OF the census on or before the first day of
July A. D., 1902. That gives the director
or the census two years from the time the
census work IS commenced by the enumer-
ators ana supervisors to tabulate, COM
pare and prepare ard publish the reports
relating to these several subjects
Nine years and four months eIapsed
before the last volume was published in
the tenth census and eight years and
three months passed away before the last
volume of the eleventh census was pub
hshed- Much of the material contained in
these volumes had become obsolete before
they were given to the public in the final
volumes. In the preparation of the bill
submitted by your committee they have,
as lar as practicable, limited the inquiries
TO those subjects of paramount interest TO
the general public, and have provided for
tne work IN a manner that will enable the
uirector OF the census to give the results
OF the work provided for in this bill to
the public by the time limited In the hilI
namely-July l, 1902.
Special Subjects of Inuuiry.
Your committee recognizing that the
general public are desirous of accurate in
formation on many other subjects that
VIII not be included within the census re-
ports proper, have provided in section ten
OF the substitute bill submitted by them to
the House that the director of the census.
after the completion and return of the
enumeration and of the work upon the
schedules relating to agriculture, mauufac-
ing ana mechanical establishments, and of
Inc mortality schedule, may collect Statis-
ties relating to the special classes, includ-
ing the insane feeble-minded, deaf dumb
and blind; to crime, pauperism and benevo-
lence. including prisoners, paupers, juvenile
delinquents and inmates of benevolent and
re1ormatory institutions; to deaths and
births in registration areas; to social sta
lstlcs of cities; to public Indebtedness val
uauon, taxation and expenditures; to cleo
tfic HSht and power, telephone and teie-
graph business, and to TRANSPORTATION by
water, express business and street railways
ana TO mines. mining and minerals The
director OF the census is authorized, the
same as in the preparation of the other
schedules, to obtain the information under
those various heads and to prepare such in
terrogatories as shall, in his judgment be
best adapted to elicit the information re-
quired
Much of the information required under
the special heads can better be obtained
through special agents than in auy other
manner, and the director of the cens,,s &c
therefore authorized to employ specfa1
agents whenever it is necessary Much of
the information however relating TO tho
above special subjects can and will be Oh
taned through correspondence at a conn
pdratlVely small cost to the government
The statistics of deaths and births provided
Tor in this section shall be obtained from
ana restricted to, the registration records
OF Such states and municipalities as nos
sess records anording satisfactory data In
necessary detail, in the discretion of the
director Of the census, for all statistical
and scientific purposes. The INQUIRIES re-
laung TO special classes, and of crime. pau
perism and benevolence, shall be restricted
TO institutions containing such classes. The
collection of the statistics authorized hv
section 10 of the substitute bill shall he
made at such time times and in such
manner as Will not interfere with nor de-
lay the rapid completion of the census ra
ports proper. All reports issued under SEQ
ton 10 of the substitute bill shall he do
nominated Special Reports of the Census
Office
An Independent Bureau
1.-The Senate bill provides that there shall
be established In the Department of the
Interior census office, the chief officer of
which shall be denominated the director of
the census. The substitute bill presented
by your committee has provided for the &C.
adjustment at the seat of government of a
census ONCE, providing It's duties and maxi
ing II separate and independent bureaII
Before proposing this radical change con-
tanned In the substitute bill Your cernmittee
gave careful thought and study to the SUBJ