The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-04

81 1880 has been ~ considerable mnsnituie,
uccs ssitarng vcry large expenditure q
money The preliminary work involved an
enormous amour. ~ printing. the sclc.-
ton % nftv-oid thousand enumeratars
and three hundred supervisors ard the
organization Of regular examination
board 20 provide 4 clerical force a. uu-
wards 81 thiry-fye hundred people all
preparatory 90 the b. ginning % the census
WORK proper ou the first ~ June of this
gear The details requisite O. the proper
preparation OF the necessary blanks ana
the selection o. the proper people 20 DO
the work Incidental 60 the carrying our
% the Census Act We're no inconsiler-
able. and required iucgs-aut labor upon
the part of those iu char4e Of me
Bureau. O. SEQ Co % that e}thing w1s
ready when the time came for moving
the enormous army which had 3. en- gath
cred from the various states ana tsr-
ritories. 20 collect the Information re-
quired All OF the plans had go le pre-
pared 900 advance. ard it is gratifying q
be able to state that thus far the
scheme contemplated D. likely O. result
satisfactorily.
There are very few people who have
any considerable idea of tho vast amount
OF information that is gathered tronsh
tho census plan OF supervision ard
enumeration Ey enumeration ] mean oi
cour-, the division ol the country into
small districts ard the selection &C p r
sons go go from house To- house or fr N
farm 60 farm. and gather the basic ta-ts
upou which the entire FIccess Qt tne Gene
sus depends We not only learn aL about
the individual his age his nationality.
his occupation lud his color. but also ma
merous other DATA concerning the various
Industries OF co., country. ana also Ia
that enable tho statIst.ciau 20 lctrn how
much OF the wealth of the country 10
invested Ia agricultural lines. how many
are able Co own their own farms. how
many rent and the other interesting facts
which 90 due time are t4hu!4ted ard
placed before tho public.
The CountrN the most Advanced In
Census work.
There O. no country ia the world that
spends as much money on its census aa
does the United States. other nations OBJ
tain hut very small number ~ facts IN
comparison with those OF the United
Stntes some simply take the population
and often az no stated time. others gather
certain data concerning the agricultural
resources % the land. very few 10 any
so into tho manufacturing inquiry. The
constitutional requirement. which ucccssi-
totes reappcrti enment OF Congress every
decade hos obliged us 90 take thorough
enumeration OF the people. From time %
time there has been added GO this work
Information concerning other Interests *
importance 20 te country Gradually.
decade ny decade. the number Of inquiries
has been Increased until in lseo there were
some twenfy-thrce or twenty-four sun-
jects which were made the subject of
statistical inquiry In the present decade
the purpose 81 the act SIS 90 conhne the
census proper 20 four important Inquiries.
that is-Population. Agriculture. Manu-
fae turing. ana Vital statistics only TWO
years are given. from July lst. 1900 10
finish these four branches ~ the work
Later on it is possible that special work
81 various kinds viii to taken ~ and TO-
ports made That IS. tho Bureau Viii un-
dertal.e TO inquire into various subjects
more particularly tae social statistics %
cities. wealth debt and taxation. r0ligious
Tod as. electric Light and power telephone
ana telegraph business. transportation hy
water. mines and mining. These special
subjects VIII De- considered as of the date
when the work is commenced. and Will bee
finished as rapidly as possible How long
IL will take 20 finish the spec al subjects
s. not "a matter that has thus Ear been
considered 10 looks now as though the
work on tho four subjects noted would
be finished withins the time required by
the act.
manufactures and Agriculture.
Naturally enough. tho inquiry in con
necton with the manufacturing branch of
the census work j. fuli ~ interest to an
Americans. rs well as 90 the whole clvillz-
al world. There is no nation thlt takes 80
thorough a manufacturing census AS ours:
and. in this age OF anxiety 90 acquire COM
mcrcial power, the manufacturing in-
dustric= Of our country ara looked uaou
with the kcenost interest Tho whole trend
among the trading nations of the earth
IS to acquire a larger trade. ard. 30 ncces.
~ary 20 gain % even hy force ~ arms
The whole contest al modern times Is one
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