The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-07-04
CENSUS NOT COMPLETED.
People are too Previous in Asking
for Results.

Director Of the Census Merriam has
given out the following statement for
the Information OF the public:
The census uiiico is now in receipt
OF many letters daily asking Tor infu,-
nation as To the results Of the census
In partlCular localities, especially in
the larger cities. 1t does not appear
to occur TO the writer's that the census
has not yet been taken. The law allows
until June 10Th in cities OF {. 900 inhabi.
tants and in rural districts until the l,t
of July for is completion, and after
that the schedules have To be examined
by the supervisors OF census before
they can be forwarded to Washing ton
In order that the supervisors may de-
termlnc whether tae work has bUen
satisfactorily done aud may be In 20.
sltion TO certify TO the correctness OF
the enumDrators' accounts Tor serv. ices
rendered under the law"
The following statement has boon
prepared, showing what has to be done
with the census returns when received
at Washington, and why it must be
weeks or even months before the
figures can be givUn out in their en-
tirety.
Every enumcrator is required to tile
Is daily report card, showing how many
hours ami minutes he mas becG at work
and now mauy persons nc mas cuumer-
ateu that day. Since there are HpprOXj-
maLcly $4,000 Cnumeraters aud thirty
days arc allowed for the completion OF
the census the number OF daily report
cards TO oe examined IN tho census
otllCc Is sOmcw hero between ono miIIiuo
and Il million and Is half. II is diilcutt
FOR any one not familiar win census
work 10 form an idea Of the vast amount
OF materlal 10 be handled in all Of the
divisions OF the Utlico The number OF
boxes containing schedules sent TO tnu
cnumcraturs in advance Of takiug the
census was / 900 aud their t0lal weight
WAS estimated ht 300 tons. All Of tnis
material Is returned to Washington,
where IT. has ~ he sorted ont and ar
ranged III order by States auu sub
divisions 0i States upun shelving ng-
RreRHliHE several miles IN length
There Is invOic" OF schedules in every
box received which has To bc verified.
Next III order follows the cxamin..
tion in detatl OF the schedules. Every
schedule nas tO be examined in order
10 sec thaV the coumerGter hSs not
made An ovcrChargc for his services.
FOR this purpose the schedule nn, To be
compared with the account rendered
by him. Every possible CilOrJ will be
w pa Ihc 'HutucT"prS al tna
earliest practicable date. Every busi.
ness man Knows that 53, 600 bills pre-
sented 'or payment in one day could
not be audited 1T sight.
me schedules then go to the clerks
employed in punching cards for the
electric tabulaCtng machines y count
ol the population viii then be E!Adu hy
color by sex and by native or foreign
birth, which will consume possibly five
or six mOuths. Not un;il these machine
counts have beer made for any Uarticn.
lar city On State can the figures be
given ont fOr public tiOn. The cities
VIII natuchl'y be taken lp n,st and
as last as the actual popu!gtion return
ed by the enumerators is asccrtainru
IT. viii be posteI on Il bulletin board in
the hall outside the directors room for
the Information OF the press.