Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-24
courteous conduct and ppliteness

should be shown. 1t the enumeration
thinks that a nights reflection will
help matters any he is authorized to
go away, to return the next day for
another attempt. If all measures fail,
he is then to report the case to the
supervisor, who will in turn be in
structed from Washington as to what
course to- pursue. II any objection is
made to anyone particular question,
while the person Intercepted is will
ing to answer all other questions, the
enumeration is instructed to say that
the information revealed will be
strictly confidential and that no use
will be made of it, except as it is col
leeted into one grand total. Should
the refusal be persisted in, the emu
merator is to write Refused to an
sWer' In the proper place and report
the case to the supervisor.
The enumeratOrs are sworn to Sc
crecy by the terms of their appoint
ment Failure to preserve secrecy will
render the viOlator liable to a fine of
not exceeding $500, should the offense
be proved. The enumerators are spe
officially forbidden to show their sched-
ules, when filled, to retain copies of
them or to retain any imperfect cop
les. They are forbidden to tell the
total population of their several dis
tricts and are instructed to reply to
any questions regarding the informa-
ton in their possession, that they are
forbidden by law to answer.
For the purpose of the census the
word family has a much wider appli-
cation than in ordinary speech For
90 I1.rNr,c rzf
individuals who occupy jointly a
dwelling place or part of dwelling
place. A person who boards in one
place and lodges in another place is
supposed to be a member of the fam
lily where he lodges. All occupants and
employees of a hotel, who regularly
live there, are one family. And as a
family, may be much larger than IL
the ordinary sense of the word, SO may
it be much smaller. A clerk in store
who regularly sleeps there, is to be
considered as a family. With respect
to transients, boarders, railroad men,
who are much Of the time away from
home, and other people who travel
about, such people, whenever encoun-
tered, or whenever heard of by ali
enumerator, are to be put down as
with their families, wherever they may
live. Each enumerator, therefore, is
cautioned to find out about any per-
son who may be properly recorded.
In the population schedules the facts
to be obtained are twenty-eight i'll
number. In the first place the street
and street number are to be entered.
Then the enumerator enters in numer-
ical order the number of families Wis
tied. This to get the total number of
families in the United States on June /.
Then follow in order the full name,
the relationship of each person in the
family, whether the head or wife,
brother, son, and so on. Then the
color or race, the sex, the exact date
of birth, age at last birthday then
whether single, married, widowed, or
divorced, then the number OF years
married to the present husband or
wife. Then, in the case of women, the
mother of how many children and the
nupber of these children living.
The place of birth of each person
follows, then the place of birth Of
both father. and mother in separate
columns. or persons born out of the
United States three columns follow,
to contain respectively the year CT
immigration to the United States, the
number of years in the United States
and whether naturalized or not. Occu-
patton follows, with a column for the
number of months not occupied. This
column can only be used in the case
of certain occupations which are not
followed all the year. Under the gen
eral head of education there are FIVE
answers to be secured. These are, in
order the number of months in school
during the census year, ability to read,
ability to write, and whether the per-
son enumerated can speak English.
The general head Ownership of
Home" completes the list. Under this
head is to be recorded whether the
home is owned or rented, whether it
is owned free or is mortgaged, whether
the family lives ON farm or in a
house not on farm, and, finally, in
the case of a farm, the number of the
farm in the order visited. This is, of
course, to get the number of farms in
the United States.
The special, schedules for persons
defective in sight, hearing or speech
and for statistics OF crime call for
special information. For the inmates
of penal institutions, in addition TO
the general information required cor
ordinary persons, information con-
corning the kind of crime for which
punishment is being undergone, to-
gether with other kindred information,
is required.