The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-01

Census.
Bright and early this morning $4,000
census enumerators in 300 different
districts throughout the tiroad and
long United States will start out with
their portfolios under their arms, their
badges on their breasts, their commits
sions in their pockets and a determine
tion in their breasts to find out without
loss Of time and to an exact certainty
all that Uncle Sans great inQuisitor,
Mr.. Merriam, wants to know.
This census Is to be completed in two
years. Congress says 1t must be. The
last one was completed in eleven years,
the final work having just been ended.
In cities of 5000 population and over
the enumeration has to be finished in
two weeks and in every other place
thirty days. Any enumerator failing
to complete his work In the given
time Is subject TO penalty not ex-
ceedlng $500, and n heavy punishment
Is prescribed If he resigns. He Is also
subject to q penalty OF $500 IL he d.
vulges any information he receives as
an enumerator.
The enumerator Is Instructed to go
to the head of the house for his in
formation. II the head Is not accessi-
BILE an adult member of the family Is
to be Queried. Every household should
be prepared to give the enumerator
what information he wants without
compelling him to wait to zee this one
or that one, or till the family Bible
Is appealed to for data OF births
mi rrt crnu In, t1o, tN,,
minutes the enumeration Of a house
hold can be gotten through with II the
Information is prepared beforehand.
This is practically all you will be called
up to tell:
WHAT THEY WILL ASK.
Name, color, date OF birth, place Of
birth, married single, widowed or di-
vorCed, number Of children living,
whether naturalized or not, and how
long In this country, occupation, num-
Der of months idle in the last year,
read and write, own or rent a house.
whether house Is mortgaged, amount
Of mortgage not to be given, deaths in
the house during the past year. cause
OF deaths and whether or not any Of
the household IL deaf dumb or blind.
1t is compulsory to answer the qucs-
tions the enumerator asks ana It will
be considered a very gracious act II
you will avoid asking the envmerator
unnecessary questions. Next to ac-
curacy, haste is the greatest dtsider-
alum in making the examination.
Supervisor John NJ, Edwards has
been all over his district, comprising
the counties OF Lackawanna, Pike and
Monroe, and has met personally near
ly every one Of his 152 assistants. He
says they are without exception an
unusually capable lot OF men and he
expects to have one OF the best and
most prompt reports that will go into
Washington.
Within two OF one-half Of all the
enumerators Of the district are to work
in the city of Scranton. There is prac-
tically one for every election district.
Each enumerator is furnished with a
map OF his territory and the route he
Is to pursue is indicated by the blocks
being marked alphabetically. They re-
port each day the amount OF work
done on cards furnished for that pur-
pose, one being sent to the supervisor
and the other to Washington. In this
way the bureau can know how the
work Is progressing.
NO INFORMATION.
No Information concerning the re-
suits Of the census can be obtained
this side Of Washington. The super
visor and his assistants are subject tc
heavy penalty for divulging any
thing, no matter whether or not 1t 1.
important We will have to await the
census bureaus pleasure for the an
| swer to the all important question as
to whether or not Scranton is a Sec
ond-class city and Lackawanna a
county Of 10000 population, in which
the officials receive salaries instead OF
fees. as at present.
In Scranton, Carbondale, Dunmore
and Taylor special agents have bet.
appointed to take the Industrial cen.
sus. Louis Gramer is appointed fol
Carbondale, ]. F. Watkins for Taylor
James Mcdonald for Dunmore. Mr.
Edwards will look after Scranton him.
self, Howard P. Davies, the account.