The evening times., 1902-06-25
Prepared Within Time
Allowed for Pro-
duCtiOn.
FOUR PRINCIPAL REPORTS
An Official Statement Of the Mass Of
Work PeTfaEned by the BuTeau-A
Remarkable Clerical Feat-Expendi-
lures Up 10 Date.

The Director OF the Census Announces
as effective the law of March ., 1899,
making mandatory the completion Of he
four principal reports. that Is p0Dula-
tion. manufactures, agriculture, and
vital statistics
The bound volumes. showing the re
suits of these different Investigations.
ere now being shipped from the Census
Office at the rate Of 1.0o0 per day, and
viii shortly be in the hands OF the
public. The entire issuance viii consist
Of something over 100000 volumes. ag-
gregatiug 10 .000. goo printed pages of sta
tistical matter. This is undoubtedly the
greatest statistical feat ever undertaken
and carried to a successful conclusion
within the time allotted for the compile
tioa Of the work. involving something
less than tvveuty-four months for the Sc
curing Of the facts and the deiiverauce
OF the results.
Field Labor Of Officials.
At the outset Of the work the country
was divided into 52.S72 enumeration dis
tricts and 300 supervisors districts
There were received at the Census Office.
as the result of the field work. 500 900
schedules on population; 50,oo0 schedules
for vital statistics >. .73S. .524 agricultural
schedules. and COS, ,301 schedules on man
ufactures.
Th--e were over 2f5.000 900 cards
punched for use in the tabuIating ma
chimes, and the number OF cards that
passed through the machines vas about
620. .oGU 600.
The clerical force reached its maxi
mum IN 1900 when there were 3.55f per-
sons engaged in the bureau in Washing
ton. There were employed, as special
agents ID the field for the collection of
statistics. 2G+S persons. The total maxi
mum number Of employees OF. the Twelfth
Census was 54,3T3. The total expendi-
lures, to date, approximate SO, ,000, 600,
There has been q series Of bulletins
issued that Will by the time the series
IS completed number about ESQ involv-
ing 5.5e0 pages
IN the mechanical division OF the work
there have been used seventy-f0ur add
ing machines and 81 HoTerith tabulat-
ing machines, while the approximate
number Of percentages worked was l.
655 00e.
Volumes Devoted to Population.
Volumes I and II. Of The Twelfth Cen
sus Reports. are devoted to population
by states and Territories. By minor civil
divisions, cities, towns and villages, and
BY extended details Of sex. color. pa
Tentage. birth. ages, conjugaI condition
school attendance, fIIiteracy, occupa-
tions. dwellings and families. and pro
prIet0rshIp Of hOTes-
Volumes III and " are devoted 10 Vi
tai statiCtics. presenting tables o
deaths BY specified diseases. by age and
sex. color aad race. eOnjUgaI condition
birthplace Of mothers and registration
and nOnregfstration districts with de.
tails Of deaths classified by States anC
Territories. at eer,ain ages by months
etc
Farms and Farm Products
Volumes Y and VI are devoted TO agri
culture. presenting extended tables O
farm products ard animals, and stats
tics Of crops in detail.
Chapters Regarding Manufactures.
Volumes vi. VIII TX. and Y relate I,
manufactures presenting general Ia
bIes OF manufactures: manufactures b.
cities. and special reports. largely b.
expert special agents Of the Census Of
fee These reports consist Of extende,
tables relating 10 The different indus
tries. With detailed discussion OF tn
fables. and brief accounts Of tHs origin
and progress of the industry
As an Illustration Of the extent 0
these volumes. il gay be mentioned tha
they contain almost 500 extended gen
eraI tables. and nearly as many iaor
smaller supplementary tables
Compliments From the Director
Director Merriam feels that the splen
did results achieved 10y his bureau ar
due 10 me intelligence. efficiency, an
fidelity displayed by his various sub
oTdiaatas and he desires 10 acknowledg
The Loyalty ana devotion shown by th
Assistant Director. Jhe chief statisti
cias2s. the seogSapher. the assistant Ee
CgTapheT. The chief clerk the appoint
menr clerk. aud tine clerical force o. III
Office iC carrying the enormous task i'm
posed upon him by Congress 10 such al
cmIueutIy successful termination
The Death Record.