Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-04
THE PHILIPPINE CENSUS.
DihcuIt Work Accomplished by the
American officials with Graf.
flying Results.

Gen. Sanger has finished taking the
census OF the Philippines, reports the
Manila Times.
In regard to the work he lately said:
The field work of the census is prac-
ideally completed, and the schedules.
and other data, as far as collected, will
be shipped to San Francisco on the
transport Sherman. leaving Manila on
August 10, en- route to Washington.
where the tabulating, compilation and
publication of the census report will be
made by the United States census bu-
reau, under the supervision Of the di-
rector of the Philippine census and his
two assistants. Mr.. Henry Gannett and
Mr.. Victor H. Olmsted
This work might have been done
here, but with the means at hand it
would have taken several years to car
ry it through, whereas, by sending the
schedules to Washington. where the
tabulation can be done by the Holerith
electrical tabulating machines, it is
confidently expected that the census re-
port will be in print one year of less
from this time.
"a rough count from the schedules
shows total Of 6,976,574. The
total OF the wild tribes as far as emu
merated shows their number to be Co.,
158
THE enumeration in four provinces
Is incomplete. but when finished will
probably swell the total to about $780,
300.
Taken as whole the census may be
regarded as success, and if viewed in
the light Of the sombre and discourage
Ing reflections of those who regarded
the attempt, by American methods, as
entirely impracticable, we may say it
Is great success
'The examination of schedules re-
Gently finished shows that the enumer-
ators have done their work with much
intelligence. and that the results will
compare favorably with the census
enumerations of the United States.
where the censuses have been taken ev-
cry decade for more than a hundred
years. There have been. of course.
some defects, and it has been found
necessary to go over certain parts Of
the work second time, but I am in
formed that this happens whenever a
census is taken in the United States,
and that in this respect our troubles
are not to be compared in magnitude
with those at home-even if difference
In population and area are considered
In the execution of the field work
there were Sc supervisors, each with a
clerk and messenger; 998 special
agents; 81 special enumerators. and
1892 enumerators. and as many emu
| meratiOn districts"
Some difficulty was experienced by
enumerators in the provinces of Bula-
| can, Rial, Laguna, Batangas, and AL
bay, due to rowing bands of ladrones,
and in four instances the enumerators
were held up. but with a single excep-
| ton the schedules were not molested,
although the pouches were taken from
| the enumerators. In the island of
Camiguin, province of Misamis, the
enumerators met with armed opposi-
| ton. but Gov. Corrales believes that
the census was the pretext, but not the
had its origin in q secret society
formed for different purpose
I'm three barrios of the island OF
! ;'ebu some opposition was made to the
enumeration, as the people thought the
| object Of the census was taxation. This
| opposition did not prove to be serious,
| nowever. and was removed as soon as
The proclamation of the civil governor
in which the objects of the census
we're fully stated-had been more care
:ully explained
"Such opposition was to be expect
I'd, however, in view of past expert
,nces, and that it was not more general
nay be fairly attributed to the earnest
| wish of the Filipinos to help, and to
he general belief in the patriotic pur-
pose of the United States congress and
| he Philippine commission. as set forth
n the laws providing for the census
md the proclamation of the civil gov
| .rnor.
Porto RicO's Charities.
Five years ago Porto Rico's pubIic
| charities were but few, and those few in