Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-27
5I4,o00,O00FOR CENSUS
THAT Is AMOUNT Director Worth VIM
Esk Congress 10 Appropriate.
POINTS OUT NEED OF R0RE HONEY
Popularity of the Country Has In.
creased 100000 and Hore Time
Should be Allowed in Which to Do
the Work.

/, WASHINGTON. Nov 26.-Thc
time is approaching for preparations
for tho taking OF the thirteenth cen
sus of the United States soon to
begin. The first step will be the pass
age by Congress OF the law under
which the census is to be taken. a
Dill for the purpose will be presented
at the coming session.
In his annual repor, Director OF
the Census S. y. ID. North holds that
he is entltled to ut least two years
In which TO prepare "for tho greater
single piece OF work which the Gov
eminent undertakes" and that in or
der TO make this preparation to tho
best possible advantage he should In
able to make definite plans.
"rhc most serious faults In all pre-
yious censuses." Director North says.
have been due to the lack OF sufil.
cient time, prior to the actual enum.
Grafton. to select and instruct the sup
ervisors and enumerators. The sup.
ervlsora should be designated at least
one year in advance OF the enumera.
ton, so that the enumeration districts
can DO laid out and their geographi.
cal limits clearly defined and scriiti,
nized In each locality. with Il view to
The correction of omissions and or.
rors
This has never yot been possible
at a Federal census. With this end
IN view. and under Instructions from
tho chairmen OF the census commit,
tees of both houses. the officials OF
the Census Bureau have been engap-
ed In n critical study of the Twelfth
Census act rs tested by actual es!
perience.
The main amendments in the Cen.
sus act of 1899 necessary. says Di
rector North. 'are such as arc re.
CURED TO III II into and harmbnize
IL with the permanent census act
When this has been done there will
Nc two distinct census codes. one for
the docennial period covering three
years in each decade. and the other
relating to the permanent Office and
intermediate work. The two codes
should so dovetaii that they will an
tomatically work N harmony with
each other without periodically dis.
rupting the permanent organization
nut simply grating upon 1t the tenn
norary organization Il decennal pc
RODS"
There were three appropriations for
the twelfth census. the preliminary
appropriation of 100000 made Il
the subsequent appropriations
amounting 10 sl2.5i6,uO, not all or
which was spent for the decennial
'censns proper. II Is now estimated
by Director North that lump sum
appropriation OF $14,OOO.000 will be
necessary for the expenses Incident To
the tiree-ycar decehnial period OF the
coming census. II Congress-. wants
.censuses of Porto Rico and the phi!
tppines taken. another 100000 will
be required
Director North asks for ,arger
appropriation because many NOR
people Will have to be enumerated
He believes that there are now near
~ 25,OO0000 more people in the cotin,
try than in 1000 and that the census
OF 1910 Will show total population
OF more than 100.00O.00O persons
While American census reports have
come. to be regarded by foreign sta:
tisticlans as the best and most scien.
linc taken anywhere. the criticism
has been made that certain branches
OF II are carried to an unnecesscrv
detail In the next census the ten
dIency. for the first time. VIII be In
the direction of condensation instead
OF expansion.