The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-02
CENSUS OF THE
UNITED STATES
CONGRESS ASKED FOR $4,000, 900
TO TAKE THIRTEENTH
COUNT.
ENUMERATION IN APRIL
Number OF Supervisors and Clerks tc
BE Increased 10 Expedite the
Securing or Important
Statistics.

Washington, jan 1.-Director 8. N
d. North, of the census bureau, has
asked congress to appropriate $l4.
100000 to defray the expenses Of the
Thirteenth Decennial census, to be
taken, In 1910.
The constitution Of the United
States requires an enumeration once
in ten years as a pasis for the appor.
tipnment Of representatives In con
gress. The modem American census
which collects statistics relating to
every important reature of national
development, Is thh outgrowth of that
requirement. Beginning with six
simple questions relating to popula
ton. the amount ana scope Of the Ia
formation secured were steadily In
creased until 1T became too extensive
to be tabnlated by hand.
The next census viii be the first
to be taken since the establishment
of the permanent census bureau near
~ five years ago
The enumeration of 1910 win be
taken on April is or that year. Here.
tofore the enumeration has been
taken on June /. Mr. North says
that more accurate statistics will be
collected by the proposed change ot
date. This change Will have the ef
feet, he thinks. of showing great
gains in the population of the great
cities like Now York, Boston and
Philadelphia. He says that the sum
mer resorts begin to attract many
persons In May, and that II the cen
sus is delayed until June 1, the enum
orators will find many vacant houses
when they make their rounds. SEA
Force to BE Increased.
In the last census 500 supervisors
were employed. 1t rs proposed to have
$50 supervisors for the Thirteenth
census. The bill provides that these
supervisors shall be authorized to be
gin work on July 1, 1909, so that the
enumeration districts can be laid out
and their geographical limits clearly
defined and scrutinized In every To-
cality, with view to the correction
of omissions and errors. Mr.. North
says he will make an effort to have
high class men designated as super
visors, and to this end he proposes
that these officials shall be paid a
minimum compensation of $1,000 a
year. The supervisors are to be ap.
pointed by the president and, SO far
as practicable and desirable, the
of the supervisors dis
tricts are to conform to the boundar.
les of the congressional districts.
The per capita cost Of the first cen
sus, taken In 1900, was ..0f12. while
the per capita coss Of the census Of
1900 was 1850 Mr.. North does not
think there will be an increase in the
per capita cost of tne thirteenth cen.
sus over that OF the twelfth census.
The plum-hunters of congress are
not expected to look with favor upon
the plan proposed by the director for
recruiting his force of temporary
clerks for the mex, census. The bill
stipulates that such additional clerks
as may he required shall be subject
to such non-competitive examination
as the director of the census. In CO.
operation with tbs civil servie com
may prescribe. the examina-
tons to be held under the direction
of the commission.
Future Crop Statistics.
The thirteenth census will be re.
stricted 20 inquiries relating to popu
lation. agriculture. manufactures. and
mines and quaries II Is provided In
the bill that there shall be census
Of agriculture In 1915. and once every
10 years thereafter. which shall show
the acreage of the principal crops.
and the number and value of domestic
animals on the farms and ranges of
the country.
II Is proposed that In 1911 a sum
not to exceed $4,000 shall be ex.
rcndcd to ascertain the feasibility OF
securing information required for
comparisons between the
Of domestic animals and the
acreage of the principal crops on the
same farms in succeeding years. the
return on which the comparisons are
based to include for any county al
least 20 per cent Of the acreage OF
the farms in such county