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

asked congress To appropriate VIA
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 pasis for the appor,
tionment of representatives In con,
gress. The modem American census.
which collects statistics relating to
every important FEATURE Of national
development, Is the outgrowth OF that
requirement Beginning with SIX
simple questions relating to popula-
ton, the amount and scope of the in
formation secured were steadily In.
creased until 1t became too extensive
10 be tabulated 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 will be
taken on April LIS or that year. Here.
tofore the enumeration has been
taken on June 1. air. North says
that more accurate statistics viii be
collected by the proposed change of
date. This change Will have the Ell.
feet, he thinks. Of showing great
gains In the population of the great
cities like New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. He says that the sum
mer resorts begin to attract many
persons In May, and that If the cen
sus is. delayed until June 1, the enum.
orators viii find many vacant houses
wher they make their rounds. .sst'
Force to BE Increased.
In the last census 800 supervisors
were employed. 1t rs proposed to have
800 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 APP
pointed by the president and, so far
as practicable and desirable. the
boundaries 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 100. was ..0ll2. 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 the 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
STIMULATES that such additional clerks
as may be required shall be subject |
10 such non-competitive examination |
Az the director of the censrs. i'm CO.
operation with tn. civil servie com.
may prescribe, the examina-
IONS to be held under the direction |
" the commission.
Future Crop Statistics.
The thirteenth census will he re-
stricted TO Inquiries relating to popu
alton. agriculture. manufactures. and
mines and auaries. II Is provided In
he bill that there shall be census
II agriculture in 1915. and once every
10 years thereafter. which shall show
he acreage Of the principal crops.
and the number and value of domestic
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 20 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 at
least 20 per cent Of the acreage Of