The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
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q CENSUS: 4! S Of ! The 1 CITY Ct. !
Religion Of the Entire Population
to be Recorded in One > :
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Plan Is Endorsed by the Clergy
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The work of making the prepara-
tions for taking the census Of Duluth
and Superior in four hours on the aft
ernoon of Nov! 81 is going rapidly on.
The census headquarters are at the
Y. M. c. A. building and Rev. J. A.
McGaughey, religious work director, Is
superintendent Of the Job. It is
| claimed that when the census returns
are complete they will be more accur-
ate than the city directory estimate
of the population and almost as COM
plete and correct as the United States
census. The object of the census, pri-
marily lis to determine the religious
preferences OF all the people.
1t is estimated that only one-third
of the whole. people in Duluth and
Superior can be accounted by the
records of the various Protestant.
Catholic, Jewish and other churches
and that the public school enrolment
is three times the total enrolment of
all the Sunday school enrollhents.
The taking Of the census Will require
the service of 1000 visitors or census
takers, to do the work in four hours.
The work will be done between 1 and
o'clock. Catholic, Jewish, and Profess
tant churches are all interested and
are cooperating in the proposition.
The work will be so divided and sub
divided that there will not be a great
! burden on any one.
James A. Cromwell, chairman of the
dlstricting committee, has divided the
city into four districts. Zach district
has been divided into sections and
each section will have two visitors or
census takers. No worker will be en-
pioyed who is not over 16 years of
age. Men and young men, women and
young women have volunteered to as
sist.
When the census takers have done
their work they will have ascertained
the number Of people in every house
In the city, Some of the questions
they vii TASK are: How many live at
this number? How many males over
IL years? How many females over Is
years? How many males under 1S
years? How many females Under 10
years? What is the church or relig-
1ous preference of each? Where those
are met that have no religious prefer
ence it will be 50 noted. When all the
information is compiled at headauar-
tiers the cards will be redistributed to
the various church organizations. All
those who acknowledge. church prefer
ences will be turned back to one of the
churches Of the I denomination for
which the. individual expressed a pref
erence. These people are then sup
posed to make working. list for the
various churches and religious organ
izations. Cards representing those: who
nave no leaning toward any church
will be kept on file at the Y. M. G..
A., where they will be accessible to
any church workers or to the: Saliva
ton Army. .. ). :. .
1t is the intention to give all the
non-church-g going and 11on-Sundav-
school-go4ng people Of the two cities
an invitation to attend the church for
which, by the notation of the census
card they have expressed a prefer
ence. The plan is wholly non-sectarian
and. it is said, that there never has
Deen All organized attempt to accom-
plish anything which the clergy of
all creeds and denominations have en-:
dorsed and united in as they have in
this effort to take the census of the
city.
The day for taking the census, Nov.
Il, has been called Duluth Visitation
Day. The chairmen of the various
committees are: Rev. Carl Solomon.
advisory; James l.. Cromwell, district
ing; w. L. S1nithies, finance; DR.. Rich
ard Bowden, visitation; F. N. Burial.
publicity.
None of the census takers will be
paid for his work. The only expenses
OF the work will be for printing and for
clerical work.