The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
HANCOCK
LEADING QUESTIONS WILL
BE ASKED BY CENSUS MFN
Some Apparently Embarrassing ou.r
les Will be Asked by Enumerator.
When They Visit Local
Homes Next April.

Are you married? Have Won any
children? Is your mother-in-law H..
ing with your"
These are a few of the leading oro,
lions that will be put to whoever NAV
come to the door when the cons,s
onumerator makes his decenniaI call
at Hancock homes next April. Tho
census man, or woman, as the case
may be, is paid employe OF Uncle
Sam and member OF a vast army az
workers which will sweep the entire
United States and its territories
counting noses and asking pertinent
questions Of the inhabitants.
The men are not so touchy about
telling bits OF family history. but i'm
agine the enumerator's reception when
this question is blandly put:
Are you married or single or d.
vorced or widowed?" If YOU have
been divorced and remarked the emu
merator will ask the number of wears
of the present married life.
How many children are you the
mother of? How many were born and
how many are living?r
When the enumerator is first an
nounced he will lead off with:
What street, road or avenue Is this?
What is the number"
Then he III ask: what is your
name? Are you the head of the fam
lily? What is the name of each person
living here on April Is, 1910. The sur
name initial of each person in the
abode? How many children, their
names, ages, places of birth?"
IL you are not the head OF the fam
lily you will be asked what relation
you are to the head. The enumerators
will ask the sex, color and race Of
cy--y person.
The government is very anxious to
know the nationality of every person
and wants this question answered very
carefully.
What state or territory, If born
in the United States? What country,
if foreign born? The place of birth
of the person being interrogated the
place of birth of the father of the
person and the place of birth of the
mother" are among the questions.
The question of citizenship will be
thoroughly gone into, thus:
Were you born in the United
States? Were you an immigrant,
What year did you come to the
United States? Have you been nat
uralized or are you still an alien?"
The epumerator will have to ask
whether All persons enumerated speak |
English and if not what language
they speak.
The trade or profession and the kind
Of work done by each person win be |
asked in addition TO the general nature |
Of industry. business or establishment
in which each person works. Wheth- |
or an employer or an employee or
working on own account will be an
other question. If an employe you will |
be asked whether you were out Of
work on April Is, 1910, and the num-
Der OF weeks you were out Of work in
1909.
Questions will be asked with view
to classifying the illiterate those hav-
ing just a common school education,
and those having a higher education.
other questions will show whether
Americans are as extravagant as they
have been alleged to be.
do you own your home or do you
rent? II owned bv YOU is Il free from
mortgage?" is one question along that
line.
The last question is If there are any
persons in the house suffering from
blindness, whether In both eyes, and
II deaf and dumb.