The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-23
CENSUS QUERIES FIXED
uENUMERATORs WILL Ask THTn
TWO QUESTIONS.
Public to Face Schedules Nearly Three
Feet Leng-History Of One's
Life Practically involved In

Public to Face Schedules Nearly Three
Feet Leng-Histery Of One's
Life Practically Involved I'm
Interrogatfons.
New York Special to The Brooklyn
Government snumerators In the next
census taking win attack the public
with schedules nearly three feet long,
embracing an array of thirty-two
questions. The director of the census
today completed the list Of queries with
which the Gvernment will hnd out cer-
tain facts concerning every man. wo-
man and child in the country. the total
OF whom is expected to reach 10000
900.
The preparation of the population
schedule engaged for the past few
months the Joint consideration OF AS
sistant Director Willoughby. William
C. Hunt. the United States Census
Chief Statistician for population and
Prof william B. Bailey. the Yale ins
structor In political economy, prom
inent member OF the Census Bureau
Advisory Board OF statisticians. etc..
who later was commissioned supervisor
OF census for the State OF Connecticut.
The schedule has been approved by
Census Director Durand and the Cow
eminent Printing once viii pxint IL
s00.0 900 copies. 80 as to give each o.
the $50 supervisors of census an ample
supply to meet the needs Of about e7.0os
agents. who will enumerate the popu-
lation In April next.
For the compilation OF the population
statistics 1s2,0oo.0o0 cards have been
ordered for the card punching ma
chimes.
Thsrfx-tsso Questions.
The thirty-two questions are ciassi.
ned under thirteen groups. The hrst
Is the location. and under this head tha
enumerator must write down the street.
avenue, road. etc: the house numeri-
cal order OF the enumerators visitae
ton.
Under the subject Name" for each
pereon whose place of abode on April
is was In the family being enumerated.
the census taker Is instructed to on
ter the surname first. then the given
name and middle initial. 10 any. se
must include every person living On
April Is. 1910. and must omit children
born since that date.
The third group. Relationship, calls
for q statement OF the relationship
which the person enumerated bears g
the head OF the family In which ~
resides.
The personal description group ask
for the sex. color. race--that 10 wheth-
err white, black. mulatto. Chinese. Jap
| AM8no VI AA0t&ht A0N - 1900 49, ~r-'-~~ -
| whether single. married. widowed o.
divorced: the number OF years OF pres.
emit marriage. and, under the subject oil
mother OF how many children. the
number of children each woman has
had, and the number now living.
Mast Give Nativity.
The group relative to nativity ri
quires answers stating the place q
birth of the person enumerated and
also of his or her father and mother /.
The instructions are that if either IL
born in the United States. the snuraer-
ator must give the State or Territory.
but II foreign birth he must give ths
country.
The two questions regarding citizens
ship apply to foreign born persons only.
and cali for q statement OF the year
of immigration to the United States
and in the case of adult males. wheth-
| er naturaiized or alien.
Another question requires the emu
merator TO ascertain whether the per-
son IL able to speak English, or II not.
to give the language spoken. The
schedule contains inquiries as to wheth-
| er the person enumerated IL survivor
of the Union or Confederate Army or
| Navy; whether blind In both eyes and
whether deaf and dumb.