The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-21

TIL, reduction in the number of schcl-
ules. the piece-price method of paying
for machine work: the omission of the
hand household ana neighborhood I'm
auStries from tho manufacturers
branch Of the census and reduction of
the size and number of cpu."e nf thu
final report
The larger part of the thirteen mil
lions will be extended in the fiscal
year which began July ast, and ends
July 80. 1910, the first If the thrs.
years within which time the thirteenth
census must BE over. the 'nporary
clerks and special agents discharged
and the permanent census bureau with
its office force Of 200 clerks again per
forming its annual inter-censal func-
tons Fully half Of the total To be cx-
pended will be washington's share.
and the remainder will be distributes
all over the country. Washington
needs the money and is preparing To
absorb the millions into its circula-
tory system.
Congress has limited the thirteenth
census To four general subjects: popu-
lation. agriculture. manufacturers and
mines and quarries. The director Is
authorized To determine the form and
subdivision Of inquiries. The inquiry
as to population relates To the date
April IL. 1910: that as - agriculture
concerns the farm operations during
1909. and calls for an inventory of farm
equipment April IL. 1910; that relative
to manufacturers ana mines and quar-
ries Is for 1909
The cnumerators viii carry only the
population and agriculture schedules
April Is. 1910. Special agents will be
sent out with the schedules for the
manufactures and mines and auarrieS
data. There will be fully 81, 900 snum-
orators, of whom about 5000 Will
carry both the population and agricul-
ture schedules. as il is estimated that
there are fully 100000 separate farms
in America. with farmers numbering
Well IN into score of millions. In
1900 there We're many more billions Of
dollars OF fixed canital invested In
agriculture than there were in manu-
features, strange as it may seem. And
the farmer Is getting better off all the
time; his mortgage Indebtedness Is de
creasing fast: his taxation Is small as
compared with the urbanite's burden:
and he has taken to automobile riding
on Il large scale.
This is the heydey of the farmer. and
old DR. L. $ Census is going Ia dag
nose him pretty carefully for fear that
with ease comes evil; that is. the neg
lect of those essentials which have
made his prosperity possible. even II il
Is not permanent because he could not
stand prosperity.
Census taking every 10 years is n
tremendous task. 1t Is the greatest
single operation undertaken by Uncle
sam. with tho exception of the PEN
anna canal work and an assembling of
an army in time of war, The Amcri-
can census is the largest, cnstliest and
most accurate of any taken by the
civilized nations. Its methods are the
most modern and its equipment the
most complete, The census bureau
force comprises. first. Director T..
Dana Durand OF Michigan. who. al
though only 81 years old. is older than
most of the generals commanding the
forces in the civil war. and Re is. too.
a statistically SCARED hero. veteran
in government service and likely to
prove the most practical and efficient
director connected with any of the
past censuses- Then there il the as
sistant director. William Willoughby
nj Washington. u g.. former secretary
at state Of Porte Rico, Next in rank
ara the five chief statistieiaus. vii
liam Z. Hunt. in charge of the poI-Ila-
ton division: IL Graude Powers, head
ing the agricultural division: William
NJ. stuart, overseeing the manu:ac-
turts division: DIR. Greasy l.. Wilbur.