The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20
EXPECT CENSUS
OF 90,000,000
Believed Decenial Enumeration in
April Will Show That Many
People in US.
ASK THIRTY-IWO QUESTIONS
Population Schedule Has Been Pre-
pared for Enumerators and lnfor-
nation Will be Very Thor
ouah-Nature of Queries.


washington, Dec. 20.-The Unite'
states census population schedule whlcl
will be carried by the nnumerators dur
ing the Thirteenth Decennial u. S
Census, April Is next, contains thirty
two questions concerning every man
woman, and child in this country, thu
total of whom Is expected to reach the
number of 9O,O00.000.
The preparation of the population
schedule engaged for the past few
months the joint consideration of AS
slstant Director willoughby, Mr. Will
liam c. Hunt, the United States CEN
sus chief statistician for population
and Prof William b. Bailey, the Yale
instructor in political economy, a prom
inent member of the census bureau ad-
visory 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 in its
final form will be 16 by 2S inches in
size. printed front and back, with so
lines on each side, one for each person
enumerated. The government printing
office will print 100000 copies, so as
TO give each of the $50 supervisors of
census an ample supply to meet all the
needs of about $1,000 enumerators who
will enumerate the population in April
next.
The paper on which the schedule
will be run off will be first quality
white writing, 23 by S2 inches, 64 lbs.
To the ream, the total weight being
23O, 400 lbs. The entire edition will be
printed on a web press. which VIII
print two OF the schedules face and
back. each revolution. at the rate of
5000 an hour. 1t will take about six
and half days for the press to print
the 10000 running sixteen hours a
day.
More Convenient Form.
The schedule paper is very heavy
and will stand great deal of handling.
The form of the schedule is more con-
venicnt than that used ten years ago
and the two pages are so spaced that
when the schedule is placed in the
card punching machine, each time
card has been punched the ratchet
wheel automatically moves the sched-
ule up one line, and all the operator
has to do is to operate the keys on the
machine.
For this stage of the compilation of
the population statistics 122,OO0'0oo
manila cards have been ordered for the
card punching machines.
The thirty-two questions are classl-
fed under thirteen groups.
The first is Location and under this
head the enumerator must write down
the street. avenue, road, etc; the mousse
number in cities or towns; and the
number of the dwelling house and the
number of the family. in the numerical
order of the enumerator's visitation.
Under the subject Name" for each
person whose place OF abodN on April
Is was in the family being er nerated'
the census taker is instructe to enter
the surname first, then the given name
and middle initial, If any. He must in
clude every person living on April To-
1910, and must omit children born
since that date.
The third group, Relationship. calls
for a statement of the relationship
which the person enumerated bears TO
the head of the family in which he re-
sides.
The Personal Description group asks
'or the sex; color or race-that is, whe-
ther white. black, mulatto Chinese
Japanese, or indian; age at last birth
lay: whether single married widowed,
or divorced; the number of years OF
present marriage: and, under the SUD
ect of Mother of how many children
he number of children each woman
1as had and the number now living.
The Country Of Birth.
The group relative to Nativity re-
luires answers stating the place oil
birth of the person enumerated ana
llso of his or her father and mother
rhe Instructions are that IL either Is
BORN i'm the United States. the enumer-
'Vor must give tnc Stdte vi 'ii''"'''
'ut II OF foreign birth he must give
he country.
The two questions regarding Citizen
hip apply to foreign-born persons on
Y, and call for a statement of the year {
" immigration to the United States
md. in the case OF adult males, whetn- q
r naturalized or alien. d
The next question requires the emu
nerator to ascertain whether the per-
on Is able to speak English, or. II not
o give the language spoken.
There are five questions touching
lpon Occupation. The first calls Tor
he trade or profession of, or particular
ind OF work done by, the person being ]
such as. TO quote the
chedule, spinner. salesman. LABOR
tc." The next inquiry calls for
tatement of the general nature OF the
Industry. business. or establishment
n which the person works. as. again
o quote verbatim from the schedule
Cotton mill drv ooodq store farm, n