The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-25

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Assistant Census Director fwillough-
by fand William NJ. Steuart, chief sta
tistician for manufacturers, have re-
turned from the principal manufac-
turing cities which they visited to con-
fer with the leading trade organiZa-
tions and associations of manufacture
ers i'm regard to the form of the sehed-
ule to be used in the census of man
ufactures.
Among the associations visited We're
the Philadelphia Board of Trade, tine
American Iron & Steel association. the
| Board of Trade ard Transportation of
New York city, the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers, the National
! Paint Oil & yarnish association, the
I Chamber of Commerce of the State of
/ New York, the Paper & Pulp associa-
/ ton, the silk Association Of America,
/ the Copper Producers association. tie
| Association of Wool Manufacturers.
| The representatives of these associa-
tons. and the other individual manu-
facturers consulted, in general ex-
pressed the belief that the schedule
called for the inforina zion i. IL desir-
able to obtain for their Industries and
embraced all the questions to which.
| the manufacturers woald willingly
| furnish answers. A number of them.
moreover.> made certain suggestions
which it is believed will be of value
i'm drafting the final form OF schedule
| to be adopted. Z
The law providing for the thirteenth
census directs that certain statistics
i'll regard to capital. employees, wages.
cost OF materials, miscellaneous ex-
pensss and value of products shall be
collected from all manufacturing ss-
Establishments that were in operation
during any portion of the year 1909.
The director of the census desires To
make these inquiries as simple as the
requirements of the law will permit,
therefore. the consultations with rep
resentative concerns and the creation
of the advisory board of special
agents.
| The schedule in its last stage will
represent the experience of the bureau.
and the benefit of the advice and sug-
gestions of the principal trade organi-
cations as may have been made by
state officials in charge OF the compi-
/ lation of kindred statistics.
The director further has in mind
submitting for fiI.al consideration and
advice the schedule as drafted in the
bureau To special committee of ex-
perts to be drawn from among the
principal officers of the leading trade
associations and large private concerns
devoted to special lines Of industry.
The form and contents Of tho several
special schedules will be considered
and advised upon by them. and they
will assist in tho formulation of the
detailed conclusions to be drawn later
from analyses of the compiled data.
Invitations to act in this capacity al
ready have been extended number of
distinguished business men. and they
have promptly accepted; tho directors
plan of obtaining authoritative sug-
sestions during the preparation of the
schedules. appealing most strongly to
their practical conception of a census
along common sense and logical lines.
IT is imortant that the manufactur-
ers cooperate with the census bureau
to make the census a success. and it
is the intention of the director to con-
fer freely with the associations and
representative men engaged in the diff
ferent industries. Tho schedules win.
as rule. be collected by special
agents. beginning January / next. but
every manufacturer viii have the OPP
po-tunity of sending mis- report directly
To the census bureau by mail If he
So prefers To 10.
Chief Statistieian Steuart states that
the census of manufacturers and that
of mines and aaarries which covers
the calendar year ending next Deem
Der 81. will both be taken by the same
special agents and on schedules that