Evening star., 1909-08-30
FRAMING CENSUS SCHEDULES
DIRECTOR DURAND ENGAGES
A NUMBER OF EXPERTS
Will Phrase the Inquiries to Be
Asked by the Enumerators When
They Begin Their Work.

The formulat ton Of the census sched-
ules, upon which the enumerators will
enter the information they secure next
April is one Of the most important sub
jects now before Census Director Durand
and Assistant Director Willoughby.
The census law authorizes the director
to determine the form and subdivision
Of the inquiries necessary to obtain the
information ordered by Congress.
To assist In this work, Director Durand
has engaged the cooperation of a score
or more Of experts in statistics. econom-
les, agriculture. manufactures. etc. They
have been appointed expert special agents
to serve for a short time while the work
of formulating the plans is under way,
and are now assembled In Washington
The agriculture, manufactures and popu-
lation schedules are the principal ones
under current discussion.
In the formulation OF the agricultural
schedule four Of these experts are acting
as conferees-J. l.. Coulter. H. c. Taylor.
g. F. Warren, jr., and Thomas NJ.
Carver.
Those at work on the manufactures
schedule are Surgeon Bell. Arthur J..
Boynton. C. w. Doten. =. p. Howard.
See4si El F. se'kfT s. a Wstt M nd sons Arn Harase
Johnson.
On the schedule Of population W. B.
Bailey Is advising.
On the dependent classes subject E. B.
Miller. an expert in social statistics, is
engaged. Other special agents appointed
because of their fitness along TIE lines
pursued by the census bureau have been
added to the regular office staff by Di-
rector Durand. Alexander Bowie. ranch
man and cattle and sheep raiser, at
Wheatland. Laramie county, Wyo., has
been placed in the division of agriculture
under Chief Statistician LIE Grand Powers.
The subject of animals on ranches has
been assigned to Mr.. Bowie. Willard Il.
HotchkisS of Evanston. Cook county, H..
has been assigned to the population di-
vision, under Chief Statistician W. c.
Hunt, and the question of methods of
'enumerating the population is being con-
sidered by him.
Chief Statistician William NJ. Steuart. the
director has placed Otis B. Goodall,
formerly private secretary to the assist
ant secretary of commerce and labor.
Isaac 4. Hourwich of New York city. an
expert on municipal and governmental
subjects, has been made special agent
and assigned to the subject Of mines and
mining. Max O.. Lo enz has been ap-
pointed to special agency on the sub
ject of the furniture industry. Alfred
Fl. Marsh has been made special agent
on the subject of naval stores. Daniel
c. Roper is another special agent, as
signed to the cotton-ginning inquiry.
Charles Z. Strangeland. professor of
political economy in the State College at
Pullman, Wash, has been given a special
agency, and is looking into mines and
mining. Charles FL Stevenson. formerly
of the bureau of fisheries, has been ap-
pointed special agent, and represents
the census bureau in its joint work with
the bureau of fisheries. George r.
Wicker, formerly Of the government
service, has been made special agent to
investigate electric railway reports.
Temporary appointments as special
agents for taking the census of Alaska
comprise William I. IOpp. William y.
McKensie, James II. Romig and Andrew
H. Thompson.