The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-05
PREPARATIONS
ON FOR CENSUS
DR.. CLARK HARD AT WORK
Sugar Statistics to Be Featured
for First Time-AlsO
Military Data.
DR.. CLARK HARD AT WORK

One of the features for the deCennal
census to be taken next year, so stated |
DIR. Victor S. Clark when interviewed |
last night, at the University Club, will |
be sugar census wherein the statistics
of the industry for Porto Rico, Louis
lana and Hawaii will be noted. This
is the first time that this particular in
dustry has been picked out as one where
additional statistics are to be provided.
1t has been the custom always to
feature certain of the industries, iron
and steel always coming in for extra
minute investigation, and agricultural
products are now attracting more of the
attention of the census men. DR.. CLARK,
together with the census directors in
Louisiana and Porto Rico, will there.
fore be responsible for the information
on the saccharine stick which will be
supplied to Uncle Sam this coming year.
Dr. Clark stated also, that another
innovation of the coming census will be
the military feature. Under the p'o-
vision which calls for this, the military
record and experience of all those who
have either military or naval service
to their credit will be taken down, the
information thus gathered 10 lie uSel
partly in national guard plans. This is
strictly an innovation and is likely to
prove invaluable in the future. Also
| it is expected that it might change
military policies.
Dr. Clark has been beset with april
cations to take examinations for cler-
zeal positions under him in HIS work of
gathering census data and there saems
to be a general misunderstanding prev
alent as to the method by which the
work will be carried on.
AS a matter of fact, DR.. Clark will
have no clerical staff, so he stated last
night, all the tabulating to be done at
Washington. The circulars sent out by
Director Durand, calling for eXamina
tions to qualify applicants for clerical
positions referred to positions in the cen
trail office in Washington. Each state
and territory is entitled to supply per
centage of the staff, Hawaii to supply
seven. These examinations were sup
posed to have been taken here on the
twenty-third of last month but as the
examination papers have not arrived Il
has been indefinitely postponed. II
must not be forgotten that successful
applicants will have to go to Wash
ington.
DIR. Clark considers it advisable fol
those who might wish to accept clerica
positions here to qualify in order thai
a quicker appointment might be made
from Washington in case he finds i
necessary to ask for one.
He has no authority to appoint an.
one to this position at all as all sue
appointments must be made under tn
civil service rules, but he has author
: ity to appoint all the field men VIII
will aid him in gathering data. TIL
commissions are signed in blank an
will become valid when signed by hin
although nominally issuing from Wash
ington. He will put all applicants 70
field work through practical examin
alton to ascertain whether or not the
ale capable of carrying on the work.
, Among the items to be made. prom
nent in Hawaii in the census of TIL
population will be the racial element
and the items of land tenure will ais
2 be noted with minute care. The popr
A lation census will be started on Apr
: Is and must be completed by May i;
Should any of the enumerators die, @
Y storms, and such block the progre;
: of the work, the time may be extenc
: ed. In this branch of the census b'
0 tween 125 and $50 men will be en-
+ ployed.
e The census to be taken of co
: poration, manufacturing, etc, statistic
g will start as soon after the beginnin
+ of the year as the books of the con
Q panies can be closed. DR.. Clark state
that all the field agents will be me
as the nature of the work PRACTICAL
bars the fairer but weaker sex.
One of his chief difficulties will
the variety of races to be tabulate
and agents of all nationalities must
t employed. These, also, must be cit
- zens of the United States and only
! an emergency will a foreign int
/, prefer be appointed. The plan is
h assign an agent to district where
q is able to speak the predominant
" language and those with whom he
t. unable to converse will have to be i
d terviewed by an agent from anoth
r. district who can speak the proper ling
D. The agents themselves, by acceptir
l. an appointment, incur severe oblig
G tons and will face heavy fines shou
1t they break any of these. For instanc
r any agent divulging any of the result
of his work, or information which
> has acquired through his position W
be fined $1,000 while those turning
false reports will be sentenced to II
prisonment
Dr. Clark will shortly prepare
make trips around all the other island
laying plans for the work to folio
This work will take but a comparatiy
| L., short Tina Inf tho nrpDarat ion "