The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-28
CENSUS OFFICERS
BACK FROM TOUR
Make Arrangements for Taking
Count of Manufacturing
Activities.

WASHINGTON, September 20.-As-
sistant United States Census Director
Wrn. f. Willoughby and VIM. n Steu-
art. chief statistieian for manufactures
in the census bureau. have returned
from the principal manufacturing cities
which they visited TO confer with the
leading trade organizations and asso-
Citations of manufacturers, in regard 10
the form Of the schedule 10 be used in
the census Of manufactures for the
calendar year 1909, as required by the
act Of Congress providing for the thir-
teenth deeennial United States census.
Among the associations visited by
one or both of these officers Of the bu-
reau were the Philadelphia Board OF
Trade; the American Iron and Steel
Association; the Board Of Trade and
Transportation, of New York City; the
National Association OF Manufacturers;
the National Paint, Oil and Varnish
Association; the Chamber of Commerce
of the State Of New York; the Paper
and Pulp Association; the Silk Asso-
citation of America; the Copper Pro
dueers Association; the Association of
Wool Manufacturers; etc.
The representatives of these associa-
tons, and the other individual manu-
faetnrers consulted, in general expressed
their belief that the schedule as sng-
gested, called for the information It is
desirable TO obtain for their industries
and embraced all the questions to which
the manufacturers would willingly fur
nish answers 4 number of them, more
over. made certain suggestions which II
is believed viii be of value in drafting
the final form Of schedule TO be adopted
The law providing for the thirteenth
census directs that certain statistics in
regard to capital, employees, wages,
cost of materials, miscellaneous ex-
penses, and value Of products, shall be
collected from all manufacturing estab-
lishments that were in operation dur
ing any portion of the year 1909. The
director of the census desires to make
these inquiries as simple as the re-
quiTements of the law viii permit,
therefore, the consultations with repre-
sentative concerns and the creation of
the advisory board of special agents.
The schedule in its last stage viii
represent the experience Of the bureau,
and the benefit of the advice and sug-
gestions of the principal trade organi-
cations aud manufacturers associations
and, finally, such recommendations as
may have been made by state officials
in charge Of the compilation of kindred
statistics.
The director further has in mind sub
hitting for final consideration and ad-
vice the schedule as drafted in the
bureau to special committee Of experts
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 the several special schedules
viii be considered and advised upon
by them and they win assist in the
formulation of the detailed conclusions
TO be drawn later from analyses of the
compiled data. Invitations TO act in
| this capacity already have been extend.
ed to a number of distinguished bust.
ness men and they have promptly ac'
cepted; the director plan of obtain.
| ing authoritative suggestions during the
| preparation Of the schedules, appealing
| most strongly TO their practical con
| eeption of a census along common sense
and logical lines
| It is important that the manufaetur
| ers cooperate with the census bureau &
| make the census a success, and it is tbs
intention of the director to confer free
| ~ with the associations and representa-
tive men engaged in the different in
| dustries. The schedules viii, as a rule
| be collected by special agents, begin
ming January l next, but every manu-
| faeturer viii have the privilege of send
ing his report directly to the eensu
| bureau by mail if he prefers to do so
Chief Statistician Steuart states tina
/ the census of manufactures and that o.
mines and quarries. which covers tn
| calendar year ending next Deeembe
81, viii both be taken by the sam,
| special agents and on schedules tina
have been made uniform in many O
the essential features. which. in add
| ton TO details peculiar to special in
dustries, viii permit of the preparation
Of totals that show the magnitude an.
| relative importance of each.
The census of manufactures is to b
confined TO what is generally known a
the factory system and excludes tn
soealled neighborhood, household, an,
hand industries, which were included a