The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
 MORE LIGHT ON THE CENSUS Supervisor Swanson Gives
 Additional Hints. WHAT ENUmERATORs MUST DO All Applications Must Be in by
 January 25. Final Word as to who shall Take Fart in work of Counting Pee- piesof United states Lies
 With washiastoa Omcials.

AQ0ltIOnat llk1t Qh thc hAiCthCtS " be employed in taking the next United States census was shed by Supervisor of Census swanson Wednesday. The supervisor believes that there are a few points upon which prospective ap- plicants for positions in the work of enumerating the people are a bit hazy and says:
 sThe simple test which candidates for enumerators places will undergo February does not take away the supervisors right under the census law to designate suitable persons. for such positions.
 Tt is designed to aid the supervis- ors in the exercise of that discretion and to enable the census director in teliigently to use the power Of ap- provai of the supervisors designations conferred upon him by law.
 Tt is very we'll understood that President Taft. Secretary Nagel and Census Director Durand all hold the supervisors responsible for the enum- eration. There is no doubt, therefore, that our first and most important duty is the selection of honest, capable and active persons to make the count.
 "The census will be taken. not by the census bureau officers. or the SUI pervisors, but by the enumerators. They are the ones who come in con- tact with the\people and get the facts. Unless every single enumerator does his whole and proper duty there can not be e correct .ensus. There can not be anything Of greater scientific value in this country than accurate statistics as the basis of study of the existing conditions regarding our population. agriculture. manufactures and mines and quarries.
 "All persons, unless specifically dis- qualified, are entitled to apply to take the test Only those under 1s years of age and over 10, and those who have not become citizens of the Uni ted States. are barred. Otherwise, all persons, regardless of sex and polfti- cal afiliations, are eligible. It Is left to my judgment whether 1t is wise to appoint women in my district. They can do the work, I have no doubt, es- pecially in certain parts of the dis trict. There were a good many em- ployed all over the country in the twelfth census.
 Last Chance.
 'The time for closing the consider ation of applications is January 25. Those received after that date will have to be ignored Applications should be addressed in writing to me at this office and not to the census d. rector I will send inquiries the nee essafy form and instructions concern ing 1t. Afterward I will send those on the list, prior tv the test, set of directions for filling out the test pa- pers. This will enable everyone to come well prepared Nothing could be fairer or better calculated to insure satisfactory applicant passing the test.
 ''The test itself need not deter any one. Any person With common sense and a common school education can pass it. All 1t consists of Is giving the candidates sample population and agricultural schedules, upon which are to be written in tAe proper columns the required details. which are found in printed descriptions, in narrative form, of typical families and farms supposed to be in district. There will be some instances requiring the exercise of judgment to decide wheth- CT given entry should be made un- der one column heading or another. You can see how simple and element ary 1t is. ,o,, .,, country and In every supervisors dis triet February 5. There will be sev- eral places in each district for taking it. One place would be insufficient. It would not hold all the candidates. As supervisor, I shall have the direction of all, and the test examination at each, no matter under what official agency 1t is held, will be that sole and simple one prescribed by the census director.
 , About Papers.
 'T am given until February 22 to rate the papers in a very simple way, and to gain an Idea of the qualifica- tions of those rated as having passed. Next will forward the papers of the successful candidates, with my recom- mendations or deslgnations. to the census director. He will, if satisfied that suitable persoLs have been se- lected, give his consent to their ap- pointment, and they will be commis stoned. The middle or latter part of March should see everything settled. and the selected and commissioned d enumerators will be sent more circu- lars and books of instructions relative to the interpretation or meaning of the questions on the two schedules.
 April 15 the census army will move forward in the enumeration.
 Certainly the Federal census-tak- ing is as necessary and as honorable as jury duty. and. as all good and use- full citizens do not hesitate to respond to the call for such duty, I therefore ask the same high grade citizenship to come forward and help me have the census taken accurately and expedi- tiously.
 ''As President Taft has said, the pay is not large. but the work is worth doing we'll and some day we shall all feel proud In the consciousness that we had a part, however humble, in taking this census"