The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-20
The Census ElurleratOrS
viii Ask You q Questions
SCHEDULE IS
APPROVED BY
mr.. DURAND

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WASHINGTON. D. c, Dec. 2n.-
'rhe United states Census popula ton
schedule which will Ibe carried by TIL ,
Iennlmerators during the Thirteenth
Deeennial United sites Census, April
is next, contains t:lirty-two Qaestio1s
concerning every man, wor1a. anu
child in this country. the total Of whont
is cxpec,tetf to reach the nunnber OF
l9OOOO,000.
Tie preparation of the Dqpulat on
schedule engaged for the past few
months the Joint consideration o. AS
eisjSant Director Wfleoughby. Mn. vii.
Liam c. Hunt, the limited States Cen
srs chief statEstictan for Population.
anyl Prof.. William B. Bailey. the Yale
instructor in political economy. n
prominent member Of the Census Bit
rd.n advisory board OF eItatisticians.
etc, VINO haIter WAS commissioned SUI
perytdor OF o.lEus for the State OF
Connecticut.
The schedule has been approved by
cergus Diroctar Dura1d, aud in its fl
mel form will be 16 lby 90 inches in
size. printed front and back, with Sd
|'inAs on each side, ione for each per-
Ifrn enumerated, The Government
Printing Office win print 100000 cop
les. so as to give eacn of the s%p srl-
pervisors of censrs an ample supply
to meet all the needs OF about 67.NnO
einme.atora who Will enunisrate the
ropu1 lt.on in April next.
The paper cm which dine schedule
Will tie run of viii he tilEtq,r.lity
white writing, .: by 80 inches. 81
pounds TO Lihe rcm. the total weigfht
being 230,400 pounds. The entire edi
ttI!cn will be printed on a web press.
which will print two of the schedules.
uace and back. each revolution. at the
rate of 0.Onl an tour. It viii take
about six and a half days for the press
to print the 100000. running sixteen
llours a day.
More Convenient Form.
The schedule paper is very ht,exy
anil will Etland grea. deal Of ham
ding. The form of the schedule is
more convenient than thit ustd ten
years ago. and the two pages are 50
sTaced that when dfe schedule IS
placed in the card-punching machine.
each rints a ard has been punched
the ratchet wheel automatically moves
the schedule up one line, and all the
orerstor has to do is to operate the
Keys OH the punching ltlachine.
Fhr this stage If the compilation OF
the population statistics 12z,OO0.0oD
manila cards have been ordered for
the cardpuneh1ng nt:chine's.
The thirty-two questions ore classi.
fed under thirteen groups
The first is Location, AMI under this
head the cnumerator must write down
tine street, avenue, read, ste; the
house number In cities or towns; anil
the number of the dwelling Nniss anil
the number of the family. I'm the MI.
,nerlcal ORDER or the cnumerator's vtsi.
tatian.
Un,ler the subject Name FER each
lerson whose place of ahnve on April
Is was in tho family being cuume1I.rt-
ell. the census taker is inTtiuctel to
enter the surname first. then the Civ
en- llsrne and middle initial, II any. iH
must include every person living on
April Is. 1910, and must omit children
born since t1Gst date.
The thtri group Relationship. calls
for statement OF the re latdonshilI
which the person enun1cnated bears to
The head of TIE family in which he ne.
tddes.
The Personal Desc crtpb1on group c4sks
Tor the sex; color or race e'that Is.
whether white. bleck. mlllatto Chi
lese, Japanese, or Indian; age at last
t1tthally: whether single, married,
widowed. or divorced: the numUer OF
Ecars of present mari Iage:: erd, antter
lie subject OF Mother nt how many
:gildrrr," !" t1la number OF chtldreneacirl
woman has ai;H and the number slols
living.
The Country Of Birth.
The group relative to Naliyity ne.
luires answers stattng a,ne place OF
firth OF the person enumerated AMI
,lsoSof his or neqs and mother
IaieE Einstlai tloIs are y StthEr le