The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-28
81 QUESTIONS
FOR EACH PERSON
CENSUS ENuMERAToRs WILL
CARRY A BIG POPULATION
DISQUALIFICATION,
NAME, ETC, WILL
BE TAKEN
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Washington, Dec. 2s.-The United
States census population schedule
which viii be carried by the enumera-
tors during the thirteenth decennial
United States census, April is next.
contains thirty-two questions con-
corning fevery man, woman and child
in this country, the total of whom Is
expected to reach the number of co.
000, 900.
The preparation of the population
schedule engaged for the past few
months the joint consideration of AS
sistant Director Willoughby, William
G. Hunt, the United States census
chief statistician for population, and
Prof. William B. Bailey, the Yale in
structor in political economy, a promi4
nent member of the census bureau ad-
visary board Of statisticians, ETC., who
later was commissioned supervisor OF
census for the state Of Connecticut.
The schedule has been approved by
Census Director Durand, and in its
final form will be 16 by % inches in
size, printed front and back, with
fifty lines on each side, one for each
person enumerated The government
printing office will print 1900, 900
copies, SO as to give each of the $50
supervisors of census an ample sup
ply to meet all the needs of about
$1,000 enumerators in April next.
The. paper on. which the schedule
will be 5rrln off will be first quality
white writing, 23 by 80 inches. ga
pounds to the ream, the total weight
being 10000 pounds. The entire edi-
ton will be printed on a web press,
which will print two of the schedules.
face and back, each revolution, at the
rate of 5000 an hour 1t will take
about six and half days for the press
to print the 100000 running sixteen
hours day.
More Convenient Form.
The schedule paper is very heavy
and will stand a great deal of hand
ling. The form of the schedule is
more convenient than that used ten
years ago, and the two pages are so
spaced that when the schedule is
placed in the card punching machine.
each time a card has been punched
the ratchet wheel automatically moves
the schedule up one line, and all the
operator has to do is to operate the
keys on the punching machine.
For this stage of the compilation Of
the population statistics 10000 900
manila cards have been ordered for
the card punching machines. "a
The thirty two questions are classi-
fed under thirteen syrOi,os
The first is location, and under this
head the enumerater must write down
the street, avenue, road. etc; the
house number in cities or towns; and
the number of the dwelling house and
the number Of the family in the
numerical order of the enumerator's
visitation. s..... bread.
Under the subject Name" for each
person in the, family being enumerated,
the Census talSer is instructed to enter
the surname first, then the given name
and middle initial, If any. He must
include every person living on April
Is, 1910, and must omit children born
since that date.
The third group. Relationship, calls
for a statement Of the relationship
which the person enumerated bears
to the head of the family in which he
resides.
The Personal Description group
asks for the sex: color or race-that
is, whether white, black, mulatto, Chi
nese, Japanese. or Indian; age at last
birthday; whether single married.
widowed. or divorced; the number of
years of present marriage; and, I'M
der the subject OF Mother OF now
many children the number of chill
dren each woman has had and the
number now living.
The Country of Birth.
The group relative to nativity re-
quires answers stating the place of
birth of the person enumerated and
also of his or her father or mother
The instructions are that if either is
born i'm the United States, the enum-
orator must. give the state or terri
tory, but If of foreign birth he must
give the country.
The two questions regarding citi-
zenship apply to foreign born persons
only, and call for statement Of the
year Of immigration to the United
States. and, in the case of adult males.
whether naturalized or alien.
The next question requires the
enumerator to ascertain whether the
person Is able to speak English, or,
IL not, to give the language spoken.
There are five questions touching
upon occupation. The first calls for
the trade or profession OF, or particu-
lar, kind Of work done by, the person
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