Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-21

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The DAILY Press.
Newport News, Va.
"Gentlemen:-
As the census will be taken next
year, beginning 18th of April and END
ing 18th e. May. and as many OF the
readers of your valua' le paper are IN
l terested to know the scope and ma
/ tine OF the inquiries. by consent OF
/ the director OF the census, ! FURNISH
. the following information, which !
/ hope in the interest of the public
You will pablish;
The United States census popu-
latioa schedule which will be carried
I by enumerat1rs during the INF
, teenth Decennial United States Cen
sus. April 10 next, contains ihlrty-two
questions concerning every man.
woman and child in this country, the
total OF whom is expected TO reach
the number OF 90.000.000.
The preparation Of the population
! schedule engaged for the past lew
mlnths the joint consideration of AS
/ sistant Director Willoughby. Mr. WI
Lam c Hunt the United States cen
i sus chief statistician for population,
and Prof William b. Bailey. the Yale
instructor in political economy.
I prominent ms mber Of the census
bureau advisory board Of StatlsticlanS,
etc. who later was mmissioned SUI
pervisor OF census for the State of
. CONNIE cticut.
! The schedule has been approved
ly Census Director Durand, and In It's
/ final form will be l6 by rs inches in
/ size. printed front and back. with 81
lines on each side. one for each per
son enumerated. The government
printing Office will print 100000
copies. so as to give each CT the 800
supervisors OF census an. ample sup
irly TO meet all the needs Of about
81 goo enumeratOrs. who will enumer-
ate the population in April next.
: THE thirty-twC questions are classi-
fed Under thirteen groups.
/ The first is location. ana under
this head the enumerator must write
down the street, avenue. read etc;
the house number in cities and towns,
ana the hummer vi INV HNtiiiht A~N~N
and the nHmber of the family. in the
numerical order of the enumerator's
visitation.
| Under the subject name for each
person whose place e abode on April
Is was in the family being enImeTat-
ed. the census taker is instructed 10
enter the surname first. then me
given name and middle initial, if any
He must include every person living
on April 10, 1910, and must omit chill
dren born since that date.
THE third group. relationship. Calls
fer a statement of the relationship
which the person enumerated bears
TO the head Of the family in which
he resides.
ryThe 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. MARI q.
widowed. OF divorced; the number or
years of present marriage; and. IN
der the subject OF Mother of how
many children the number of chill
dren each woman-has had and the
number now living.
The group relative TO nativity re-
| quires answers stating the place OF
birth of the person enumerated and
also OF his or her father and mother
The instructions are that IL either .
bern in the United States the enum-
orator must give the state or territory.
but If of foreign birth he must give
the country.
The two questions regarding citi-
zenship apply to foreignborH per-
sons only. and call for statement
of the year of immigration to the
/ United States, and. in the case ci
adult males. whether naturalized or
alien
The next question requires the
| enumeration TO ascertain whether the
person is able to speak English. OF,
if not. TO give the Language rpoken-
There are FIVE questions touching
upon occupation The first calls FOR
the trade Ct profession Of. or part
cular kind OF work done BY. the per