The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-21
KIND Of QUESTIONS
TO Be ASKED
THiRTY-TWo OF THEM TO BE
PRoPoUNDED IN TAKING
CENSUS THIS YEAR.

Washington. Dec. 20.-Thc United
States census population schedule
which will be carried by the enumer-
ators during the thirteenth decennial
United States census, April Is next.
contains 80 questions concerning
every man. woman and child in this
country. the total Of whom Is expected
to reach the number OF s0.oo0.000.
The preparation Of the population
schedule engaged for the past few
months the joint consideration of AS
sistant Director willoughby. William
c. Hunt. the United States census
chief statistician for population. and
Professor William y. Bailey. the Yale
Instructor in political economy. a
prominent member of the census bu-
reau advisory board of statisticians.
etc. who later was commissioned SUI
pervisor of census for the state of
Connecticut.
The schedule has been approved by
Census Director Durand. and in it's
final form will be is by % inches in
size. printed front and back. with 80
lines on each side. one for each per-
son enumerated. The government
printing office will print 100000
copies. so as to give each of the $50
supervisors of census an ample supply
to meet all the needs OF about $1,000
enumerators who will enumerate the
population in April next.
The paper on which the schedule will
be run off will be first-auality white
writing. 90 by 30 inches. 81 pounds to
the rcam. the total weight being $780,
900 pounds. The entire edition will be
printed on web press. which viii
print two / the schedules. face and
back. each revolution, at the rate of
5000 an hour. 1t viii take about six
and half days for the press to print
the 100000, running l6 hours a day.
More Convenient Form.
The schedule paper Is very heavy
and will stand a great deal of ham
ding. The form of the schedule Is
more convenient than that used 10
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. ts2. 000.b0
manila cards have been ordered for
the card-punching machines.
The 80 questions are classified under
10 groups.
The first Is location. and ,fiider this
head the enumerator must write down
the street, avenue, road. etc: the
house number In cities or towns, and
the number of the Dwelling tnush and
the number of the family, In, the nu
mericaI order of the enumerator's Wis
itation. H.. r.,
Under the subject .Name..,,ifpr each
person whose place of abode on April
Is was in the family being ifknumer-
ated the census takeriis instructed to
enter the surname first. then the given
name and middle initial IL 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 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, mulattto. Chi
nese. Japanese or Indian; age at last
birthday: whether single. married,
widowed or divorced: the number of
years of present marriage. and. under
the subject of Mother of how many
children the number of children, each
woman has had and the number now
living.
Country Of Birth. I'd.
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 If either Is
born in the United States the enumer-
ator must give the state or territory.
but IL 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 emu
merator to ascertain whether the per-
son is able 10 speak English. or. If
not, to give the language spoken.
Occupation.
There are five questions touching
upon occupation. The first calls for
the trade or profession Of or particular
kind of work done by the person being
enumerated. suen as. To quote the
schedule. spinner. salesman. laborer.
etc" The next inquiry calls for a
statement Of the general nature of. the
industry, business or establishment in
which the person works. as. again to