Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-14
CENSUS TAKING
BEGINS FRIDAY
"Unlucky Day. Say Some Of
the 10000 Enumerators,
Who Will Delay

Washington. april io.--With the break
of day on nest Friday. the 10Th instant, a
hos; of 10,0oo irierrogators. men and
women white and colored. will be turned
loose In pursuit of the people of the
United States. on that dav Uncle Sam
will begin the numbering Of his children.
In preparation for the 18th census. He
estimates that he has a family of about
'p,"o,Wo men. women and children, and
h." already has employed and will then
nut to work II body of enumerators CON
niderably greater than the standing army.
The law provides that the enumeration
shall begin on thc Eth but il is not so
rercuptor: about the commencing time
as about the closing time. and already
iutimatiors have been received that In
some instances tie work may be post
ponod until saturday This is due to the
fact Tint the 18th fails on Friday. and
among the 7o,C'N name takers ihcre are
some who are superstitiou- a. to this
I dav # ihe week
Tho enumeration will cover all of the
4, STATES and two Territories of the
/ | Mon prorer and ats, Hawaii aud Porto
! Eico Alaska. the 'hiirpn" islands and
Guam will not be tncNI5ed. as especial
arrangements are made fur nuuhrrn <
+ the people or those dependencies.
WORK Wilt. RF ri SIZED
trder The statues governing IT," work,
tho entire enumeration must I've completed
/ within a month, and in the cities the work
| is limited tc fifteen days 1t is expected
that some Of the returns from the cities
will be received as early as the first week
n June but tho exact population of the
"ntir" country VIII not he determined be-
fore sometime in September. Tn" census
o'n''"'s VILE, however Ano" "',''I lew
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ratio there would ha = falling off tbi,
yoar Of the rate of cain IA y ner cent
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cade have been ereator howcv.r than rn
any of The nrevious 1O-year po1-iods Max
ing allowance for ,his auemeu,otion from
outside II is calculated that the increas.
for the mast ton year. will he aho,, 4
per cent and as in round numbers tn,
nai,rc for 1900 was ~ co.. onn il is nov
calculated thai there prove to have hee,
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nortuntv to consider in advance tn
statements he shall make as to the con
ditions prevailing with reference to hi
: holdings and tho same advantage is t
he given hofds of families in cities as I