The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-07

Durand from the eligible registers es-
Der 3 examination of candidates for
these positions.
Director Durand has taken extra
ordinary precautions to assure the
manufacturers that all answers will
be held absolutely confidential. This
statement is conspicuously displayed
on the front pages of the various
schedules, and it is also cmphatically
declared that no publication will be
made i'm the census reports disclrSsng
the name or operations of individual
establishments in any par ticular. Tho
act of Congress provides that the Bu-
reau of the Census shall not permit
any other than its sworn employees
to examine the individual reports. II
provides also that any employee who
shall without the authority of the Di-
rector of the Census, publish or COM
municate any information coming in
to his possession shall be guilty of
misdemeanor. and upon conviction
shall be fined not to exceed $1,000 or
be imprisoned not to exceed two years,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
There is but limited time in
which to complete this work." said
Director Durand today. 1T is essen
tial that all the field employees eX-
ert themselves to the utmost. Those
who do good work will be reassigned
to other districts and retained in the
service until the work is finished.
"If manufacturers or others fur
nishing data object to a supposed dis.
closure OF the secrets of their busi-
ness, tho special agents will assure
them that the results of their indi-
wdual business viii not be made pub.
lie They are required also to ex-
plain that the information will not be
used for the purposes of taxation, nor
in any manner to identify the opera
lions ~ the individual establishments,
and will not be disclosed to any 9TH
er bureau of the Federal Govern
ment. The intent of the law, which
will be strictly carried out, is to pre-
vent the disclosure of information
which might operate 10 the detriment
in any way of the person or estab-
lishment supplying IL.
1.-THE period covered will be, where
ever possible, that Of the year ending
December 81, 1909. In the majority
Of cases the data can be secured for
Il, as the business year of most estab-
lishments will correspond to the cal
endar year 1909. For establishments
beginning operations for the first time
during the year II will not be possible
to make the report cover more than
the period actually embraced.
"A manufacturing establishment,
which is the unit of enumeration for
the census, is deemed TO be one or
more factories, mills, or plants owned
or controlled by one individual, part
nership, corporation, or other owner
located in the same town or city, and
for which one set Of books of account
is kept. AS the statistics will be pre-
sented by kinds and by classes of in
dustries, it Is essential that the pre-.
else character of the work performed
by each establishment shall be clear.
" determined. A general schedule
must be prepared for each establish
ment reported, and, IN addition, such
81 ecial supplemental schedule or
schedules as may apply to the indus.
try, IL any.
"The method of the canvass re-
quires that few days prior to the
day when a given firm is to be cam
vassed the special agent shall mall to
the manufacturer a copy of the gem
eral schedule, with the proper supple
mental schedules. together with the
request that they be filed out in
readiness for the special agent on his
arrival. In the event this has not
been done at the time the agent calls,
he will proceed to get the facts i'm
mediately.
"The information secured must be
accurate. In drafting the schedule
every effort was made to frame the
inquiries in such a form that the am
swers to them can generally be tax
en- directly from the books of ac-
counts and the records of the estab-
llshment canvassed. In no case are
general statements or estimates to be
accepted where it Is possible TO secure
answers directly from the books of
accounts and records.
"As there is a general interest in
the subject of the comparative i'm
portance of the cities, States and Ter
ritories with reference to the larger
selected industries, It Is exceedingly
desirable that, from the standpoint OF
civic pride alone, the manufacturers
the United States should
furnish the data without delay in or
der that the Industrial centers in
which they operate may be complete
ly and correctly represented in the
statistical tables, Every manufactur-
er Is therefore urged to cooperate
and fully with the Bureau
of the Census"