Arizona republican., 1910-03-15
HE URGES COOPERATION
Aud Assures Public That What It Tells Enumer- ators Will Be Matter Be tween Confiding Citizens and the Government

Washington March l4.-Presidenr Taft in a proclamation issued today
 urges everybody throughout the United States 10 answer promptly. completely and accurately all nquir- ieS addressed tO them by the enumer- ators or other employ es'' who will be engaged in the taking of the thir- teenth decenniaI census. which Work will begin one month from today. The proclamation follows:
 Whereas. by the Act or Congress. approved July ?. 1909 the Thir- teenth decennial census of the United States is to be taken. beginning on
 the fifteenth day Of April. nineteen
 hundred and ten; and,
 Whereas, q correct enumeration of the population every ten years k re- quired by the Constitution of tiit
 United States for the purpose of de
 termining the representation of the several states in the House of f,epre- sentatives; and.
 Whereas. it is of the utmost impor-
 
 pie of the United States that this census should beTi complete and ac- curate report of the population ani | resources of the country. Now. Therefore. l. William H0T ard TafT president of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under ihe Act aforesaid. it iS the duty of every per son tO answer all questions on the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs. anf to the farm occupied by him nr bis family. and that any adult refusing to do so is subject t1 penalty. The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical lnforma tion regarding the population and re- sources of the country and replies are required from Individuals only in Oruer to permit the compilation of
 such general statistics The census has nothing to do with taxation. with army or jury service. with the com [ pulsion of school attendance, with the regulation 7F iYop'i i<-7t tiUn .- viti
 the err,rccr,lt tt a1v national -t.5-
 OF focal laa vl ordinance nor ..I an. | i'tiStI tf Adl iVfG III dlN WAY DS ALl uishiur the lnforinatIon required There need be no fear that any dis- . closure win h' made regarding any individual person or his affairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests Of the persons furnishing in
 formation. every employee of the
 Census Bureau is prohibited under
 heavy penalty. from disclosing any in
 formation which may thus come to his knowledge.
 T therefore earnestly urge upOn all persons to answer promptly. com . pletely. and accurately all inquiries ! addressed tO them by the rnuiner1- { tors or other employees 0f the Cen ! SuS Bureau. and thereby to contrib ute their share toward making thi. | great and necessary public undrriak- ! ine d success.
 { In Witness Whereof have here | unto set my hand and caused the seal df the United States tO be affixed Done at the City Of Washington this fifteenth day of March, \. n. one i thousand nine hundred and ter, ant
 "f the Independence of the United States Or America the on, hundred
 and thirty fourth.
 By the President:
 VIM. II. TAFT. !" , tSEAL)-P. C. KNOX.
 Secretary of State [ The proclamation is for the purpose ! of removing fears from the minds Oi ! some people who are of the opinion | that information which they give con | eernins themselves to the census i taker may he used in some way to the 1 detriment of their personal or husi- ness interests. Against any such l .hl,sn- :. hnIAnI.aI. tha nnA.arnrnl..nI h..