Evening journal., 1910-02-22
CENSUS OF
OCCUPATIONS
EnumeratOrS' Questions Will
Apply to Everybody in
the United States

WAsHINGTON. u. c.. Feb 22.-Tho
Occupation" question ln the United States
census population schedule TO be carried
by the cnumorators during the Thirteenth
Decennial Census. beginning April 10 next.
applies to everybody living in the United
states on the date mentioned. which is tho
Census Day and ali the population
schedule questions relate to it only.
In its printed instructions TO cnumera-
tors the Census Bureau holds that tho
occupation followed by child or a wo-
man Is just as important. for census pur-
poses. as the occupation OF a man. There
fore the enumerators are told never to
take it for granted without inquiry that
woman or child old enough TO work has
no gainful occupation.
II a person has two occupations the
cnmorator must return only the more
important onc-that is the one from which
the person gets the more money. n that
cannot be learned then he Is TO return the
one at which the person spends the more
time. AS an illustration. the cnumorators
are told to return a man as farmer" n
he gets most Of his income from farm
ing although he may also follow the oo-
cupation of a clergyman or preacher. but
they must return him as clergyman" II
he gets more Of his income from that oc-
cupation.
In the case OF a woman doing house
work in her own home without salary or
wages, and having no otheu employment.
the entry Is 20 be that she has no occupa-
tion. But a woman working at housework
for wages should be returned as house
keeper" servant" cook or cham
bermaid." as the case may be, and tho
entry should state the place where she
works. as private family" hotel" or
boarding house."
Women Doing Farm Work.
a woman working regularly at outdoor
farm work. even though she works on tho
home farm for her husband. son, or other
relative and does not receive money wages
should be returned as a farm laborer." +"
The enumerators are TO distinguish, how
ever, the women who work on tho home
farm from those who work away from
home by writing either ''home farm or
working out" as the case may require.
A woman who. herself. operates or runs
farm should be reported as farmer"
and not as a farm laborer."
Children, or even adults, attending
school or college or any educational in
stitution and following no other employ
ment, should be returned as having no oc-
cupstion. But II any person Is attending
school OF college and at the same time
Is regularly earning money at some gain.
ful occupation. the enumerators are 20 re
turn that occupation.
Employer and Employe.
The Census Bureau instructs the censu
takers that an employer is one who EN-
ploys helpers. other than domestic ser
wants. In transacting his own business
The term employer does not include tn
superintendent, agent. manager. or othe
persons employed to manage an estab
lnshment or business; and it does not in
clude the foreman OF room. the boss o
a. gang. or the coal miner who hires hi
helper. All such should be returned as EN-
ployes, for, while any one OF these ma
employ persons. none OF them does so d
transacting his own business. Thus no in
dfvidual working for corporation, eithe
as an officer or otherwise. should be re-
turned as an employer
The schedule question, home reh'es