Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-01-05
TEST WILL
Be EASY TO PASS
SUPERVISOR MAY NAME ENCMER-
AToRs REGARDLESS or Ex-
ANIMATION RESULTS.
PAY NOT LARGE BUT THE WORK
is WELL WORTH DO
ING WELL.
Madlson. Dc. sO.

for enumerators' places will undergo
February does not take away the
supervisors right under the census
law to designate suitable persons for
such positions" said Supervisor of
Census Charles A. Lyman in the fed
eral building yesterday.
1T is designed to aid the super
visors in the exercise of that discre-
! ton and to enable the census director
intelligently to use the power OF APP
! proval conferred upon him by law
Supervisor Lyman said that it Isl
very well understood that President
Taft, Secretary Nagel, and Census Di-
rector Durand all hold the supervisors
responsible for the enumeration.
There is no doubt, therefore, that our
/ first and most important duty is tho
! selection OF honest. capable and activeI
I pers ons to make the count.
/ THE census viii be taken, not by
the census bureau officers or the SUI
peryisors, but by the enumarators,
said Mr.. Lyman. They are the ones
! who come in contact with the people
and get the facts. Unless every single
4 enumerator does his whole and proper
duty there cannot be a correct cen
/ sus. There can not be anything of
greater scientific value to this eoun-
! try than accurate statistics as the
basis of a study of the existing condi-
I tions regarding our population, agri-
! culture, manufactures, and mines and
quarries.
"All persons, unless specifically dis
/ qualified, are entitled to apply to take
! the test only those under Is years of
age and over 10, and those who have
not become citizens of the United
States. are barred. Otherwise, all
/ persons, regardless of sex and political
Affiliations, are eligible. 1t is left to
j, my judgment whether it is wise to APP
point women in my district They
can do the work, | have no doubt,
especially in certain parts of the dis
trict. There were good many en-
plOyed all over the country in the
twelfth census. The time for closing
the consideration of applications is
, January 25"
Supervisor Lyman pointed out that
the test itself need not deter anyone.
, Any person with common sense and a
common school education can pass 1t.
All it consists of is giving the canGi-
dates sample population and agricul-
tural schedules, upon which are to be
written in the proper columns the re-
quired details which are found in
printed descriptions. in narrative
form, of typical families and farms
supposed to be in district There
| will be some instances requiring the
exercise of Judgment to decide wheth-
er a given entry should be made un-
der one column heading or another
You can see how simple and elemen-
tary it is.
The test will be held all over the
country and in every supervisors s
trict February 5. There will be sew
eral places in each dist iet for taking
it, One place would be insufficient
1t would not hold all the candidates.
"As supervisor" said Mr.. Lyman. III
shall have the direction of all, and
the test at each, no matter under what
official agency it is held, will be that
sole and simple one prescribed by theI
ensus director.
Il am given until February % TO!
rate the papers in very simple way,
and to gain an idea of the qualifca.l
anS of those rafad ay havinC naSSad Z
In order to be better prepared to
Judge of the fitness OF the several ap-i
plicants i shall endeavor to visit thei
different county seats in my district,
and so far as possible meet the can
didates personally. Next | will tor-l
ward the papers OF the successful can.
didates, with my recommendations orE
designations, to the census director !
He will, If satisfied that suitable perl
sons have been selected, give his
consent to their appointment, and
they will be commissioned. The mid
die or latter part of March should see
everything settled, and the selected /
and commissioned enumerators will
be sent more circulars and books of
instructions relative to the interpreted
ton or meaning of the questions on
the two schedules.
April 10 the census army will move
forward in the enumeration.
Certainly the federal census taking
is as necessary and as honorable as
jury duty, and. as all good and useful
citizens do not hesitate to respond tol
he call for such duty. therefore ask
he same high grade citizenship 10
come forward and help me have the
census taken accurately and expedi-l
tiously.
As President Taft has said, the pay
is not large but the work is worth /
doing well. and some day we shall ali
feel proud in the consciousness that
We had a part, however humble, in /