The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
Launch Systematic Campaign to
Lighten Work of Federal
EnumeratOrS
Employees in Great Department
Stores Given Sample Sheet
of Questions Asked
Importance TO City of Securing
Full and Complete Returns
Is Emphasized

q AN FRANCISCO merchants are
volunteer census supervisors
- To catch every individual who
may possibly be reached, the merchants
and businessmen who are large en-
ployers already have begun syste-
matte campaign TO aid Census Super
visor George B. Baldwin in his work of
giving san Francisco the highest pos
sible enumeration. In the larger stores
Of the city the merchants have de-
tailed part of their Office forces to pre-
pare fun and complete lists of the
employees. To each employe will be
given sample sheet to he filed out
for the census enumerator WIren he
calls at the home Of the individual
Stores Aid Census Men
Tn the White House Raphael WE'LL
has given the matter personal atten-
tion and already has complete returns
Of half Of the 500 employees working
there. At Nathan -Dohrmann company
notices have been circulated among
the employees giving schedule OF the
questions TO be answered and calling
attention 10 the Importance of making
out q correct report Similar steps are
to be taken by every large store in
the city and requests are being made
daily for the necessary blanks and
mailing envelopes. The expectations
are that by April ) a complete return
of the employees Of all the department
stores will be in the hands of Captain
Baldwin.
The sentiment among the merchants
on the census question is the same. All
are intent on obtaining fun and COM
pIete report, realizing that the result
viii not alone affect the representation
Of the city in congress and the state
legislature, but will regulate also the
state and federal money appropriations
for public work.
OF Vital Importance
1T is matter Of vital Importance
said Andrew NJ. Davis OF the Emporium
and no effort should be spared Il
have the returns as complete as posi-
ble. The work of preparing list o.
the 200 employees Of the Emporium
viii be probably under the direct su
pervision Of B. +. Schlessinger. 1t viii
be a comparatively simple matter fol
US to make out the returns and vii
take far less time than it would the
census enumerators.
Raphael Well of the White House
said that the merchants of the city
could not pay too much attention to the
approaching census. The entire com
munity,v he said, should be awake tc
The work that is going on in this re-
gard / feel sure that the merchant:
VIII aid in the work with great pleas
uue and they viii be Of invaluable as
sistance to the department. Apart from
obtainmg list of the employees in the
White House. it is our intention tC
have a window display. giving q
transIations Of the Official call"
u have posted a house order call.
ing attention to the census" said Fred
Dohrmann Of Nathan Dohrmann com.
pany. and viii do everything possibl.
to facilitate the work Of the enumerat
ors. Il is an important work, anC
every citizen should do his utmost ir
helping the government in getting ;
correct report
Aid Federal Authorities
Equally emphatic in their indorse
ments of aiding the enumeration
were Leon Roos Of Roos Brothers. P
Verdisr Of the City of Paris and J. ].
Samuels of the Lace House, all o
whom declared they were ready to as
sist the federal authorities.
John l. Walters of d. n. & Z
Walters has charge of the census tax
ing in that store and will begin worl
. Immediately.
This work, he said. must be don
thoroughly and systematically, and tn
efforts Of the merchants ought to prov
Of great help. Interest in having cor
rect census should not rest with tn
merchants alone. The matter Shouts
be seriously considered by every per
son IN the community. 1t is a simpl
task that the government requires, an
the community will be helping itsel
by helping the government in obtain
ing full and correct report
II is expected that by tomorrow
night every house in the city will b
provided with the census blanks Thi
viii allow a weeks time in which t
study the questions, so that at the ap
,,ointed time there will be no difficult