The daily sentinel., 1910-03-15
Official Statement by the Director
of the Census.

On April 15, in the present year,
1910, the census of the United States
begins. 1t occurs every ten years.
1t is the basis of the distribution
among the states of representation in
the National House of Representa-
tives.
1t is also the means by which the
United States government ascertains
| the increase in the population, agri-
| culture, industries, and resources of
the nation.
1t is required by the constitution
and by act of congress.
Census for Statistical Purposes Only.
The information sought will be
| used solely for general statistical pur-
poses. 1t will neither be published
nor used in any other way to disclose
facts regarding any individual or en-
terprise.
The census Is not, never has been.
and can not be employed to obtain in
formation that can be used in any
way in the assessment of property for
purposes of taxation or the collection
of taxes, national. state, or local; for
| deportation proceedings; extradition
measures; army or navy conscription;
compulsory school attendance; child
| labor law prosecutions; quarantine
regulations or in any way to affect
the life, liberty, or property Of per-
| son.
1t has nothing whatever to do
with the detection, arrest, prosecu-
tion, or punishment of any person,
| for any suspected, or actual, viola
| tion of law, whether Of city, or
state, or the national government, or
of foreign nation.
Census Inquiries Defined by Congress.
The census inquiries are defined
| by act of congress. The questions on
the schedules are framed by the di
rector of the census in conformity
with that act. They apply to all per-
sons living in the United States on
April Is, next, the Census Day."
! The same questions are asked about
each person. All persons must ans
wer all the questions.
The Questions Regarding Persons.
The census law, with reference to
population, requires that the emu
merator's questions shall. for each
inhabitant, call for:
1.-The name, relationship to head
of family, color, sex, age, conjugal
condition, place of birth, place of
birth of parents, number of years in
the United States, citizenship, occupa-
tion, whether or not employer or em-
ployee, and, If employee, whether or
not employed at the date of enumera-
tion (April Is, 1910, and the num-
ber of months unemployed duting
the preceding calendar year G909),
whether or not engaged in agricul-
ture, school attendance, literacy, and
tenure of home, and whether or not
survivor of the Union or Confed
crate Army or Navy: and the name
and address of each blind or deaf and
dumb person"
The Questions Regarding Agriculture.
The same law, with reference to
agriculture, requires that the emu
merator's questions shall call for:
The name, color, and country of
birth of occupant of each farm, ten
ure, acreage of farm, acreage of
woodland and character of timber
thereon, value of farm and improve
ments, value OF farm implements,
number and value of live stock on
farms and ranges, number and value
of domestic animals not on farms
and ranges, and the acreage of crops
planted and to be planted during the
year of enumeration (1910), and the
acreage of crops and the quantity and
value of crops and other farm pro-
ducts for the year ending Decem ber
81 G909) next preceding the emu
meratlon.'
Badges Worn by Census Enumerators
Census enumerators wearing badg-
es with ~. s. Census 1910" stamped
on them, will go from house to house.
and farm to farm. beginning April
, 1t. They are not to be regarded as