The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-12
SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN AND
WOMEN BEGIN TAKING the
GOVERNMENT CENSUS
ESTIMATED At NINETY MILLIONS
Believed That Census viii Show
Uncle Sans Population to Reach
That Figure-Negro enumerators
for Negroes Whites for Whites

Washington NpEl lo--With the /
break Of day ON next Friday the
10Th instant. host e 10000 inter .
rogatcrs men and women. white .
and culorcd. will be- turned loose In
pursuit of the people of the United
States. On that day Uncle Sam
will begin the numbering Of his chill
drcn iu preparation for the 18th
census lie estimates that he has a
family of about 10000 .OOO men and
women and children. and ne already
has employed and will then put u
work a body of enumerators con.
sidcrably greater than the standing
army
The law provides that the enumor
alton shall begin ON the 18th. but IL
is not so pcrcmptory about the com.
mcnDiug time as about the closing
time aud already limitations have
been received that in $ me instances
the work NAV be postponed until
Saturday. This is due to the fact
that the 18th falls ON Friday. and
among the 10000 name takers there
are some who are superstitious as
to this day of the week.
The enumeration will cover all of
the - states and two territories of
the union proper and also Hawaii
and Porto Rico. Alaska. the Phil
. ippine Islands and Guam will not
/ be included. as especial arrange
mcnts are made for numbering the
people of those dependencies.
Under the statutes governing the
work. the entire cnume alton must
be completed within month. and
in the cities the work Is limited To
: fifteen days. 1t is expected that
viii be received as early as the
first week in June. but the exact
population OF the entire country
will not be determined before some
time in September. The census Of
ficials will. however. know within
few thousand of the number long
before t. close of the summer
months Tncy will be able t. reach
substantially accurate conclusion
by their pay rolls. but this will be
more or lees speculative, and the
L..
Director r. Dana Durand is count
ing upon roll of not fewer than
ao.00000o names This estimate is
based upon calculations of his cx.
pcrts. ana makes all vance for an
increase according to the tendencies
shown In the last three previous cen
suses Between 1870 and 1850 the
increase in the population was 10
per cent, between 1850 and 1890,
80 per cent. between 1880 and 1900,
2l per cent. II the decrease should
continue at the same ratio there
would be- falling Off this year oi
the rate of gain to II per cent. The
immigration figures tor rnc past
decade have been greater. however,
than f.r any of the previous ten
year periods Making allowance tor
this augmcutation from outside IL
is calculated that the increase for
the past ten years viii Dee about IS
per cent and as, iu round numbers
the lgur. iDr 1900 MAS 20 600 UOu
, il is now calculated that there prove
to have been uu addition of about
llO00.Ooo souls.
Much interest is felt as to the
showing regarding the purely native
Increase. The cnumeratious between
1870 and 1900 show a startling tend
eucy towards race suicide" and il
is Mr. Durands fond hope that tn,
reports of his 10000 subordinates
may be- able to check this apparent
decline Man of figures that ne is
=. he does not however permit his
. optimism 10 shade his facts, and
until the actua. returns show some
thing better ne viii hold TO biz
ninety million estimate.
There will be some Innovations 10
5 the next census, and they are oN
pccted 10 improve the reports, Fol