The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-11
ALL READY TO
Count NOSES
Continued from Page one.

# OAl EItoays and among the 10000 name
takers there are some who are super.
stitious as to this day of the week.
The enumeration viii cover all of the
forty-five states and two territories oil
the Union proper and also Hawaii and
Porto Rico. Alaska, the Philippine is
lands and Guam win not be included
as especial arrangements are made for
numbering the people of those depend
encies.
Under the statutes governing the
work the entire enumeration must be
completed within month, and in the
cities the work is limited to fifteen
days. 1t is expected that some OF the
returns from the cities win be re-
ceived as early as the first week In
june but the exact population of the
entire country win not be determined
before sometime in September. The
census officials will however, know
Within few thousand OF the number
long before the close of the summer
months. They viii be able to reach
substantially accurate conclusion bv
their pay rolls, but this will be more
or less speculative, and the figures
VIII not be given out.
Director 3. Dana Durand, is count
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100000 names. This estimate Is based
upon calculations of his EXPERTS ana
makes allowance for an increase ac-
cording to the tendencies shown in the
last three previous censuses. Between
1870 and 1880 the Increase In the non
ulation was 80 per cent: between
1880 and 1890, rs per cent: between
1890 and 1900. n per cent. RI the de-
| crease should continue at the Same
ratio there would be a falling Off this
year Of the rate OF gain to IL per cent
! The immigration figures for the mast
decade have been greater, however.
than for any of the previous ten-year
periods. Making allowance for this
augmentation from outside It ia cal
culated that the increase for the past
ten years will be about is per cenr
ana as, In round numbers the figures
for 1900 was 100000, it is now car |
culated that there prove TO have been
an addition Of about 14,000,OO0 souls. |
Much interest is felt as to the show |
ing regarding the purely native in
crease The enumeratfons between
1870 and 1900 show a startling tend /
ency towards trace suicide" and IL Is /
Mr. Durand's fond hope that the re-
ports Of his 10000 subordinates NAV
be able to check this apparent decline.
Man or figures that he is, he does not.
however, permit his optimism to shade
his facts, and until the actual returns
snow something better, he will hold to |,
his 90,000,0OO estimate.
There will be some Innovations in
the next cens1s, and they are expected
TO improve the reports. For instance
the country tanner is to be afforded an
opportunity to consider In advance the
statements he shall make as to the
conditions prevailing with reference to
his holdings, and the same advantage
is to be given heads OF families in
cities as to the enumeration of their
households. In both cases sheets are
to De passed around before the official
Calls or the enumerators in the hone
that both ruralist and urbanite will he
more complete IN their returns than
otherwise they might be. There also
Is TO be unusual care in the supervision
or the work OF the enumerators. In
the cities supervisors will camp on the
heels OF the men with the pencils dur
ing the first day of their work and In :
the country districts the sheets them
selves win be especially scrutinized. n
The inquiry will comprise three III
principal branches: Population, agri- t
culture and mining and manufacturing. d
The questions will cover the acreage e
the value and the product OF farms, in is
Guiding an especial enumeration Of e
animals as it will the capital invest In
ed, the value of products, and the e
number of employees of mining and c
plants. e
The enumerators will want to know n
good deal about you for the popuIa-
ton volumes. They not only viii in e,
sist upon knowing your sex, but will G.
expect you to reveal your age, and viii d
ask You to tell whether you are white. ID
black, mulatto, Chinese, Japanese or h
indian; whether you are married or II
single, and IL married how often: al
whether you are American or foreign ST
BORN, and If the latter, that you give
lot only your nationality. but your b
ace and mother-tongue. Then. If YOU tie
re a woman, you are to tell how MANY OF
children have been born to you: and. 81
n any event, you are to tell all about hi
our education, your parantage and tn
our employment. All this inforna- in
ion is to be for the general average
nd for the ear only OF one of the en- CO
He is sworn not to reveal fu
ny of the awful truths. tn
The mere getting Of the information Of
7fll cost the government the pretty
UNI of S5,500,000. OF this amount s4.- vi
10000 will be paid to enumerators In
nd the remaining million to SUPER ma
isors. With a few exceptions the ne
numerators viii be paid on the basis
the work done. IN the country the ex
enumeration will be from 20 to 40
snts for each farm reported, while the IN
ay for names will range from 2 to los
snts. The districts will average 1900 ~
ames, 1000 in the country and 1000 ne
/ the cities. In the southern states res
lere viii be two enumerators in each
lstrict, one white, and the other ca
lack. All told there will be about 10Y
500 negro enunerators, but some OF wa
lem will be employed In the northern ma
ates. In the south the negroes will At
} visited by enumerators of their own cts
ICE. as win also the whites by their Pa
vn people. There also will be about ST
% women enumerators. In point of on
lmbers New York will lead the list
it'll $500 enumerators. while Nevada ING
i'll close the procession with eighty COZ
<. GU
The results OF the labors of this ues
ra1y,a or fsftea,, sareya ,yoI,,-.' hon
i'll come out from time to time for :
70 or three years after the completion IL.
the work in the field All the tabu- Aul
ton as well as the general prepare -.