Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-12
TAKING The CENSUS.

| He estimates that ne mas 1amlly o.
about 9O,OO0,O0O men, women and chill
dren, and he already has employed ant
will then put to work a body Of emu
merators considerably greater than the
standing army.
| The law provides that the enumera.
ton shall begin on the 15th but it Is
ing time as about the closing time. ant
already intimations have been received
that in some instances the work may b.
postponed until Saturday. This Is due
to the fact that the 18th falls on Fri.
day, and among the 10000 name TAX
ers there are some who are supersti.
tiOus as to this day of the week.
| The enumeration will cover all Of the
forty five states and two territories Of
the Union proper and also Hawaii anC
Porto Rico. Alaska, the Philippine is.
lands and Guam will not be included
as especial arrangements are made fol
numbering the people Of those depen-
dencies.
work, the entire enumeration must be
completed within a month, and In the
cities the work Is limited to fifteen days
| 1t Is expected that some of the returns
| from the cities will 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 ir
| September. The census officials will
however, know within few thousand
Of the number long before the close OF
| the summer months. They will be able
| to reach a substantially accurate con-
| clusion by their pay rolls, but this will
be more or less speculative, and the
| figures will not be given out.
Director e. Dana Durand Is count
| ing upon roll Of not fewer tfan 90,-
| 100000 names. This estimate is based
upon calculations Of his experts, and
| cording to the tendencies shown in the
last three previous censuses. Between
| 1870 and 1880 the increase in the pop
| ulation was 80 per cent; between 1880
and 1890, 25 per cent; between 1890
| and 1900, Fl per cent. If the decrease
should continue at the same ratio there
| would be falling off this year of the
| rate of gain to II per cent. The immi-
grafton figures for the past decade have
| been greater, however, than for any
| Of the previous ten-year periods. Max
| ing allowances for this augmentation
| from the outside it is calculated that
| the increase for the past ten years will
| be about Is per cent, and as, in round
numbers, the figure for 1900 Ias 76,-
| 100000, 1t Is now calculated that there
will prove to have been an addition OF
about 100000 souls.
Mlrch interest Is felt as to the show =
| ing regarding the purely native in
crease. The enumerations between 1870
and 1900 show a startling tendency to-
wards race suicide" and 1t is Mr.. Du-
| rand's fond hope that the reports Of his
10000 subordinates may be able to
| check this apparent decline. Man OF
| figures that he is, he does not, how
ever, permit his optimism to shade his
facts, and until the actual returns show
something better, he will hold to mis-
| ninety million estimate.
There will be some innovations in
the next census, and they are expected
| to improve the reports. For instance,
| the country farmer 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 advant-
age is to be given heads Of families in
cities as to the enumeration Of their
households. In both cases sheets are to
| be passed around before the official
calls of the enumerators in the hope
that both ruralist and urbanite will be
more complete in their returns than
otherwise they might be. There also
is to be unusual care in tine supervision
of the work Of the enumerators. In the
cities supervisors will camp on the
90 ,t,ith 40
ing the first day of their work and in
the country districts the sheets them
selves will be especially scrutinized.
The inquiry will comprise three prin-
cipal branches; population, aSricul-
ture, and mining and manufacturing.
The questions will cover the acreage,
the value and the product Of farms, in
Guiding an especial enumeration of ami
mails, as it will be capital invested. the
value of products, and the number of
employees Of mining and manufacturing
plants.
The enumerators will want to know
good deal about you for the popula-
ton volumes. They not only will in
sist upon knowing your sex, but Will
expect you to reveal your age, and Will
ask you to tell whether you are white,
black, mulatto, Chinese. japanese or
Indian: whether you are married or
single. and If married how often;
whether YOU are American or foreign
born: and If the latter. that you give
not only your nationality. but your
race and mother tongue. Then, II you
are a woman. you are to tell now many
children have been born to you; ana,
in any event. you are tn tell all ABOUT
your education, your parentage ana
YOUR employment. All this information
Al x.nt. 90 a n IT
the ear only of one of the enumera-
tors. He is sworn not to reveal any OF
the awful truths.
The mere getting of the information
will cost the government the pretty
sum of $5.5O0.000. OF this amount S4,-
500 900 will be paid to enumerators, and
the remaining million to supervisors.
with n few exceptions the enumerators
will be paid on the basis of the work
done. In the country the remuneration
will be from 90 TO 80 cents for each
farm reported. while the pay for names
will range from to cents. Iho dis
tricts will average 1.3OO names. l'lOO
in the country and 1000 in the cities.
I'm the southern states there Will BE- TWO
enumeratOrs in some districts, one
white, and one black. All told there VIII
he about 1.5OO negro enumerators. but
some of them will be employed in the
northern states In the south the ne
rrocs will be visited hv enumerators OF
their own race, az will also the whites
nv their own people. There also Will be
about 500 women enumcrators. IT.
noint Of numbers New York will lead
the list with $500 enumerators. while
Nevada will close the procession with
cighty-siX.
The results of the labOrs Of this army
of neople will be published i'm u or Is
volumes. which will come out from
time To time for two or three wears ar
for the completion Of the work in the
field. All the tabuati0n rs well "a the
general nreparatiOn of the matter TOT
the printer will be done in washington
under Mr.. Durand's supervision.