Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-04-14
READY TO
TAKE CENSUS
VAST ARMY OF ENUMERATORS
TO BEGIN WORK ON
APRIL Is
Director States That He Expects the
Final Report To Show Total
Population For the United States
of Ninety Million.

With the break of day On next Fri
day host of 10000 interrogators,
men and women, white and colored'
will be turned loose in pursuit of the
people of the United States On that
day Uncle Sam will begin the num-
bering of his children, in preparation
for the thirteenth census. He esti-
mates that he has a family of about
10000. 900 men, women and children,
and he has already has emplayed and
will then to work body of enumera-
tors considerably greater than the
standing army.
The law provides that the enumera-
ton shall begin an April IS, but is
not so peremptory about commencing
time as about the closing time, and
already intimations have been re-
ceived that in some instances the
work may be postponed until Satur-
day. This is due to the fact that
the 18th falls in 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 As states and two territories of
the Union proper and also Hawaii
and Porto Rico. Alaska, the Philip
pines island and Guam will not be
included, as especial. arrangements
are made for numbering the people
of those dependencies.
Under the statutes governing the
work. the entire enumeration must
be completed within a month, and in
the cities the work is limited to 10
days. 1t is expected that some Of
the returns of the cities will be re-
ceived 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 officials will. however know
within a few thousand of the number
long before the close of the summer
months. They will be able to reach
a substantial, accurate conclusion by
their payrolls. but this will be more
or less speculative and the figures
will not be given out
NINETY MILLIONS EXPECTED.
Director E. Dana Durand is count
ing upon a roll of not fewer than
9O,OOO,OO0 names. This estimate is
based upon calculations of his ex-
perts and makes allowance for an
Increase according to the tendencies
shown in the last three previous cen
suses
Much interest is felt as to the show
ing of the purely native increase. The
enumerations between 1870 and 190I
show startling tendency TOWARD
traces suicide and it is Mr.
Durand's fond hope that the effort
of his 10000 subordinates may b.
able to check this apparent decline.
There will be some innovations II
the next census. and they are eS
pected to improve the reports. Fo
instance, the country farmer is to b
afforded an opportunity to conside
in advance the statements he shal
make as to the conditions prevailin
with reference to his holdings, an
the same advantage is to be give
heads of families in cities as to tn
enumeration of their households.
The inquiry viii comprise thre
principal branches: Population, agr
culture and mining and manufactui
ings. The questions will cover th
acreage, the value and the product ,
farms, including an especial enumeri
ton of animals, as it will be the cal
ital invested. the value of produc
and the number Of employees of mil
ing and manufacturing plants.
WILL WANT TO KNOW MUCH.
The enumerators will want to kno
good deal about you for the pop
. lation volumes. They viii not on
will insist upon knowing your Sc
but will expect YOU to reveal yo
age and will expect you TO tell the
whether you are white, black, mi
> alto. Chinese, Japanese or India
whether you are married or sing
and if married, how often; wheth
you are American of foreign bon
and if the latter, that you give q