The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-14
When Census Man Comes.

When along about the middle of
next April some fellow loaded down
with books and papers calls you out
on the porch and asks you how old
you are, how much money you have,
why you haven't more. how much work
you have done in the past five years,
the age of the Children's kitten, num-
Der of teeth the dog has, the size of the
left rear hoof of the family horse, the
name of your wifc's fathers first child
and number of other things, do not
los your temper and state to call the
police, but tell him all he wants to
know-or try to tell him
He's the census taker.
Perhaps he doesn't like to ask those
kind of questions any better than you
like to answer them, but asking ques-
tons is his business-his duty-that's
what he's paid for and if you are
true citizen of the u. S. A. you'll an
swer just as promptly and freely az
you can. He needs this information
in his business.
Census taking is a great work. 1t is
one of the most important jobs the
government does and these fellows
who are sent into Norfolk by Joe Hays
supervisor of the census, to get the in
formation required for the compilation,
have to get it,
In the two weeks allowed for gath
ering the statistics there will be over
forty human Interrogation points wan
dering about the streets, up back alleys
standing on back pOrches and sitting
in the easy parlor chairs, with the
sole purpose of making every citizen
bare his innermost soul.
They are well equipped with ques-
lions, too, and when you get through
answering the following ones, these
seekers for information may think up
some more but these are enough to
show you what kind of a cross exami-
nati3n is coming your way:
Each resident will be asked among
other things if he or she is deaf
He or she will be asked if they
are dumb.
The number of weeks anyone has
been out of work during the last year
will also be gone into.
In all thirty-tWo questions will be
asked by the enumerator, as follows:
The street address.
The name, including every person in
the family, living on April 10, 1910.
Relationship to the person enumer-
ated to the head of the family with
which he resides.
The sex.
The color and race
Age at last birthday.
Whether married or single, widowed
or divorced.
Number of years person married.
Mother of how many children, in
Guiding those dead and those now liy-
ing.
Place of birth.
Place of birth of father and mother.
Year of immigration to the United
States (for foreign born persons only.)
Can you speak English
If not, what language do you speak?
General nature of industry in which
the person works.
Whether employer, employe or work
ing on your own account
Whether out of work on April 10,
1910.
Number of weeks out of work during
1909.
Whether able to read or able to
write.
Attended school, how long since Sep
TENDER !, 1909.
Whether home is owned or rented.
If owned, whether free or mortgaged.
Whether home is farm or house
1t owned, whether free or mortgaged.
Whether the person enumerated is
survivor of the union or confederate
army or navy.
Whether blind in both eyes.
Whether deaf and dumb.
The government is now printing 49,
100000 schedules upon which the g.
coo enumeratOrs over the country will
take the census commencing April Is.
These schedules will weigh 23O, 43O
pounds, and it will take a press six
days, working sixteen hours a day.
to print all of them. One hundred and
twenty-five million manila cards have
been ordered for the card punching
machines by which the census check
ing up is done at Washington.
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