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ENuMERAToRs' PAY
Director Durand Establishes compen-
sation Of Census Takers

satlon of Census Takers
Washington, January 22.-The
varying wage scales in different parts
of the country and the differences in I
the nature and extent Of the local diff
fcuities confronting the enumeratOrs +
in the larger geographical divisions
Of the United States have influenced +
and guided United States Census Dir /
ector Durand in the adoption OF
of enumeratOrs' rates
of compensation, within the limits
prescribed by the United States cen
sus law enacted by Congress.
The different classes OF rates will
be so applied that in general the av-
erage enumeratOr will earn substan-
TALLY the same actual amount in one
district as in another, even though
the population may be much sparser
in one than in the other with other
conditions also different. Regard is
paid to the fact that prevailing wages
and salaries are higher in some parts
Of the country than in others but
aside from this, the directors aim is
to adjust the rates so as to make the
earnings of enumerators substanti-
ally uniform. Where the per capita
rates would not give sufficient pay,
the per diem rates are prescribed.
The rates in general will be so adj
justed as to give a slightly higher
average amount to the enumerators
than they received in 1900.
Per diem rates of pay will be paid
to the census enumerators in the
sparsely settled rural districts of Ar
iona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Texas, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming.
The rate will range from 50 to Sc
per day for the enumeration of the
rural areas outside of cities and
towns. Six dollars is the highest
rate authorized by law.
The director realizes that in many
districts of the far West it will be i'm
possible to secure competent men to
act rs enumerators at a rate of COM
pensation less tnan that being paid
for ordinary classes of work in the
same area. Were enumerators in
such districts paid only on the per
capita basis, their compensation
would be unreasonably low.
The enumerators in the thinly in
habited country sections of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and
Kansas also will be compensated on
a per diem basis. Certain difficult
or sparsely settled enumeration dis
tricts in other states will be included
among those to which the per diem
rates will apply, as the conditions Of
the enumeration will be such that an
enumerator could not make fair earn
ings at any of the per capita rates
established.
This announcement was made by
Census Director Durand today in or
der to counterfeit the deterrent effec
upon applications for enumerators
places in the far West and South
west states of the widely circulated
and erroneous statement that PEI
capita rates of pay were to be giver
in the sparsely populated region
named.
The CIassfications of Rates
In this connection the director has
issued to the census supervisors ;
detailed statement of the classified
ton Of rates adopted for the compen
sation of enumerators in the Thir
teenth Census, commencing April II
next
There are three general rates-th
per capita, the mixed. and the per di
EN-.
The first and second general rate
have FIVE subdivisions each.
The per diem rates range from $
t to $3.50, 4, $3.50, S., $3.50 and Sc an
! are to be paid for a day of eigh
hours work.
i For enumerators on the per capt.
i basis, which will be that most wide
t ly used, the pay for each inhabitan
Isl Class A, 2 cents; class B, q
+ cents; class c, cents; class d, 81
} cents; and class e, cents. Sue
b enumerators will also be paid fo
/ each farm as follows Glass A, 2
cents class B, 221a cents; class {
= 25 cents; class d, 27h cents; an
g class +, 80 cents. These rates ar
! in each case cents or more highe
0 than those paid in 1900, when tn
e range was from 10 to 20 cents. Fc
e each establishment of productive il
C dustry the rate for each class is 3
l. cents. For each barn and inclosur
/ containing live stock, not on farm
e the pay is 10 cents for each class
T. Under the mixed rate, which is
- combination of the per capita and ii
l. per diem, there are five subclasse
d alphabetically arranged, and the pc
l. diem is Glass f, 81; G, SIPS; /
e $3.50; I, S1.75; and j, ST. For eac
k inhabitant the pay is: Glass f,
d cents; G, 215 cents; II, 21a cents
2la cents; and ], cents. For eao
farm: Glass f, Is cents; G. Ia
\ cents; H, l71a cents; | and ],
cents each. For each establishmeI
of productive industry the rate is