Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-03
GET IN BAD
BY ANSWERING
QUESTIONS
Census Bureau Endeavors to
Set at Rest Fears of PopuIa-
ton to Answer Enumerators'
Queries.
Morning Journal Bureau.
613 Munsey Building,
Washington n - Morch D

Letters from the census SUPERVISOR
to the United states census bureau
show the erroneous apprehension of ;
considerable element OF the popuIa.
tlon that their to the emu.
merat0rs questions in the next cen.
sus, beginning April Is, this year, viii
cause increased taxation. legal en-.
tanglements, or injurious conse.
renee TO their persons and property
IN order to quiet such u%nfoundet
fears, which would, unless removed
materially affect the accuracy of tho
census, the bureau has par an
official statement relative to the de-
cennial census. its origin, purpose and
! uses.
This statement should furnish COM
plete assurance to those concerned
that information given the enumera-
tors is held by the census bureau in
the strictest confidence with reference
to the identity of the informants, as
required by the policy Of the bureau
and commanded by the law Of the
United States.
The bureau earnestly hopes that
clergymen, priests, physicians, school
teachers. employers and other public
spirited citizens who come in contact
with large numbers of people, Will CO.
operate with the bureau BY telling
persons who are believed to entertain
opinion of the census the
real facts and urging them to give full
replies to the enumerators. Teachers
are particularly requested to speak of
the census to the school children and
ask them to tell their parents about
it.
The statement issued by the bureau
explains that the constitution requires
Il census of the population to be taken
every ten years in order to reappor-
ton state representation in the ma
tiOral house of representatives. II is
the means also to ascertain the in
crease in the population, agriculture,
industries, and OF the ma
ton since the last census.
1t is emphatically declared, by the
statement, that the information
sought from the people Of the United
States is used solely for general sta
tistical purposes. 1t will neither be
published nor used in any other way
to disclose facts regarding II indi-
viduai or enterprise. The census. it
goes on to say. is not, never has been.
and can not be employed to obtain
information that can be used in any
way in the assessment of property for
purposes of taxation or the collection
of taxes, either national, state or
local; or for deportation proceedings.
extradition measures, army or navy
conscription, internal revenue investi-
cations, compulsory school attend
ance child labor law prosecutions,
quarantine regulations. or in any way
affect the lite. liberty, or property
Of any person. RM
II points out hat replies to the
enumerators are and must be held by
the census bureau in strict and abso-
confidence. All the bureau Of
supervisors. supervisors
enumerators, and interpreters.
before entering upon their duties. are
TO take q solemn oath not to
disclose any information they may OBJ
tain. except to the census bureau, and
a violation of the United States law
In regard to this oath means a $1,000
fine or Imprisonment for two years,
or both. in the discretion of the court.