The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-24
Director of Census Calls Peo-
pies Attention to Value
of the Enumeration
ALL TO Be HELD CONFIDENTIAL
People are Assured That the Govern
ment Will Not Make Public the
Stories of Their Lives or the Secrets
of Their Business.


The census Is not, never has been
and cannot be used to obtain informa-
ton in connection with the enforce
ment of tax rates, deportation pro-
ceedings, extradition measures, army
or navy CONSUMPTION, compulsory school
attendance, child labor prosecutions,
quarantine enforcement or in any way
to interfere with the enjoyment of life,
liberty or property by any person.
1t has nothing whatever to do with
the legal detection, arrest, prosecution
or punishment of any person for any
suspected or actual violation of law,
whether of city or state or the ma
tional government or of foreign ma
tion.
1t is to find out how much bigger
the nation has grown since ten years
before how many more people, how
many more native born, how many
work for their bread, how many for
whom there is no work, how many own
their own homes and other similar
facts.
That is all. 1t is not to pry into
your private affairs. 1t is not to find
out who should be deported. 1t is not
to send any person back to his native
country. It is not to make any per
son join the army or navy. 1t is not
to find if any are breaking the laws
of a city or state or the United States.
1t is not to trouble or to harm or to
prosecute anybody for anything he has
done or is doing.
The census count is made by men
called enumerators which means count
ers. The enumerator asks the ques-
tions. The questions are not from his
own mind. They are from the bureau
of the United States census, which
prints list for the enumeration. He
simply sets down the answers opposite
the questions. He will not ask ques-
tions not ON the list. All persons
must answer the same questions.
Will Call on April Is.
The counter or enumeration will call
at your home Friday, April Is next, or
may be day or three days or a week
later. He will call as soon as he can.
You will know him by a census badge.
"United States Census ,1910," he will
wear on his coat and a yellow khaki
bag no carries. In this are his print
ed question. He may have an inter
prefer with him. The enumerator
may be woman.
You must not refuse to admit him to
your home. You must not refuse to
answer You must not answer false
ly.
Listen to him. Answer him will
ingly and truthfully. Encourage your
relatives friends and neighbors to tell
him. Help him in every way you
can. 1t is your duty. 1t is every
body's duty. 1t is the law of the
United States. He is not spy,
policeman or tax assessor. He is
not an agent of the city, county or
state. He is working for the bureau
of the United States census. He tells
no one but the census bureau what is
told him, and the United States law
will not let the census bureau tell any
other persons or officials or other gov
eminent departments or any foreign
ambassador consul or nation.
The census law with reference to
population requires that the enumera-
tors questions shall for each inhabi-
tant call for
"The name, relationship to head of
family color, sex, age ,conjugal condi-
tion, place of birth, place of birth of
parents number of years in the United
Staes, citizenship, occupation, whether
or not employer or employee, and if
employee, whether or not employed at
the date of enumeration april Is,
1910), and the number of months un-
employed during the preceding calen-
.dar year (1910) whether or not engag-
ed in agriculture, school attendance,
literacy and tenure of home and
whether or not a survivor of the union
or confederate army or navy, and the
name and address of each blind or deaf
and dumb person.
Questions on Agriculture
The same law with reference to
agriculture requires that the enumera
tors questions shall for each inhabi-
tant call for
"The name color and county of
birth of occupant of each farm, tenure
acreage of farm acreage of woodland
and character of timber thereon, value
of farm and improvements, value of
farm implements, number and value of
live stock on farms and ranges, num-
Der and value of domestic animals not
on farms and ranges and the acreage
of crops planted and to be planted dur
ing the year of enumeration and the
acreage of crops and the quantity and
value Of crops and ether farm pro-