The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-12
SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN AND
WOMEN WILL BEGIN WORK
OF ENUMERATION
ONE MONTH TO IINlSH|
Expected that Ninety Million Names
Will be Turned In.--Tendency
to Race Suicide Expected
To BE Overcome.


instant. a host or 10000 interrogateIs,
men and women, white and colored,
will be turned loose in pursuit of the
peopl of the United States. On that
day Uncle Sam wilt Degln the num-
bering OF his children in preparation
for the 18th census. He estimates
that he has a family of about
90,100,000 mon, women and children.
and he already has employed ana will
then put to work 4 bcdy Of enumera
tors considerably greater than the
standing army.
The law provides that the enumera-
tion shall begin on the 18th, but 1t Isl
not so peremptory about the conn
mencing time as about the closing
time. and already limitations have
been received that in some instances
the work may be postponed until Sat
nrday. This u due to the fact that
the 18th falls on Friday, and amongl
the 10000 name takers there are
some who are supers-tiors as to this
day Of the week.
The enumeration will cover all Of
the 45 states and two territories of
the Union proper and also Hawaii
and Porto Rico, Alaska, the Philip
pine Islands and Guam will not be in
cluded, as especial arrangements are
made for numbering the people of
those dependencies
Completed in cnc North.
Under the statute governing the
work. the entire enumeration must be
completed within q month. and in the
cities the work is limited to Is days
II is expected that some of the re.
tulRS from the cities will be re-
ceived as early n the first week in
June, but the exact population OF the
entire country will not be dctefm ned
before sometime in September. Thel
census officials will. however, know
within a few thousand Of the numbarl
long before the c,ose Of the summer
months. They will be able to reacn
q sub tantlally accurate conclusion
by their pay rolls, but this will be
more or less speculative, and the fig
ures will not be given out.
Estimating Result.
Director Z. Dana Durand, Is count
Ing upon roll of not fewer than
90000,000 names. This estimate is
based upon calculations Of his ex-
ports, and makes allowance for an
increase according to the tenden
cies shown in the last three pfevious
cen,uses. Between 1870 and 1880 the
increase in the population was 30I
per cent between 1880 and 1890, 25
per cent: between 1890 and 1900, q
per cent II the decrease should con-
tinue at the same ratio there would
be a falling off this year of the rate
of gain to II per cent. The immi-
grafton figures for the past decade
have been greater, however than for
any of the previous ten-year periods.
Making allowance for this augmenta-
tion from outside it Ia calculated that
the increase for the past ten years
will be about Is per cent and as, in
round numbers, the figure for 1900
was 100000, it is now calculated
that there prove to have been an ad.
dition of about 100000 souls.
Much interest is felt as to the
showing regarding the purely native
increase, The enumerations between
1870 and 1900 shows startling ten
dency towards race suicide" and it
tc In ntpnnltc bat a.
reports of his 10000 subordinates
may be able to check this apparent
decline. Man of figures that he is,
he does not however. permit his op-I
timlsm to shade his facts, and until
the actual returns show something
better, he will hold to his niaety-
million estimate
Time To Answer.
There will be some innovations in
the next census, and they are ex-
pected to improve the reports. For
instance, the country farmer is to be
afforded an opportunity to consider
In advance the statements he shall
make as to the conditions prevailing
With TclsFcHce w ms HoldiHSst anu
the same advantage is to be Ngiven
heads of families in cities as to the
enumeration Of their households. In
both cases sheets are to be passed
around before the official calls of the
enumerators in the hope that both
ruralist and urbanite will be more
complete in their returns than other
wise they might be. There af-J is to
be unusual care in the supervision of
the work Of the enumerators. In the
cities the supervisors will camp on
the heels Of the men with the pencils
during the first day OF their work and
in the country districts the sheets
themselves will be especially scruti-