The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-11
ESTIMATES FAMILY OF
ABOUT 9O,OOO,OOO
Will Put 10 Work Body Of
EnumeTat0rs Considerably
Greater Than Standing Army
(By Associated Press.)

Washington. April 11--With the
break of day on next Friday, the 10th
Instant, host Of 10000 interrogaters,
men and women, white and colored,
will be turned loose IN pursuit of the
people OF the United States. On
that day Uncle Sam will begin the
numbering Of his childten In prepara-
ton for the 18th census. He estl-
mates that he has a family Of about
90,00O,000 men, women and children,
and he already has employed and will
then put to work body Of enumerat-
ors considerably greater than the
standing army.
The law provides that the enumera-
tion shall begin on the 18th. but 1t
Is not so peremptory about the com.
menclng time as about the closing
time, and already intlmations have
been received that in some instances
the work may be postponed until
saturday. This Is due to the fact
that the 18th falls on Friday, and
among the 10000 names takers there
are some who are superstitious as to
this day of the week.
! The enumeration wiz cover an or
the As states and two territories OF
the union proper and also Hawaii
and Porto Rico. Alaska, the Philip
pine islands and Guam will not be
included, rs especial arrangements
are made for numbering the people Of
those dependencies.
Must BE Completed Within A Month
Under the statutes governing tho
work, the entire enumeration must be
completed within month, and In the
cities the work Is limited to fifteen
| days II Is expected that some 0f
the returns from tho cities will be-
| received as early as the first week
in June, but the exact population Of
the entire country will not be deter
mined before sometime In September
! The census officials viii, however
know within 4 few thousand OF Tho
number long before the close Of Tho
summer months They will be able tu
reach a substantially accurate con
clnsion by their pay rolls, but this
will he more or less speculative, and
The figures viii not be given out
iJilfAiVl l4 itUtld lFulhU't ~ AbHli
ing upon a roll Of not fewer than 90'
100000 names This estimate Is bas
cd upon calculations Of his experts
ard makes allowance for an increase
4 according To the tendencies shown IN
the last three previous eensuses 30
tween 1870 aud 1890 the increase IN
the population was 20 per cent; be
4 tween 1890 and 1890 n per cent
between 1890 and 1900. q per cent
II the decrease should continue N
the same ratio there would be a fall
lne off this year of the rate of gail
TO II per cent The immigration fig
ures for the past decade have beer
+ greater, however, than for any of th'
? ipreylOus ten-year periods Making NJ
lowance for this augmentation from
outside il Is calculated that the in
: crease for the past ten years will b.
r about rs per cent, and as. in rOun'
numbers, the figure for 1900 was ~
100000, II is now calculated tha
there prove to have been an additio
? Of about l4,000,000 souls.
Hopes To show "Race Suicide
Check
Much interest IS felt as TO tn
showing regarding the purely natiy
Increase The enumerations betwee
1870 and 1900 show startling tel
dency toward race suicide" and
k Mr. Durands fond hope that th
reports OF his 10000 subordinate
: may be able TO check this apparei
decline. Man of figures that he
hc does not however, permit his o
timism to shade his facts, and uni
the actual returns shog somethlr
better, he will hold to his ninety m
lion estimate.
There win be some innovations
T. the next census, and they are Q
II pected 70 improve the reports. II
n Instance, the country farmer Is to
b, afforded an opportunity TO consid'
I, in advance the statements he sha
% make as ia the conditions prevaillI
sf with reference to his holdings, al
x the same advantage IS 10 be give
n beads Of families In cities as TO Il
The enumeration Of their household
n I'm both eases sheets are to be pass'
At around before the official calls Of u
II enumerators IN the hone that bo
@, ruralisl and urbanlte Will be mo
rs complete in their returns than nthe
If wise they might be. There als0sis
ID be unusual care in the supervision
n. tho work of the enumerators. In Il
lei cities supervisors Will camp on q
N heels OF the men with the pencil
| during the firxf dav Of their wol