The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-02-03

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binary precautions to assure the manu-
facturers taat all answers will be
held absolutely confidential. This
statement is c-onspicuously displayed
on the front pages of the various
schedules. and it is also e~npaatical
ly declared that no publication will
be made in the census reports dis
closing the name or operations of in
dividual establishments in any partic-
ular. The act of Congress provides
that the Bureau of the Census shall
not permit any other than it's sworn
employees to examine the individual
reports. 1t provides also that any en-
ployee who shall. without the author
ity of the Director of h Census, pub
lisn or communicate any information
coming into his possession shall be
guilty of a miSdeneanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not to ex-
coed $1,000 or be imprisoned not to
exceed two years, or both, in the dis
erection of the court.
There is but a limited time in
which to complete this work. said
Director Durand today. 1T is essen
tial that all the field employees exert
themselves to the utmost. Those who
do good work will be reassigned to
other districts and retained in the
service until the work is finished.
IF manufacturers or others furnish
ing data object to a supposed disclos-
ure of the secrets of their business,
the special agents will assure them
that the results of their individual
business will not be made public. They
are required also to explain that the
Information will not be used for the
purposes of taxation, nor in any man
ner to identify the operations of the
individual establishments. and will
not be disclosed to any other bureau
Of the Federal Government. The in
tent of the law, which will be strict
ly carried out, is TO prevent h dis
closure of information which might
operate to the detriment in any way
of the person or establishment sup
plying it.
The period covered will be, wher-
ever possible, that of the year nc
ing December 81. o In the major
ity of cases the data can be secured
for il. as the business year of most
establishments will correspond to the
tdiGhGdT year ItUJ. fOE tSLdDllSur
ments beginning operations for the
first time during the "a it will not
be possible to make the report cover
more than the period actually embrac-
ed.
"A manufacturing establishment,
which is the unit of enumeration for
the census, is deemed to be one or
more factories, mills, or plants owned
or controlled by one individual, part
nership, corporation, or other owner,
located in the same town or city, and
for which one set of books of
is kept. AS the statistics will be pre-
se7ted by kinds and by classes of in
dustries, II is essential hat the pre-
else character of the work perform
ed by each establishment shall be
clearly determined. A general scned-
ule must be prepared for each estab-
lishment reported, and, in addition
such special supplemental schedule
OF schedules IS may apply to the in
dustry, il any.
The method of the canvass re-
quires that a few days prior to the
day when a given firm is to be can
vassed the special agent snail mail
to the manufacturer a copy of the
general schedule, with the proper
supplemental schedules, together with
the request that they be filed out in
readiness for the special agent on mis-
arrival. In the event this has not been
done at the time the agent calls, he
will proceed to get the facts immedi-
ately.
The Information secured must be
accurate. In drafting the schedule ev-
cry effort was made to frame the in
quiries in such a form tlat the an
to them can generally be taken
directly from the books of accounts
and the records of the establishment
canvassed. In no case are general
statements or estimates to be accept
e where ii is possible to secure an