The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-22
.ENUMERATORS
Rates OF PAY
ARE ANNOUNCED
The Compensation
Fixed By Mr..
Durnnd

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the nature and extent OF the local diff.
fieulties confronting the enumeratore
In the larger geographical divisions of
the United States have influenced and
guided United States Census Direc.
tor Durand in the adoption Of cIass
heation Of enuncrators' rates of com
rcnsat.,n, within the limits prescribed
:r the United States Census law en-
acted by Congress.
The different classes of rates will
be SO applied that in. general ta= aveI-
age enumrrator will earn substantial
iy the sdme actual amount in one dis.
trict as in another, even though the
populatlor may be much sparser in
one than In the other, with other con.
ditions alsu different. Regard Is PAID
Ito the tact that prevailing wages and
salaries are higher in some parts Of
the country than in others. but, aside
from this, the Directors aim IS to ar.
just the .ritea so as to make the earn
inys of cnumerators substantially UNI
form. Where the per capita rates
would not give sufficient pay, the per
diem rates are prescribed. The rates
ir general will be SO adjusted at to
give slightly higher average amount
to the cnulnerators than they received
in 1906.
Per d:tm rates of pay will be paid
to the census cnunierators in the
sparsely settled rural districts of Ari.
zcna, California. Colorado, idaho, Mon.
tana, Texas, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming.
The rate will range from IS to s5
per day for the enumeration of the
rural areas outside of cities and towns.
Six dollars is the highest rate author
izeG by law.
The Director realizes that In many
districts OF the far West 1t will be i'm.
poss;oIe to secure competent men to
act as cnumerators at rate Of COM
rensation less than that being paid for.
ordinary ciasses or work in tie same
area. We're enumerators in such dis
tricts paid only on the per capita ha-
sis, their compensation would be un.
| seasondbly low.
The enunlerators in the thinIy in.
habited country sections OF North Do.
kota, South Dakota. Nebraska, and
Kansas also will be compensated On
a per d!en basis. Certain dlffculs o.
sparseIy settled enumeration districts
in other States will be incluhed amonJ
those to which the per diem rates will
apply. as tile conditions of the emu.
r1eration will be such that an enumer-
dtor could not MAKE fair earnings at
any of the per capita rates established.
This announcement was made by
Census Director Durand to-day, ~ or
der tc ceunteract the deterrent effect
upon applications for enumeratnrc'
places in tine far West and Southwest
States of tile widely circulated and
erroneous statement that per capita
rateE OF pay were to be given in toe
sranse!y populated regions named.
The Classification Ct Rates.
In this connection The Director. has
issued to the census supervisors de.
tailed statement of the classification
Of rates adopted for the Compensation
Of enumerators in the Thirteenth Cen.
sut. commencing April IS next.
There are three general rates-the
per capita. the mixed, and the per
diem.
The first and second general rates
have five subdivisions each.
The per diem rates range from So to
$3.50. -. $3.50. IS. $3.50 and Sc. and
ire to be paid for day OF eight hour!
work.
For enumcrators on the per capita
I:asis, which will be that most widely
used, the pay for each inhabitant is:
Glass A. 2 cents; class 3. 1-2 cents;
eaiss C, 8 cents; class ., 8 1-2 cents:
and class E, cents. Such enumera-
tors will also be paid for each farm as
foIiows:. Glass A, 20 cents; clase o,
2: 1-2 cents; class c. 25 cents; class
o. 27 1-2 cents and class E. 80 cents.
These rates arc In each case cents
or more higher than those paid In
$500. when the range Was from is to
20 cents. For each establishment OF
productive industry the rate Off each,
class is 80 cents. F or each barn and
inelosure containing live. stock, not on
farms, the pay 's 10 cents for each
clase. y: ,{ { a X ~
Under The mixed rate, which Is a
combination Of the par capita and the
lFer diem. there. are five. tsubelasses3 ali