Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-16
Issues Proclamation of Ap- peal to Answer Fully
 All Questions
ENUMERATION IS
 REQUIRED BY LAW
Sole Purpose to Secure Gen. eral Statistical In
 formation

WASHINGTON, D. C., March b. President Taft in a proclamation issued today urges everybody throughout, the United States "to answer promptly, completely and accurately all inquiries addressed to them by the enumerators or other employees, who will be en- gagged in the taking of the thirteenth decennal census, which work will be- gin one month from today. The proclamation follows:
 Whereas, by Act of Congress, ap- proved July 2, 1909, the thirteenth de- cennial census of the United States is to be taken, beginning on the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and ten; :; and
 'Whereas, a correct enumeration of the population every ten years is re- quired by the Constitution of the United States for the purpose; of de- termining the representation of the several states in the house of repre- sentatives; and
 "Whereas, it is of the utmost i'm portance to the interests of all the peo- pie of the United States that this cen sus should be a complete and accurate report of the population and resources of the country;
 "Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, president of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under the Act aforesaid, it is the duty of every person to an, swer all questions on the census sched- ules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm oc. euried by him or his family, and that any adult refusing to do so is subject 10 penalty.
 ''The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical informa- tion regarding the resources and popu- lation of the country, and replies are required from individuals only in order to permit the compilation of such gen, eral statistics. The census has nothing to do with taxation, with army or jury service, with the compulsion of school attendance, with the regulation of inn migration, or with the enforcement of any national, state or local law or or, dinance, nor can any person be harmed in any way by furnishing the informa- tion required. There need be no fear that any disclosures will be made re. S"NhS ohy ihuiNiuudi ptlSuh UT HIS affairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the persons fur nishing information, every employee of the census bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any in formation which may thus come to his knowledge.
 'l therefore earnestly urge upon all persons to answer promptly, completely and accurately all inquiries addressed to them by. the enumerators or other employees of the census bureau, and thereby to contribute their share to- ward making this great and necessary public undertaking a success.
 In Witness Whereof. l have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 ''Done, at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty fourth.
 "By the President: VIM. II. TAFT.
 The proclamation is for the purpose of removing fears from, the minds of some people who are of the opinion that information which they give con cerning themselves to the census taker may be used in some way to the det- riment of their personal or business in terests. Against any such abuse, how ever, the government has thrown the StrOnopSt safeouor1S