Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-23
CAPITALS PEOPLE
COUNT UP 331,069
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I0QuSSL LQdL Any p6TSOuS INtSSSu III tHc
enumeration would send in their names
This was of material assistance in find
Ing persons not enumerated and IN add
Ing to the correctness of the District
census.
Only actual residents of Washington
were enumerated. All transient residents
were omitted. as were members Of the
diplomatic corps and members OF Con-
gress. with their immediate encourage.
Difficulties Of Enumeration.
THE enumeration of Washington pre-
scented q few exceptional difficulties. In
| the first place, great many residents OF
Washington also maintain either an
actual or a legal residence elsewhere.
In the former case local pride elsewhere
was apt to be the stronger. and the per-
son would insist on being enumerated at
his other residence.
In the latter case government en-
pioyes and others from nearby sections
seemed to fear that if they permitted
themselves to be enumerated as residents
OF Washington 1t amounted to decla-
ration Of their abandonment Of legal
residence elsewhere.
Almost without exception objection was
made by such persons to the enumera-
ton being made here. 1t was secured
only after argument and assurance OF the
entire propriety of the proceeding.
I'm the second place great difficulty was
experienced In apartment houses through
failure OF enumerators to gain access 10
apartments and to responsible persons.
The schedules left were not filled out. or
II filled out were not returned. and not
wtthstanding repeated calls, the occupants
were never at home
positively refused when access could be
gained to a responsible person. But hum
dreds of cases were given up by enumer-
aters to be subsequently handled by spe-
cial agents.
And this leads me-" continued Mr..
Broughton. Notwithstanding apartment
house experiences, to speak OF the uni
form courtesy shown enumerators by the
people Of Washington, due Enthusiastically
to their appreciation of the Importance
Of the federal census and to the fact that
their attention had been directed to 1t
through the medium Of the public press
whose assistance cannot be overempha-
sized, and without whose cooperation 1t
would have been impossible to complete
the canvass within the allotted period
If. indeed. II would have been possible to
complete 1t at all. Every one who could
be found was ready for the enumerator,
lesSened.
Women Who Conceal Ages.
1T is an actual fact that women do
object to having their ages recorded.
Enumerators relate many amusing ex-
periences along this line. But the diff
iculties over this question were not
serious, and all other questions were
answered without argument.
The enumeration of Washington was
completed without actually employing
the services Of an interpreter. Chi
nese STUDENT accompanied one OF the
enumefatofs for portion OF day.
Through the courtesy OF the police de-
partment an Italian policeman accom-
panied a special agent to few dwell
ings in Willow Tree alley, and an ltal-
ian fruit vender assisted one OF the
woman enumerators for few hourso
With these exceptions the enumerat-
ors found that there was always some
enough English to understand the
questions and give the necessary In
formation.
I'm respect to the smailness OF its nom
English speaking population. - ashington
occupies a position almost unique among
American cities of equal or greater size.
This Is due of course, to the fact that II
ID not a manufacturing city and therefore
does not attract the laboring classes which
constitute so large 2 proportion OF tne
foreign population OF many cities T this
II want TO say" concluded Mr. Brough-
ton, that the measure OF success that
have had is due in large part to the
entitled to the highest commentator, and
to the publicity given through the press,
without which my work would have been
much more difhcult.
Live Stock Census.
The census of live stock in the Dis
trict of Columbia, also announced today
shows that during the period 190O-10 there
was a falling Off in the number OF dairy
cows from 1900 to 1878; an increase In
the number of other cattle from 26s to
a20; q decrease In the number OF horses
12453 to 12.15O; an increase IN the num-
Der of mules from 357 to 1.207; decrease
in the number of swine from 1,134 to $50;
a decrease in the number OF sheep from
30 to I; a decrease in the number of goats
from q to 70; and an increase In the
number of asses and burros from l to 9.
These figures are tentative and may be
changed slightly when the tabuiation Is
completed.
The number of farms in the District in
1af1O was AGO: the census of 1910 shows
but 219, decrease OF 81.
The census makes a distinction between
animals kept on farms and animals not
on farms. The decrease during the de-
cennial period is more marked for ami
mails on farms. especially in the case OF
dairy cows, horses and mules. This was
to be expected, In view OF the decrease
The increase In the number OF mules
(from a57 to 1,2OO is remarkable.
Notwithstanding the decrease In the
number of aniqaais on farms, there has
been a gain In the total value Of such an
imals from $122. 019 to S141.OS2.
The dairy cows on farms were worth
on an average $40 apiece in 1900 and $S1
in 1910.
Work horses have increased from $es
to $97. mules from $7o to $S7 and swine
from IS to $15.
The high price of dairy cows on farms
in 1910 Is due In part to the fact that
several Of the public institutions in the
District maintain herds of pure-bred cat-
tie.
Taking Live Stock Census.
Special Agent Clarence j. Hurley of
the agricultural division Of the census
bureau who has charge Of the compila-
ton of the live stock statistics for the
District. said in regard to his work:
I'm order to secure a more complete
census of agriculture in the District than
heretofore the work of collecting the in
formation was not left to the enume-
rators who gathered the population data,
but was assigned to a special agent who
was particularly qualified for this class
of work. This special agent personally
visited every agricultural establishment
In the District, interviewed the proprie-
tors and spent as much time with them
as was necessary to secure complete