Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-11
In Cities Blanks Must All Be in
Within Fifteen Days.
NINETY MILLION NAMES
Director DurYand Considers This a
Conservative Estimate.
ALL INFORMATION CONFmENTIAL
Number of Reservations Intraducsd
Are Expected 20 Improve the
Quality OF the he
ports.

WASHINGTON Apru iG-wlth the break
OF day Friday April B. a hos- o. 7a0ll
interroEators. men and women. white and
colured win be turned loose To pursuit q
the people cf the UriteG SlAlcs. On thaL
day Uncle sam win begin the numbering
Of his children in preparation Or the this.
t=enth census. He estimates thlt he has
family OF about So 0Aoacoe men. women and
children. and he already has employed and
viii then put 70 work body oe enuuara--
ors considerably greater tran the stand
ne army.
The law provides that the enumeration
shall begin on April r. nut Il IS not So
peremptory about the commencing time as
about the closing time and aireadv intima-
tions have been received that IN some in
stances the work NAV be postponed until
saturday This is due to the fact that
April Is falls on FRIDAY. and among the
70000 name takers there are some who are
supersutious as TO this day OF the week
The enumeration viii cover al OF the
forty-five states and two territories ot the
union proper and also Hawaii and Porto
Rico. Alaska. the Philippine islands and
Guam win not be Included. as especial az
rangements are made FOR numbering the
people oG those dependencies
Under the statutes governing the work
the entire enumeration must be completed
within month and in the cities the work
is limited 20 fifteen days 70 is expected
thar some OF the returns from the cities
VIII be received early as the first week
in June but the exact population % the
entire country viii not be determined be-
( fore some time in September The census
officials will. however know within few
thousand OF the number long before the
Hra MI
be able to reach substantially accurate
/ conclusion by their pay rolls but this viii
be more or less speculative. and the figures
win not be given out
NInety MGIIfsn Names
Director \. Dana nasran6 3 counting
lupon a roll OF nor FEWER snan zA9eaaal
tnau1es- This estimates s. based upon caieu-
liatious of his experts and makes allow
ance for an Increase according 10 the
I tendencies shown in the last three previous
( censuses.. Between ls70 and $50 the in
crease in the population was % per cent,
( between 1889 and 1890. 8 per cent: between
1880 and 1900 q per cent. II the decrease
should continue at the same ratio there
would be a falling or this year Of the
rate Of gain to L per cent. The lnlmigra-
ton figures for the last decade have been
greater. however than for any of the
7 previous ten-year periods. Making allow
Z auce for this augmentation from outside. i-
is calculated that the Increase for tie last
ten wears win be about iS per cent. ard
as in round numbers. the figure for t9oe
was 76g0a0O0 it Is now calculated that
there prove to have been an addition Of
about I4po000s souls.
Much interest is felt as 70 the showing
( regarding the purely native increase. The
( enunerations between ls79 and 1900 show q
startling tendency toward race suicide"
and Il is Mr. DuTand's fond hope that the
reports OF his 700oa subordinates may be
able To check this apparent decline Man
OF figures that he is he does not, however.
permit his optimism to shade his facts.
ard until the actual returns show s1mething
better. he viii hold to his @o000eo esti-
/ mate.
[ There will be some Innovations in the
next census and they are expected 70 i'm
prove the reports For instance. the country
farmer is to be afforded an opportunity to
consider in advance the statements h shall
make as 10 the conditions prevailing with
reference to his holdings and the same
advantage is 10 be given heads OF families
in cities as TO the enumeration of their
I households. In both cases sheets are to be
passed around before the official calls Of
the enumerators ia the hope that both
ruralist and urbanite viii be more compiets
IN their returns than otherwise they might
be- There also is to be unusual care IN
the supervision of the work OF the enuHl-
orators. In cities supervisors viii camp on
the heels % the men with the pencil dur
ing the first day oc their work ard in the
country districts the sheets th emselges via
+ be especially scruuuized
scope Of IHqufFF.
Z The inquiry win comBFise thrcs different
branches Population. agriculture and min
ing and manufacturing. The Questions viii
cover The acreage the value and she prod
uct OF farms. including an especial enumer-
alton of animals as it VIII the capital in
vested. the value 81 urolucts and the num-
Der of employees 0f mining aud manufactur-
ing plants.
The enumeratora wiz want to know a
good deal about you for the pupu alton
volumrs They not only vfl insist upon
knowing your sea, nut wrl expect you %
reveal your asa. and vii ask you 70 teH
wether You are hite black. mulario.
/ chinese. japanese Or Indians whether yuu
are married or single. whether YOU are
American or foreign born. ard il the latter.
that you give nor only your nationality.
but your race and mother tongue. Then.
II you are a woman. you are 20 tell how
many children have been born to you. and.
In any event. you are 20 tell al about
your elpcatiou. your parentags and your
emp .os meat All lhiz informa rion is % be
Tor the general average and for the ear
only of one u the enumsrat0rs. He Is
sworn not 70 reveal any Of the awful
truths.
Ca.e of Hork.
The mere gstting OF the lnf1rmalou Wil
cost the soFerLH- a the pretty sum Of
g .Hoaoga % rhia amount tEa1a000 NHl be
raid % Generators and ne remaining
ti,afcooo 70 supervaora WEth a few sx-
cepti1na TIE enumerators via b. pald on
the basis of me Norl donF Ia the coun-