El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-14
PENALTIES PROVIDED FOR THOSE WHO
FAIL To ANSWER CENSUS QUETIONs
When Were You Married; How Old Are the Children and
Long List of Queries Will Be asked by Enumera-
tors Who Enter Field Friday-How the Census
Takers Are Paid-Special Table to De-
ternine Age of Chinese

The questions 6 year old boy car
! ask his father in half an hour. are q
mere bagatele TO the interrogations 10
! ators, who begin operations all over the
! United States on Friday morning. If
! you live in city, you will be required
| to answer but 50 queries, but if in the
country. a whole broadside of ques-
tions will be fired at you and correct
answers must be given
The census enumerators, most of
whom, of course, will be dapper young
men, will be armed with a nickel plated
badge and a portfolio containing the
/ enumeration blanks Every question
he asks, including How old is Ann?'
if there is a person in the family by
that name, must be considered not in
the light of a joke.
Answer All Questions.
When the census man knocks at
your door, you had just as well answer
his call and save your temper and the
time of both by retaining from an
nouncing Get out of here quick; it's
none of your business where L was
born, whether 1 am married, or whether
l can read or write"
All the census man has to do is to
refer to his rules of procedure under
fire. and read Should any person OBJ
ject to answering any question upon
the schedule, you should explain that
the information is strictly confidential;
that it will not be communicated to any
person, whatsoever. and that no use Will
be made of 1T which will in any way
seriously affect the interests of the in
dividuals. In case your authority Is
questioned. show your official badge,
which you should carry with you Aft
er all other means have failed, call the
attention of the person refusing to give
the information to the penalty in Sec
ton % of the census act"
This section provides that any person
over 81 years of age, who refuses TO
answer the regular questions, or who
gives false information, shall be fined
not to exceed S100. Boarding house
proprietors will be hailed into federal
court and forced to pay a $500 fine for
refusing to answer questions or for CIV
ing false information.
When Were You Married.
If your memory is none too retentive,
you had best begin refreshing yourself
with pertinent dates. Give the date or
your marriage" will be one of the first
questions asked. Perhaps your mother
or father WAS born on some South Sea
island. or in some other foreign port |
GU should be able 10 announce II JILL
hand. Perhaps you have been maSQuer- |
aiding under the age of 80 when you
are really 45. The census enumerators |
are supposed to be given the proper age |
If you have 10 unmarried daughters IN |
your family, whose ages range from
TO 35, il makes no difference TO the CEN
sus man.
The information CLEANED by the
will be recorded on numer-
Gus schedules. Separate blanks are
provided for city residents; country |
residents: domestic animals not on
farms and ranges: irrigated farms, and
farms you have senior heard Of
where the ditch" is not necessary for
growing q crop.
How Enumerators Are Paid.
Some of the enumerators will receive
salaries, having positions; the others
will receive mere wages, havi ng only !
Jobs.
Those who receive salaries will work
n the cities rrey will bf paid ~
cents head for listing huJhan beings.
and 10 cents per barn or enclosure for
livestock. Enumerators working in the
will be paid but So ber day and
hey must pay their own EXPENSES.
The enumerator who li5ts a large |
livery stable. in which 15O lhorses are
stalled will receive the saraet fee as the
me who lists a calf.
In the thickly settled Mexican por-
ion Of Ell Paso, the enumeracPrs' cupsl