The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-04-11

conditions prevailing with reference to
his holdings, and the same advantage
is to be given heads of families in
cities as to the enumeration of their
households. In both cases sheets are
to be passed around before the official
calls of the enamerators in the hope
that both ruralist and urbanite will
be more complete in their returns than
otherwise they might be. There also
is to be unsual care in the supervision
of the work of the enumerators. In
the cities supervisors will camp on the
heels of the men with the pencils dur
ing the first day of their work and in
the country districts the sheets will be
especially scrutinized.
The inquiry will comprise three prin-
cipal branches; population, agriculture,
and Mining and Manufacturing. The
questions will cover the acreage, the
value and the product Of farms, in
cluding an especial enumeration of
animals, as it will the capital invest
ed, the value of products, and the
number of employees of mining and
manufacturing plants.
The enumerators will want to know
good deal about you for the popula-
ton volumes. They not only will in
sist upon knowing your sex, but will
expect you to reveal your age, and
will ask you to tell whether you are
white, black, mulatto, Chinese, Japa-
nese or Indian; whether you are mar
lried or single, and If married how Of
ten; whether you are American or
foreign born, and if the latter, that
you give not only your nationality, but
your race and mother-tongue. Then,
| if you are woman, you are to tell
how many children have been born
to you, and, in any event, you are to
tell all about your education, your
parentage and your employment. All
this information is to be for the gen.
eral average and for the ear only of
one of the enumerators. He is sworn
not to reveal any of the awful truths.
The mere getting of the information
will cost the government the pretty
sum of $5,50O,OOO. OF this amount
81, 100000 will be paid to enumerators,
and the remaining million to supervis-
ors. With a few exceptions the emu
merators will be paid on the basis of
the work done. In the country the re-
muneration will be from 20 to 80
cents for each farm reported, while
the pay for names will range from 2
to 4 cents. The districts will average
! 1900 names, 1000 in the country and
! 1 800 in the cities. In the southern
states there will be two enumerators
in each district, one white, and the
other black Ali told there will be
about 1900 negro enumerators, but
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northern states. In the south the ne
groes will be visited by enumerators
of their own race, as will also the
whites by their own people. There also
will be about 500 women enumerators,
In point of numbers New York will
lead the list with $500 enumerators,
while Nevada will close the procession
with Sc.
The results of the labors of this
army Of people will be published in
12 or Is large volumes, which will
come out from time to time for two or
three years after the completion Of
the work in the field. All the tabula-
tion as we'll as the general preparation
of the matter for the printer viii be
done in Washington under Mr.. Du-
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