The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-23
WAITING FOR
THE CENSUS
STATISTICS
BUREAU TAKES PRECAU-
TI0Ns TO PREVENT
SCOOPS
CITRUS FRUIT RATES
F0STEREO BY TARIFF
Railroads Gobb|e Extra Profit
Given Orange and Lemon
GTOwsTs
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CT. LII -
J (By f. J. Dyer
Special to Daily Leader.


Special to Daily Leader
Washington, y. c., May 23--Now
that the census enumerators have
finished their work, every community
ii The country is holding its breath
f;guratyelg speaking, and listening
Nth every muscle tense for the an
nouncemonl FROM Washington which
shall either confirm its hopes that it
has outgrown some rival community
or tell II that its hopes are nor we'll
founded, And i may not accept the
verdict at all, for some OF the grow
ing and ambitious cities have caused
delay until they could prove that ey-
cryone within their borders had been
counted
Two cities which were so thorough
" satisfied the census enumerators
lad skipped a large number of their
citizens that they were not willing 10
abide By the results are Galveston
and Houston. These cities decided to
/ ave ain Independent count made by
their own representatives. The com.
me.cial organizations communicated
With the director Of the census and
secured his consent TO have the local
supervisor of the census in Calves
ton and Houston delay the making of
their returns until they could check
I'D the lists with the boards Of trade.
Not many cities have gone so far,
although fl seems that almost every
where there have been complaints
that every one has not been counted,
and the time for closing the lists has
been extended. Seattle and Portland
are among the cities which have not
been satisfied that the work was wen
done. Sacramento, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and in fact, many west
crn cities, have exhibited doubt about
the count. In San Francisco II was
claimed that 5000 Chinese who were
engaged every year in the Alaska
fisheries should be credited 10 san
Francisco Seattle also claims some
OF these fishermen. II Is alleged that
they work for about three months IN
the north and then return to Their
Rome cities for the remainder OF the
year. The census office Is now en-
gagged IN verifying these claims.
Nc Scoops This Time
In most caEeg. the returns rom
ne field, state and city-have not
neen received In Washington Al this
writing II will he the policy of the
census bureau 10 verify all figures
ana data on receipt as far as posi-
be For Instance II a man says that
ne was born January ], 1850. and that
be Is 2S years old. the clerks win
change the figure aud make him 31
Years old When all possible corrc,-
tons have been made. the work OF
tabulating win begin. aud The results
"lll be given oui as fast AS possible
beginning With elites. and then giving
sfafes and counties. Last time Wash
ipgton was the first city to have it.
population announced II was almost
. month before the figures could be
fiyen for another city Then they
came along every two or thee DAYS
and then every day, and then the re-
suits We're made known more rapidly
The census bureau has taken every
l'osslhle precaution to prevent ans
che ff0m getting exclusive informa.
fion about the returns There will b.
no scoops II Il can he avoided
There WAS big scandal ten years
ago because some paper I'm New York
1ot the figu es for that city in ad.
vance OF everyone else. If possible
this viii not be Allowed to happen
again.
Citrus Fruit Rates
A. +. Call, formerly of Sioux CITY
hut now Of Los Angeles. the farmer
iawse--orango grower who made such
convincing arguments last year BE-
fore the WAYS and Means committee
when ihe question Of tariff rates on
citrus fruits was under consideration,
led a delegation ON California which
came TO Washington last week in be
lalf of the producers. growers and