The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-23
CENSUS WORK
is CUR7A!LEO
Director Says It Cannot Be- Com
pleted on Schedule Time.
LACK OF FUNDS The REASON.
Dismissal of Clerks and Other Meas
ures Of Economy Necessary-onIy
Such Parts of TabuIation as Are
Farthest Advanced to Be Finished.

Farthest Advanced to Be Finished.
Details of the effect on the compile
ton of the thirteenth decennial census
caused by the recently announced re-
duction in the clerical force in the cen
sus bureau and explaining how the re
auctions We're made have been fur
nished Secretary Nagel of the depart
ment of commerce and labor by Di-
rector E. Dana Durand on the request
of the secretary.
The census director says that not
withstanding every possible economy
including overtime work and the with
drawal of leave privilege, it will be i'm
possible for the census bureau to com,
plete all of the branches of the decen-
NAL census work by June 80. the date
fixed by law for the publication of the
results Under these conditions it has
seemed the wisest policy largely to
concentrate the force in such a way as
to complete those parts of the work
which are now the furthest advanced.
While some work will be continued
upon other subjects, it cannot be ex-
pected that they will be completed.
Principal TabuIations Only.
By following this policy it is believ-
ed that at least the principal tabula-
lions concerning fully three-fourths of
the subjects covered by the census can
be completed by June 80 next. al
though it is uncertain to what extent
the funds will permit the publication
of the results.
Special local presentations will be i'm
possible. Again. it will probably be
| impossible to prepare bulletins for in
dividual manufacturing industries. All
the statistics collected concerning man
nfactures will be compiled in the form
of state bulletins or in the form Of
general tables. classified according to
subjects, with industries listed under
each subject.
The shortage in the appropriations
of the census bureau will probably in
terfere with the proper printing and
distribution of the results of the cen
sus, even with respect to those sub
jects the clerical work of which is
completed.
The question arises whether the
work on subjects which cannot be
completed in the present fiscal year
can be completed and the results pub
lished at some future time. This will
depend upon the appropriations avail
able in future fiscal years and upon
the decision. which presumably will
have to be made by congress, as to
whether the completion of the thir-
teenth census shall take precedence
over the annual and special investiga-
tons prescribed by the permanent cen
sus act.
Dismissal of Employees.
With regard to the reduction of the
temporary force of his bureau Mr..
Durand states:
"On account of the great shortage
of the appropriations it was obvi-
GUS that the bureau must either I'm
mediately greatly reduce its tenn
porary force or be compelled a few
months later to discharge both the
temporary and the permanent force
1t seemed preferable to set aside suffi-
cient funds from the available appro-
priation to pay the salaries of the per-
manent force until June 80 and, after
making provision for other absolutely
necessary expenditures. to reduce the
temporary force sufficiently to bring
the expenditures within the limit of
the appropriation.
ut also seemed wisest to retain a
small number of the temporary force
for an appreciate period of time rath-
er than to retain large number for a
very short time 1t would not have
been possible to retain the entire num-
Der of temporary clerks much beyond
Jan. 20. 1t was therefore decided to
reduce the number of temporary
clerks to about 300 as compared with
over 1000 who were on the rolls be-
fore Dec. 81 and to retain these 300 at
least until the end of February.
Discrimination Avoided.
SIN making this great reduction Of
the temporary force it was desirable
to find some principle which would
avoid the necessity of personal dis
elimination and which at the same
time would enable the bureau to get
the greatest amount of usefulness
from the services of the clerks who
remained 1t was decided to attempt
to complete these branches Of the de-
cennial census which are nearest COM
pletion. largely deferring work upon
those branches which are at present
less advanced.
1.-THE clerks in the results sections of
the division OF agriculture and popula-
ton are those who put the finishing
touches upon the work which is near
completion. Consequently the larger
number Of temporary clerks in these
results sections were retained and all
other temporary clerks were dropped.
No exceptions whatever were made,
and no clerks were transferred into
the results sections In order to retain