Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-06

WHs SUBSTANTIALLY the same as the
three pr'ccdinR ccnsnses The chief
objection 10 that method n not the
Tact that politics ~ bound to great.
~ 90 less extent 10 cncf inc the ap-
pointnis u il rather that both
fupol isurs ana enumcratorr are IN "a
! afvat majority 81 Instances entirely
Inexperienced IN census work. that
th'rr " No way ~ guaranteeing that
They shall he particuiarl, (amilinr
With TIE people aud the conditions ~
their disirtlttH. that the torn ~ ON.
ploi mcnL particularly OF cnumcrat-
ors, is su short and the pay ~ small
that u D. very difficult 10 induce COM
pUtCut purSunn 20 take the Job. and,
iinallN. that there IN NO adequate
means Ol holding Supervisors %
/ clrumcrnt0rs responsible for con.
scicntiOus nnd thorough work Scv.
Cnit thousand ur more rnumvrnturH
must l,c secured fur work lasting not
over uftvvn DAYS IN the vittrs aud not
over thirty days in the rural dit-
trlria aud ~ moderate ratios ct pat
| ih' persons Who would makc must
rompctcw eHun,cratora are usually
already employed aud can not gi,"
their time TO the work Nm cnum-
rfptpr onrr selected. kuuWs that lt
nusi The nul, pou1lt, for uuHntislae
tory WORN viii Do, failure tn rur,l,c
his comparatively small 'omp,na,
| ti.n. sud That m tact % iu scarcely
llkcly that his Iucomp,trnr, win bc
disroycrcd uniil uftvr h. hos received
bic pHy.
lrcumpot'uc, ana ittcspunsihility
'f orumcrsturs are bS me- means the
uuh cause 81 the unsatisfactory char
1rtcr of cvusus statistics The ,N-
rtsiisr uumu"r ut questions On the
schedules pnd tho ignorance ur mck
nf Interest on the pant col man, ur
,p" people rulicd upon 6, answer
them are also important ruuscs Chat
ih, results Ur, Tar from hriug entire
B, sutisfdctor, De- we'll known Geo the
-Suort public. but best known %, the
officials cot th, census bureau Th,rr
IN reason Go believe that th, actual
rNmhrr uf Inhabitants is u~ecrtuinod
with approximate aCtuttc,. aud that
the principal nicrrggltpri,s uu the
population and Jetl,uiturb schedules
are answered with uir d'er,r 81
accuracy. MANY eft 80, ivs, Important
inuuiriU., however, obtain much less
satisfactory results. There s up vuy
eel measuring precisely th, margin ut
error iu tnS rtsc. ~ i,. huNrN or. sat.
nci,ut e. id,uyt uf an, need uf lem
proved methods that iu multitude. Of
.as's njorrogatori,s Wnich ar, prop
'rn applicable are not answered at
aiL aud that the statistics on several
subjects as tabuldtcd SHOW relation.
/. HtN IN a. "A.
rect
"Th, need for more ,umprt,nt
,uumrrHturs 10 thus ub,i uu- There
e'rus Fec %, uul, hpp, OF securing any
sr,at Improvement In iho character
of 'uum'raiors bi mvr, minor mudi-
h.atiuus 20 The present method 81 sr-
lo,tiug them Tn, dill,ulii,. In th,
present method 80, ruudamcutl and
not mcfr matter ct d,tul After
careful consideration the census pu.
r,Nr hats reached ne. conclusion That
uu"h better results can 10, urtIiurd
Ht utilizing thc services uf tho mIl
'afurrs Co de- th" iarX,f part oi tile
.'n-u. enumeration than 10, an, uth,t
feasible plan The postmaster gen.
'r1i Ul-u has given consideration Goo
JhiH plan uud believes 10 would 3D., en-
tli'is feasible. 80 least 200 thu case ui
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