The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-27
DECLARES CENSUS
BUREAU IS FAIR
Director Rogers Answers Cit
icIsms of ReidSviIIe Con-
merCial Association

The Census Bureau Is always care
full TO give every State and CITY
credit for the statistics of all M
featuring establishments contained
therein. This statement is made
Director Sam L. Rogers in a letter ~
points out that the claim Of the REEDS
vile Commercial and Agricultural Az.
sociation that Rockingham county
about to be unjustly deprived ir rt.
census figures of credit for a nunttr
of manufacturing establishments
Gated at Spray but controlled from
Chicago. Mr.. Rogers letter L. tha
News and Observer follows:
My attention has just been called
to an article entitled 'R~ockingham
County Will Enter Protest which AL
peared in the issue of your paper ~
July 10. The Reidsville Commerce.
and Agricultural Association referred
to in this article, was evidently Of IN.
impression that it was the practice
Of the Bureau of the Census to com
pile statistics which would not give
credit to h various States for AN az
h manufacturing establishments lo-
Gated therein. / am afraid that If fha
dTtICle Is not your read
ers will ave the same impression
therefore, beg to call your attention ~
the enclosed copy Of my letter Of JuIv
s, addressed to the Association IL
has been the practice of the Federal
Census Bureau ever since its esta a-
hshment to be careful to give to each
State and to eaCh city. credit for tina
statistics for all manufacturing eStab-
lishments located within the corpo-
~o$0 wi e @
limits of the respective States"
Letter to Mr.. RunncIs.
Director Rogers letter to Secretary
F. M. RunnelS, Of the Reidsvine Com
mercial n Agricultural Association.
reads as follows:
"Referring to yOur letter of the -th
Instant: In all cases where factories
are controlled from central offices Tor
Gated in other States, separate reports
are for the factories in each
State. North Carolina will receive
credit for all of the factories III the
State. In order to facilitate the prep
aratiOn Of the reports the Bureau has
given permission for manufacturers
to make combined repOrts for all fac
tories in the same State. but outside
the corporate limits of cities with a
population of 10000 or over. There
fore, if some of the factories You
name are located in cities with a pop
ulation of 0,000, separate reports
will nave to be prepared for them and
each city will receive credit for II
establishments located within its cor
porate limits. If the same company
owns establishments located outside
the corporate limits of cities with j
population Of 10000 and over. hat
within the borders of the State If
North Carolina, it can make separate
reports for each factory or one re-
port for all of them, but in every case
the State of North Carolina and each
city with a population Of 10000 ard
over will be credited with the stats
tics for all of it's factories, irresPec-
tive of the location of the central ~
fee in which the data are prepared
Our records show that the report,
for all Of the plants mentioned ~
you, with the exception of the Nan
tucket Mills, will be prepared al th'
central office of the company, LOCATED
in Chicago. The company understand
hat they are to make reports fGI
these mills in such a manner as g a.
able the Bureau to give North caro-
lima credit for all of them. SpecIa
care is taken in compiling statistic
: for establishments of this characteT
and l am satisfied hat our State w.
be given credit for all of these fac
tories