Evening journal., 1917-07-19
DRAFT FAVORS LAID
TO war BUREAU
Director Of Census Says
Bakers Department
Named Apportion-
ment Method
ILLEGALITY
is CHARGED

is CHARGED
WASHINGTON. July 19-The storm
Of protest which has gone up from all
except the Southern States over the
i-aat apportionment worked out by
the War Department and the Census
ONCE gathered force at the Capitol
yesterday Protests by letter and teie-
graph poured into Washington from
kll quarters. II was admitted by the
Densus officials that the peculiar meth
cd used I'm determining State quotas
places an excessive burden on North
ern States and may be contrary 10
the letter and spirit of the selective
CONSUMPTION law
Responsibility for this method was
placed squarely upon the War De-
partment The use Of the method
which based the appOrtionment on
registration returns and not on state
population estimates. was selected by
the War Department. according 10
Director of the Census Rogers. Inc
census statistic.ans merely did the
mechanical work OF working out per-
rentages and totals
In a letter sent to Secretary Baker
Representative McCulloch declared
that in his opinion this method is IL
legal and NAV result in the breaking
down Of the law McCulloch intro
duced in the House a resolution call
Ing on the Secretaries OF War and
Commerce to inform the House now
such peculiar estimates or state pop
Nations we're arrived at
Director of the Census Rogers
transmitted TO the Senate through th5
Secretary Of Commerce the informa-
lion required by the Brandegee reso-
luton. This reply says that the
Census Office in estimating State pop
Nations TO form the basis of state
quotas demanded by the law used
this method:
The population Of continental United
States was estimated on the basis OF
normal increase over the figures
Of the 1910 census. With this as a
total the census experts took the
registration returns for the country
and estimated that they represented
9.S2 per cent Of the total population
lO3. 900. 900. Working backward foi
each State, the registration returns
were taken. as representing 9.32 pei
cent of the total population Of tht
State. and the War Department re.
1uired that each State furnish {
quota based upon a population so es.
dmated
The result OF this method Of com
putation is to force heavy quotas from
States where a large percentage o.
the population registered and CORES
pondngly smaller quotas from State
where a small proportion Of the popu
lation registered. regardless OF TIT
actual population of the State. Tn
effect was TO relieve greatly the bur
den Of conscription from Southern
States, where a smaller percentag
Of the population Is affected by tn
registration law. and 10 increase III
burden upon Northern States, wher
a larger proportion Of the popula
ton comprises males Of military ago
When pressed as TO his reason
for adopting this system instead o
a straight mathematical calculation
as to the State populations. Mr. Rog
ers said that the mathematical cal
culation was used in obtaining Stat
populations only in arriving at tn
population Of continental Unite
States. He explained that the meth
cd to be used had been selected b
NNt war ntpdINuNuNf ludl IT. Was nc
for the census bureau 10 construe IN
law. and that his assistants had onl
made estimates and calculations r.
quested by the War Department o
basis established by the latter.
In his reply to the Senate resoll
ton, Mr.. Rogers. It is understood. do,
not explain that the War Departmoi
established the basis for his calculi
tions. but defends that basis as n
only one by which the vagaries
population movements from one SCI
tion of the country to another cou
be averted. The reply probably wi
be laid before the Senate and MAD
public today.
The Census Bureau, Representati'
McCulloch CHARGES I'm hir letter
Secretary Baker. has manipulated n
figures so that the agricultural Sou
has been favo ed at tie expense
the rest Of the country The CO..
scription law. he said. expressly DIT
vidcd that the quotas should be fix
IN proportion to the population.