The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-01
INDUSTRIAL CENSUS SHOWS
CONNECTICUT will DO ITS
PART If WAR IS DECLARED
Nutmeg State Can Furnish Both Men and Munitions AS
in the Days of Yore-Patriotc Sons and Daughters
Gladly Give Aid in Compiling Statistics in Great
Preparedness Work.

Now that the man-power division
of the military census being taken in
Connecticut under the direction OF
Governor Marcus H Holcomb is near
ing completion, the attention of the
special committee Of assistants to the
governor has been directed to the
taking of an inventory of the states
resources in industries This division
of the census was included in Cover
nor Marcus H. Holcomb's plan when
fhe went before a joint session Of the
legislature following the break with
Germany to propose this great pre-.
paredness work.
A subcommittee Of the special
committee of assistants to the COVER
nor for the military census began at
once the task Of preparing blank to
be filled out by managers and officers
Of Industrial plants in the state. The
blank has now been completed after
much thought, approved by the gov
ernor, and a supply has been printed
and will be mailed at once to 1900
industrial plants throughout the
state.
A complete inventory Of the vari-
GUS factories is not asked for in this
census. 1t is desired principally to
find out what use the various plants
could be to the government in the
event Of war, and the questions have
been so constructed as to permit COM
pltet answers giving the essential in
formation without the necessity of
careful inventories of the various fac
tories. An executive officer of any
plant could sit down and in a relative
ly short time answer all the ques-
tons.
- Citizens Of Connecticut will be in
terested to see the various questions
which are asked of these Connecticut
factories. and TO learn what the state
wishes to know about each in connec-
ton with the Connecticut military
census. The heading Of the blank is
the same as that on the blank used
for the census of individuals, being a
declaration by Governor Marcus! II.
Holcomb that an act of the legislature
directs him to procure Information
relative to the resources of the state
and calling upon the person who re-
ceives the blank to answer the Ques-
tons upon it.
Instructions at the head Of the
blank call upon the concern or in
dividual receiving it, to fill out the
form and return it within ten days to
the state headquarters, explaining
that failure to make the return with
In the specified time will be constru-
ed as a refusal The following in
struction is given: Every question
should be answered as fully as pos
sible." The blanks also say: "a
separate report is not required for
plants located outside the state. but a
statement Of the existence and loca-
ton OF such plants, together with
what assistance they could render the
United States government in case OF
war, is highly desirable ~
The first question asks for the
name Of the establishment, the char
acter of organization whether it is
an individual, a partnership, or a
corporation), and the post office ad-
dress of the, general office. The Sec
ond question is divided into three
groups, one for private business, one
for partnership and one for cor