Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-24
FtRsr STEPS IN WORK or GATH.
sR,No eTArE STATISTICS A..
READY FORMULATED.
IOWA FACTORIES TO De
RoUNDEp UP At ONCE
ousstionnairss Prepared and to be
Mailed Out 20 1000 industrial Con.
Germs Operating Within state-Much
Of Farm Conditions Data to 30 Pro.
cured From State Society.

Des Moines. Dec. e4.-First steps in
the state census to be made under the
direction Of Governor w. L. Harding
and the state council of defense will BE-
taken in q few days when the council
mails out 1000 questionnaires to Iowa
factory ownssA
In . meeting Of the special commit
tee selected by the governor set of
questions wece made out for the fac
tory heads to answer. The question
mares will DO tabulated and filed. They
are to be used in the final report.
Much Of the data to be secured upon
farm conditions will be secured through
the state board Of agriculture. Arthur
Corey, secretary OF the board, prob
i ably wfl1 ask that all assessors under
/ the department start the agricultural
census two months earlier this year.
The agricultural report will not in
clude the present crop conditions or
the amount OF seed corn in the state.
Members OF the county councils will
be asked to aid the state council in
securing data
A NTH meeting Of the committee will
be held Monday whom questionnaires
Tor factories will be further improved.
May Register Man Power.
The governor has not as yet issued
any cali for the taking Of state CEN
sus Of man power. 1t was his inten-
ton to hold registration in every pre-
cinct in the state. The registration was
to continue through three days. Vol
unteer help was to be used. One man
and one woman was to serve on each
registration board.
The following are the" questions
which will be asked Of factory heads:
Name
>Location.
Can your factory, as now equipped,
from choice or from necessity, produce
articles or parts Of articles Of food.
clothing, chemicals, horse equipment,
tools, machinery, camp equipment,
horse vehicles, motor vehicles, air.
planes, guns. iron, brass or aluminium
castings, or ammunition for war pur-
poses?
Can your factory and equipment be
economically altered or enlarged so as
10, produce these things?
wa WnaJ dEtlClcS w yOu Nv" PASNN'SS'
What articles in the above mention
ed classes. or ether articles needed. for
war purposes. can you produce Win
your present equipment?
What is your factory floor space!
What machinery have you? tGve
number Of machines Of each kind.)
How many factory workers have you
now? Males. Females.
How many factory workers could
YOU employ with your present factory
space all IN use?
How many factory workers do you
need at the present time? Males. Fee
males estate classification as to work
How many workers, other than fac
tory workers, do you need at the pres
ent time? Male. Female.
To what extent Is labor available to
you for an increase in product for war
purposes?
what trouble, If any, are you now
having in getting raw materials?
what are your ordinary sources OF
raw material supply?
What power do you use?
Il steam or gas or water. give maxi
mum horsepower capacity OF your en-
gines.
If electricity, give maximum horse
power available. at your factory.
How many tons Of coal does your
present equipment require running at
full capacity?
To what extent is capital now evail-
able to you for alteration or enlarge
ment OF your plant for war purposes!
N addition to the information shown
above. you will be performing pa
triotic service II you will make and
send in with this report full and
complete q statement as possible OF
YOUR ability to manufacture for war
purposes, giving any details you can
which are not covered by the above
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