Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-12-27

try cave the q1IestionS IL The O0il,00d
farm homes and retafn for The IN E
fornlatlon withnsa v'eee or ~ days,
The Agricultural census Statistics
are divided into facts covering farm
tenure. farm acreage, farm incum-
.brances. farm values, farm expenses.
uses of the land in 1919, drainage,
crops produced in 1919. live stock main
tanned, including aD gpumeratiqH lof
the various number Of the class and
grade on every farm, farm facilities,
such as tractors, automobiles; truck
and other farm conveniences. co-opera-
tive marketing, purebreds animals main-
tanned, fruits, nuts and various prod
ucts. Some new questions in this CEN
sus win involve the amount OF land
from which no crop was harvested this
year because OF crop failures crop land
lying idle in 1919, acreage of pasture
land on each farm, etc. The govern
ment intends TO try to make the farm
statistics fuller and more accurate
than any gathered l-he past JILL
March | the goyeAnment win begin
taking a census of the manufactures of
the United States and also Of the min
ing and quarryingsl oil 5andb gas and
other interests This work viii be.
carried on by a force entirely separate
from that which wifi court the peo-
pie during the first 80 days of the
year and gather the statistics iof agri-
culture The work of, taking this
Industrial census will continue for sew
eral months. .-t.. 2
Population to BE Known Speedily 3
Tie count Of, the people is always
the Interesting Feature Of al deeennial
census. IfSth9 plans of1thG census bu-
reau here do not miscarryuit lwills not
be many weeks after the last reports
of the enumerators have been received
until It will be possible to announce
the total population. az Eberenuinera
tors will report to the district super
visors, who in turn will report through
the state supervisors to headquarters
here. The returns will all be ftabuFi
lated here by machinery. There has,
been developments in machine count
ers since the census Of 1910, and while
the census bureau does not make any
promise as to when it will be ready
to announce the final total for the
country, 1t feels it is prepared to do
quick Job. Following the announce
ment Of the total population for the
entire country the bureau win get out
as quickly as possible the totals for
the various subdivisions, the county
and the township. 1t win announce
the population Of large cities as rap
idly as returns can be tabulated. AS
general rule, totals for the larger
cities will be announced ahead of state
totals.
To Enforce Prohibition.
The federal governments machinery
for enforcing the constitutional
amendment which after the 18th
Of next January Will make 1t un-
lawful to manufacture or sell In
toxicating liquors anywhere in the
United States, has been set up. The
enforcement Of wartime prohibition so
long as it shall continue is under the
direction of the commissioner Of inter-
nal revenue and is an activity separate
and apart from the enforcement Of ma
tion-wide prohibition by constitutional
amendment Efforts to nullify the pro-
hibition amendment are being put
forth in the courts in various sections
Of the country, but the government is
proceeding on the theory that the
amendment will stand, and that the
enforcing legislation recently passed
by congress will be upheld by the
courts.
1t is hardly necessary to say that
the federal government will enforce
prohibition without fear or favor. The
law will be dealt with just as any
other law of the land and the person
who violates it win have to suffer the
consequences.
The commissioner of internal rev
enue will be at the head of the prohi-
bition enforcing organization. Direct
" under him and responsible to him
will be the federal prohibition commits
sioner. The country has been divided
into ten districts In each of which
there will be a federal agent, and un-
der each agent there will be cOnsid-
cradle force Of men, the number de-
pending on the nature of the district
These men win form what will amount
to secret service force. 1t will be
their business to know whether the
prohibition amendment is being VIC
lated.
Director In Each State.
In each state there will be a federal
director, and under him small mum
Der Of inspectors. Both the federal
agents, that is to say, the men who
viii make up the governments secret
force, and the federal directors will
be directly answerable to the federal
prohibition commissioner. The nearest
approach to the organization that has
been formed is the secret service which
looks out for counterfeiters. The pro