The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-03-25
MACHINES To DO
WORK IN CENSUS
Wonderful Devices 10 Tabuate
and Record Figures on Pop
ulatlon and Industry.
QUIZ BEGINS IN APRIL, 1920
Ccserrnent Already has Begun the
soo a Assembling Its Plans ara
Ferces-one Machine Handles
10000 Cards in Esh,
Hours

Wash 'n-fon.-Wifh hos'illfies az sr
end, the government is now laying ths
basis for enc Il the greatest ~ its
ITaceflme tasks-fhe dscernial lnven.
tory - the United States. its people
sands industry and lire stock that is
called me census. Secretary - Com
uerre Reife'l The ofher day signed
fhe order thar transferred ore a. the
iar-est ~ fhe temporary war build.
lr-s pgt ur in Washington. that for
uerly housing The army's department
- acr0naufieS. "a Director ~ the Cen
SIS Rogers and his STAFF.
Actually fhe government heEan the
ieh some time a-o assembling It's
plans and fercos. Hy law. Tie begin
Ming II the census period ~ 1900 s.
1piy !. 1919 though s., wil not De- M.
tIi year from April that the onumer.
at0rs VIII ~ sef at work.
There viii De taenty-nine questions
ln the 1907 census. accorilng "a the
present design ~ Director Rogers
dummy cauls. which naw ere being
given the exhaustive study ~ sfafisfi-
cans. Tie more comllex question.
nalres thar 80 20 Industrial establish.
meats. schools. farms and every other
permanent institution ~ the counfry
are likewise in tho development stage.
undergoing critical examination a fhe
l'ehi = experience the government has
gained .n conducting thlrteea lnyea-
tories ~ the Kind.
VIII Be Machine Operation.
Chiefly ihe hurfau Is engaged in pre-.
rer.n- Tor The Classification and faha.
laflou - the vast quantity ~ material
which win D. assembled TIE lao
CENSUS fahglaiion Viii he for fhe first
time almost completely a machine op-
GRAFTON. conducted - means II devices
useful ouiy 10 fhe census bureau ~ the
United states which have been Invent.
ci and are DOW being built by men ln
rs employ. Electric machines VIII
frt transfer tho written Information
c1mirg lu 60 ~. enumsntors' sheets
u cards. not ~ writing. m, hy pm h-
in- holes no pUper points Then the
punched carts vi'l he handed 20 their
millions 10 another battery - ma-
chimes. fhe fahulafors. an amazing
Product ~ human Ingenuity, T.. ".
lo.icaux. who devised ihem. has hesn
wAh The census h.rcaa Tor eighteen
years and Is now 'unsrInicnfln- tha
construction ~ twenty-five machines.
the operation ~ which ~ win direct.
These tahulafoFs. working with
smooth and silent perfection take Ia
40 cards a minute. count thorn rcieri
al Thar are imperfect or Improperly
punched IN any fashion and tase IN
the totals of punch marks. assembling
TIE iual result in printed figures "a
handy sheets. one ~ them the other
day .n eisht hours handled 1900
cards.
Look Like oree Furniture.
Tie machines resemble On outward
aspect a r'ece - office furniture.
Cards - into a metallic magazine 81
thclr tor. travel few inches on metal
guides. come ont neatly stacked with
The mistakes ~ The punching machines
which have merely human orenfors
pointed oaf. TIE printed rcoe-f- r
TIE eighteen a. fwfnfy totals thar fhe
rnrch marks indicate care orr from
smother SLOT ard the instrument stands
rfn. .iy 20 repeat.
With these machines. there fs > r-sr-
ucal assurance fhat ihe publications.
- the census. usually owning out q
long f.re after the enumeration. may
te more quickly ~ hand 70 guide and
demonstrate the progress ~ national
civilization. They are hflns rrnfacei
largely 10 the work - youihfal ap-
rrsn'icss from Washinr-sn schools
which have vocational courEs