Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-09-03
INV. .BRUNT CENSUS.
SUPERVISOR HERE
DecOrah Man Will be In Charge of
the Enumeration in the Fourth
Congressional District fof
Iowa
MUCH DATA TO
BE COMPLIED
The Enumerators Will Visit Each
Home or Other Dwelling Place,
Such as Boarding Houses,
Hotels, Etc.

hOtelS, EtCs
With the appointment of practical
~ all the supervisors Of census for
the state Of Iowa, the bureau of
census, has now turned its attention
to approving the "enumerators" to
be selected by the district super
visors, preliminary to sending out
complete instructions to the army of
10000 men and women who will
take the next decennial census be-.
ginning Jan. 2, 1920.
Mr.. I. w. Brunt Of Decorah, will
be the supervisor for the fourth
congressional district, which COM
prises ten counties.
The Office of supervisor will con-
tinue for period Of seven months.
The compensation allotted by law
is $I@60O, plus 81 for each thousand
or major fraction of a thousand
population enumerated. Clerk hire
and other necessary expenses will be
paid by the government.
The enumerators will begin work
in practically all localities on Jan. 2
and will finish in approximately two
weeks in cities and one month in
rural communities. In addition to
the detailed inquiry in regard to the
number, composition and character
istics of the population. the census
will include canvasses of agriculture
of manufacturing industries. of
mines and Quarries, of oil and gas
wells. and forestry and forest pro-
ducts.
The information sought from each
household will comprise the Follow
ing: Place Of abode. relationship to
head Of family; color, sex, age. con-.
3ugal condition, place Of birth of
parents. nationality or mother tongue
OF all persons born in foreign coun-
tries, nationality or mother tongue
of parents of foreign birth, number
OF years In the United States, citizen
ship. occupation, whether or not en-
ploye or employer, whether or not en-
gagged in agriculture. school attend
ance, literacy and tenure Of home
and the sncumbrance thereon.
The. enumerator will visit each
home or other dwelling place, such
as hotels, boarding houses. ETC., and
procure the foregoing data from the
head Of the household or some per-
SON qualified to give information.
Each person is to be enumerated at
the place where he or she regularly
Sleeps" not where employed or
where temporarily sojourning.
"Floaters" liaying no regular or fixed
abiding place will be enumerated as
residents Of the locality in which
they are found when the census is
taken.
Valuable information will be
gathered by the census enumerators
on the agricultural situation. Each
farm visited will be asked to furnish
acreage of farm property and wood
land; value of farm and improve
ments, and the encumbrance thereon,
and number Of live stock and other
farm products for two years ending
Dec. 81. 1919.
Similar informative data will be
sought in the manufacturing census.
which is to be taken by special
field force of $500 agents. The in
formation obtained will cover the
name and location OF the establish
ment, character of Organization.
character and kinds Of goods manu-
factured, amount of capital invested,
number of proprietors, hrm mem
bers, copartners or officers. with
their salaries. the number Of employ
es and their salaries, the quantity
and cost of materials used Id manu-
facture, character and quantity Of
power and machinery used, and the
quantity and value Of products turn.
ed out.
The data to be compiled by the bu-
reaG OF census thru the forthcoming
canvass will provide much informa-
tion OF value in a statistical way.
For example, the ratio of males to
females in the country at large and
In thetvarious localities will be shown
as we'll as the age distribution OF
the population. the degree of litter
acy. the distribution OF negroes and
the other non-white elements, the
number Of distribution 'of the for.
eisn stock In the United States. the
extent Of interstate migration, and
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