The Little River news., 1919-12-24
DON'T FEAR THE CENSUS
 TkKER, HE'S HARMLESS
Will Ask q Lot of Questions, but Keep ing Secrets is Part of His Job;
 Begins Work January ,.

frightened by the questions of census takers, according to Sam l.. Rogers, director of the census. They think that their answers to the enumera- tors questions will cause increased taxation, legal entanglements or other consequences injurious to their well fare. This is particularly true of peo pie of foreign birth or extraction.
 MT. Rogers has sent out a bulletin through the supervisor of the dis trict, in which he asks clergymen, edi- tors, school teachers, employers, agri cultural agents and other publicspir, ited citizens who come in contract with large numbers of people to cor rect any erroneous opinions about the census which they may hear.
 The enumeration of the census be- gins January 2, The census is re- cuired every ten years by the consti- tution of the United States and by act of Congress. In cities, the popu-
 
 in two weeks. 1'he enumeration of farms will be completed within 30 days, The censuses of manufactures, mines and quarries, oil and gas wells, and forestry and forest products will as a rule be taken by special agents and by cores pondence and not by
 tl, by which the government ascertains tte increas in the population, the stat istics concerning agriculture and vii tai information concerning the re- sources of the United States.
 For One Purpose Only.
 All census inquiries are defined by act of Congress- The information so gathered is strictly confidential. Cen sus information cannot, under any circumstances be used as basis for taxation, nor can t be used to harm any person or his property. It has nothing whatever tL do with detec- iiun, arrest, prosecution or punish riem of any person for any violation of any law.
 One important question that is ask ed ot all persons is the age at last birthday. Since all answers are leld strictly confidential, there is no need fir anyone to hava any anxiety ,'''n- cernlng this question. Everyone might just as well tell the truth. Each person, who is 10 years of age or more than 10, will be asked whether he is able to read or write. Each person will be asked his birthplace as we'll as the birthplace of his father and mother. If foreign born, the date of coming to the United States will be asked, and, if naturalzed, the date of becoming citizen; also mother toE.' guc CT native language. Each head of a family will be asked whether his home is owned by him or rented. If owned, whether the home is mortgag- ed or free of debt Each person will be asked his occupation and whethor he is an employer or employe
 working on his own account.
 Wants to Know Everything.
 Each occupant of a farm will b, asked how many years, if any, he worked on a farm for wages; how many years, if any, he was tenan and how, many years, if any he farme as an owner, He will be asked wh. ther he owns or rents or partly own and partly rents his farm or whethe he operates the farm for others as manager or superintendent. Anon, other questions that farmers will, b. asked will be the following: how mony acres in the farm; number of inn proved acres; number of unimproyed acres and number of acres of wood land; total value of farm; total value of buildings; value of implements and machinery on farm; whether the farm is mortgaged and if so, the amount Of mortgages; expenses for feed, fertili- Fer and labor in the year 1919; num- Der of COWS, horses, sheep chickens and other domestice animals on the farm on January ], 1920; quantity and acreage of all crops given in the farm in 1919, including milk and vege- ables; value of forest products on the farm and several questions concerning artificial drainage. Copies of the az riculture questions can be had in ad- vance by writing the director of the census, Washington, D, c.
 A farm, according to the director, includes all the land cultivated by single farmer either by his own labor alone with the help of hired labor It may be in two or more separate tracts but it is all one farm if it is all under one management The land cultivat- ed by share hand or cropper, or by a cash renter, constitutes a separate farm and it not to be counted as the owners farm or included in it, but should be reported in the name of the