The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
ALL MUST ANSWER CENSUS
TAKER
To Begin on January End

Samuel L. Rogers, Director of the Cen
ems has sent out leaflets from the Du,
eau of Census urging =
tors. school teachers, employers, as
,cultural agents and other spirited cltI-
49, u-bo come in contact with large
number of people to correct any eiIo
cons opinion about the coming census
which they may hear. In the lealiet
Mr.. Rogers says: ion
"Tbe enumeration of the population
during a census of the United Stdtes
always presents numerous dlf1lcuIties'
among them the Apprehension . N ~
part of the people, particularly ln1se
IF foreign birth or extraction, ina.
thair answers to the enumerators'
questions will cause increased taXatioh'
legal entanglements, or other cohse-
auences injurious to their welIafe. IL
order to quiet such ~unfounded fears
and at the same time acqualn an per,
sons with the main questions lhcluueu
in the census this statement mas peeh
prepared.
TT is earnestly hoped that all cltlzehs
will aid the Government in the slsah-
tic task of taking the 1920 census by
making frequent use of the information
set forth in the leaflet to impress peo-
ple with the great Importance OF the
coming census and to urge them to pre-
pare for the coming census enumeratof
so that correct and complete answers
may be given.
saThe Census is required every ten
wears by the ConstitIti) N of the Unlted
States and by act of Congress. The
date named for the beginning OF the
1920 census is January End, but the
Census Day is January LIST. In cities
the population enumeration will be COM
Melted in two weeks. The enumeration
of farms will be completed in thirty
DAYS. The cause of manufacturers
mines and quarries, oils and gas wells,
and forestry and forest products, WILL
as a rule, be taken by special agents
and by correspondence and not py
enumerators. The information gath
cred is strictly confidential, made so
by law. Census information cannot by
circumstances be used as a basis for
taxation nor can it be used to harm any
person or his property. 1t mas nothing
whatever to do with detention, arrest,
prosecution, or punishment of any per-
son for any violation of the law.
Important questions asked of all
persons: Age at last birthday. Each
person ten years of age n over VIII
be asked if he is able to read or write.
Each person will be asked his birth
place as well as the birthplace of father
and mother. If foreign born the date
of coming to the United States will be
asked, if n~aturalized, the date of be-
coming a citizen; also mother tongue
or native language. Each head OF the
family will be asked whether his nome
is owned by hin or rented. III owned
whether the home is m~ortgaged or tree
of debt. Each person will be asked
his occupation and whether he is an
employer or an employee or is working
on his own account,
Important questions asked of farm
ers. Each occupant of a farm Will De
asked how many years, II any, ne
worked on a farm for wages. How
many years. if any,, he farmed as an
owner. Whether he owns, rents OF
partly owns and partly rents his farm
or whether he operates the farm for
others as a nag or superintendent.
Number of acres in his farm. Number
of improved acres and number of acres
of woodland. Total value of farm.
Total value of buildings. Value of I'M
elements and machinery on farm.
Whether farm is mortgaged. If so, the
amount of mortgage. Expenses for reed
fertilizer, and labor in the year 1918.
Several question concerning art1nclaI
drainage of his farm. Numbers of
cows, horses, sheep, chickens and other
domestic animals on the farm January
1st, 1920. Quantity and acreage of all
crops grown on the farm in 1918, in
Guiding fruits and vegetables. Guam
THY of milk and butter sold off the
farm in 1919. Acreage of timber land
on farm and value of forest products.
Copies of the agricultural schedule can
be had in advance by any farmer by
writing to the Director of Census,
Washington, D. C.
THE act of Congress providing for
the census makes it the duty of all
persons to furnish the information
asked by the en~umerators to fill out
the schedules. No person should hesi-
tate, neglect or refuse to answer fully
and accurately all the e~numerators'
questions. Keepers of hotels, apart
ment houses, boarding or lodging
houses must assist the enumerators in
getting the information concerning the
persons living in such hotels and
houses"