The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-05
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pN U. S. CENSUS
Preparations Under Way for
Enumeration,
BY Justin McGrath


WASHINGTON, May S--Already
Preparations are being made for the |
taking OF the 1870 census The first
Important step will he the appoint
men, OF four hundred supervisors OF
the census These appointments will
be made in July.
The supervisors receive salary of
500, plus 81 for each thousand in
ksbItans enumerated under their di-
reciion. The average population OF
Aiost OF the supervisor districts was
somewhat over 10000 while the most
populous by the last censuS--thc state
oi Massachuse,ts-had more than s.
m 600 inhabitants.
New York City. as under the 1910
census will have two supervisors, one
for Manhattan and the Bronx
boroughs and one for Richmond.
Queens and King, boroughs The su-
pervisors are all appointed by tho
preSldent.
The 1910 ,ensuf cost the United
States Sl50O0O0. The estimate Tor
the census for 1920 i. s20OOO0Oo
The 1910 census showed the United
States had a population OF 9j.402l ISL
This included all the territories ot
the United States. The population Of
the continental United States was
9i.972,266.
The estimated population OF the
1920 census, OF all the territory OF the
United States. is 100000 and Tor
the continental United States lOS,-
100000.
10000 Enumerstors.
II is estimated that the 1920 census
will require approximately 10000
anumera,ors and special agents.
Plans are being perfected 10 take
The census OF our soldiers in Europe
BY sending schedules abroad 10 army
commanders Thes lists when they
reach the census Office will be re-
classified so that the state the soldier
Is from will get the credit OF hi,
veSidcnce.
in towns Of 2,sOO or over il will re-
'quire two weeks to take the canvass.
In country districts and big cities
The estimates is four weeks. In the
Coming census, for reasons growing
out OF the war, greater care than ever
will be taken to secure the most com
,plete statistic, on the population OF
| foreign birth and foreign parentage
en- school attendance and illiteraoy
and on the ownership OF the home
Information secured through the
census on the population Of foreign
birth and foreign pateniase and on
| ,iiliteracy will be made as complete as
policy in order 20 aid Americaniza-
tion plans which Secretary Lane OF
ths interior depaftment is fathering
4 A. soon as facts with respect TO the
torcisn population in the United
States and its condition OF illiteraey
hfe secured, an intensive campaign
will be begun to imWove the eondi.
tions Of these peoples by educational
methods and thereby make tksm bet
tef citizens.
Mortgages to Be Counted.
A new feature introduced into the
1870 census will be the collection OF
full data on mortgages on homes
The amount OF Ahe mortgage, the
purpose for which il was incwred
>.and the holder of il will all be listed
k The ownership Of homes is regarded
,ss the greatest safeguard against tht
spread Of bolshevsm in the United
States.
The proportion Of the population
(which owns homes In the Unitet
States Is probably greater than tina
,of any other industrial country.
Nevertheless, il 10 considered de
Lrable that individual ownership
should be extended as far as POSSIBLE
and already there Is being projecte'
q campaign to induce workers IN tn
United State. to own their own home
and to have employers aid them Il
their efforts to do so. -
Another new feature OF the l9Z
eensu, will be the collection OF sta
tistic, on forestry in the Unite
States.
In government circles there Is cor
siderable alarm over the destruetio
Of American forests Of ,the countr.
conservation, II Is thought will b
greatly aided by giving the peopl
full and accurate knowledge OF N
extent TO which forests have been d
pleted.
Islands Completed.
The esnsus OF Alaska, Hawai-
Porto Rico and the Philippines VI
not be taken with the census OF n
continental United States. the Gems,
Of these territories having just be(
completed. The census OF the virs
island, also was taken IN 1917 o.
will not be taken again. %
The census Of Guam, Samos q
the Panama canal rome will b. TAX
by the respective governors OF the
territories.
y The census bureau looks for son
us,et, In the rank Of cities In Il
United States as a result OF the Gems
Of 1920. The most important eh.na
Il Is thought, will be in the rank
Detroit, Detroit, in the 1910 censs
hsd = population Of 46s,766. It 10 9
oetted tha, Detroit's showing IN ~
census will equal or be close to
million.
II mi, expectation Is realized, D