The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-11

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The agricultural census statistics
are divided into facts covering farm
tenure. farm acreage. farm incum-
brances. farm values. farm expenses,
uses " the land In 1919. drainage,
crops produced In 1919. live stock main.
tanned, including an enumeration Of
The various number Of the class and
grade on every farm. farm facilities.
such as tractors. automobiles. truck
and other farm conveniences co-opera-
tive marketing. purebred animals main
tanned. fruits. nuts and various prod
ucts. Some new questions In this cen
sus will involve the amount Of land
from which no crop was harvested this
year because Of crop failure. crop land
lying idle In 1919. acreage Of pasture
land on each farm. etc The govern
ment Intends 10 try to make the farm
statistics fuller and more accurate
than any gathered in the past.
March the government will begin
taking census ~ the manufacture II
the United States and also Of the min.
Ing and quarrying. oil and gas and
other interests. This work will be
carried on by force entirely separate
from that which will count the peo-
pie during the first 30 days ~ the
year and gather the statistics Of agri-
culture. The work of taking this
Industrial census will continue for sew
eral months.
Population to Be Known Speedily.
The count Of the people Is always
the interesting feature of n derennial
census. n the plans of the census bu-
reau here do not miscarry II will not
he many weeks after the last reports
Of the enumerators have been received
the total population The enumera-
tors will report 10 the district super
visors. who in turn will report through
the state supervisors to headquarters
here. The returns will all be tabu-
lated here by machinery. There has
been developments in machine count
ers since the census of 1910. and while
the census bureau does not make any
promise as to when II will be ready
to announce the final total for the
country. II feels IL is prepared to do
quick job. Following the announce
ment Of the total population for the
entire country the bureau will get out
as quickly as possible the totals for
the various subdivisions, the county
and the township. II will announce
the population Of large cities as rap
idly as returns can be tabulated. As
general rule. totals for the larger
cities will be announced ahead Of state
totals.
To Enforce Prohibition.
The federal governments machinery
for enforcing the constitutional
amendment which after the 18th
of next January will make 1t I'M
lawful to manufacture or sell in
toxicating liquors anywhere in the
United States. has been set up. The
enforcement of wartime prohibition so
long as II shall continue is under the
direction of the Commissioner of inter-
nal revenue and is an activity separate
and apart from the enforcement of ma
tion-wide prohibition by constitutional
amendment Efforts to nullify the pro-
hibi ion amendment are being put
forth In the courts In various sections
of the country, but The government is
proceeding on the theory that the
amendment will stand, and that the
enforcing legislation recently passed
by congress will be upheld by The
courts. - -. ~
II is hardly necessary TO say that
the federal government will enforce
prohibition without fear or favor The
law will be dealt with just as any
other law of the land and the person
who violates IL will have to suffer the
The commissioner of internal rev.
enue will be at the head of the prohi-
bition enforcing organization. Direct
ly under him and responsible to him
will be the federal prohibition commits
sioner. The country has been divided
into ten districts In each of which
der each agent there will be consid-
cradle force of men. the number de
pending on the nature of the district.
These men will form what will amount
10 secret service force. II will be
heir business to know whether the
amendment is being vio-
ated.
Director In Each State.
In each state there will be federal
iirector. and under him a small num-
,er of inspectors. Both the federal
agents, that is TO say, the men who
Will make up the governments secret
orce. and the federal directors will
,e directly answerable TO the federal
Prohibition commissioner. The nearest
Ipproach to the organization that has
'een formed Is the secret service which
ooks out for counterfeiters. The pro-
libition secret service. however. will
'e much larger than the organization
hat deals with coun;crfeiting and
II will be the duty of the inspectors
4 the various states TO keep them
elves Informed as TO the conditions
xisting In the slate. They will be ex-
ected 10 know at all times whether
are obeying the provi-
ions of the law having TO do with
hem; whether druggists ana physi-