Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-11-29
CENSUS STATISTICS

The Fourteenth Decennial Census is to be taken during the month of Jan uary, 1920.
 The first census of the United Stat es was taken in 1790, during the ad- ministration of George Washington. It related solely to population. The Constitution of the United States requires that census of the United States be taken every ten years. It is by this means that the apportionment of members of the House of Representatives is made as to states.
 The Buerau of the Census is a part of the Department of Commerce. It was established as a permanent Bur eau in 1902. Prior to that time the census work was done by temporary organization known as the Census Off, flee.
 A census of the country's manufac- lures was made for the first time in 1910. Under the present law a man. ufactures census is to be taken in con nection with the Fourteenth Decennial Census and every two years thereaf- ter.
 An enumeration of the mines and quarries of the United States was made for the first time in 1840.
 The Sixth Decennial Census, taken in 1840, was the first one to cover agriculture statistics, now one of the most important parts of the entire census.
 The Department of Agriculture as- sisted the Census Bureau in preparing the list of questions to be asked or every farmer at the coming census.
 United States marshals acted as enumerators at the first nine decennial censuses. Each marshal had as many assistants as were necessary to prop erly cover his allotted territory.
 About $50 people were engaged m taking the first census of the United States. The 1920 census will require the services of 90,000.
 The statistics of the first census of the United States were published in one small volume consisting of 56 pages. The statistics of the 1910 cen sus required 12 volumes having an aggregate of more than 10000 pages.
 There were 6,361 ,502 farms reported at the last decennial census, valued at more than 40 billions of dollars. The 1920 census is expected to show more than 100000 farms.
 Then Census Bureau prints a special supplement for each State in the Union containing all the census figur- es relating to the State in question.
 Congress extended the scope of the approaching 1920 census by providing that a census of forestry and forest products should be taken. These sub iects were never specifically covered by any past census act.
 It required IS months to complete the enumeration work for the first de cennial census in 1790. In 1920 the Census Bureau plans to complete the enumeration work for the entire coun- trv in from two to four weeks and an nounce the population figures in less than three months from the date of the enumeration work is completed.
 A heavy concentration on ages end inc in five and zero are always re- norted at a census. The Census Bur can has made many efforts to over come this inaccurate tendency on the part of the people when stating ages.
 Every census has disclosed the fact there are more men in the United States than women.
 In 1914, the year the last manufac' tures census was taken, there was 275,OOO manufacturing establishments reported. The Census Bureau expects about 3OO,OOO establishments to be listed in 1920.
 The statistics gathered by the Cen sus Bureau in regard to farms are used quite extensively by the Depart ment of Agriculture in its work o1 aiding farmers. :, |,
 The ingenious machines used by the Census Bureau to count, sort and tap ulate the information gathered by th' census enumerators are the product O. the Bureaus own laboratory. Th' sorting machines will take care O. 200 cards per minute, the counting machine can do 500 cards minute and the tabulating machine is cap able of handling 400 cards each mn ute. ~.--- .'