The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-02
.ENUMERAT ORS
START CENSUS
TAKING TODAY
Decennial Census OF United
States Government Starts
Today Throughout Wayne
County; Lasts 80 Days.
INFORMATION SECRET

Get out the family Bible and learn
all the dates. II you haven't ALREADY
been called upon to divulge your IAN
lily data, the census taker propaoiy
will be- around tomorrow or the first
of next week to get line on your
family doings for Uncle Sam.
The 1920 United States government
census begins today. Under the super
vision of Jess Stevens, OF Liberty,
business and farm in Wayne county
within the next 80 days.
Enumerators in the city are given
two weeks in which to complete their
work, and the country workers are
allowed 80 days. A special meeting of
all enumerators will be held this eve
hing in the Commercial club, where
further Instructions will be given, and
difficulties encountered in the first
days canvass will be ironed out.
Enumerators will ask questions at
every home in the county. Some OF
their inquiries will seem Of a prying
nature perhaps. but it must be borne
in mind, that the information obtained
in the survey is regarded as strictly
confidential.
Under no circumstances may 1t be
used to determine the amount Of tax
alton or to embarrass any person in
any manner.
Neither the police or tax assessors
will ever get peep into the record.
The data is never considered as con-
corning individuals, but is used solely
to determine class and community
statistics.
HousehoIders Can Aid.
Careful assistance householders may
render the enumerators will be of
great value to the city, as official pop
ulation are based on the census.
Any homestead on which $3.50 worth
of produce or more was raised in 1919
will be rated as a farm.
The United States census Is taken
every ten years. Past experience has
taught the statisticians that many per-
sons, notably persons of foreign birth,
are suspicious Of callers who ask ques-
tions. Their apprehension seems to
be that information they give may be
used to cause increased taxation. legal
entanglemsnts or other untoward con-
sequences.
information Sought.
I. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person 10 years OF age and
over will be asked whether he Is able
to read and write.
g. Each person will be asked his
birthplace as well as the birthplace OF
rather and mother.
3 f.. II foreign born the date of COM
ing to the United States will be asked,
and, IL naturalized, the date of becom-
ing citizen; also mother tongue or
native language.
5. Each head Of a family will be
asked whether his home is owned by
him or rented. II owned. whether the
home is mortgaged or free of debt.
6. Each person will be asked his
occupation and whether he is an en-
ployer or employe or is working on his
own account.
Farm Ownership.
z. Each occupant Of a farm will be
asked how many years, If any, he
worked on a farm for wages; how
many years, If any, he was a tenant;
and how many years, If any. he farmed
as an owner.
8. Whether he (a) owns, or (b)
rents, or (c) partly owns and partly
rents his farm, or whether (d) he oper-
ates the farm for others as a manager
or Superintendent.
8. How many acres in his farm?
Number OF improved acres? Number
of unimproved acres and number Of
acres of woodland?
10. Total value of farm? Total
value of buildings? Value Of imple-
nnents and machinery on farm?
II. Whether farm is mortgaged? If
so, the amount of mortgage?
IL. Expenses for feed, fertilizer
and labor IN the year 1919?
13. Several questions concerning
artificial drainage of his farm.
IA. Number Of cows, horses, sheep,
,schickens and other domestic animals
(Sn the farm Jan. 1, 1920?
f15. Quantity and acreage Of all
crops grown on the farm in 1919, In
c!uding fruits and vegetables?
16. Quantity of milk and butter sold
off the farm during the year 1919?
II. Acreage Of timber land on farm
and value of forest products.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-The four.
teenth decennial census began today
with $4,000 enumerators engaged in
counting the men. women and children
of the United States and collecting
1ata on the resources Of the nation
The census is expected to be COM
pleted within two weeks but the com
pilation of the figures probably will
REQUIRE four months.
The population is estimated at be.
tween 107, 100000 and 112,000,00o com.
pared with 100000 in 1910. When
the first census was taken in 1870
during George Washington's admin
stration, the population was reported
at 3.00o.000 p.
Washington is the Headquarters OF
the census work which is being done
under the supervision Of Samuel l.
Rogers, chief of the bureau. Officials
here expect to be able to estimate the
population Of the larger cities by the
middle OF March, but the returns from
the country districts will be slower.
Besides the enumeration of persons
the census includes the accumulation
of information on farms. manufactures
forests and oil production.
Il NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Nearly 4.e3f
enumerators today commenced the
task OF counting New York's popula
ton. The metropolis. presents one Of
ffe greatest problems confronting the
census bureau, officials said, and