The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-28

10 our national UNITY. III dudiuon'
. W ar unfailing indicator OF ma
.uaa progreas'
E....u TO keep record only OF the
..fua. population uf the country
,cr. ,u establish tho limits Of con-
,,ss..anal representation than for
mo reason. II has expanded It's ar
tyrIaa until it presents an animated
90, not only Of Americas popula-
IN aut OF hor resources. religions,
,4r.fauturcs and Industries as well.
fr Aet. It has become world
now. leader in the gathering Of
.ar...u information.
Every ten years 1t places in the
4sla ur army Of more than 100000
,,ar,a1 cnumeratorJ and special
.p.rt4 who cover every inch Of the
. >t5rrlry's territory and records not
= Xiv ,ha human beings, but equip
Is9- I've stock and property ns
veil
Proves Incentive 90 Cities.
This dcceuuial census has n by
product In that II acts az an irvcn-
Tor. for cities and towns. Then they
learn their progress or retrogrcssio on.
Tn. reports are awaited with Keen
e, interest Through such reports
man. cities and towns have been in
,nirrf 90 conduct greater population
c,muaigns--to bring industries to
them and arouse greater civic pride
Ia their residents.
some idea of the magnitude ~
this task may be learned when II IL
pointed out that more than 80 ques-
iurg are contained on the pOrul1-
uon schedule, which goes TO every
one, ,he farm schedule has coo and
the s.cdulo OF the manufacturing in
austrles contain several hundred
more.
7. Is no small Job that OF enumer-
a,lng 4 certain number OF visits
is made by each agent, who Is sup
Piled with two cards for the days 3
work. These must be filled out at
n,-h. with the list OF places visited;
ne number Of people he has enum-
Grated. and. I'm short. Il general his
tory of the days work one card is
forwarded to the supervisor OF his
district and the other to the bureau
Of census in Washington.
Speaking of the work. a student
OF the system wrote;
The census law requires that
every person shall make true and
faithful answer to the enumerator
who calls upon him, and provides a
fine and impriSon ment for willful
failure 20 give such answers. A. the
same imc. It IS equally careful to
assure the people that their conf
dence shall be protected II they
answer we'll and truly. The enum-
orator is required to hold in sacred
confidence everything he learns IN
the discharge OF his duty, and Jail
sentence stares him in the face II he
dysgcs any of the information he
obtains. No matter IL he unearths
the biggest tax dodEer in the coun-
Try or the most notorious criminal
IN the land. his mouth must be for
ever closed"
Many Regular Employees.
While the census bureau of the
depart ment OF commerce perlodi-
cally employs the largest temporary
force TO expedite special work OF
getting out each census of any gov
eminent bureau 1t has probably the
greatest number of clerks and stalls
,cidns who have Seen service for
'wos'y years or more. Approx
mateiy one-half OF the personnel OF
tho census bureau have worked
through the collection. tabulating
and compiling OF one census previous
10 'h, one now being completed.
The data for the present census
has all been collected and ls nearing
'srOmpletion and will be published
y bout July | OF next year, This cen
SPIs will be included In about twelve
volumes Of one thousand pages each.
william NJ. Steuart, the present di-
rector Of the census, has served in
'h. census office for about thirty
years and Is familiar with every de-
'a' of the work OF all divisions. He
. I'd hfa Dagifl a n
as lveetN b. President Harding
this p-ing 1n the NESTS Of his rec
lri In lh6 bureau and his work as
assistant director under the last ad-
T,gl-'ration.
supplies Data for Speakers.
DR.. Joseph A. Hill, assistant d.
rector, who fins the vacancy left by
The promotion Of Mr.. Steuart. has
ser'al continually In the bureau for
thirty years, and was chief statis-
r..au ot the revision and results
WHr0 promoted last spring Anoth-
ar long time server IN Thomas J,
ti,7r"rala. tho chief clerk,
Tn. census bureau reports and
records are used by members OF
congress and other officials OF the
government TO a great extent in pre-
pairing speeches. The general pub
lie also Is making constant demands
On the wealth OF information in the
Hes and often some Of the ques-
t9ns prOpOunded are impossible of
anS7 by any living creature. The
Prize one was to tell exactly the
humh'r " people who have lived in
'Ae world since its beginning, their
!4Ses, their religions and their
. wealth
y The following officials assist Di-
.t"''or Srguart In his difficult task:
NJ s'aIst!Cians; Population,
william O., Hunt; agriculture, cot
,oh ana tobacco, william l.. Austin;
man a.ac,urcs, Eugcr& r. Hartley,
hAas,.c' 4 cities, Starke NJ Gro-
ga vital statistics, William n.
Jaws ..ShurSing clerk, Fred A
.osle. tppointment clerk, Walter
p"'ar.st, gcoRraphcr, Charles :.
'o'1" EEport chiefs Of division.
N'H.-'~ alive, Timothy T.. Murphy,
~ p,' uont, Emily l. FaruuW, AK
T.I'". Bowen CrandalL Thomas
g" ~. cotton and tobacco, Wcs-
" '.Iey, groerapher, Evelyn l.,
rr'H'aHs, manufactures, John II.
"-,y .lNard b. White, William a.
- william a. Sawyer, popull-
20 Edward W. Koch, william b,
Olive NJ RidlleherEer
T.'s. r Wetzel; revision and re-
'a"ry II. Pierce, statistics of
49, lrWucl A. Carruthcrs, vital
."N. John b. Mitchell chief,
tt'E.-ai laboratory L. VI la
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