The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-03

BY means of the census we learn
not only how many people there
are in the United States, but how
many there are in each occupa-
ton or profession; that is to say
how many teachers, how many
lawyers, doctors, ministers, mer-
chants, engineers, machinists, farm
ers, carpenters, etc. We find out
by the census how many people in
the United States were born in each
foreign country-in England, in
France, in Italy, and every other
foreign country. The census tells
how many children there are and
how many are attending school. We
learn how many people there are
who can not read and write, how
many there are who can not speak
English. We shall learn through
the census all about the farms in
the United States.
On the basis of the census the
Representatives in Congress are ap-
portioned among the States. In
other words, the number of Con.
gressmen which any State will
have during the next ten years will
depend upon the population of that
State as determined by the coming
census.
Uncle Sam needs the census fig
ures in his national housekeeping
He needs this knowledge for the
enactment of good laws and the
wise direction of public affairs in
the interests of all the people. Ev-
erybody who answers the census
questions truthfully and promptly
aids in this important work.
These are the questions that will
be asked about each person by a
Federal census-taker sometime dur
ing the month of April:
1. Your name.
2. Your relationship to the fam
lily whether the head of family
wife, son, daughter, or uncle, etc.
3. Whether your home is owned
or rented.
4. The estimated value of your
home, if owned, or the monthly
rental, if rented.
5. Is there a radio set in your
home?
6. Do you live on a farm?
z. What is your sex?
8. What is your color or race?
9. What was your age at last
birthday?
10. Are you married, single, wild
owed, or divorced?
II. What was your age at first
marriage? Cor married persons
only)
II. Have you attended school or
college any time since Sept 1, 1929?
13. Are you able to read and
write?
II. Where were you born?
Is. Where was your father
born?
16. Where was your mother
born?
II. What is your native Ian
guage? (For foreign-born persons
only)
10. In what year did you immi-
CRATE to the U. S. (For foreign
born.)
10. Are you naturalized? Cor
foreign-born.)
20. Are you able to speak Eng
lish?
q. If you are a gainful worker
what is your occupation?
%. In what industry are you
employed?
%. Are you an employer, en-
ployee, or working on your own
account?
"a. Were you actually at work
yesterday?
rs. Are you a veteran of the
United States military or naval
forces, and if so, in what war or
expedition did you serve?
If you answered ''No' to ques-
ton "a, you will also be asked
whether you have job and are
merely temporarily out of work, or
whether you have no job at all. If
you have a job, you will be asked:
1. How many weeks since you
have worked on your present job?
2. Why were you not at work
yesterday Cor on the last regular
working day.?
8. Did you lose days pay by
not being at work?
4. How many days did you work
last week?
s. How many days in a full-time
week?
If you have no job at all, you vii
be asked:
1. Are you able to work?