Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
ENUMERATION
WORK TO BEGIN
JANUARY BOTH
Officers Of Business Census For
This District Will Be Sta
toned At Denton
FORTY-FOUR PERSONS
EMPLOYED IN WORK

Mr.. Daniel w. Davis, who has been
named. local Supervisor of the Census
of Business, has announced that emu
Meration work started in this area
on January 30th. He said 40 emu
merators will be named within the
next few days to make the canvass
in this District, which includes nine
counties.
Officers of the Census are to be es-
tablished at Denton, and a staff of
a persons will be employed to handle
the work. ALI Census employees are
bound by strict Census oath not to
reveal any information contained on
business reports and the law makes
any violation criminal offense.
Mr.. Davis stated that every retail
and wholesale business, all hotels,
places of amusement, business service
companies, insurance agencies, real es-
tate offices and trucking and bus COM
panies; all banks, office building man
ayers and contractors will be can
vassed for reports on their operations
during the calendar year 1885. The
results are to be tabulated in Phila-
delphia, headquarters Of the Business
Census, and become the basic Stats
tics which businesses use in planning
their operating policies.
All enumerators will be instructed
thoroughly on all phases of the Cen
sus, Mr.. Davis said, prior to the be-
ginning of the canvas. Mr.. /. Full
ton Catlin, who has been selected as
Assistant Supervisor, will help con-
duct the training courses.
Supervisor Mr.. Davis explained this
Census has been extended consider
ably beyond the limitations of the
Census of Distribution for 1929 and
the Census of American Business for
1888, as a result Of business requests
that all fields of business be included.
"It is designed" he said, "to supply
a definite answer to the question of
how many concerns there are in bust
ness the total volume of annual bust
ness, and the total payrolls and en-
ployment. More than 100 represen-
tatives, delegated by various business
associations in each field to be cover
ed, met with Census officials and for
mulated the questions to be asked"
Retail trade will be divided into
two size classifications: Stores with
total sales of $4,000 and over, and
those with sales of less than $4,000.
Commodity data will be sought from
the larger group and from all whole
sale establishments including export
ers, importers, and limited function
wholesalers.
For the first time, Mr.. Davis, an
nounced, the Census includes banking
and finance for the entire range of
commercial, agricultural and mort
gage and personal credit finance as
well as security brokers and dealers.
Construction, including building,
highway and heavy construction by
contractors is included again, as in
1929. General contractors, operative
builders and sub-contractors are to be
covered.
Highway and street transportation,
including trucking for hire and bus
operators are included in the census
for the first time. Commercial ware
housing is included in the comprehen-
sive plans announced today.
A census of the business of operat-
ing office, commercial and other nom
residential buildings will be made in
cities of more than 10000. For the
first time the operations of insur-
ance companies, agents and brokers,
real estate brokers and dealers, man.
agement and rental agents as well
as the business aspects of non-prof-
it associations and organizations of
every type, Exclusive of religious
bodies) are included in the Census.
The census of Service establish
ments, which in 1888 included only
personal, business and mechanical re-
pair services, is extended in the plans
to include certain classes of profess
sionally trained persons, Mr.. Davis ex-
planned these include advertising coun-
sellers, architects, auditors, certified
public accountants, engineering SER
vices, private detective agencies, mar