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Show NORTH DEFENDS ISjflMS Director Census Says They Are Right. Incidentally He Gives an Estimate of the Population Popula-tion in 1910. i He Places the Figures on That Year at More Than Eighty-Nine - Million. WASHINGTON. May 23.-In a letter defending tho estimates of popula- tlon recently Issued by the census bureau. Director North Incidentally Incidental-ly gives an estimate of tho population of tho United States under tho census to be taken ln 1010, placing tho figures at 89,-0I1.I3C. 89,-0I1.I3C. The director. says that this Indicates Indi-cates a percentage of increase of 17.2 as compared with 20.7 In thc decado 1S90-1900, but ho admits that events are posslblo In tho future development of the country which will put this cstlmato awry. Speaking of tho estimate recently published. pub-lished. Mr. North says that It has been of very great bencllt to thc country. Ho says, however, that tho estimates arc ln no ?onso a census, nor do they represent local conditions. "Each estimate." he said, "rests upon a hypothesis sufficiently accurate for most statistical purposes thc hypothesis that tho annual Increase of population since 1000 Is one-tenth of the total Increase from 1S30 to 1000. as established by census enumerations. In only one class of cases had the census cen-sus deviated from a strict adherence to this hypothesis and endeavored to make allowance for disturbing local factons. These are the cases In which growth has been affected by annexations of new territory, terri-tory, either before or since the census of 1000. Whero such annexations have occurred oc-curred their effect on the population has been carefully calculated, nfcer correspondence corre-spondence with local authorities, city engineers, en-gineers, mayors, assessors, etc. |