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Show AMERICA IN STATISTICS. A "statistical photograph" of America Amer-ica will be taken by the government next vear, when the fourteenth decennial decen-nial centuE will bo compiled. Announcement Announce-ment is that, with congress having made the nerf verv a ppropria t ion, the work is a!r-ady well under way in its preliminary prelim-inary stages. The l'JL'ii census will lie the most complete com-plete statistical compilation ever attempted at-tempted hv any government. There is available for tho work J'),uOO,noO. This amount, however, also covers tho regular regu-lar iweds of the bureau, which are rela-lively rela-lively snail. It is expected that nearly I'm, 000. employees wiil be engaged in the task of taking the census. Of these, somo fc.'MU will be enumerators. Ordinarily, Ordi-narily, the census bureau employs about 4 10 persons. The country has been divided di-vided into 37 districts, with a supervisor super-visor for each, to whom the figure-collectors will report. In addition to continental United Stntca, the HtilO census will canvass Alaska, Jlnw.vi, t'orto Hlco, Guam, Mi iioa mid the Panama canal r.onc. No mention is made in the Washington ilia patch'-" of the Philippines. popular in'orekl, na' irally, will rn-tr rn-tr in the count of inl.ti hitnn ts. Tho v.-orl; of tlcicrU'ining the number of men, women and children l;i expected to occupy only a few wicks that, is, this part of the c'-nsos will be nuf f icicn t ly :ompletod within a comparatively brief lime to warrant announcement as to the population in each town, city, :ounty and state or territory. It is certain that tremendous changes will be revealed in the figures relating to agriculture and manufacturing. The census of manufactures is taken every five years, unlike that cf other divisions. di-visions. Since the last "stock taking" tak-ing" respecting manufactures was done in 191-4, before the war, there are bound to be some surprising developments in the nation's industries brought to light next year. Much interest will also attach to the agricultural statistics, since farming has enjoyed an unprecedented stimulus because of the war. Statistics under this head will show the number and acreage of farms in the country, and also in each state and county; the number num-ber of acres of improved land; value of farms and the stocks of machinery; number and kinds of livestock and a vast volume of similar items. In order that the agricultural census may be made unusually complete, the work of collecting data will begin on January 1, instead of April 1, as has been the custom heretofore. The farmers naturally nat-urally are less busy during the winter months and consequently will have more time to devote to helping the enumerators. enumer-ators. All told, it will be an immense undertaking, under-taking, this 1920 census. |