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Show f U. S. Prepares to Take Exhaustive Census of National Business Conditions . ' If aomteas approach yea after - January 3 with a paper and paaeil ; la hand and asks, "Bnri kuat- ne.?" ke's probably an of tha ; 12,000 census enumerators seeking - exactly that informatics. Startlnc January 3. 1M0. eeca . place of business In Utah towm " of 2500 population or snore win - be visited by workers who ..-111 . father essential information required re-quired by law. Catherine sUUstlea oa the bust-ness bust-ness year which doses December 31. 1S39, the census will Include In its reports transactions of concerns dosing their fiscal year an January Janu-ary 31. Demanded by law, the Information Informa-tion will not be aaed for purposes of taxation, regulation or investt-ration. investt-ration. The congressional act also makes It unlawful for enumera tors to disclose any facts, names or Identity from census reports. Expected to be completed by June, the survey will include general gen-eral Information about each business, busi-ness, with a description of ergant-satton, ergant-satton, type of operation and group affiliation, employment and weekly week-ly payroll, and analysis of sales by commodities. Copies of questionnaires rotolod by Gut P. Backman, secretary of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce, com-merce, from F. A. GosneU, chief statistidan of the census af business, busi-ness, show: That the census is expected to be completed by June and Includes separate questionnaires for retailers, retail-ers, wholesalers, service businesses, laundries, theaters, hotels, tourist camps and construction business. Sales, finance, distributors and data for tracing sales through wholesale and retell channels will be Included In the reports. ' ; In listing . the questions 'it b asked, the bureau was guided by tha advice of committees of representative repre-sentative business men. To get a near perfect picture of business conditions as they actually actu-ally are, the report will Bat the amount of credit Business, stocks oa hand at the beginning of the year, accounts receivable, aumber of employes, total payroll, extent of self-employment and other inquiries in-quiries pertinent to each business When complete, the date wtO be used for preparing statistical Information concerning the cotton's co-tton's population, Resources and buxlneaa activities. Taking ef the bi dividual and family census will begin la April. |