Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-08-06 | Page 14 | Will Not Hazard Census Estimate

Will NOT HAZARD ESTIMATE Conditions During Decade Decade Dec- Dec ade acie Makes Comparison 1 Impossible WASHINGTON AU Aug 6 An G.-An- An- An of ot the 19 1920 O population W the Hie United States will vilI be made bout bout out 15 Meanwhile all mates estimates semiofficial or otherWISe other- other WISe II arc are not authorized by the tho of bureau Assistant Director the Census W. W M M. Steuart anIt an an- L It Is s next to Impossible to a an give accurate estimate o of ot the conti- conti tates ni v population of at the h United I conti-I e ft because cause of ot Insufficient data I and pl 1 th the unusual disturbances to toU tol Out OUr U 1910 sal saId sald Ion Everybody believes cs the Ol 00 to j In i 1920 1020 WU wilL be fr from ni but tb tho Census mate does docs s not authorize the cs- cs Steuart euart declared In charge of ot tabulating a returns have hac stated the 4 1 to u onCe ance an estimate In ad- ad this Year Yar iS 18 duo to unusual during lh the tho as decade that Past They the war deaths from a an d the Influenza t e exodus or of aliens during Period ot of the ibe world war as well as 39 curtailment of ot tion More than immigrants who would normally come como to this country from tram Europe did not enter enter en en- ter the United States during the theten theten theten ten years according to immigration tion ion statistics Approximately aliens left tho the country from 1910 to 1920 according to estimates Deaths due to influenza during the two epidemics totaled near nearly In a normal normaJ year 1914 1014 there were deaths from this disease These factors are believed by officials to have rendered Impossible sible an estimate based on comparative comparativo com com- figures I