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Show r j "v r i .s- . THE DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY MARCH SATURDAY - 8 1930 within three weeks of Census Day, when the process of finding an answer to this qution will begin, which means the decennial recurrence of the occasion when - Mrs. Edna Thompson, representing the Bureau of the Census, Washington, D. C., has prepared timely article on the subject, from which extensive extracts are here made, transferred nr Washington to a punched card, the position of the holes ingeniously and accurately indicating the character bf the informa- These cards are rrext run through an elec- trie machine which sorts them by the sex, color,; and nativity of the persons for whom they are lade. Then they areHtaken fhroughtaBulatln g machines, which count and print all the other items of information. g for Uncle enumerators will start Sam. One of them will come to your house and ask you questions, some of which you may re- garcT as impertinent. Butitisany country business too,- - to know as ac-business, and good curately as possible the number of people within its j urisdiction,and theire du caHonal Economic and social status. head-countih- The Census Bureau in Washington, D. C. in prepara- is already humming like a e tion for this decennial event The vastness of the task of gathering the statistics for every political subdivision in the .United States, as well . as Alaska, Porto, Rico, Hawaii, the Virgin - the-who- le forgen--ealogic- able. There are more than 70,000 political units; cities, boroughs, villages, counties and . townships in the United States alone. These are laid off into approximately 100,000 enumeration districts, for they must not be too large for is to cover in 30 days.--I- t a estimated there, will be more than 1 20,000,000 people to enumerate. Atthesame time, an agncultural census is to be taken of six and a quarter million farms, and a census of 00,000 irri- ation and drainageprojecta, and ! 4,000 mn , -- embarrassing .purpose. It forms the basis of history. When compiled and analyzed, it discloses the seeds of national growths- - decay it be-comes to the historian, as has been aptly said, the prophet of his generation. s oath of office, to start work on Census Day, your enumerator is sworn to secrecy concerning the information he. secures. If you are frank with him and tell him the truth, taking-hi- -- c and quarries. Ir al K. 1 . The duty of the individual in this case is clear. He or she should answer truthfully and willingly the questions which the identified enumerator comes to the door to ask. This of- ficial has no personal curiosity in the matter; he is only doing his sworn duty; the information he obtains he is forbidden to divulge; nor may it be used by anybody else for any improper or "Practically no important legislative bill is discussed without the background of figures furnished by the Census Bureau. Congress may have under consideration a bill - proposing change in the literacy test for immigrants. It there must show how manyJlliterate-ioreignerare in the country. A State may be contem- plating a change in its educational system. It -- single-enumerat- of- ficially registered as one of Uncle Sams numerous family. and the record is carefully kept. At a later period, say fifty years hence, (for the individual records down to 1870 are now available to the public it may be consulted purposes, to settle estates, to establish ages and for various other purposes. Islands, Samoa and Guam, is almost mconceiv- - Itshould be a real pleasure tooll of us to have a personal call from Uncle Sam at our know the number of illiterates with?. in its borders; and the average school attendance of persons of school age. When Congress had the draft bill before it, the first question was,' approximately how many men of draft age there were in each State, county and city. In the law for restricting immigration. the national origins, which fixed the quotas ..doorThisAs.in.efcctwhaLa. visiLjrpnT.his for each country were carefully estimated from . the Census Bureau records. , (This Is The Place Will need to s r he will find out how old you are, your sex, color, nativity, place of birth, literacy, your occupa. tion, the language you speak, whether natural-ized or alien, if foreign bom the year you came to the United States; jf you are of school age, ' - your attendance; whether the home you live in ' is. owned or rented, etc. . i head of a family not only setting down the number of persons in his family, but also full in- formation abouttheir passessionsThef ederal, Census lists family of the United States; the people according to age, race, na-tionality and occupations ; tHeir farms, livestoc and crops; the manufacturing industries and their products and distribution; the mineral resources and wealth in general. bee-hiv- You are now fully checked up and fey Tn snortrtne government Census Bureau atW ashington,- - D. Grmay be compared to the representative means There is no inquisitiveness about it, except as this shall be for our own and the nations good, not only now but for fu- ture generations. Doing our part patriotically and Honestly in this important particular is only ' another and a most excellent way of proving our much-discuss- ed - 7 confidence tha : . it m ; . pea la the serif, which, with B eupplementry weekly by The Peeeret New, .to advancing the Intereeta end welfare of Utah end the Intermeuntale Weet. In- thla worthy enterprise? Reed are. ere you DOING TOUR SHARE Htrw ere yew ebewtnw yonf Interest - -Reed theee pegpe and knew. why -' THTB j Tns rUt;R' ; Tf trow are not a oubserlber To THE TfESERCT SETS join tie bow reeourcee wonderful end " booet Utah her and end help advantagea Tilt it the SOStH devoted I, - e- - i 5 1 f r a V - 4 4 AA t' t- Till il J t -A Vtitvi(tti nr; 4 r |