Show BEGIN CENSUS eighteen hundred special agents to study manufactures Ati anelie are kept secret and employs who given out In forma tion without permission to be punished WaR hington the federal census of at manufactures mines quarries rlee petroleum and natural gas for the year 1909 2909 has been agun under the direction of tho the united states census bureau thia thim census together with that of population and agriculture comprises the principal Inq inquiries atries embodied in the thirteenth decennial decent lal ial census eventually about 1800 sie cial agents will be employed in making the canvass under the supervision of william na M stewart chief sta for manufactures director of the census durand la Is appointing theme 1 agents from the eligible regis tars established as a result of the examination AmInI tion held november 3 of candidates for theao these positions extraordinary precautions have been been taken by Dl director durand to assure the manufacturers that all answers will be eld id confidential this statement being prominently dis played on the front pago page of the numerous schedules it la Is also 1 declared that no publication will be made in the census reports disclosing the name or operations of individual establishments in any particular tho the act of congress provides that the bureau of the census shall permit only its sworn employee emp loyes to examine thy the individual reports and that any who shall without tho the authority of the director of the census publish or communicate any informs uon coming into bis his possession shall be guilty of a misdemeanor director durand durano in discussing this census said there Is only a limited time in which to complete this work it Is essential that ell all the field em clayes exert themselves to the utmost those who do good work will bo be reassigned to other districts and retained in the service until tho the work is it manufacturers or others furnishing data object to a supposed disclosure of the secrets of their busl ness less the special agents will assure them that the results of their inda vidual business will not be made pub lie they arc are required also to explain that the information will not be used for the purposes of taxation nor in any manner to identify the operations of the individual establishments and will not bo be disclosed to any other bureau of 0 the federal government the intent of the law which will be strictly carried out la Is to prevent the disclosure of information which might operate to the detriment to in any way of the person or establishment supplying it the period covered will be wherever possible that of the year ended december 31 1909 in the majority majori tir of cases the data can be secured for or it as the business year of most establishments will correspond to tho the calendar year 1909 I 1 the method mf thod of at the canvass requires that a few daya days prior to the day when a given firm Is to be canvassed the special agent shall mall mail to the manufacturer a copy of 0 the general schedule with the proper supplemental schedules together tog toge etbel thet with the re quest that they be filled out in less for the special agent on hia his arrival in the event this has not been done at the time the agent cula cills c ula ills be will proceed to get the fact immediately dia tely the information secured must be accurate in drafting the schedule very every effort was made to fiame the inquiries in euch such a form that the an ewers to them can generally be taken directly from the books of accounts and tho the records of the establishment canvassed in no case are general statements or estimates to to bo accepted where it ie Is feasible to secure answers directly from the books of 0 accounts and records As there Is a gone A aa interest in the subject of the comparative importance of the cities states and territories ri with refe reference renco to the larger selected industries it to e exceedingly that from the of civic pride alone the manufacturer om throughout the united states should furnish the data without delay in order that the industrial centers in which they operate may bi lii completely and correctly represented in the statistical tables every manufacturer Is therefore urged to operate cooperate co promptly and fully with the bureau of the |