Show the value of census data j 6 l IN of what use la Is tho the mass of I 1 nf id 1 matlon mation collected in III tho the arc great cen buses which are fa alren perla bucany CATI in the united slates rare tho aia of tho the conalis bureau 02 practical benefit to toa 4 the man in tb ib e tr it 0 in resl ra pones too dilce 0 dr joseph A hill assistant director L of the census bureau has hab pointed 1 out font that the difficulty iran in an ans s 1 1 sw ering to Is that there thare la Is so HO much t to 0 be bo saidi the orphas worK haa extended to s so many fields and anc 0 embraced so BO much more than could havo have been envisaged uy by ill tha tran iera lot article lit T I 1 I 1 1 section 3 of the conati aution that the tha bureau has aias become the laboratory of the tha amer amert t icart people supplying facts which are the basis of the a c a a a in a n lire ilfe of the nation probably ly the he most i ant st single div 4 a i lm of 1101 cens to fjald aln d out how many people live five in eacel state city county township or ward to or in the united states dr hilf said I 1 sup suppora pose posa we ard rarig he of ot water faa tor a of 0 gho a car certain 1 section 0 t theo a oun un try or locati locating fig a bus or tory in a certain region or cl city or provi providing at n gad adequate equate school buildings op or marketing cert alq k or brodt asp in these and in a hu hundred iLdred other relations information ga s to population ilon Is eaden tj a 11 if the mere members moin bera othe the per population ula nia tion lir however wever were the only information tobe obtained from ceni cani census sus sua records continued continued dr hill the result P aou would id be ta inadequate Inada quate we lve need toioi 1 0 w tho the compost composition tion of the population a ion as regards to age sex oc supa hatta nativity anda dozen othor other c I 1 r eter ishits take tor for illustration th tha q question as to aga why do we live ho to find out how old a everybody very bodY la Is it is 11 nea ed as aa a bast basili iii OB computing lite life tables birth rates and blath rates tor for different etges sexes wid paris of the fhe country any public health officer will affirm iett thu this information is indispensable in connect ion with medical science and t atio n 4 rit to la necessary to linb w in III event of at war the of males of oc military ag asoy K every board of adi education wants to know the number of school age a manufacturer ot of razors wants ants to knovis many a adults males hero ar are lu lit the united St states atosa f bistier bH stier of tam wants to t ki know low how w 11 Y achl children adren a manufacturer or of dresses 1 liow many women iffe afi we aard arc edn old aga 0 pensions whether we E thero pit tt it Is to kno know w icoy how many old people there v ll 11 are 0 one might ask aak moreover why hie census taker should bother to find out tle the place where each pert arnyas U born without this qu question e alon v a would not know how bow many fin ims migrants thero teera a are re I 1 in n UP tire ia 1 united states or where they thare are or where a they como come from we would not know how many southern Neg neree rles have gone gona gorth or thap tha IP 1 pie in our western came f from oln 0 much the people oi of tho the tint united states amov about fro from m place to 4 these lieu iteria is 00 information are necessary for tw off baffa baafi a of buntell antell In tell igent action I 1 in n aff ari aa th as in busi business peas OB A to tu t P 0 t to n t to 0 r it ir ws a are r to t deal dea wlee almly fly with pr boma in lr v differ on tfx rae facea A withof this info mattion matt ign we ve wonlu wona r isit bt kilbi V whether aitho gregro were ea i J aj 11 t more rapidly thap thao the tha whites or the e stent to they ate are inter ing wit alis wl iS itse lair U a 11 jt a t 0 r I 1 i 0 ol 01 CB c IB a n a bif t B as y they are are S to df ort t sections of the bouner y and q again a ln the information formation ir Is I 1 8 of val v a 1 J A je i bor or business bual neBS au a well wel I 1 as for leg fel atlon th 1 seeking tuf dovolou dov marlc maric ets in III different cit 1 N ats or contemplating li plating tile tho location of 0 V 1 abr or manufacturing plants to know what proportion of AX A X atiq population la is colored as we well ll 11 as 1 t 4 P liro portion la is foreign born 1 a tayba T bo co continued 1 n tinged next week |