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Show NEW YORK Refuse to Answer the Questions of the Census Man New York, April 2C Announcement Announce-ment was made today on authority of ' no less a personage than the New i York census supervisor, that several members of New York's wealthy citizenry cit-izenry will shortly find themselves languishing In the Tombs unless they mend their ways and refrain from treating with contempt and discourte-sy discourte-sy the enumerators sent to their homes by the United Stales government. govern-ment. "The snobs think themselves above the la,w," said Supervisor Falck with a bang of his fist, "and believe they can disregard It with impunity. They have so often taken advantage of technicalities and overridden tho rights of others that they are indignant indig-nant when told that they must answer our questions. But if there is any further nonsense, I shall apply for warrants without delay. "A 'short visit to the Tomb-? will convince them that we mean business and will probably make better cltl-zeuis cltl-zeuis of them. "The working classes, the tenement population and even the foreign born have grasped the situation and given our mou little difficulty. Our experience exper-ience proves that they are the most law-abiding and Intelligent citizens we have. But tho private residential section d have caused us a gTeat deal formation has been curtly denied by of annoyance and in many cases in-a in-a butler or a servitor and the doors slammed In the enumerators' faces." |