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Show Census To Be Taken (Editor's Note: In order that the public may be made com-leteiy com-leteiy aware of the aims and purposes of the Census, short articles will be furnished by the Census Bureau and published by 't he Pyramid from tune to time.) That the government constant, xy may increase its efticiency, it is necessary that it have the lads with relation to its people, jivuy ten years a census is taken as provided by the constitution. Thus is the greatest fact-finding undertaking on record. In this way it linds out the number of its citizens, their ages, the degree de-gree of education, the sort of nomes in which they live, the crops they grow, the status of employment, the permanance of tne homes, the conveniences, or tne lack ot them, tnat the people iiave in tnetr nomes. The findings &o to Washington and are taoulat-id taoulat-id and puotisned over a period of two years. 'ihe tacts and figures ,nen oecorne available to our lawmakers, educational systems, and citizens at large tor use ana eneiit to the entire population. n is imperative mat everyooay neip m tms great tact Iinding etiort. An questions should be answered lreeiy and carefully. ouie people ieel tnat the census .aier is prying into their personal aiia.rs, ana tney hesitate or refuse re-fuse to answer tne questions. The questions may seem personal, and -iity are, Dut the answers will never De used lor any otner purpose pur-pose than in census tables. No otner department oi federal, state or local government may have access ac-cess to tne tacts secured by the census Bureau. The Census belongs be-longs to tne people, and the material tnus secured will be used to the great advantage of tne nation at large. Where a diiiicult situation must oe faced, it is necessary to ijia out ill the facts. This is exactly wnat tne census does. It .t is laoor, the tacts are available. If it is health, the census returns will turnisn the figures. If it is iious-ng, tne present census will iUrnisn detailed information for tne iirst time. Every citizen when ne understands the value of the census will be happy to cooperate -it tins great undertaking. |