Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1890 — COUNTING THE PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

COUNTING THE PEOPLE.

Seme of the Inquiries to be made by the Census Enumerators in June. The Eleventh Census of the United States will betaken during the month of June. The census enumerators will begin their w’ork on Monday, June 2, and will visit every house and ask questions concerning every person and every amily in the United States, The

questions that will be asked call for the name of every persou residing in the United States on the first day of June, with their sex and ago, and whether white, black, mulatto, quadr oon, octoroon, or Chinese, J apanose, or Indian. Inquiry will also bo made of every person as to whether they are single, married, widowed, or ivorced, and, if married whether married during the census year. The place of birth of each person, and the plaee of birth of the father and mother of each person, will also be called for, as well as a stotern nt as to the profession, trade, or occupation followed aud the number of months unemployed during the census year. For all persona ten years of age or over a return must be made b}' the enumerator as fcc the number able to read and write, and also the number who can speak English For those who can not speak English the particular language or dialeot spoken by them will be ascertained. Tor children of school age, also, the number oi months they attended school will be recorded by the census enumerators. In the case of mothers an inquiry will bo made as to the number of children they have had, and the number of these children living at the present t mo, This inquiry is to be made of all

women who are or have been married, including ill who are widows or have been divorced. Foreign bofn maios of adult age, that is, 21 years of age or ever, will be asked as to the number of years they have been m tiro United States, i nd whether they are naturalized or have taken out natu»a’ization paf'-rs. Of the head of each family visited the question wiU bo asked as to the number of persons in the family, and whether his home is ow hired; also, if owned, whether (he home is free from mortgage incumbrance. 3f tu 3 head of th » family is a farmer, similar inquiries will be made con - cerning the ownership of the farm. In addition io those inquiries, all of which aro made on the population schedule, the law under which the census is taken makes provis - ion fhr special inquiries concern - ing such of the population as may be mentally or physic lly defective in any respect, that is, insane, fee. ble-minded, deaf, blind, or cripoled, or who may be temporarily disabled by sickness, disease or accident at the.time of the enumerator’s vid t. Certain special inquiries will also be made concerningjinmates < f prisons and reformatories and of charitable and .benevolent institutions. Besides this, a statement will be called for concerning all persona who hay 3 died during the census year, giving their name, age, sex, occupation, and cause of death.

This official count of the people comes but once :n ten years, and every family and every person should consider it to be their duty to answer the questions oE the census enumerator willingly and promptly, so that definite and accurate information may no gained concerning the 65,000,C00 people living within the bounds of this ' great country.

HO liaV ? UYCi <UKI u pointed out the fact tnafc the Republican method of making a tariff bill wa: to ask the beneficiaries of it how much they wanted, and to fix the rates accordingly. W e protested against the iniquity and indecency of allowing the tax eaters to determi e how much the tax.p yers shall be burdened. In his remarkable speech of lasli Tuesday Mr. Butterworlb, Republican as he is, protested in like manner again : t taxes to be assessed by the beneficiaries of ie :ntion, and without nbnndon’ug the le-e ementary principles of protection he protested against an api lication of those principles that taxed the public a great deal more than the protected industry was worth even to its capitalists and workmen . —National Democrat.