Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — 14TH DECENNIAL CENSUS TO BE TAKEN IN 1920. [ARTICLE]

14TH DECENNIAL CENSUS TO BE TAKEN IN 1920.

Washington, Oct. 29.—That the fourteenth decennial census, on which the actual enumeration work will begin January 2, 1920, is to be the most important ever taken is shown by the act of congress providing for this census expressly increased the scope of the inquiries so as to include forestry and forest products, two subjects never covered specifically by any preceding census. The inquiries to be made relative to population, manufactureing, mines, quarries and agriculture were also extended in their scope by congress, the keenest interest over the forthcoming census having been shown by the members, of the census committees of both house and senate while the law was under consideration. The statistics gathered on mining will include all oil and gas wells. Many startling developments in this important branch of the nation’s resources are looked for by the census officials. The figures gathered in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas will no doubt prove to be those most eagerly sought for, as shown by inquiries received by the census bureau. ~ The compilation and gathering of forestry and forest products statistics will be in charge of a special force of experts. The accurate and comprehensive figures gathered concerning this vital natural resource will be much in demand, and the comparisons made with conditions [existing before the war will be of

great interest.; < a Agricultural statistics will likewise be the subject ~of special on the part of the census bureau, as , the importance bT farmrag is-being realized by the average citizen far more than ever before.