a whole, provided for a quinquennial census of agriculture. Congress failed, however, to appropriate for the 1915 census and repealed that portion of the Census Act of 1910.26 The quinquennial provision for agriculture was restored by the Census Act of 1920,27 which also provided for the collection and publication of statistics of manufactured products for the years 1921, 1923, 1925, and 1927, and for every tenth year after each of said years. The Director of the Census was directed to publish monthly statistics concerning hides, skins, and leather.28 A distinct division in the Census Bureau, to be called the Division of Cotton and Tobacco Statistics, was created in 1916.29 The first census, reported in an octavo volume of 56 pages, was begun in 1790 under the supervision of the seventeen United States marshals, who made returns direct to the President, who transmitted them to the printer without compilation, or analyses. The report of the last census filled more than one hundred quarto volumes, of over 40,000 pages.30 3. Activities In the discharge of its duty to collect, compile, and disseminate statistics, the bureau's inquiries extend to the following subjects:31 (a) Annually. (1) Birth Statistics. (2) Death Statistics. (3) Financial Statistics of Cities. (4) General Statistics of Cities. (5) Financial Statistics of States. (6) Estimates of Populations. (b) Biennially. Official Register of the United States. (c) Quinquennially (in years divisible by 5). (1) Census of Manufactures. (d) Quinquennially (in other years)-Census of Electrical Industries. (1) Central Electric Light and Power Stations. (2) Street and Electric Railways. (3) Telephones. (4) Telegraphs. (5) Municipal Electric Fire Alarm and Police Patrol Signaling Systems. (e) Decennially (in years divisible by 10). (1) Census of Population. (1b) Occupation Statistics. 26 Act March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1040). 27 Act March 3, 1919 (40 Stat. 1301). 28 Act June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 1057 [Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, §§ 4434e-4434g]). 29 Act May 10, 1916 (39 Stat. 110). 30 The Story of the Census, 1790-1916, Bureau of the Census. 31 Report on the Statistical Work of the United States Government. United States Bureau of Efficiency. (1c) The Deaf Mutes. (1d) The Blind. (2) Census of Agriculture. (3) Census of Mines and Quarries. (f) Decennially (in other years). (1) Census of Transportation by Water. (2) Census of Fisheries. (3) Report on Wealth, Debt, and Taxation. (4) Census of Religious Bodies. (5) Prisoners and Juvenile Delinquents. (6) Insane and Feeble-Minded in Institutions. (8) Inmates of Other Benevolent Institutions. (g) Other Inquiries. (1) Report on cotton ginned (up to 10 specified dates during the ginning season). (2) Reports on cotton consumed, imported, exported, and on hand (monthly). (3) Reports on cotton seed received, crushed, and on hand, and cotton seed products manufactured, shipped out, and on hand (monthly). (4) Reports on leaf tobacco stocks held by dealers and manufacturers (quarterly). (5) Reports on fats and oils-production, consumption, and stocks. on hand (quarterly). (6) Reports on active and idle wool machinery (monthly). (7) Reports on quantities and classes of hides and skins on hand (monthly). (8) Reports on number of deaths occurring in 50 cities (weekly). 4. Organization The Census Bureau is the largest statistical organization in the world and by far the largest unit of its kind in the federal government. It may be said to have two organizations: One for handling the Decennial Census, represented by Chart 32; the other its permanent organization, represented by Chart 33. 399 |