The story of the census, 1790-1915Bureau of the census . rs Prisoners Benevolent insti-tutions Manufactures Mines and Irrigation Fisheries Forest products Wealth, debt, and taxation Transportation by water Telegraphs and tele-phones Religious bodies Cotton Insurance Cities Street and electricrailways Central electric lightand power Federal Tobacco stocks The Census Office became a permanent bureau in 1902. aggregate governmental receipts of the cities of 30,000 and over,which in 1913 numbered igg, amounted during that year tonearly $1,862,000,000 (
The story of the census, 1790-1915Bureau of the census . rs Prisoners Benevolent insti-tutions Manufactures Mines and Irrigation Fisheries Forest products Wealth, debt, and taxation Transportation by water Telegraphs and tele-phones Religious bodies Cotton Insurance Cities Street and electricrailways Central electric lightand power Federal Tobacco stocks The Census Office became a permanent bureau in 1902. aggregate governmental receipts of the cities of 30,000 and over,which in 1913 numbered igg, amounted during that year tonearly $1,862,000,000 (see also diagram, p. 26). Semiannual tobacco inquiry .—Every six months the Bureaugathers and publishes figures relating to stocks of leaf tobaccoheld by manufacturers and dealers. These statistics are sent out 28 THE STORY OF THE CENSUS on mailing cards to numerous growers, dealers, and manufactur-ers. The stocks of leaf tobacco in the hands of manufacturersand dealers on October i, 1914, the date of the last report,amounted to 1,108,000,000 THE CARD-PUNCHING MACHINE (p. 34). Periodical cotton statistics.—Data as to the production of cot- Cottonton and cottonseed, and supply and distribution of cotton, arecollected, and published on mailing cards, at frequent intervals,a total of 25 such reports being sent out to large numbers of grow-ers, dealers, and manufacturers in the course of a year. Anannual report, in bulletin form, is also issued. The Bureau hasin its employ about 750 local special agents who collect the sta-tistics relating to the production of cotton, and its published 29 THE STORY OF THE CENSUS figures are accepted as authoritative by those concerned in theproduction, handling, and manufacture of this important cotton ginned from the crop of 1913 amounted to nearly14,000,000 bales of approximately 500 pounds each (see alsodiagrams, p. 21, and map, p. 25). A CENSUS CARD (p. 33). B V B • 38 00+ • S • > 3 4 AUL Oc* FIE ^ i^; s: ArK Kn
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