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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-05-14, Page 8THE CLINTON-NEWS RECORD RuMina.1!oui ui ReVekaV A Column Prepared Especially for-` Women---- ,,, But Not Forbidden to Men I KNOW "SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT YOU Wouldn't this old world lI o be better, If the folks we meet would say, I know something good about your And then treat us just that way? Wouldn't it be fine and dandy, If each handclasp, waren and true, Carried with it this assurance, "I Ice°ow something good about you?" Wouldn't life be lots more happy. If the good that's in us all Were the only thing about us That folks bothered to reead? Wouldn't life be lots more happy, If .we praised the good we see? Forthere's such a lot of goodness Sn the worst of you and me. Wbuldn't itbe nice practice That fine way of thinking too? You know something good about me! "I know something good about you," --tSelected. .I noticed the following in the ed- itorial column of an exchange 1'e- cently. It was an introduction to a quarter column of advice against speaking evil of people: "Wte were surprised to note in no less than three of the weekly papers that came to of : desk this week, apologies inserted by men of the respective communities represented by those papers, in which they expressed ;egret for staving uttered untruths about the moral character of certain young ladies. Possibly the most surprising aspeet was that this malicious gossiping issued from men. We were formerly under the impres- sion that', the female scandal- monger was predominant, and we will have to apologize for harboring such a thought, Pos• - sibly that was the general rule in the past,but it appears that the men are changing the order of, things in this regard." Tie editor, a man of course, seemed to think it was strange that it was men who did the gossiping. But the idea that it is women who are the greatest gossips is just one of the many myths which men have encouraged about women all down the ages; it helped to divert atten- tion from themselves while engaged in their favourite indoor sport. Be- cause I do not believe that women have ever been greater gossips than men. One thing you will notice, if you take the trouble to do so, and that is that it is married women who always know all the latest and most scandalous gossip, They hear it from their husbands. But, goodness knows both are bad enough at times, and did you ever hear of a more sin- ful waste of time than that spent in gossip ? When you think how easy it is to sow the seed of doubt in a person's mind in regard to another it ought to make one pause before repeating anything one has heard which is detrimental to another or of which one may be even convinced in one's own mind. Circumstances are very often misleading and what may look like an act compromising in itself may be a very innocent and perfectly natural act when fully understood. We should try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt before condemn -I in anyone. We should avoid like a i J For These REASONS use GYFROCwhen Building of Remodelling f YPROC is a fire-resistant wallboard used for q,,,J making inside walls, ceilings and partitions. It is made from gypsum rock and comes in sheets 4 to 10 feet long, 4 feet wide and % of an inch thick. 1. It does not burn. 2. It is inexpensive. 3. Its ivory colour requires no decoration when panelled, 4. It is an excellent base for Alabastine, Gyptex or wallpaper. 5. It is structurally strong. 8. It has insulation value, 7. It is draught and vermin -proof. 8. It is easy to install. 9. It saves time in new construction. For further information ask your nearest dealer for a direction sheet or write us for FREE book, let, "Building and Remodelling with Gyproc". 378 GYPSUM, LIME and ALABASTINC, CANADA, LIMITED Paris Ontario eN(W O'VOQY (For Sale By) Geo. T. Jeiildns - The Clinton .Lumber Company. Clinton, Ontario Clinton, Ontario plague anything like nialititous gos- sip, There.' are so many charming things to talk about that t it seems very silly to go about looking for something nasty. We ' ought to, be ashamed to do it. Just think' over your acquaintances and you are sure to vote the most entertaining and the "-pleasantest those who do not gossip about Peo- ple. •Gne lady I know, I like simply because she always has a nice word for everyone; she looks out for the good points in her friends and ae- quaintances and stresses them. She to clever enough, to see faults, too, probably, but she leaves them alone. It is a characteristic which I wish we might all emulate. Let's start right now to look for the fine points' in our friends, or .even those who are not particular friends, and play them up for all they're worth. —Rebekah.' The Coming Census Why it, is taken—How it is taken Prepared by the Dominion Stetis titian, an old Clinton boy, by the way, with the authority of the Hon, the Minister of Trade and Commerce Introduction On June 1, 1931, the Census of the Dominion will be taken. The Census has been called "the largest single act of administration of the Government," in reference partly to its physical extent—the census ors' ganization covering every section of. the country for a complex and many- sided task—and also to the great im- portance of census results. The success of the Census depends largely upon the cooperation of the people. Without .general appredia- tion of the ends in view, and without the cordial assistance of individual citizens towards those ends, a good census will be impossible.' A, brief description of the scope, methods and purpose of the census and of its place in statistical and general ad- ministration will therefore be of interest and utility at the present moment. Hi'sto'rical Census -taking dates from the dawn of civilization, Moses numbered the Children of Israel in the fifteenth century t.C. (Exodus XXX, 1215; Numbers 1,2-4 and 47-49; III, 14-16; IV, 34-49). But statistical investiga- tions wore known centuries earlier, in Babylonia, (4,000 B.C.), in • China, (3,000 T3.C.),in Egypt (4500 B.C.) A census taken by )ling David in 1017 B.C. achieved evil notoriety in his - toy front the Divine wrath which it provoked (II Samuel XXIV, 1-25; T Chronicles XXI, 1-27) and which wns cited for many generations against the spirit of inquiry, The Census was 'one of the institutions founded by the great lawgiver Solon at Athens in the sixth century, B.G. principal instruments, of Govern= in every 'civilized 'community ma call for mare titan�tassng appreeia- tion. Thisinitial a Canadian.Census was repeated severe,/ times during the. French regime, after which a series of less elaborate investigations by successive Colonial Governor's took its place. The first legislation on the subject was an Act of 'the United Provinces, dated 1847. ` Under it a census. of Upper and -Lower Canada was: taken in 1851 and again in 1861, •Censuses. of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were taken in the Baine years. An: account of these and of preceding investigations may be found in 'Volume IV of the Re- port of the Census of 1871, a volume designed to start the new Dominion on its- career with a review of all previous statistics relating to its do- main. At Confederation the British I' pith America Act specifically' mentioned "The Census and statistics" as fal- ling within Dominion as distinguish- ed from Provincial jurisdiction (Sec- tion 91). The. first Dominion 'Cen- sus A,ct was passed in 1870, and the first census was taken thereunder in 1871. Similar comprehensive cen- suses have.followed every tenth year, namely, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921. In 1886, "a special census of Manitoba and the Northwest •Terri- tories was taken midway between the other censuses: This so-called "Quinquennial" census was repeated for Manitoba in 1896, whilst in 1906, 1916 and 1926, it_also embraced Sas- katchewan and Alberta, created into provinces in 1905, the reason being the rapidly changing conditions in these newer sections of the Domin- ion. , The Census of June 1, 1931, is therefore the seventh comprehensive decennial census, to be taken since Confederation. The administration of the Census was originally vested in the Minister of Agriculture; in 1912, however, in. a reorganization and centralization .of the statistical work of the Government it was transferred to the Minister of Trade and Commerce who will accordingly promulgate the schedules and re- gulations of the present Census. In Canada the fundamental legal, raison d'etre of the Census is to determine the representation in our federal Parliament. As is well known the British North America Act gave the Province of Quebec a fixed num- bet of seats (sixty-five) in the Do- minion ' House of Commons. The number assigned to the'other pro- vinces was pro rata, with an arrange- ment that the first readjustment should take place on the completion of the 'Census of 1871, and that a Ment meet the pressing demand for ;facts y regarding the number of unemployed and the raisons therefor, a number ofn@t] S ' q ons have been • inserted, af- ter consultation which Dominion and Provincial Government authorities and •beading- labour organizations, This information will be of first im- portance in assisting the Government in its policy regarding unemploy- ment and labour problems generally. The schedule relating to agricutlure was also dr'aw•n lip ; in " con- sultation - with Dominion and,Pro- vincial lAgricultural Departments and other agricultural authorities, and in the light .of the suggestions made for a World Census of agri- culture by the International Instt- tete of agriculture, It will elicit a wealth of information en such features as faun acreages, land values, buildings, implements, crops, fertilizers,farm labour, orchards small fruits, farm gardens, live stock, poultry, animal products, for- est products, land tenure, irrigation, drainage, cooperative marketing, farm mortgages, etc., etc. The sched- ule on animals, etc. in towns is sup- plementary to the agricultural sched- ule; there are of course a consider- able number of horses, cattle, -poul- try, bees, etc. within urban limits and their products, and those of mar- ket gardens, town orchards, etc. are in the aggregate important. In connection with these soaite- what elaborate and searching series of inquiries the following points should be clearly understood: (1) that no question has been inserted merely for the gratification of cur- iosity or because the information 'would be interesting, but only be- cause it has a bearing on basic, soc- ial or economic conditions; and (2) that the answers given by the'indir viduai are absohrtely confidential, every employee of the Census being under oath and penalty against re- vealing any individual item and the 'Bureau of Statistics itself being for- bidden to issue any statement that would lay bare any personal matter Though the name of each person i taken down this is not for the put pose , of associating the individua with any of the facts that are re corded, but merely as a check on the accuracy of the enumeration, The Census is first and Iast for statis- tical purposes and cannot be made the basis of any direct administra- tive action. Let, it also be noted that census enumerators are required to use courtesy and tact in collecting the informtaion, though refusal to answer a census question is penal- ized by statute. similar readjustment should folio every subsequent decennial cense The Census is thus',talcen primaril to enable a redhstrubution bill to pnssecl by Parliament, But the Census has far wider use than to fix electoral representatin It constitutes, in fact, under th modern system, nothiic"g less than great periodichi stocktaking of th Canadian people, designed to sho frons the widest angle the point th has' been reaehed in the general pro gress of the nation. It is difficul ithin brief compass to explain how is function is fulfilled. Fundam ntally, the importance of the Cen s hinges upon its analysis of th ulnae element or man power of th • THURSDAY, 4AY;14, 1981 will be engaged ht Ottawa, • Consus compilation and. tubulation is an el- aborate i- a, ,. k or.rte and detailed process s which p would take much space to describe, An interesting feature is the use of machinery in compiling and analyzs ing the returns. The method is very briefly as follows: The several facts obtained for each individual are punched on a specially designed card, the perforations" showing by'their location the exact information ob- tained at the census. The cards are then snorted and• otherwise manipu- lated by machines which' • count and record' various combinations of data as required, according to the pev- forations on the cards: Far example should it be desired to know the number of, say, civil engineers, of Canadian citizenship between the. ages of 21 and 50, in the, province of Ontario, the machines will pick out and count the cards in a few opera- tions, The invention of these ma- chines, of which the Bureau of Stat- istics has a large battery, some be- ing of its own invention and eon.- struction, has, greatly increased the scope and accuracy of the informa- tion derivable from the census, at the same time that it has ]calved the cost. A record exists of over a mil- lion and a half classifications by one machine in a single day. It is expected that from two to five weeks from June 1st will suf- lice in normal localities for the completion of the field work. After the third or fourth month it -should be possible to give out the first re- sults for many cities, towns, coun- ties, etc. As to when the final count by provinces for the entire Dominion will be available, so many unforesee- able nforesee able contingencies are possible thnt prophecy is dangerous, .but it is ex- pected that five or six months should enable a close approximation to be m'hde, In the recent IT S. tenses the ,population count was announced in four months and seven days. Altogether, as already noted, the census will cost some millions of . dollars. The amount set aside this s year is about two millions and a half but there was a vote of 8135,000 1 bast year for equipment and proper- - atory work, and at least another half million will probably be requir- ed in 1932 and 1933 to finish. , . Methods of Collection and Compilation - NV •The organization by which this s' far-flung investigation is carried out be and its restilts reduced . to compre- hensible and usable form is a large s one. Its nucleus exists in a small u, permanent staff constituting one of e the branches of the Bureau of Stat- e isties. This branch maintains con- e vection .between census and census, µ, so that experience is continuous and at cumulative. When a census impends all plans are originated by it, and tthe necessary expansion of personnel arranged for. The latter falls tin- ': two main headings, the field _ work or collection of the facts, and the compilation and tabulation of • the latter into census reports, Ev- e The Romans were assiduous census- th takers, both under the Republic and the Empire; Julius Caesar reformed h° the census among.other things. The Breviary of Charlemagne (A. D. 808) and the Domesday Book of William the Conqueror (A.D. 1086) are cele- brated mediaeval censuses, Later, the census disappeared from Eur- ope. It may not be generally known that the credit of taking the first census of modeen tins belong to Canada. The year was 1666; the census was one of the Colony of New Prance, There had been earlier re• cords of settlement at Port Royal (1608), but. the census of 16(66 was a systenmatic "nominal" enumeration of am the neoule, (i.e., a record of each .in- dividual by name), taken for a .w fixed 'date, :showing the nee, sex, so place of residence, occupation and ed cnniup�al condition of each person, ell . The results nee to be seen ,in a do - cement of 104 rages in the Archives of Paris, of which a transcript is in Ottowa. Altogether this Census re- corded 3.215 souls. When it is re- called that in Europe the first mod= ern • Census dated only !rmu the eighteenth century (those of Plano and Eneiand dating from the first oar of the nineteenth), whilst in the United States no Census was taken before 1790, the achievment of the Primitive St. Lawrence Colony hi in- stituting what is today one of the country. The people themselves af- ter all are the basic asset of every state. Their numbers, sex, age, oc- cupation, racial origin, language, ed- ucation, etc., etc„ are facts in them- selves of the greatest moment. They constitute, moreover, the background against which almost all other facts must be projected if the latter are to have real significance. The well be- ing' of the state,—»physical, moral economic--i(including such varied phases as birth and death rates, edu- cation, transportation facilities, fin- aial conditions, etc.), through the edium of population statistics. Ev- n if the Census went no farther it ould be the basis of all study of our cial and economic conditions. Link - with other official data,. -however, it rotands out the scheme of informa- tion by which 'as by a chart the Gov- ernment directs the national affairs. Without the Census, it is literal truth to' say that legislation anti ad- ministration would be carried on in the dark, and that there would be no means of knowing whether the country was on the road to success or disaster. So cogently is this felt that censuses at five year intervals, instead of ten, are universally advo- cated, the chive drawback being the heavy cost. Patching only delays the necessity of RE -ROOFING When your roof is worn out and commences to leak you never know what damage will be caused to your decorations eve. though you make temporary repairs. .-.Better save yourselftrouble and money by re -roofing NOW with I3rantford Asphalt Slates. They cost less to buy, less today and nothing for repairs. Speak to your Brantford dealer about the more than 100 dif- ferent colour combinations ob- tainable in beautiful, fire -safe Brantford Roofs. Brantford Rooting Company, Limited, Read Office' and Factory: Brantford, Ont. Branch Offices and Warehouses: Toronto, Winnipeg, Mdhtreal, llali'faX, Saint Joti`n, N.B., and St. John's, Nfld. isa For Sale By: CLINTON HARDWARE AND FURNITURE CO. Scope of the Canadian Census As already remarked, the primary task of the Census is the inumeration and descriptidn of every titan, woman and child in Canada. Good business dictates that when so large an organ- ization as this requires has once been created, it should be put to ev- ery available , purpose. In other words, the "overhead"- must earn its maximum. The Census therefore should deal not only with the people themselves, but directly with the people's institutions and affairs, in sofas as the latter can be properly brought within its scope, The Census' Schedules The schedules used in the Census are six in number dealing respee- tively with, (1) Population, (2) Ag- eiculture, (8) Live Stock, fruit grow- ing,etc, in towns. (4) Merchandis- ing and •Service establishments;•' (5) Blindness and Deaf-mutism, and (6) Institutions (venal, -mental and nem•- mIogical, child -caring, homes for ad- slts, hospitals, sanatoria, dispensar- ies, clinics, day nurseries),. Merely to state the questions asked an these would be impossible here, The pop- elation schedule carries sone forty �nlunins; reccmding for each person the name,. -family. kind- of 'dwelling,, o.go stiv. ecniugal condition. b•irbb- nlnce citizenship Or nationality, rac- ial origin, Ianguage, religion, edu- (*:+tion ooennmation, nnemnlovment, etc„ etc., in ell necessary detail. To cry detail of importance down to the final stages of the work must be foreseen and provided for from its inception. In planning the field work the country is first divided into "'census districts, each of which is placed in charge of a "census commissioner." The districts are then divided into "subdistricts," varying in population fronc.600 to 800 in rural localities, and fronm. 1000 to 1800 in urban, The subdistrict is the territory a1 - •lotted to a "census enumerator," who conducts the house to house and farm to farm canvass, and who is the only census official with whom the public comes directly in contact. One object of the census being to determine Parliamentary representa- tion, the act directs that census dis- tircts shall correspond as nearly as Possible to the federal constituencies for the time being, whilst the sub - districts are to be roughly the same as the polling subdivisions. Spine of the constituencies, however, are too large for one commissioner and are accordingly divided; departure is al- so necessary in a good many cases front the polling units, Altogether the census of 1931 will employ 253 commissioners and probably 15,000 enumerators. The commissioners are appainted by the Minister, and instructed by an officer of the Bur- eau; the enumerators are appointed and instructed by the commissioners, who must also check and vouch for all the enumerators' returns before the latter are forwarded to Ottawa. All field officers are paid fan' the most part on a "niece" basis, i.e., according to the population, farms, etc., enumerated. All are required to pass a practical test in the work before appointment: For a census that covers half a continent, embracing the 'most var- ied" conditions of nature and settle- ment, uniformity of plan is clearly impossible. For the remote and seldom. penetrated regions of Un- - gava, N'orthern . Outario and the Wiest, the organization . of the fur trading companies and of the various church missions have been engaged, In other .regions the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will take tie census, whilst the agents of the Indian De- partment will perform a like service for the Indian' population on reserves and eleswhere. Representatives of the Department will visit the remote northern and sub -arctic regions. Ev- en in districts that are closer, there remain a large• number of .eases where packtraies must be organized steamers chartered aitd similar spec- ial meansemployed to ensure that no section of time country escapes en- umeration, Aeroplanes will be used in, some districts. ' For the compilation of the census an extra staff. of over 750 Werke, ;GO'DERICH: Preparations are be- ing made for the building of a sun - room on the south side of Alexandra Marine amd General Hospital. Gor- don Bridgeman, architect, of London, has the plans in hand. The estimat- ed cost of the new building is 37,000 and it is proposed to build this sum- mer, Many liberal donations' have been received towards the cost of the MOM. C) N -SUS QUESTIONS These are •t he questions that will be asked about. each person by a Dominion 'Government census -taker sometime during the opening' week of June: 1. Your iiame and where you live. 2. Whether your home is owned or rented. 3. The estimated- value of your hone, if owned; or the monthly • rental, if -rented. .. 4. 'Flow many rooms are in your home . brick, is it of stone, or or:mvood ? • 5,. Is there a ladle set in your • home?, 6. Your relationship to the fam- ily (whether the head of family, wife, son, daughter, ' or uncle, etc.) 8. Are you ,single, married, widow- ed or divorced? 9: What was your age at last .;birthday? • 10, Where were you born? 11. Where was yoav father born? 12. Where was your mother born?. 13. In what year did you immigrate to Canada? .(Por foreign -born persons). 14. In what year were you natural- ized? (For foreign -born persons. 1-5. What is your nationality? 16. What is your racial origin; from what overseas country' did your family originally come? 17. 'Are you able to speak English? or french? 18. Wlhat is your mother tongue'? '(For foreign -born persons). 19. :01 what religious denomination. are you a member or adherent? 20. Ave you able to read and write? 21. How many months at school since Sept. 1, 1980? (For persons of school age.) 22. If you Inc a gainful worker, what is your occupation? 23. In what industry are you em- ployed? 24. Aro you an employer, an em- ployee, or are you working on your own account? If you are an employee, you will be asked if you were at work on Monday, June 1st, 1931, If you ans- wer "No," you will be asked wheth- er it was because of: (a) No job; (b) Sickness; (c) Accident; (d) On holi- days; (a) Strike or lack -out; (f) Plant closed; (g) Other reason. 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