Litchfield enquirer., 1844-11-28
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PRosPEcT1vI POPULATION AND DEsTINY on rEzR
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Thsfo following calculations, made up for Hunts
MeychantS Magazine, have startling and posveRs
full interest, To think that within century from
this time the fetfitOry Of the United States will
contain population Of three hssndne wsilSons and
that in less than 6fly yeats it will contain hun.
dred Millions Is indeed interesting and shows in
striking light the magnitude Of the responsibility
those who have and who shall hereafter have the
destinies Of this mighty Republic in their hands,.
The calculations do not seem to be extravagaut,
and are probably very near the truth s5i EosS va
.tn lSA0. the United States had population Of
l7.O6S.666, Allowing its future increase 10 be AZ
the rate Of 80 l3 per cent for each succeeing ne.
Rod OF ten years, we shall NUMBER in 1910, SOS,-
l0l, gal, Past experience warrants US to expect
this increase. In $780, our number was 3,927, SAL
Surprising it to have increased each decade in the
ratio Of 80 l-3 per cent it would in lSaO; have 4.
mounted to l6.S60. 256; being more than half
mlliion less than our actual number - shown By
the census. With 800 200 COO, we should have
less than $50 to the square mile for our whole Ter.
rtoy, and but $40 to our organized states and ter
rtories. England has 800 to the square mile. Il
does not then seem probable that our in
crease will be materially checked within the one
hundred years under consideration. AT the end Of
that period Canada will probably number, at least
10000 900. FIVE suppose the portion ofour coun-
try east and west Of the Appalachian chain Of
mop tains, known as the Atlantic slope. to possess
at that time 40 600 O00 OF near five times lie pres
ent number, there will be LEFT 300 900 600 for the
great central region between the Appalachian and
Rocky mountains. Allowing the Oregon Territory
10000 900, there will be left $50 900 for that por
ti0n of the American States lying in the basins of
the Mobile, Mississippi and St. Lawrence. g If to
thase we add 20, 900 tor Canada, we have 270,-
000, 900 ~ the probable number that will inhabit
the North American valley at the end of one hum
dred years, commencing in 1910. If we suppose
one.th:d or 10000, 900 Of this number to reside in
the country as cultvators and artisans, there will
be 1sO0oo,0 900 left for the towns, enough to peo.
pie 800. each containing half million, This
does not seem as Incredible as that the valley Of
the Nile, scarcely - miles broad, should have
once, rs distortions tell US, contained 10000 cities
But, lest one hundred years seem too long to be
relied on 10 calculation having 80 many elements,
let Us see how matters will stand fifty years from
1870, or forty-sx years from this time. The ratio
of increase we have adopted cannot be objected to
as extravagant for this period In 1890, according
to that ratio, our number will be 72,000.OO0. or
these 22,0 900 will be fair allowance for the
Atlantic slope. OF the remaining 5o,00o,oOO two
leaving 100000 for the great valley within the
States. If to these we add 100000 as the popu.
laton Of Canada, we have an aggregate of 53O0O,-
900 for the North American valley or say
is, 100000 being set down as farming aborers, and
rural artisans, there win remain $4,000 900 forthe
each half a million Of souls. It can scarcely be
doubted Il at within the forty seven years. our ag-
ricuiturc win be 80 improved as to require less
than one-third to furnish food and raw materials
for manufacture for the whole. population. Good
judges have said thai. we are not now more than
twenty or thirty years behind England in orr hus.
bandry. II 10 certain that we are rapidly adopting
her improvements in this branch of industry; and
II is not to be doubted that very many new i'm.
provements will be brought out. both in Europe
and America, which viii tend to lessen the labor
necessary in the production Of food and raw mate.
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