The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-12-12
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Is ssy ttisI ne sonffi has has 6sa ,i
more responsible than tge North for It's
co1t'n"ance. l, then. for a cnnu On Oh
Jet, this property isto be sacfiicsi, IS II
not just that it be done at -eomm1m
rhsrge9 Aai If with les, money, o.
money more EASILY riI. va can presarrs
the benefits Of tie Union bv this mean
than we can by ths war alone. is i. not
also economical TO dn il Let Us consid d.
er II, then% Lst u ascertain the sum we
have ex?enle III the var since compsn~
safe! emancipation was proposed last
March, ari consider whstherif that meas
nre had been promptly accepted BIZ even
song Of the slaFe states, the same sum
sou'd net-siare doHe more t. close the
war tHan ha@ been otherwise done. lfso.
he nA4<Hre word sara money, ana in
;iraa v.ew would 90 2 prudent and econ
0IUlc8t measure. Csrtain,V it i not 50
easy 70 paw something as it is to paw
nothing; bat II IS easier to pay a large
sIn. t5lat q Is TO pay a larger one ani il
) easisFato pay any .am when we a~e abe
tiaa II Is tosp4v J, before We are able =
Inc war feqliTes tiIe'n 1T once: the NJ,
gTeZate suns Necessary Ear "iCompen >afea
Emancipation" o. couF.e, would be large
bat it would reqg'ge 10 ready cash nor
hpat! -nlen aaY faster tilan the efnanri,s
ton progresses. This might not. and
proi,aDly you'll. not, close b-f,re he end
Ut tie thirty seven years At that time
sc stal probably have 100 600 .00D Of
people TO share ,he burden instead Of 81
ut0 600 ~ now ; and not onv So, bat
the Incre tse of oGr population may be tx.
fec'e,i 10. continue for long time after
the period as rapidly q before. because
oar territory will MT have become fail.
10 not state this Inconsistencies. ~
The sasrn.ratio Of increase which we have
ma!utalaet on an Average from oar first
/ national census. in 1879, until that OF
lcG0 W8 should in 1900 have Il oaru =
zion 0; l03 2G64!5; a0l why NAV we
not continue that rslio far beyond tina,
period Our abundant room. orr broad
na;iJuai hntneste "a, Is our anpi. resorr
ce'. W eIe our territory rs Limited AS are
the British Isles, very certainly orr popu.
! lati0n could Hot expand as stated. In
stead OF Tecai:lnt the foreign born as now.
we should Ie compelled 10 send part OF
The native born away but such is not orr
/ c3id Gon' " 9 have two millions nine
hdriie.! and six'v-tiree thousand sut,are
miles Europe has three millions and
eight hundred thousaal, with a popula>
TO- averaging seventy three amt one third
psr-o1s TO the square ME WHY NAV
~: oIF country At some time average A.
many /, it less fert:Ie7 Has it more
waste sarfaee ht mountains rivers. takes
Il -seris, or other causes I>i inferior to
/ fHr"Pe In any natural advantage! !!
then We are at some time 10 be As 1npu-
| ioGs - Europe, how soon? As 10 Wien
:hiz maybe, We can Judge By he past aad
the present. AZ to whom it will, if ever.
depends much on whether We maintain
the Union. SeversI "f orr states are
above tie average European pnpniaiiou
Of seven'y-thrce aud th!fd Ia the square
mile. Massachusetts has one hundred and
ii''y-seven. Rhode Leland one iaudred
"nd thirty three, New York and New Jer-
seF each eighty also Two other rrea.
stae5 Pennsylvania and Ohio. are not far
! oelow the former having Sixty three and
the latter fifty nine The states already
ABOVE tie European average, ex"ep. New
York, have increased in AS rapid ratio
! since passing ha. point rs ever before.
while no one Of them j. equal 10 some
other parts Of onr country in national ca
parity for sustaining dense population
Taking tie nation IN the arErpeate AMI
we ti"l is population aud ratio 81 increase
f2r the several decenniaI periods 10 be as
! follows:
17aO-3, e29,827.
l~o)-5 3o5 1915 02 per CT. raj, Of irc~e,se,
l~l0-7.239 So 1876 per E: ratio cf increase
$500 90 ldl - 3 per CT r.tip of increase
tNao-l2,s66 020 80 10 per Ct gatjo ofincrnas
iotO II H69,io3 81 81 Ter C ratio o. i.creisc
- ~ Itl-S.6 81 81 per e ra.io Of increase
$50 81 ~ 100 - So per ct ratio Of increase
This shows an average d-cenuisl Increase
9 - 81 per cent. n population throngI
tie seventy Years from oar first 10 our la.
rens''s taken. L j. seen that the ratio 81
increase at no one Of these seven perio +
IS either two Fer cent. below or two per
cent. above the avera Le-thus shnwiua
how iniieXib'c, and consequently how re-
/ ab'e the law Of increase in our ease is
, Assuming that it viii continue, It rvee
he following results: 1870, q 323 81;
1850. Sc 9672lC; 1890. 76G77s72
1900, 1913 POS 4I5 1910, I3S .919 500
. 1929, $50 J9t335. 1880 25I ESQ oil