Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-27
Sun OAY READING.
CHlLD-MURDER.
The Proof OF the Blood
Guiltincss of Ante
Natal Infanticide.
The Causes and Results Or"
Great Crtnse OTfhe Wine.
feeMtA CeMlssru."
Tho Influence Of Fashion upon
American W0men...Ihe Ell.
iccts Of Early Vice Cpen
American Men.

/ - olO NROn
| American Men.
| The pastoral letter OF the RI. Rev. A.
Cleveland Coxe. bishop of western New
York, calling attention especially TO the
| prevalence OF Tho great crime Of the nine
tenth century, and referring 10 the article
on THE Changes in Population" which
/ appeared in the February number Of Hdr
per's 4a1asjas. hes excited sush general
attention that the reproduction Of the sali.
snt points Of that article now may prevs
| to b interesting.
rnn DscAeAss o. POPULATION IN new YoaK.
The csasus Of the state Of New York for
1865 disoloses some curious facts upou the
subject. The msthed Of taking this census
WAS different from al others il THE respect.
that It was taken BY .families. The census
reported in 1865 total Of 7S0, 93l famil,es
-l96.S0S families living without children,
las, 2CS With only one child, l4O,572 With
two, and 107, 842 with three children. -
Here 10 almost one fourth Of al the families
in the state in which not single child was
found and 10 502. pa families-mors than
three foursh0-thsrs vas, on An average,
only . small fraction over enc child to each
family. 10 aaswsf to the inquiry put to
every woman who vas or had been married
Gin oil, e42 sea-, how many children she
I'D oee, whether present or absent, living
or dead, there were liz, 1854 women who
reepQuded that they never had had child.
Ia, Sl7 only one child, 1884, two. and
los. S24 three children. Here W iiud lis.
262 women who were or had been married.
almost enc seventh Of all-vho never
bore . singls child, and Al. 772-mors
than eao.half efsll-whe will sverige les
than one child and ssven-tssnths to each
woman. These figures include both the
foreign and AmssiSau classes, but large
proportion applies = the strictly American.
1.-THE law ssstlsd By msrtuary statistics.
that two 1fihs Of eli the children born die
before reaching adult life b applied g the
above facts, il will appear that on an aver
age only ono child 70 sa>h woman ever
reaches mature aes. that 10, only one-half
Of the original stock 10 supplied, - far a
these women (47l ,772) ere concerned,
TEEN AND NOW.
10 the small town Of Billerica, settled In
1855. Usy be found in il early record.
these lasts: There are recorded &c familie.
having 10 children each; 20. II each: "a.
AZ each; 10, Is sash 8, l4:each: 1. Is:
and !. 81. Here were 90 families having
.O43 childrsn-squal TO . regiment. Moth.
ing ike this, not even IN approximation 10
u, for 90 years past can be found in the his.
terry Of any town in New Eoglaud.
4 COMPARISON IT NATIONS.
Another meds Of obtaining information
10 this matter 10 By way Of comparison.
There b chat 10 called . firth rate in every
community Or nstion-that 10, one birth
every yer - - many ishabitasts. This
rats will vary in different years and, 10
order = obtain fair standasd. IL should %
thssvsraes found fer sssies Il ysass. The
accompanying table, reported ia the United
Statss csasss Csr 1890, pesssn0 ~ BIRTH
rate Of the nations here namsd, emitting
the dscioals, - follows, that 10, one birth
20 % many inhabitant: Saxon. rs; Prussia,
90; Sardinia, 81; Norway, 81; Russia,
80; denmark, 80 Hasover. SO; Ssesden,
90 Bavaria, 20; Netherlands, so; England.
~; belgium, "a and France, 81.
rnD GRRAf CAUSE.
In view OF the foregoing statsmsnts ths
inquisy naturally arises in every thou.ht.
full mind, what can be the CAUSE AZ srch
changes-changes 20 radical in their ma
eess and % important Ia their efscts = |
Writers upon the lsws Of population hsv.
generally ssgsrdsd the following % thu
principal causes in preventing its incrsase.
namely climate, famine, psstilsnce. var.
gossansnl was ef nasriagss ssd prudsn.
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