The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-02-24

STATISTICS show. that. rchildiea 1fs
decreasing in New. England. SO, Az
the mcn-slncs Daniel WSbStsr'S iiHiO. .
Exchange. ......-.vy 4s-.,y |
Yes; and, by an uuderstood but
nAmelsss process, children arc dscrsss.
Ing slsewhere,-cven in Marietta. The
Roman Catholics, who vigorously for! I!
bid such practices, arc getting ABOUT !
all he'positirc increase there IS, wA::::
VIC compare the average size o: n fam.
lily now with what it was for:; ;"a:s
ago. In a recent lecture OH tho r..:. !.
ioua condition Of the country, dcliv. !;
cred at Chicago, Father Hcckcr, Ro. !!
man Catholic priest, assorted that. :r
America, the increase OF Catholic pop
ulation over that Of other classes, .isl
one hundred per cent. lie nlcunt bY
this,-and 50 he explicitly stated,-tliat :
Catholic parents usualiy y havo twice - :
mauy children - Protests,It pAfanla,: ::
increase by immigration being left out
Of the question altogether. Or coursc.
for such fact, there is nc pr:".y r-i.
ural reason, and We do not c.ip5Ec to ,
discuss tho real cause Of steriiity IN NO .
many American families. nor sc: III. .
moral consequences arising from it,,
Marietta Times. ,' .,
In this connection We would call ct.
tcntionto the following extract from /
a lengthy article upon the subjec: IN
the. February number OF Hsrpcr's
Monthly. 1t is from the pen Of DR..
Allen, Of Lowell, and the article con-.
tains aomc startling facts, we'll worthy
Of perusal: ..- -
"The census of the State Of New,
York for 1855 discloscs some curious.
facts upon this subject. The method !
of taking this censuS' w0s different!
from oil others, IN this respect, that It
was taken BY families. The census re-.
ported In 1866 Il total of7s09Sl fami.;
iies-l9G,S09 families living without,
children, 1882 with only one child,
l40,572 with two, and l07.342 with
three children. Here. ID. almost Que.
fourth OF all the tapftics in the State!
III which not HFngfc child was found :.
and In 592,924 fnnilies-morc, than
Observation-Disclosures was, on m aver
age, only small fraction over ono
child to one family. Iu answer TO tho
inquiry put to every woman who was
or had beer, married, I'm all 43,662,)
how many children she hGd had, either,
present or absent, living or dead, theirs,
were ll5,25s women who responded
that they never had had child. III, Sl7:
only one child, l23.3l9 two, and l08, ,924
three children. Here We find 1899
who wcrc or had been married--a,most
onc-scYcnth of all-who never bore a.
single child, and al, l,772-nore than.
Onc-half OF all-who will average less
than ono child and seven-tcnths5 10,
each woman. These figures Include.
both the foreign aud American classes
but a large proportion applies to TIC;
strictly American. If the lAw settled;
by mortuary statistics, TINT two.Giths
Of oil children born die before rcsti
ing adult lite. be applied to the above
facts, II will appear that on an average
only about one child to each woman
ever reaches mature age; that is, only!
one-hAlr OF the original stock is sup
piled as far as these women (7l,772)
arc concerned. The whole population,
Of the State Of New York 10 composed.
IN its descent, Of such mixed .raccs.
that It is impossible 10 draw the exact
line between what may be considered
American and what foreign; but the.
compiler Of. the ccnsus-Dr. Franklin.
D. Housh-became convinced shat
there is At the present tlmo NO natural
increase .iu population among the fam.
lilies descended from the early setllerS.
of tho State. From an examination o:i
tho tables In tho census report thls gen
crsl fact 10 very evident throughout.
the State, namely, that the Marie!
women Of foreign origin have much
tho largest families. For instance, IA
the county, Of New York, reporting
almost onc-half oI, ,itI population as
foreign, we find this statement: While.
nine ,hundrcd and Sixty.dve American
women have each tcn children and up
ward, there were twenty.ciglt." hun
drcd and fifty foreign women .harInyI
ten children and upward, making three
times az MANY"