New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-07
CIE LOST POPCL.d1ION.
WHY Nrw-YOEK HAS ALMOST CEASED GROWING
STARTLING FACTS AND INFERENCES.
Tho articles latelx nrintcl in LIE TRIEI Ne

WHY NEW YORK HAS ALMOST CEASED GROWING
-SrARTLING FACTS AND INFERENCEs.
The articles lately printed in TIE TRIBrNE
upon the loss Of New-York trade for the i'm
mediate considerable Of merchants and business men
generally Int the loss Of population invites the serious
attention Of every owner Of real c.tac upon Manhattan
Island. The loss in NcwYork has gone on step by step
with the diversion VI trade. thus proving an intimate
connection between the two The prosperity of tie city
may be measured 10y its growth IN population as accu-
iaely az 10y its decline in trade although
there are causes (which have exercised very
strong Inference upon the one, and had but a
slight effect upon the other New-Iork
is the tih depot for that foreign Immigration tn the
country which must have added to the population ii
large number that would not Ia, hccn derived from any
other From 1870 to 1870 the number Of nmi-
grants landed at this p0r 1855. 523 aud Of this
hcr those who remained added less To the growth Of
trade than 20 the increase Of population As rule the
energetic and industrious remained IN the city hat
short time, and then sought homes IN the West where,
by the development of that section Of the courv they
probably added more to the c",uncroial prosperity of
the city than those who remained.
, the ratio of increase Of the population hc
easily and accurately asccrtaircd than that Of trade
The National and state Census afford ready and
rate means Cf determining Tie growth OF population. but
suc data IN regard to Tie trade 81 the city avail
able. More than 20 cent of the trade Of New York
consists in The tXcan gc OF the product, the different
ections of The 'oun!, records "ug kept only hy few
special branches. The great mp"r. ami oxp"i tIac of
the ,ity arises mainly from t fact That al the present
time nearly all the foreign steamships make Ncw.Yolk
thcii port entry; but for tbs the city Is indebted
to lis past prosperity than to the present induce
ncns which it Offers to foreign trade Baltimore Boston
and Philadelphia will be able TO furnish return ear
and then the decline in the foreign trade If New
York will b, rapid than has been that of its
which is still retained, due TO the possession OF hat
foreign trade.
II has been shown. from tAc data published in pro vone
articles that the period Of greatest commercial pros.
perity was the ten preceding 1854; and like
that thar was also the period Of the mCst RAPID growth
In the cys population. Tie great loss OF trade has
taken place since Loo and also has the most rapid
decline III the ratio OF increase of population From 1900
to 1862 period Of 6" the ratio Of
in population fraction over Is per cent for every five
From $50 to 1860 the increase at the
per hut from the ratio was only 1873
' Of 4s Te p"puaou ~ t@ e ts; ;a, a IN
lO was 5oi,92j ana in 1870 3l.Soaol. The ropu-
Sver. i@s a. fast q, The population Of the country q,
large fr" re" 70 Is% the TntiG Of increase for ne Ely
the time 3" per cent thus almost
voIslng The relative of Increase The country and
This great can,o j. If the startling Significance
than connrir> wherein they are sinatrd Pans IN.
creased in population at rapid rate while France II"
naiucd nearly stationary. NrwIork, for period of ca
increase" ~ the rat" ~ over 81 per every
vcarS--a ratio of Increase more than double That ri The
whole country. suede y. Ia single decade. the iai,
drop I" les imam II cent frui twice That
the United states 10 les than half. This furnishes
cOncus," evidence that something l> had an Y;raor-
dnaIy eject upon the city poiula ou II the
war, FOR The whole nation felt It's iuuu, nee
70 greater extent than this city did. New
York. however. during mIic'i Of this time
the corrupt 1amDany officials. and the presumption is
almost conclusive that Tins Ring the cause this
los of population. The loss and the want @
accommodation the Immediate of hi. los,
POPULATION. nf The primary reason may hc traced t" The
rdc of the TauUany leaders TN, loss In the
rcn e.tntc caused by III" Nng & II he found far
coed the los- in money stolen by them The growth
population measures the in the value real
estate. Any increase in the value OF property hcyud
thai cascd ly the growth in popul j. moi r. hut
Imaginary. The Only tue valnc ri al estate j. To be-
lie occupied II nnOccupcd it i worthless except to
IL respective value which depends curc, upol. Inc
ratio Of Increase IN population.