The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-04

PITTSBURGH.
What Statistics Tell Of Her Past,
and Promise for Her Future,
From the Trade circular.l

From the Trade Circular.l
In 1900 the population of the terrific
nv of that Inland navigation, ot whose
head Pittsburgh stands, was 9S5,6s7 and
that of Pittsburgh, 1866, or little over
4l0per cent. In 1903, the value of her
business was $35O,O0O or 81 2-l0 per cent
DER capita of the population of the ter
ritorywhich was her natural market
in the rivalries of trade and the shift
inp currents of commerce, it would be
thought well if city increased her trade
in per cent. ratios with the growth OF the
territory where she found her market
but more than this has Pittsburgh done,
The per cent, of manufactures and busi-
ness that would be necessary to have
Pittsburgh keep pace with the growth of
the West, would be only, according to the
data of 1900 and 1903, not quite one dol
lar per capita for the inhabitants of the
Ohio and Mississippi basins at any given
data. Let us see. In 1900 there was in
the territory indicated l,075,53l inhabi-
tants, and in Pittsburgh, 4,76S, or 9-2O
per cent, being l-20 of an increase over
the necessary increase to preserve the
progressive ratio. The business OF the
city was, by an estimate made at that
date, over $l,0OO,000, or equal to SO per
cent. on the amount of the population OF
the West and Southwest. .H
In 1920, the census gives 2,64l ,552 as
The population of the section of country
designated, and that of Pittsburgh as
7,248, or not quite $40 per cent, show
ing falling off of the ratio Of increase.
Atthat date the city was, and had been
for some five years back, suffering under
the effects of the revulsion of the peace
Of 1915, after the war of 1912. The man
ufactures of the city were valued In 1917
three wears previous, at So, ,286 1866, being
a fraction short of 80 per cent. on the
population of the whole market, indica-
ting the sympathy betweenthe consumer
and the supplier, under similar clrcum-
stances as now in the present depression
Of our trade.
In 1880. there were in the same section
of the Union. 1881 ,298 inhabitants, and
in Pittsburgh, 1898, being $40 per
cent; evincing not only a corresponding
increase with the population of the
west and that of the city, bnt gain of
lilo per cent. on the requisite ratio.
There is no record of the value of the
manufactures and commerce of the city
for 1880, so on this point no comparison
can be made, but it is, perhaps, not nec-
essary, as later periods argue that the ra-
tho of increase was fully sustained. !
In IS40, there were 5,l73,940 inhabi-
sants in the Western and Southwestern
States, while the population of Pitts
burgh was 39,93l, being 1920 per cent,
being an increase of 500 over the ratio
needed. For this year there is also no
statement. of the value of the business of
the city, but in. 1886, four years previous,
it was estimated at $31, ,146,55O, being
something over 600 per cent, or Six dol
lars per capita. while one dollar per cap
ita was the requisite ratio. Showing that
the business of the city had not only
kept pace with the per capita of the
growth of the west, with which it started
in 1900, but had compounded thereon
quite 500 per cent.
In 1850 the population of the section Of |
the Union under consideration, was g.
4I9,179. and that of Pittsburgh was TO-
1873, being 1920 per cent; being not only
. corresponding gain with the previous
ten years, which period showed a gain
over the necessary per cent, but 4-2O in
crease over that required ratio, and l-20
over the advance OF 1840.
In 1850, the business of Pittsburgh was
estimated at $50,000,000, which is about
the same ratio as in 1910.
In 1860 the population of the Missis-
yippi and Ohio basins was shown by the
census Of that year to be 14,S7S,526, and
the population of Pittsburgh, 1854, o"
1920 per cent. The business of Pitts
burgh, by estimates then published, was
over $l00,0O0,000. Showing that in pop
ulation Pittsburgh not only held her
own in the greater ratios of increase with
the population of the west, but in her
business also she still continued to in
,rease on the large gains over the requis-
te per capita valuation.
In 1870 abe population Nf the Ohio and
basins were 20, Az, ,389, and
hat of Pittsburgh, 2ll, l,73O, being 2O-2O
,r 1920 in excess of increase necessary !
o have kept pace with the growth Of the :
of fer markets. The business
IF Pittsburgh for 1870 was 2l6,0OO,OOO, :
without the value of the financial busi-
ness of the city or the aggregate of the :
mailer busil esses necessary to supply
he domestic wants of the inhabitants.
This would show over 1000 per cent.
yer capita on the population of the Ohio
md Mississippi basins, or over 900 per
;ent. excess over the per capita to keep
,ace with the ratio of Increase required !
t being the predicate that if city in
;reased heI trade with the per capita of
he population other market it would be
hought well.
Now, the increase of Pittsburgh growth
10th in population and trade have been
70, as we have stated. To bring them
more wildly before the reader, we sub
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