The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-10
THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN Peep LIE

| THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN Peep lie
The population of England and Wales in
| 1871 was %, 7l2 266; that OF the United States
in 1870 was 80, 555, 0S3. 1t has generally been
| believed that there were more office-bearers
in the United States than in England-and so
there are; there are So, S74 persons engaged in
governmental employ in England and Wales,
81, 1922 in the United States But the percent
age OF office bear ers to people in the Kingdom
is as l to 4l6, while in the Republic it is as
to 568. The great majority of the English
civil servants and administrators, however,
hold their offices for life, or during good
behavior; while those in America are gener-
allo hustled out of Office at every change OF
the Federal Administration. In England and
Wales there is one clergyman or minister to
each 718 of the population; in the United
States there is one to each S79. Now il would
seem that there should bs no talk of spiritual
restitution when there is a shepherd for every
$40 sheep and lambs; minister of the old
school, at least, would not have considered
himself overburdened by the charge of con-
gregation consisting of 200 families But as
regards this matter, the truth probabably is
| that, while in both countries there is a super
abundance of religious guides tor certain
classes, there is dearth of them among
other sections of the communion.
Neither England nor the United States,
however, ere nearly SO we'll supplied with
priests and parsons as are other countries.
Ii Russia there is priest to each 323 Of the
population, which is only another way of
saying that the clerical army of the Gar
numbers 253 08l men, In France there is
one priest, monk, pastor, or minister to
each 235 of the population, or 153, $50 in all;
in Italy there is one to each 143 of the peo-
pie, or ABOUT 10000 in all; and in Spain
most blessed Of all lands-there is priest
to each 81 Of the population, or Bis, III in all.
In Russia, France, Italy, and Spain, how
ever, the men in religious orders of all
grades are included in these numbers.
The whole number of clergymen and minis
tiers of every kind England and Wales
is 81. 632; and in the United States it is
43, S62 While these attend to the cure of
souls, there are for the cure OF bodies a
large number of physicians. In England there
is one physician, chemist, or druggist for each
66l of the people, and in the United States
there is one for each 6l2 But while the
English and Welsh are SO careless about their
teeth as to employ only one dentist for each
9210 people, the Americans have dentist for
each 49l9 of their number. The English and
Welsh appear to be the most htigious people
in the world-for they have lawyer or
lawyers assistant to each 653 of their
population; while the Americans con-
tent themselves with one to each GAG;
the French with one to each 1870; and the
Belgians with one to each 27O0. The careful
compiler of the statistics from which we are
copying these curious figures, puts it down
that in Prussia there is only one lawyer to
each II, 900 of the population; but we are IN.
clined to think some error must Turk behind
these figures, and that there must be more
than POST knights of the wig and gown in the
l. oofp Tn or,I al
there are 1892 members of tine theatrical pro-
fession. while in the United States there are
only 2050; and while in the kingdom there is
an average If 80 pupils to each teacher, in
the republic there is teacher to each SO
pupils.
The great occupation in the United States
that is, the occupation which has the largest
number Of people engaged in it's that OF
agriculture. There are 1884 299 farmers,
the most of whom own the land they till;
and the whole number of people employed in
agricultural pursuits is 5 922 All, or Is. 36
per cent of the whole population. In Eng
land and Wales the percentage is 7.30. Only
2, 903, $50 of the Americans, or Z. 50 per cent,
are engaged in manufacturing, mechanical
| and mining industries, while the percentage
of this class in England and Wales is ~. GO.
Little over million of the Americans Il, 090,-
| $685. or SO per cent? are employed In COM
merce and in the transportation of goods,
while in England and Wales 359 per cent of
the people are thus engaged.
The whole professional class in the
United States numbers 450, 533, or LII per
cent; while in England and Wales this class
absorbs 2 Al per cent OF the whole popula-
ton. In the United States no less than 49,
1911, $40 of the people, or 1911 per cent, are
put under the heed of domestic, indefinite
and non productive" but in England and
Wales only 63 4S of the population come IN.
der this category Ia Russia sc per cent Of
the population are engaged in agriculture
in Italy IL in gedeo, II, in Belgium, 81
in France SO; in Prussia, Is; in Austria, 25
in Spain, 25 and in Holland 16 per cent
There are 44,614 printers in England an6
Wales, while the United States, with sixteen
millions more people, have only 80 $50
printers.
There are in England many more inn
keepers, comm ercial travellers, peddler9, sea
men, watchmakers, architects, bricklayers