The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-01-31
4 short Study ia Statistics.

The following from late issue OF the
Cincinnati Times contains facts and figures
which will interest and no douOt instruct
all who peruse the article
The fear was expressed the other day that
the vast emigrstion in progress towards the
crOwding the country. The maps viii have TO
hcnsIon exists as to the CON parative size Of the
various States. Men know, in a general way,
that Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut
have small area in comparison with the great
States OF the West and South. But in the ex-
aminatioulof aliases they have not taken into
queer errors about the size Of Stntes ike
Pennsylvania and Kansas, or New York and
Colorado. They look at the county maps or
the smaller and older States, and bring these in
juKtapOsition with the maps OF thiniy-settled
communities, which are drawn on a much
smaller Scale, A few comparisons Will serve
to remove these misconceptions.
The ares OF the states ranges from Rhode
island with i,30j square miles 10 Texas with
?. .4,S5'. Toe area Of England, exclusive or
coast isIBnds and Corsica, is 2Ji ,S2l. Take all
the New England States together. and their
Eugisna, but 1900 more thRu.the single State OF
Missouri. The area OF Fnnce is only lhe little
matter Of 1900 square miles greater than that
OF the single State of California, ard as we have
seen IS 'uUyJ square mics less tt.au that OF lex
as. England aud France together are not equal
to the Lone Star state.
Maine. with 5000 square miles, comprises
s1afes TGfMane is mot equal 10 0hio Win ifs
S9,0jf square miles Yet ont OF the thiri y-eght
the area of Ouio. All the New England and
Middle States together have q less area, igI,T97
square miles, than California, with lSS esi. II
TO. these States arc added Maryland, Ir2inia
and North Carolina, the area OF these thirteen
States is yet less by more than ZOO square
miles than the area of Texas alone.
It would take very nearly seven such States
more thun two TO equal Kansas, aud nearly two
TO equal Nebraska. Aud yet il would take
more than tivc states the size of Massacnu-
sets 70 make up Ohio. Ohio, Indlana and lli-
. nois confined have area OF 10, is3 square
miles, less by over $1,000 thua California atone
ana oniy -JbJJ greater than Colorado alone
/ Nevada has an area Of Sl,530 square mites aud
n ti tttlaJss g. l.itsS ~ nc "o 9ialcs o. NV
ork ana rennsy wanna put together. oregon
is ZOO square mlios larger than the two COM
biEed. Michigan would hold seven States Of
lhC size OE MussIC huSCtt5, and Texas more than
200 OF the size OF Rhode Island, I've OF the size
( OF New York, oad three OF the size OF Kansas.
N ost $1,000 square miles less in extent than Ore
EOn uud are i5,N00 square miles less than Mimi
esOta minnesota Is more than double the size
7 OF either Ohio, Indiana or Virginia, aud IS
equai 10 New ofk ahd Souih CarOllAa put to-
gether- Sois Kansas Neoraska IS equnl in cx-
/ tent TO PenHsy lVania and ali the New England
] states, but Galue. Texas alone comprises
the whole country. Texas, California. COfora.
/ do, Oregon, Minnesota, Kansas ana Nebraska
arc nearly equal in extent 10 All the rest COM
{ Now we turn to ;he statistics OF population
} we use the ngures OF tue CENSUS OF 1910 The
J relations OF the States viii be seen IN another
( The population of the thirtv-eight States. by
the census. was aS, l55,505. In round mum oeI 3,
+ the square mics ~ these states foot up 2,CJ1,-
Z Geo. France. with an arcu only about one
I tenth as large, with an area only about We
! seycntbs that OF ii single State, had popuia.
ton. in 1872, of 81, ioz e2l- The population OF
England, whose extent is, as nearly as possible,
. that OF Alabama, was, in ls1i, 2l,4s1.CSS- The
population OF Texas, compared with that OF
! France, was oi5.5gi, and that of Alaouma, $50,
992, against the 2lOe0,o00 OF England Ther5
/ were only afteen States out or the thirty eight
! that had in 1919 q population OF a million und
. over, though there We're fourteen that had a
! larger area than England. that supported a
| population OF over q ,lHrJtfs).
+ Inc States towards which the tide OF emigra-
I ton is now setting are Minnesota, NebraS ka
Kansas, Texas and Colorado. Their united
= area = 6So,O1O square miles. Their population
triue IN excess OF that OF missouri, though
their area was ten times great. II was balf
"A million more than the population OF Massa-
chuSetfs- and the area Of these combined States
/ is 10 that OF massachusetts Us ninety is 10 one
We're these States as denSclg populated as
Massachusetts, they would have population
nearly five times as large as that which at pres
Z ent dwells within the entire Union. Were
these States as densciy populated As Ohio, the
I number OF persons dwelling within them
I would Se 424O0.Gi0 With the population they
i had in 1870, they were exceeded by four States
New York alone, that had less thUn One-tweftf
: OF the area Of .hese States. had more than dou-
t bic the population. Ohio, with only uue-fif
I teenth or their area, had population "a third
7 larger. Pennsylvania had a population nearly
Z twice as large, though its area was $500.
{ square miles less. If any one thinks Of thPs6
Older States as UvCT-CrOwded, we suggest thai
I he take days ride on any railroad running
through ohio, Pennsylvauia or New York II
he Is not surprised at the vast quantities oi
land that yet remain to be used. il only bt
because be is familiar with the facts. he
. has Travelled abroad he will better understand
I the capacity OF his cOuntry,aud the vastucss o.
the mighty domain that Is waiting TO be peo
pied,
J Uncle Sam has yet room for all the vas
i thrOngs that are turning to He has land
enough and room enough TO give US all farm
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