The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-12-17
Wednesday, Dec. II. 1879
POPULATION.

IL esaeral rate Of increment II ths
population OF Csliforpis between $50
and 1870 was rer cent. Per annum.
At this rate the population. according
70 The Federal census wbicA i to -
tAkss in 1890, will amount V about
$50 900. and this figure will compare
with that OF previous dates - follow /:
1880. le5. 900; 1860. s79. sol; and 1870.
800, A7.. This shows slow rate Of i'm
crement compared with the growth Of
some Of the Wssterp States.
Oregon, which then included al Of
WIS. i. now Washington end Idaho.
had . population Of sboot 1900 In
1880. "a, 900 in 1860. and IS .0o0 in 1870.
n i supposed the census Of 1850 viii
show about l6o, 900 inhabitsats in that
State.
Washington had in 1853. When given
. Territorial organization. aboot 1000
people. BY 1860 the number bad h.
creased to about II 900. and In 1870 -
about $4,000. The next national esnsus
(lss0) It is confidently anticipated win
give proof Of our possession Of pop
ulstion Of 72.O0O.
idaho, which MAS taken from WASH
isstosin 1868. h.d then 10000 inhab-
itants, which lumber will undoubtedly
be increased to co. 90 il 1850.
The population Of the Unite STATS
IN 1850 was $4,000. 900. II 1850. 81.
10000; 1870. SO. 10000. ls-lsso Il
will probably be 80. oo0.0 900. ~
The population Of the Earopsan
world that is. Europe, Ameries, Aus.
trslis and European settlements. sx-
cluding 10 all Cases the sborisinal
population lis ct the present time sboat
400OoO. 900. Il 10 sstimatsd 70 have
amsaetsi to 10000. 900 during to A.
GUSTAV era 70 hsvs fallen 70 lsss than
$1,000 900 during the Dark Ages -
bavs Increased to n. oo0. 900 q tAs ps-
siud d the discovery u Anssiea y
have been $4,000. 600 Ia 1875. 81. 90 go
in 100, TIC. oOo.o 900 10 1776. sad $685.
100000 in 1877.
Voltaire, writing about the middle Of
the last century, said the population Of
Europe had trebled since tho time Of
Charlemagne that France had pop
ulstioa Of 600 to the square league.
Spain 80. Russia 10. and Tartsry 10.
He credited Russia with population
Of twenty foor million. Germany end
Hungary the same; Spain latter Usts-
ris) seven; Great Britain aud ireland,
nins 70 ten; and France, sixteen to
twenty. Employing these and other
data. Europe Was credited with one
hundred and six to ono hundred and
ten million. These numbers wsrs 20
alarming that essays and books without
number were writtsu'to account for the
evil Of evsr.popalation, and to suggest
. means Of REFRESHING It. Among tAsss
works the most notable were By Hume,
Wallace and Nautilus. These authers
clearly perceived tho principle that
population augmented aud diminished
with the means Of subsistence, and
their inst distribution according 70
effort aud merit. but since they had
no devices to offer whereby prodostisn
could bs increased or distribution In.
proved. they were centented With
showing how the growth Of popula-
I. tion might BE- repressed. Hswsyer.
things soon took = widely different
tarn from what they expected. =
stodious little man h.d rightly con-
pretended the difficulty and discev-
cred the proper remedy. The man
va james Watt. and the remedy ~
steam engine. This remedy. however,
only. related to increased production.
Il cosli not bring about jass distri-
bution. This Was done By the IroacA
and American Revolutions, the sseab-
lishmspt Of paper money syssems. and
tho abolition Of the isudal sysGen IN
Continental Europe. oil Of which hap.
psssd within . few years. Il Ms
these events which saahled ths popu-
lssicn of the European world to In
CREASE from one hundred and len 70