The daily gazette., 1879-02-22

Si.pOO from the state now Whlcn ought
to 20 to the public schools. and an effort
Is being made 10 ado $1,000 to this.
OUR NENr CnNsUs.-The New York
Hera,d publishes long article embracing
many statistics showing the growth ot
the niied States and how it ha, been
retarded, from which it draws some in
teresting facts as 10 the probably aggfe-
gate of the population in 1880, and points
OUT several States that have grown the
most rapidly. 1t says The tenth cen
slls OF the Tinted States is to be taken IN
June, 1880 and is naturally looked for
ward to with great interest. Up to 1860
our decennlal progress in population and
material wealth had been uniformly
rapid and wonderful. The War of the
Rebellion then interfered, ani both di-
rectly and indirectly tended TO arrest that
progress-directly in the destruction,
through war and disease, of more than
three-quarters Of a million uf men in the
beginning Of NE, when, In the natural
-'Ft+4N' VI il-'F my h'It4ll nave Ih4 -
Is increased 'A- population; audindirecr-
" III checking he Hood Of immigration,
4 hood tilt' .4ai been bring NJ rs as high
a. npi a n!u.un inhabitants IN single
year lae regularity ~ our progress
ir4m ..'lto i~tui very remarkable. III.
per rurd-e Of increase u each decade j,
Arre Shown
b-.u, T.rc.. beae P.r eat
tH- 1~atat,i6 -
I-p0 q ls.e 45 .s44ts $50 So
Il-le t,se sata io53ta ISL o55s
l.-s-5 1850 istoto 20 -
Tie seventy wear, al - 80 we
-" '.n average Fa'e of three aud han
Iere Irr aanm, dieiHue ne whoie
! rer.a Ia.a .sot- d, zen year- each.
#3'-aasfle war our population III 1870
Wptl lave beru 1900 opp i'll lo.0. by
ID. ,ant ratio. weu.a nave bren ur-
w"ri III 7.uoVeoo ~ ii i, We shall come
90 >.'ieratiy ,holt OF $1,000 ,00o
la an editorial the Hero}d says thatthe
next sears enumeration Will show the
greatest gains within decade to have
| been III the States Of Illinois, California,
| Kansas, Minnesota, Texas and Florida
in the DER III which we have named
them. Most ot our Intelligent ptoplt
| viii rub their eyes incrednlou~ly at see
my Illinois Il, The banner State min
erea-e, hat The wonder ceases whom ou,
rrmelubsrs that lilnoi. contains NOR,
tnlie> Of railroad than any other State il
tle lion, and has scarceiy any ian,
nat 5 not arabl-. CatitornIaranks next
ts l. very natural almost It's entire rail
road system having been developed i,
within ten yra1s and placed the rare az
ricuitural advantages OF this enormou
State within general reach Kansas. al
most entirely arabic, wonderfully wei
watered except III IL. western quarter
and easily accessible, comes next: De,
haps the special Inducements whicl
J some OF her railway cUmpan es have OF
/, fered would.be purchasers Of rallya
q lands have helped her record. Mime
sofa comes fourth, and deservedlv. f.
her old reputation tor superior fertilit,
and society has proved to be deserve,
Texas ranks ii ~, in spite OF the nnei
viable repute in which some Of her i,
L habil auts have always been heli Their
q Is III the central PARTON OF the Lone Sta
{ State Lody Of land equal in area to III
: whole State Of New York, and un,u
i, passed III fertility and climate by any !
the Union. Railroads. have withinn n f.
years led To the red scovery of this lot
hidden country the discovererS ha,
note enough 10 have found "A matt,
y population that recognizes men As me
" without regard to proyiots political
II >eej onal Affiliations. Then follow, Flo
in ,il--a State which has all the natural
a sources, mines excepted. that are -,
/ lar to the nation, and offers no org.
go iza,l or local opposition TO new com
A.. WHO mean business. 1t appears, the
fore, tLat natural advantages, the mrs
oi getting nj them, aud The assurance
liit AMI property are the most potent
nv iinenccs N attracting immigration.
~ lWeen the States named AMI those fr,
ed which emlgrants have gone lie otl
:tA States as fertile as any they are a
ch rich III minerals. well watered, health
nd and soreiy in need OF men and mon
,ts yet their population has scarcely incre
ed except from within. Can they
:, understand, in the light of the Fl,
"o given above, why millions OF emigra
ho and hundred, of m,lhons NJ ,lo,lars l.,
hurried across or past them?