The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-06
IA Short study il sGat.siI

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ward the Weatern Gtates would rss,,it
before long, in croWding the ccunfry,
The maps win have 10 bear the ifssnf i, ::
sibliity of s'hateFer n1iEap apprehension ax s.
ista as TO the comparative siae ,of tlie va
| rious States. Mep know, in d general
], way, that Rhode island, Delaware ail6
| CONNECTICUT have small area Ia COM.
/ parlEon with the great States OF the West
and Soutb. But in the examination OF
atiaees they have not taken into gaccon3t
the different scales, and many fall INTO
queer errors about the size of States like
Fennsyivania and Kansas, or New York
anu Colorado. They look as tie Onnty
maps Of the smaller and olderEs d. and
DriDg these in juxtapcsitiou With the
maps OF thinly.settled communities.
4 which are drawn on q much smaI Ter seaIe.
a few comparisons will serve to remove
these misconceptions. RI 7s
I Tho area Of the States ranges froD1
/ Rhode Island with / ,20S eduare mi,as Il,
| Texas with 274,a56. The area Of Et.s,--..
land, exclusive of Wales, is SO, ,952. Tilat
OF France, including the const Island and !
Corsica. is 204,951. Take all the. New
England States together, aud their area
is 6e, e,367-say II, QUO more square miles
than old England, but only, 8, 600 more
/ than the single State Of Missouri The
area of France is only the little matter
OF 10, 200 square miles greater than that
of the single State of California, and az
We have seen. Is &c, 900 square miles less
than that of Texas. England and Trance
together are not equal to the Lone Star
State. tg 3 81 g "a
Maine, with 81, 900 square miles, COM
prises rather mo:s than half OF the New
england States, but Maine Is not equal
70 Ohio; with Its S9,9G4 square miiea.
| 1et OUT OF tho 80 States, there are twen-
| ~ with areas exceeding the ares OF Ohio.
All the New England and Middle States
together have Iess area. III .7e7 so,,sr i,,,S,
miles, than California, with l58, ,9Sl. If
to these States are added Maryland yir-g
ginis and North Carolina,s the area az
these thirteen States is yet less by more
than 1000 square miles, than the area
of Texas alone.
IL would take very nearly seven such
States as Ohio 10 equal Texas iii terri
torial extent, more than two tc euuai
9ansas, and nearly two to equal N abraska.
and yet IL would take more chan iiyo
States of the size of Massachusetts 10
| make up Ohio. Ohio, Indiana and IIif.j
neia combined have an area of 12g, 1SS
square miles, less by over 10000 Shan
California alone, and only %, 600 greater
than Colorado alone. Nevada mas an
| area Of 81 $50 square miles, and ID almost
as large as the two Statea of New York
and Pennsylvania mt tngathar nrnanr,.
zee square rs than III. sT;,
combined. Michigan would hold eeyen
stataa of the stsA cs n -.
Texas moro than 200 of the aizH of Rhode
leland, five Of the sizs OF New Y YoYk, and
three of the size of Kansas. All file
New England States together ere almost
30, 900 spuare miles leas in extent ltilani /.
Oregon, and sEa ffisen Thousand miles
less than Minnesota. Minnesota is moYe
than double the size of either Ohio. In &
diane or Virginia, and is equal 20 New
YORK and South Carolina put together.
30 10 Kansas. Nebraska is equal in ey-=
tent to Pennsylvania, and all tho New +
England States but Maine. Texas nlone
comprises more than pne-eighth OF the
MIA, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota. Kan.
sns and Nebraska are nearly edual ia ex-
tent to all the rest combined.
Now E'e turn to the statistics az pop,i.
lation-we use the figures of the census
of1970. The relation of the States will
be seen in another light. KS, M
Tho population of the thiFty.eiphS
States, cy that cersus, was 49, 5055 ,ss
In round numbers, the square miles oss
these States footup two millions. France,
with an area only ahont one tenth "a {
| large, with an area only aboat iiygszsvl
enths that of 9 single State, had popils
lation, In l872,of g, ,l02, ,92l. Tie pop
ulation ION OF england, whose sextept is, aa !
nearly as possible, that OF q Rbainas y
IN 1871, 2l,48l $685. The population OF
Iexas, as compared with that OF France,
was 8lS, pig, and that Of Alabama, 1885,
ssa22, ssainst the q goo, GOO of England
There were only 10 States cut of the SO /
that had in 1870 population Of d MILL
ion ana over, though there were 4 that
had q larger area than England, That
supported apopulation OF over q 900: 600. I;
The States towards which the tiae of
emigration is now setting are Minnesota,
Nebraska, KANSAS, Te1hs, and Col ora
Their united area Is 620. 900 square niies.
Their population in 1870 was ], .55asI #
O population which was a triflB In excess
OF that OF Missouri, though their area
was ten times as great. Is was half aS
million moro than the population ef
Massachusetts, ana the area OF these Cons
bined states Is 70 that OF u achuastt8
as ninety is to one. We're these States as
densely populated as Maasac achusettss tEsy l
iMeiia WITHIN tbe ttiya sTIr IIn,o,, ,, 49,
these States al tienseiv - q
fhe nnnher Of T,afsnna 4 IN,
Them Syoi,ld he 40 SGf1 mn vF;tts Il, 4
nonniasion they baj IN 4 e70 tl,aS- ~
ayceedei nv fonr STATS Ne,s -,