Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-07-10
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
what the Census il Showing.

What she Census fs Showing.
The census Of 1850 is showing some
remarkable instances Of the rapid
growth and ratio Of increase in some Of
the principle cities Of the country, es-
pecially western cities. There are over
twenty cities that contain over 1907
900 population each, and New York
has taken rank as the fourth city in
the world in population Philadelphia
is the seventh so far as is known. The
great and astonishing increase in the
west is caused not only by immigration
from Europe but from the middle and
seaboard States. The foreign emigra
tion alone for the last year foot up in
round numbers about 400, 900, enough
alone to make goodly sized new State
or one Of our most densely populated
cities. 1t Is to the benefit Of the coun-
try that the most industrious and best
classes now emigrate from Europe.
They seem to have their minds all
made up as to their destination before
they leave home, for as soon as they
land at Castle Garden their first in
quiry is for some locality in the far
west, where they settle down and till
the land. In our familiar vernacular
Ohio used to be considered "the far
West" but Ohio has become old and
conservative already, and may now
be classed IS one OF the mid
die States. Indiana then became
the "far West" AMI in turn llli-
nois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Kan.
sas, Nebraska, and now the "West"
means the whole Pacific coast from
Alaska to Southern California. "No
pent up Utica contracts our powers, for
the whole boundless continent is ours"
The revolutions ana changes in our
centres of population are making the
great Mississippi valley the central in
terror CT our nation, and Washington
is becoming but speck Oh the Allan.
tic coast. The rapid growth Of the
West is shown by the ratio of increase
in the population Of the chief cities.
Chicago has increased 50 per cent, leav'
ing its competitors St. Louis and Gin
cinnati far in the rear.
Detroit, the metropolis of Michigan,
has increased 81 per cent, and Cleve-
land in the western reserve of Ohio, the
home Of Garfield, points her dial finger
at 10. The present rate of increase
will make her formidable competitor
with Cir cinnsti at the other end of the
State in the course OF couple more dc.
eades. Minneapolis has increased
almos! three and half times, St.
Paul's twice, Kansas City twice, ST. Jo-
seph's in Missouri nearly twice, while
Denver, the little giant capital Of Colo
RADIO, las made the astonishing jump
from 5000 in 1870 to $4,000 in 1880.
Leadville however beats them all. 1t
points to its streets which we're but
wilderness in 1870, but now teeming
with population Of 80, 900. New York,
Brooklyn, Boston, Jersey City, Pitts
burg, Providence, Hartford, Rochester,
Albany, Reading, Lancaster, Whining
ton and others Of the older cities OF The
East show 8 ratio of increase ranging
generally from 20 to 35 per cent. Their
increase has become gradual and more
permanent, compared with the mush.
room growth Of many of the Western
cities, which have sprang into exist
erce since the commencement OF the
last decade. The Eastern cities have
contributed very largely to tas make
up Of the population of the Western
cities, and the moment an enterprising
man full Of energy and vim drives his
stake down in the Western wilds the
wilderness commences to blossom 81
the rose.
In a political point Of view the revo
luton Of changes of population will be
as great as in a political point. If the
census had been t. ken in 1879 instead
Of 1880, the solid south would lose its
influence and cease to be a terror to the
permanent peace of the nation. Unfor.
tunately the present national election
must be held upon the basis of the old