San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-01-20
NO. 8.


What the Census Teaches.
The New York World, truly enough,
SAYS il is time for politicians 70 pause
and to reflect seriously, when the re-
suit Of the last census is known:
Scales arc turning, and sections and
states, heretofore most powerful, are
taking retrograde, steps, and others
arc advancing. Only fourteen states
hold the same rank in 1880 which
they held in 1870, and these are: ~
New York, (O Pennsylvania, (O
Ohio, (4) Illinois, lD Missouri
(8) Indiana, (O Massachusetts,
(S) Kentucky, az Georgia, "a North,
Carolina, (21) Louisiana, (24) Cahfor-
mia, (S1y New Hampshire, (00l Ore
gon. Iowa the eleventh in 1870. be-
comes the ninth, and changes places
with Tennessee, Virginia, that was
tenth, becomes the thirteenth, and
gives place 70 Texas, which goes up
nine places at . bound and stands
next to Iowa. Michigan, that was
thirteenth, sinks to the thirteenth
place, while Wisconsin falls one and
becomes sixteenth in order. Alaba-
ma, sixteenth in 1870, has become sew
enteenth; New Jersey in turn. ceases
to be seventeenth and becomes oigh-
teenth, while Mississippi, which was
eighteenth, falls Eve IN rank and be-
comes twenty-third. Maryland falls
from twentieth TO twenty second,
while South Carolina, which was twen-
ty first, rises in the scale two steps
and stands nineteenth, just in advance
of Kansas. Maine loses six places
and falls from thetwenty third to the
twenty-ninth, and Connecticut three
places falling from the twenty-ffth to
the twenty-ei9hth. Arkansas ascends
one Step, ifom twenty sixth to
twentyAith. West Virginia fallstwo
steps, from twenty seventh to twenty
ninth. Minnesota risss two, from
twenty-eighth to twenty-sixth. Kan
sas goes up nine, from itwenty-ninth
- Io-I:.If Vo,,,,,,,t f.il, f,.o,,, tL;vt;
" =, .wVnMo.n, phaJa W Is,a. St s.o., :.
thirty-second To thirty-third, Florida
from thirty-third to thirty fourth, Col
orAqo conss - .s... :. s ,,..i. ~ = 1 1o1n ,'
!le ,,einMat .s .so3, .ors Naira.I x T. 800
cends from thirty -Afth to thirtieth.
pays 'nc "oflu
Ihelrresistlpie innuence OF cnmate
and soil u wall pe seem are teinng sure,
" ut last IN favor q tne poutn ana
Southwest, % all inteMgent observers
long ago saw That tney wQuid @ assoon
as the artincia! trammeis imposed Dy
the existence OF slavery upon tne de-
veiopment 81 those regions were re-
moved, The silly ana scandaious ef.
forts OF low Parusan Journals ana o.
ibellous twaddiers IKE tne autnor OF
"a FOOLS Errand 70 nght against
these influences with mere misrepre-
sentations OF Southern llie and the
Southern people are certain TO prove
as futile as Mrs. fartlngton swar with
her broom against the Atlantic Inc
percentage OF increase throughout the
South during tne past decade SANDS
at 3l.oo' against 1850 at the North
in general, while the percentage ofin
crease IN new england mas been only
l4-70, ana IN New YORK, fennsyiva-
MA, ONO ana New Jersey taken TO-
getner only 1872. Inc hfteen SOCIAL
cd Southern states nave added 4,2!7'
70O to their population, and the twelve
western ana fscific states only 5,oSl,-
906. Inc absolute increase OF Texas
since lo!v mas been greater than that
OF any other state IN the Union, be-
York. Her ratio Of increase Of Penn
sylvania, and $4,000 more than that