The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-01-13
WHAT TEE CENSUS TEACHES.

The World. truly enough. says il
is time for politicians to pause and
to reflect seriously, when the result
of the last census is known. Scales
are turning. aud section sand states,
heretofore most powerful, are taking
retrograde steps, and others are ad-
vsncing. Only fourteen states hold
the same rank in 1880, which
they held in 1870, and these
are ~ New York. ~ Pennsyl-
yanis, (S) Ohio, (4) Illinois, (0
Missouri, (6) Indiana, ~ Massa-
chusetts, (s) Kentucky, Q2) Georgia.
% North Carolina, (2D louisiana,
(24) California, (s1) New Hampshire,
(S6) Oregon; Iowa the eleventh
in 1870. becomes the ninth, and
changes places with Tennessee.
Virginia. that was tenth. becomes
the thirteenth. and gives place TO
Texas. which goes up nine places at
q bound and stands next TO Iowa.
Michigan. that was thirteenth, sinks
to the fifteenth place. while Wiscon-
sin falls ono and becomes sixteenth
in order. Alabama. sixteenth i'll
in 1870, has become seventeenth
New jersey in turn ceases to be
seventeenth and becomes eigh-
tcenth, while Mississippi, which
was eighteenth, falls five in rank
and becomes wsuty-third. Mary
land falls from twentieth to twenty
second. while South Carolina.
which was twenty-first. rises in the
scale two steps and stands nine
teenth, just in advance of Kansas.
Maine loses six places and falls from
the twenty-third TO the twenty
ninth. and Connecticut three places,
falling from the twenty-fifth to the
twenty-eighth. Arkansas ascends
one step. from twenty-sixth to twen-
fifth. West Virginia falls two
steps, from twenty-seyenth to twen-
ty-ninth. Minnesots rises two. from
tventh-eight to twenth-siXth. Kan
sas goes up nine, from twenty-ninth
to twentieth. Vermont falls from
thirtieth to thirty-second, Rhode Is
land from thirty-second to thirty
third, Florida from thirty-third to
thlrty-fourth, Colorado comes in as
thirty-ffth, and little Delaware
thirty-fourth in l870-is now thirty
sevneth, Nebraska ascends fIom
thirty-fifth to thirtieth. with Il
considerable increase of pOpula-
ton remains at the foot of the roll.
Says the World:
THE irresistible influences of eli
mate and soil, it will be seen, are
telling surely at last in favor ofthoo
South and Southwest, as all intelli-
gent observers long ago saw that
they would as soon as the artificial
trammels imposed by the existence
of slavery upon the development of
those regions were removed. The
silly and scandalOns efforts of low
partisan journals and of libellous
twaddlers like the author Of "A
Foors Errand'' To fight against
these influences with mere mis-
representations of Southern life
and the Southern people are
certain to prove as futile rs Mrs.
| Partington's war with her broom
against the Atlantic. The percent
age of increase throughout the
South during the past decade stands
at Los, against 1886 at the North
in general, while the percentage OF
increase in New England has been
only 1910, and in New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio and New Jersey
taken together only 1892. The fif.
teen so-called Southern States
have added 4,277,700 TO their
population, and the twelve Yves.
tern and Pacific states only 3,581..
9O5. The absolute increase o.
Texas since 1870 has been greater
than that of any other State il
the Union. being $4,000 more
than that of New York. HeI
ratio OF increase OF HennSVlVanla
and $4,000 more than that has
been enormous. Should she main
tain it for the next decade
1890, will see Texas running close
race with Illinois for the fourth
place in the list of States. With
the impulse sure to be given hel
by the immense railway operations
now leading to and concentrating
upon her territory. indeed, TexaI
is not unlikely to exceed this ratio
and in that event Ohio will be hare
pushed by her for the third place
Colorado shows the most colossa
ratio ofincrease. reaching 3S9.e2 PEI
cent, but this is obviously abnor
nal, az is also the ratio Of 267.SS il
Nebraska and of 1874 in Kansas
The only State which shows as i'm
portant ratio of increase. resting
on causes likely to endure. as Texas
is Oregon, which has grown at
pace nearly double that of Cali
fornis.