The Red Cloud chief., 1882-07-06

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Census Oesce. embracing . P<ssioa of
the statistics gathered Al ;hs snEmsrs-
too ct isSn. coaisins. anonx nany
valuable MAPS illustrating the dsrios-
ton. density and chaszrtsr Of poPsis-
sson. 3 diagram which shoxs ho~ the
center 81 population has SHRED frvss
decade TO decade since III. - -
steady march westward. Whs; sta
fis,icians understand BY the term crater
Of population IL may Be well 20 es-
plain. Is the point al whieh Equilibrium
would be reached we're the ooaatry
taken So 4 plain surface without weight
but capable Of sustaining selght- sna
The inhabitants Distributed over u IA
number and position rs they arc foand
=. the period under consideration. each
inhAbiani beng supposed 70 DC Of equal
weight and consequently 10 exert
pressure ca the pivotal pcini n drrcs
proportion 20 his distance ~iherciroEuL
The hrst census OF the United States.
taken Ia i1sJ. showed the ceuter q.
population to be on the eastern shore
81 MARYLAND. about tscaty-two miles
from baltimore and near the thirty
ninth parallel 81 latitude. prom Tia,
point II has novel westward At The
average rate Of sboH n.iy-ons miles IN
\ decade. reyer deyiatIng as much a. =
degree to the north or south of the
,hirty-ninth parallel. By 100 il had
moved forty-ene miles. and VA, foand
II = point eighteen miles west 81 i;alti-
more In 1910 il WAS near the Potomac
In Virginia, al . place foTts miles
northwest Of Washington. having trsy-
cled t~hirty-six miles dGrin. the pre-
ceding decade. Its progress in the fol-
towing ten years was fits miles. and IA
1920 il was in the Valley of Virginia.
sixteen miles north of Woodstock.
The census of 1850 discovered that
the center of population, previously a
little north of the ihirt ninth parallel.
hsd passed that line and xas a title Il
the south Of IL, nj = point in the Ale
ghany Mountains nineteen miles west
of Moorfieid. Virginia, the proSc.s
westward since isO being thirt,-nin.
miles. This was the mos. decided
southwark move IL has maste in rny
dee lde. and il explained by the a,1n.-
.ition 81 Florida and the settlement eff
Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana sai
Arkansas. In the ensuing decade the
center recrossed the th~irty-ninih ysr-
ailel. moved nfty-tiye miles westward.
and was found at n point sixteen nilus
south Of Clarksburg. Virginia. Sonth-
ern Michigan and Wisconsin anil
Northern Indiana and Illinois had DO
gun to ill up. and their population
turned the balance To the northward.
In 1850 il was still IN Virginia, but close
to the Ohio River. having moved nifty
tive miles and being 1T u point twenty
three miles southeast of Parkersburg.
Again il WAS south Of the thirty ninth
parallel, but only the distance oi about
a mile. the detection being explained
by the annexation of Texas. 81 1860
il had reached a point twenty miles
south of Chillicothe. Ohio, a little north
OF the thirty-ninth parallel, having
made the greatest progress ever made
in n decade. the distance from The last
point being eighty-one miles. This
remarkable movement was caused by
the settlement Of the Pacific Coast
twelve persons in san Francisco, b.
reason Of their distance from the piyo-
tai point. countcrbalancing forty per-
IONS in Boston. The next step was forty
two miles westward. and about twelve
northward. which brought the center
into Highland County. Ohio. about
forty-eight miles east by north Of Gin
cinnati. II IS believed that the appa-
rent northern movement during this
decade was caused by a defective emu
meration Of the colored population of
the Southern States al the census of
1870. In 1850 the center was near the
village Of Taylorsville. Kentucky. about
eich, miles west BY south of Gin
c%innati. the westward progress being
fifty-eight miles and the detection
to the south about eight. The census
Of 1890 will probably discover IL in Jeu-
nings County in Southeastern Indiana.
II there is no great chan &c in the rate
OF western movement of population.
the central point, still travelling. n II
| doubtless will. on n line closely CORE
spending to the thirty-ninth parallel of
latitude, will not cross the Mississippi
River until 1850. when il will be found
not far from the mouth of the Missouri.
II is not improbable, however. that IL
will never reach that stream. but will
remain nearly stationary somewhere in
l SOUTHERN IlilUOiS. iuttt AT iIiGt
areas Of country in the Far West mat
for ~habitation. save where deposits Of
the precious metals are found. and other
considerable areas where grazing. which
supports but n scaniy population. will
always be the chief industry. The in
crease Of population in the transmits
sissippi region may not. therefore.
much more than counterbalance the in
crease in the older settled portion Of
the country after the close Of the pres
ent century. In estimating the changes
and progress of the future we must not
forget that, marvellous as is the growth
Of the New West. il is only a little
more rapid than that OF the great mid
die region between the Hudson and the
Mississippi The State OF New York.
il must be remembered. added 10000
TO her population between 1870 and
1880. Pennsylvania 10000. and Ohio
So. 900. The increase in each Of these
old States would make = Western State
rs populous as Nebraska---N. j. TrIb-
Uns.
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