The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-04

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Tho very language In which reference has
been made 70 the Increase q population IN the
United ststss Itself wiz that the prss1n. rate
hsnce 4 population ot 800 millions. indicates
that eont!nyanes Of ibis rate o. increase may
changes ia the Industrial power q the foes
which ws have no, warrant to, sntiei-
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Y million sauars miles. and Of this area
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y sSs ftnissa KInsaom ghlsS Is saSpSTssa y
r much a0 per ssaSre mile AZ the present poEsa.
tion OF France. Allowing for the greater
al Win Vi S s e. lie Finch ss n sso
Increase Of ESpaisti:n like what has hsen going
81 TIE human race to extrast food from Ills soil
sss .s Il each Ses s3sni h T%Ha
force OF addition 70 its rate OF increase due 70
X. DsoSaTcn Al e ss ew srIs Son %hrs %
grants. are drawn will diminish, and, hence
there Is apparent reason to anticipate that ths
ipinish: but at present there IL hardly 2 sign Of
change In the proportion Of the immigration;
'iifYsrsnee seems likely from this cause in the
rate Of Increase OF the United States popHlaao,
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low that the dininntion Of the area
things being equal, a larger and larger
Vii and ssss DO
Asy I to " " %xhSs
have s suppossd i' say TO 70 10 mlions 10 CEN
epee, between Il and the more violent change
figure would require need not be considered.
VERY GREAT CHANGES IN VIEW.
Tho bare statement OF such figures appears
to me quite enough to indicate that the present
lily Of netons Including the United states ~, AZ
.. Two 20 W. srs Within %esssrsss al.;snss
o. very great changes. No doubt there IRE
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more or less available In tho future; but.
the dn liza ,S sa'Hs ssss
samine Tho United States o ,possess only half
s a raees He single doubns oi the po sp
saitcr tho United States has Seen filed up,,ths;
o nsw Sn
postpones the date, when they will all be In the
position calculated fer America alone at the
course OF u century then we may affirm that
the present economic circumstances OF the
mite expansion OF the numbers Of the people.
coupled With an Increase OF their consuming
power. VIII have ent =, changed that.
ask leave to add something more though the
figures have now to give you: while easily ac-
and have not been popnlarised.. These figures
relate TO the actual appropriation Of land for
a th ' and cid &c 81
What wish TO bring out Is that much larger
ss or nf han q
threen original siass and sSeir nj three D% sub.
sivS t 81 the Pschc Territories. have also been
.a Group sses has
now brought them nesrly 10 the level Of the
n the 81
w new lands in all these portions Of the States;
that the remaining syaisbe area IL SO small as
ment before very long: and that, from this
point. probably within twenty or thirty years.
tho new economic circumstances have been
referring TO must make themselves felt.
The total area Of the United States. according
to the last census exclusive OF Alaska, is given
as 8 025 900 square miles Of which there Is a
land surface Of 2. go 900 square miles. VI this
the portion belonging to each of the three
groups named. with the quantities Of each, re-
spectivey, taken for settlement Is as follows.
the figures being worked out from the data OF
area and population as given by the last census:
UNIFIED SETTLE.
rLkNEsI. IN IHRtE GROUPS.
Area Taken
7bfdt Ire1. Settlement.