Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-09
BUILDINGIUP STATES.
Extraordinary Increase OF Population
Since the War-AR Ebb Tide
Flowing to Cities.
Progress Made By the Slave States In the
Last Qaarter of a Century-Fsr-
tle Lands Of tho West.
New York Press.


perity the United States may Justly claim
pre-eminence among the nations. Proba-
| bly, the natural increase OF China Is larger
but in increase from immigration, China,
like every other country, is nowhere in
comparison with this vigorous young re-
public of the Western Hemisphere. Two
strong currents are constantly in motion
among our Inhabitants, and strangely
enough, they are exactly in the opposite
directions. One great stream Of men
and women flows out into the frontiers,
the other empties into the cities.
The former embraces the greater pro-
portion Of the newly arrived immigrants,
with 8 large sprinkling from the rural
districts of the older states. Very few
immigrants now stop in the cities, but 20
right through to the virgin fields of the
great northwest. The tide into the cities
is swelled most largely from the interior
towns of the older states. As an illustra.
ton, take the Empire State, which still,
with its 5,0S2, 81, stands at the head, al
though It's 700,512 of increase is sur
passed by Pennsylvania with sn increase
CT 80, $40, and by Texas with an increase
of 1910. The percentage Of increase
of the latter is ga, thst Of Pennsylvania
| 81 6, and that Of New York Is 8.
But the cities OF the Empire state have
absorbed nearly all the increase. taking
SGT $50 of 1t and leaving only 20, 652 for
| the interior counties. In 1870, 46 pc.
cent. Of the states population was in the
cities; in 1880, So per cent.
Only two states aud one territory have
ever shown decrease in apy decade
and that was the war decade, 1860 20
when Maine fell back 2 per cent, New
Hampshire, 2 8, and New Mexico, Z.
Vermont came very close to it in
$4,000, when the increase was
only 0s, and in 187o-S0, 0.5
Kentucky, the "Corncracker state" got
her start in 1790-1S00 when she jumped
shead with an increase of 1893 8 per cent
The same year the "Tar Heel State" old
North Carolina, ran up to 21.4; the
"Granite State" New Hampshire, 20 g;
tie empire State" Kew York, IS |; the
'tKeystone State" Pennsylvania (the
central state OF the original thirteen
hence the Kepstone), IS 6; the "Greer
Mountain State" Vermont, 80 8;
the "Pine Tree State" Maine
s7.1; the "Mother of Presidents
the "Old Dominion" Virgins
lT7; the "Palmetts," South Car.
olina S9.7; the "Big Bend state" Ten
lessee, 1875 8. The latter forged ahead a.
the sharp rate Of 147 per cent. in 1900
10. In that decade also, the "Buckeyt
state" Ohio, went ahead a. the raplc
rate of 40S per cent, while along the
same line her neighbor, "the Hoosiel
Stste," Indisns, gained 1874 6. The lattel
was beaten by the "Bayou State" Mis-.
sisslppi, with s55.9; but in the next de
cade Indiana gained 800 2 per cent. Ths
District of Columbia took good start also
State" Louisiana, SO Z; the "Muddl
"Prairie" or "Sucker State" Illinois
$40 l. In 1920 80 came the "Bear State, ,
Arkansas, 11S l; the empire State O.
| VERNE State" Michigan, $50 8. The lat
ter ore than doubled this rate Of in
crease in the next decade, rushing aheaC
sos per cent in 1830-40. The father o.
the writer OF this participated in the rush
to the peninsula in that decade, and tolt
in after years how they carted the keg:
of big copper cents to pay for the lanC
they bought. II he had only stopped IL
Ohio instead Of toiling on to Michigan
he might have been obliged to purchase {
steam couponcutter.
Alabama also woke up In this decade
showing an increase Of 142 per cent, ba
in 1s60-70 she nearly answered to he
name, "Here We Rest" as she only in
creased I. In 1880 40 Maryland started
with slight increase of 81. In 1910 81
the "HawkeYe State" Iowa, took thu
vigorous start 345 per cent, and th'
EBAY State" Massachusetts,, had he
sharpest increase, "a s, and 80 alst
Rhode Island So :, and the "Peninsula
State" Florida, COS. In this decade tn
rush to the northwest started, and thu
"Badger State" Wisconsin, recorded tn
largest rate that had been shown up Il
that time-6S6 8 per cent. During tn
next decade, however, 1550-60, the 400
flowed over her into the "Gopher State,
Minnesota, and the unprecedented In
' crease of 2730 z PEI cent. was recorded
Oregon, "R.ver of the West" starte'
ahead also with 1874 6; New Jersey shove,
It's largest increase, 372, and New
Mexico 81 8 TIE Diamond" or "Blu
Hen State" Delaware, also shows 1t
largest increase in the increase in tn
same decades, 20 5. The rush of tn
M0rmons ana golQ-SeeKers came IN Inl
decade. Utsh increased 25s and tn
"Golden State" Californis, S10S. Tn
, "Nutneg State" Connecticut, did 1t
best also. "a, and the clone Sta
State" Texas, Clipped in 1874 2
In ISG0-70 the Called" Dakots
started up vigorously with 1881
but she far outdid this in 1905
with 1852 per cent. Colorado, the "Cen
tennisl Sta'e," made mild start N 1866
70 of 16 2, but ran M 30 1874 in 1870 sc
Kansas, "Gsrten Of the West" increase
2Ss in 1860 20; Nebraska, "ShalloI
RIVER" 1854; Nevada, "S.ge Hen State,
5196; Washington Territory, LOG L
1s7o-s0 the "Sand Hills" Ariz ona, picke
up s1s.7; Idaho, IVA; Montana, 90.1
, Wyoming, 1877 9.
The southern states all show q remark
able increase Of population since the wal
The development of natural resources
proceeding at wonderful rate, and thes
states are at last lifting themselves on
from under the burdens Of the losse
from the war and the wild debluchery G
, money and means under the negro-sur
ported cerpet-bag governments. Texa
leads the list, having nearly doubled, tn
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