Telegram-herald., 1889-08-28

IT,
Tbs completes Size century Teen,
a.. tae area " rlr teI.togy oI Use
tl.f.l states Is s. 1.3-l. iel square mle-,
tar density " . poe. .al.ou ln 1850
ell ~ go to the ..l.are mle. Ile
density ~ population certain couu-
tries 70 ISIS Nas As follows UnIed
States, TT peg square mie, Atlantic
states. 800. BASIN sd the ONO 3l.1-
Ais-ss-l ll.se tls, -Ol. Ol.o. t5. Belgium.
a5t Cala. i-o England. $50. ElroDe
% ASIA 45 Africa l5, America, 6t
Afl-tIsl 10. D.
,uca nation wiil have power and
commerce ald industry uot here TO-
Iore Nlosn ro tne world. oar Ships
and t-ose 90 our allies Wild bring tae
-pare products OF every land % our
shores. systems ot interior and ana
water transport, perhaps mostly opcr-
atfd uy electric power, wil rap.aly and
cAraplF llstr bate tnem.
For "a century we may hope % I've
comfortably aud abullantlY .hn
oal boundaries. But other people
must grow also. The now eupte
ami waste places OF the earth
wI Pc Occupled by civilized
and Industrious nations. We have lu
tins generation made wonderful and
lapt progress 2 the q -c0veues and ln-
veutl0us ot sClencc. We use the eiec-
trr force, as I'D Our fathers that -
steam. Ia ali probability. electricity
wll heat as vel. a. Izlt our houses,
and VIII cook our food 10 vii drive
other as sell rs our c.ty passenger utll-
roads. And it Is I0t probable that man
has yet discovered an the resources
lad up by the Creator % be discovered
and utilized hy lis creatures when
needed Tor their happncss and comfort.
The Angi0->aX0n race Will occupy
the continent from the lstnmus 20 the
Arctic. and, when crowded therein,
must -pread over South America, or
perish.
soon after the civil war 10 was often
SAID that they who believed 20 the sue
cess of che United state. and conducted
their affairs on the theory 81 such sue
cess, grew rcn and prosperous They
who believe u t1e prospects here set
forth VIII rule their undertaking. and
Investments iu the expectation that
property p real estate must advance 'n
tae next ll. i-reutuly. tntt commerce
and sportauOn and production
must Increase enormously.
A. the Il scovercs and inventions OF
science and industry makes towns more
and more ncaltniu. convenient. inter-
s-tng ard agreeable places of resi-
dfnCe. oar people VIII tend more and
more toward them Museums. Libraries,
pti1lc halls FOR the education and IN
sfruc-Hn an.- an'r mont ol the people
w.l o. moro 4rt NOSE numer0u, and
cnaop The streets and parks Will be-
cnne4-nrd 1ut mfie gay With public
aud pr.sa-. hud sZs. kl.ctuc engines
w,I ID tle heavy work Of the dav
More time WU be 40 tne so0sal of
wou for eulovm ut, as tle-c improve
ments relieve men and women from
sIafisn to.. Tor tnc means OF living.
I. may De- assumed that the cities
Will grow az least rs fast rs the cogu-
trv. Tn 1920 the urban population was
stmatcd as one-tnlrtctn the whole "a
$50, 10 ouf-tweiitn and n 1870 at one
tItl. lu 1890 The urban population
w. oe -in. .000 900. and ot these New
York uA probably contain over 30,-
U.1NDn WHAT Nl h tae value of
lands ID taat city then may ho Inferred
lr1n fnf auction elle7 0t London,
wl-h has COCO lu0 0p.e.
But there shere au ncxhaust ble field
far invest -ft.rn rui speculation. vs.
'eave to utnrr- CD Vuiore. having ful-
r.l.l tle task wr set ourselves Of c1I-
i.E tne attention 0t those who luaugur-
arr or direct great enterprises 90 tle
need of looking. IN arrangements tor
fHe FIXTURE. to longer perod than tle
leeenral census. Ta.Ch II che lmt 0l
81. srecu.atous on the subject of pon-
f4tou 7ud growth winch Iromemhtr 90
rf.. 4."r .. r-..r $40 ra nIr-f rod ftf.I-