Telegram-herald., 1890-11-02

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some ~ slpefinsendent Portsr's comments
O. the csnlfti9us soseraiaF tns srreai ~ Fopu-
satea ere lntsses.lag raFlicalelly as regards
AZ 81 81 era = tetes tl o1-o iEdiaua. Ic1sa 1at
Ns ssat and l Illinois if the city Of nieag0
b. 1rcQgea fE1E consideration, tne rate o. in-
crease has GeeAaea decidedly. IL O1io
IL has fallen ff0In - % Is per cent;
in InG 4za. aron is ~ a. .n iowa. fFcm - 20
n ln -flssoar. from 81 20 81 per cent, i'd spite
o. tna r4gli .rostA u s. Louis I'D Kansas
Cf.g. ana iE I1iHris dropping Chieago from
consideration, NON i4s "a IS per ceat IN
these States the agricultural iadustrJ, which
Is stn ths nEols iasnt one. has bcgan % te-
ellie owias % he sharp competition ~ West
esn farms Tls farming p0pu ati0n has Ui-
grsts1 sestRQrd and tae groWta Oi nlanuf4ct-
uFcs IS a.. set sumo lently rap 90 repair these
losses. The southern portlca cf NleAigaa.
Wisconsla ara Minsesota are uader similar
c0acltioas. nnt tEe northern ps~ts - these
s.aies. wing upon the frontier " settlement.
have hlled up with SUFFICIENT rapidigy
10 repair either wholly CT 10 parI ths losses u
t.e southern plrts. Michigan Increased a. the
rate of S per cent between 1870 and ls,C While
between l65o aad no the rate Was tet % per
cent The increase between $50 and lsvO was
Cur into unequal parts ~ the
State census taken IA 1884 Ia tae first
four yeas Of tho decade the increase
was 1872 per cent. while IN tbs last six
/ years Il was l2T Per cent. IN Wisconsin the
I last decade shows a. increase OF = per cent.
a. against an Increase .. 25 per cent. IN the
/ decade between 1870 and iss0. The state cen
sus % Wisconsin. taken IN lss5 cuts The decade
/ into tw0 equal partG and SHOWS an increase in
the nrss halt a iss per cent and during the
second half cf but IT. per cent
| Minnesota increased 1S per ceat between 1870
4 and lsS0 and g. per cent between 1880 and 1870
| the numerical Increase being over half million
IA the last decade The State census, taken ia
| 1885. shows that the bulk of this increase oc-
| cured between 1880 aud 1855.
! Daring the last ten years the population Of
| - - w III
| Dakota and South Dakota together, has in
/ creased from 1917 10 5l0.2l3 or 277 per
cent. Nebraska fr,n 452, ,40a TO l,0o6!s3, or
| i3i per cent. and Kansas from se6Ooc TO
4s3. 49, or As per cent This increase has
not. however. continued uniformly throughout
| the decade. In 1885 Dakota contained 41c.6lO
Inhabitants or more than four-nfths Of its
| present population. Nebraska contained 40. =
| c45 Inhabitants in the me year, thus dividing
| the numerical increase quite equally between
| the two halves o. the decade, but leaving the
greater percentage OF increase IN the first
| half In the sane year Kansas By
/ its state census had ets $50 Inhabitants. show
| ing that nearly two-thirds OF the numerical
gain was acquired during the first half Of the
| decade. TIE industries OF these states are al
| most purely agricultural, ana are dependent
| on the supply OF moisture, either In
the form ot rain or by irriga-
/ iion Through these States passes what
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/ try several degrees IN width IA which during
rainy years there is an abundance OF moisture
/ for the needs II crops, while in the years
| when the rainfall IS below the average the
| supply Is deficient. II this region little pro
| vision has been made for artificial irrega-
| ton the settlers having thus FAR been content
| 70 depend upon rain fall Into this region the
settlers foclssd n large NV cers in the early
1 years OF the decade drawn lhither by the fer
Unity OF the land and by the fact that for a
/ few years the rainfall lad been sufficient
| FOR the needs Of agriculture. Dur
| ing the last two OF three years, however. the
| conditions Of rain fan have materially changed.
L has fallen decidedly below the normal, and
| the sa.tleTs have thereby been forced 70 emf
crate Thousands OF families have abandoned
| this region and goas to Oklahoma and the
| Rocky Mountain reg on.
| Throughout The south Atlantic and Southern
| Centr&l States the rate Of Increase has dimin-
ishcd, and IA most OF these States II has dirnin-
! ished materially. \ certain reduction IA the
| percentage OF increase, especially ia the east
ern part Of this region. was 10 be expected due
not only % the operation OF general laws
| but also o TIC fact that tnsre has
been considerable emigration from the States
| east of the Mississippi river 10 the westward
aud but little immigration Taken together
| however, these two causes by nomeans account
Tor The reduction in tie rate Of increase In these
i
| stated, in tho imperfections OF the census oi
/ 1870
| In the far Western section the conditions oi
| growta ave been varied. IN the earlier years
O., the decade tie discovery OF valuao silver
! aaG copper mines ia the mountains of Montana
FL the ncirhb3rhOot Of Butte drew 20 that
state a larve irnmig grafton. which Ia engaged
not only in mining 5ut in developing the rict
agricultural resources. wyoming has continued
90 grow with accelerated rRpidity.
TEs census o. Colorado in $50 vas taken OF
ths top wave Of mining excitement. which
bad flcd its mountains with miners prospect
ors and spectators Increasing i:s population
enormously. especially iD the mountainous
country. The census % the state taken *
iSS5 was. o. = superficial Wow. surprising
II showed thEt most oi ~ mining
counties had lost population duvi1g the Eve
years preceding This loss vas. however more
thsp oads up b tEe growth 0i is cities ans