Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-13
CITIES IN THE SOUTH.
They Are Few in Number, but They Are
Coming.

They Are Few in Number, but They Are
Coming.
From the New Orleans Picayune
In the western states, between the Allegheny
mountains and the Mississippi river and north
OF the Ohio, there are many cities of 100 900
population and over and scores with q, 900 and
more. OF the former may be mentioned Gin
cincinnati. with 296. 900, and Cleveland 261 .0O0
In Ohio; indianapolis. with 1O7, 900, in Indiana;
Chicago, with 900, 900, in Illinois; Milwaukee,
with 2O4 900, in Wisconsin. and Detroit, with
2o5.oOo. in Michigan. Cities having all the
way from 10000 to 10000 are very numerous.
When we cross the Mississippi, still in the
northwest, we find Omaha. Denver. Minneapo-
lis. st. Paul and Kansas City, each having more
than 900 population, besides st. Louis with
46O, 900 South of the Potomac and the Ohio
and the Arkansas rivers cutting off what may
be called the south. We find only two cities of
LOG. GOO and over. These are New Orleans with
241 900 and Louisville with 161 900. Missis-
sippi, with over zoo 900 people, has not even
city of 10000.
We simply mention these as facts. They are
nothing to our discredit. Our people are ag-
ricultural III their tastes and they have no love
for the complicated life of cities. Not even
Texas: with over 100000 population. has a
city OF over 4O,00O people. But there is no lack
OF enterprise in Texas. We are not anxious to
hasten the time when the south will be studded
WIN great cities and popUlous towns, but it
must come before long. The south is to spin
It's own cotton. Its great coal and iron inter
ests are 10 be developed. Its vast timber for
ests are TO contribute to its industries. But if
we want cities let Us turn to the future little
and let the Manufacturers Record speak to us.
1t says:
Natural increase will add .0OO 900 or 5. 900 900
10 the south population in the next ten years.
Inc annual drain of tens of thousands of young
men VINO have heretofore gone west because of
the lack OF employment in the south is ceasing.
There is work at home now for ali. younp and
old.
b, But these are not all the sources from which
he SCUM VIII draw population for its new
towns: The increase in the population OF the
United States during the next ten years will be
lo,COo,ooo to 10000. Geo. or just about the pres
eent population of the entire south from Mary
land to Texas. These fourteen southern states
nave total population of 1905, 900. The in
crease in the whole country in ten years will be
100000 or 10000 0C0 Where is this enor-
nous population going? Southwark From
New England, which formerly sent its hundreds
OF millions of capital and hundreds Of thou
sands OF young men to the west to build up
that mighty empire. the tide of men and money
mas turned TO the south From the great west,
from Kansas to Dakota. there is a steadily
s"t ling stream moving southwark
Town building in the south has practically
Just started. There are only two or three
s'ates-Nlrginia. Alabama and Tennessee-in
Wiiicn there has been any general activity in
that line. These states will keep up their good
work and the Others will rapidly follow their
example.