The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-23

The population of the country shows an
increase of about 30 per cent. and the
greater part of this Is in the Western and
Southwestern states. The official and final
count will be required to settle the rank of
some of the commemorative, the race be-
ing particularly close between Iowa and
Massachusetts, for ninth place, and be-
tween Virginia. Kentucky and Georgia for
seventh place. Kansas and Wisconsin are
heck and neck for the honor of standing
will have to depend upen the result of her
recount for beating New Jersey in the con-
test for nineteenth place.
The chiefs of the population division of
the census Office celebrated the completion
of the population of the United States bv
little dinner at Glen Echo last night. SUI
perintendent Porter, in expressing his con-
gratulations upon the rapid and accurate
completion of the great work, spoke as fol-
lows:
The number of names on every one of Is 0c0.-
900 schedules has been registered twice by the
nimble and expert fingers of the counters, and
the 100000 people have marched, RS it were,
under the vision OF the young men and women
who have done such remarkable work with such
extraordinary rapidly and precision. What
The men WHO wrote the names have had to find
them in every human habtation and existing
under every imaginable condition within this
vast domain of ours. In June these blanks
were distributed throughout the country. In
July and August they find themselves back in
the cen sus Office. counted twice. and ready for
the next statistical treatment. Allowing for the
time spent in teaching and fitting up the ma
chimes, the count proper was not commenced
before July 1, and the night force was not Or
ganized until some time afterwards. We have
actually counted lbs, 100000 in six weeks, the
entire population of 64.O00,000 twice in that
period. Beginning with two or three thousand
families, or 10000 or 1900 persons per
day. the operatives progressed in dex-
terity, until last Tbursday no less
than forty-three counted over 10000 families, or
$1,000 persons each, one young lady reaching the
astonishing total of 1901 families, or about
$4,000 persons. On that day not only the high
est averages were reached. but the greatest
number counted. the reports showing 1892, 316
families, or &, Ill 500 persons.
This represents an average OF S.135 families, or
40,675 D rsons per clerk. In this connection I
age the male clerks-man-like, hear some OF
the young women whisper-seek refuge behind
the petticoats of the genter sex. The average
number counted by the women clerks was
$500 families, or 1880 persons, and by the men
clerks g. S7 families or 32.935 persons. Thus 10
will be seen that the women averaged nearly
one-half more than the men. It is also worth
noting that of the forsy-three who counted
more than 10000 thirty-eight were women and
only five men. These facts. and, indeed tile
record of the entire six weeks, show that
women are better adapted for this particular
work than men. They are more exact in touch
more expert in handling the schedules, more at
home in adjusting the delicate mechanism of
the machine, and apparently more ambitious TO
make good record.