The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-28
REVELATIONS OF THE CENSUS.

An informal return of the census-takers
reports the population of San Francisco at
100000, as against 223, $50 in 1880 and lag, 473
in 1870. Disappointment is felt by sanguine
. persons who had looked Tor population Of
$4,000 or even $4,000. But in fact our
population has doubled in twenty years,
and this without any boom or mining ex-
element; so rapid growth ought to satisfy
reasonable persons.
San Francisco is now probably the eighth
city in the Union in point of numbers.
New Y ork, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis,
Boston. Baltimore and Brooklyn, y. Y, are
all ahead of us. The first-named city is
creeping up to the two million line; Chicago,
with its recent suburban auneXations, and
Philadelphia contain each about a million
people; Brooklyn. y. Y, Will probably JUS
tify in three-quarters of million; St. Louis
and Boston are near the half million line 4;
and Baltimore is approaching a population
of 100000 All these cities were flOurlshing
when San Francisco was 4 sand dune; some
CT them were populOus before the Golden
Gate was discovered. Behind San Fran
cisco in the race for population come Wash
ington, which will probably show 100000;
Cincinnati, which may contend with San
Francisco for the eighth place in the list ;
New Orleans, which, but for the war, would
probably have contained more people at
this time than this city does; Jersey City,
which, as a suburb Of New York, is rapidly
gaining in househOlders at the cost Of the
metropolitan city and now probably holds
100000 people, aud such cities as Louisville,
KY, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City
and Detroit, which are probably as pOpu-
l0us as San Francisco was in 1875.
Except for the qualification of local pride,
the rapid growth OF San Francisco is a mat
ter Of less moment than the increase of our
rural population. 1t would be better for
the State to fill up the interior counties
with new workers than to swell the pOpuIa-
tiOn Of San Francisco. 1t is believed that
the census VIII show considerable increase
of population in all the San Joaquin cOun
ties, and it is known that there has been a
large increase in San Diego, San Bernar-
dino, Orange and Los Angeles counties. 1t
would be risky to attempt to give figures,
but people will be disappointed if the
o. census does not reveal a growth along the
line of the railroad and in the three ex-
treme southern counties as large as that of
San FrancscO-say SO per cent in the dec
ade. 1t is that growth which patriotic
citizens Of the State will endeaYor to stimu-
late, and there is only one way in which if
can be stimulated; that is by convincing
well-to-do farmers in the East and in En-
gland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and
France that they will better their condition
and care wisely for their children by trans
ferring their homes TO this State.
The agricultural yield of California is in
its infancy. We ship 100000 gallons of
wine-more or less-out of the State this
year; We could and ought to ship 20, 600, 600.
Fresno will market 100000 boxes of
raisins. New York would gladly take
100000, and within two or three years we
shall probably furnish that amount.