Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-01

u sNh'Nhs = - - ? SUBJECT tfat was
Easucd Yesterday.
WAsHISGTOS. Oct. Si.-A buIle-
tin issued today on the population
Of the L nited States SAYS the rnpa.
latiOn Of the United s,asss, JGne .,
1899, as shewn by the first count,
exclp.iNr o. whitpa IN Indian Terri |
tory, Indians on r1ssef easscs.is and
Alaska. IS -, fso.Ssf. These figures
essy IL slishtly Changed Ey later
temptations. In lSsG TIE pCrris-
ton was 51.l5S. SO, ar rbeoluie in
crease ~ ten ySars Of l. 522i, 5j1.
I The percentage OF increase Is 2I.57.
-n 1919 the population was stated a.
IS. 55S, ISL. According to these fig
ures the absolute increase between
$50 and 1859 was n, so. lla, per
censage Of increase S1.es. Upon
their face these figures show that
the population increased between
1850 and 1893 only s27, 't25 more than
between 1879 aud iSss, white the
rate Of increase WIS apparently
diminished from 3h.oS 70 sc, per
VeiIt.
II these fgcTes Nc.y derived from
correct data they would Ice indeed
oiisapnCiuting. such 4 reduction, in
tee face OF an enormous iis>migra-
ton during the plst ten years, would
argue dininution in fecundity Of
the population. os a corresponding
increase in the death rate. These
figures, however, are easily - plain
e when the
CilsHAcITn Oh THE DATA
Used Is understood. II Is a we'll
known fact, having been demon
strated by extensive and thorough
investigation. that the census of
1870 was grossly deficient in the
Southern States. - much 80 as not
only 10 give an exaggerated rate Of
increase OF population between 1870
and $50 in the United States, but
10 affect very materially the rate o!
increase in the country NJ large.
These omissions. the bulletin says,
were not within the control Of the
census office. The censGs Of iS7e
was taken under law which SUPER
iutendent Walk characterized rs
''clCrlsy, zutiquated and barbar-'
oUs.'' Inc census Office hal no
power over its enumeTatOrs. In re-
I ferring 20 these omissions the
superintendent Of the tenth census
said. in his report in relation to
| South Carolina. Il. follows, as the
conclusion OF the highest authority,
either that the census Of 1870 was
grossly defective in regard TO the
whole Of the state, or some CON
siderable parts thereof. or else that
TIE CENSUS oF lss0
was fraudulent. Those, therefore,
vino believe in the accuracy ana
honesty Of the tenth census, and
] ,hst was thoroughly established,
, u,,,>t accept thc other alternative,
,,anciy. tisst the ninth census was
] ..grls,Iy detective" What ras
tfE;c % South Carolina, vas also
tue. III "a greater or less degree, oil
zii the SgutherH Stltes. The onis-
siOus. ia all probability, amounted
Ia not les than l,5J0, 1ll; emitting
| from consideration those state IN
/ which The census OF $50 = Known
or presumei 10 have ceon faulty,
the rate Of iucreas- between 1870
and lSsl in the remaining states
has been very l:uarly maintained N
the decale Between lSsD au' 1871"
GENERAL IROOIS', NEPoIsTS.
! In his annual report upon The
| operations oJ Chc army IN the De
l,artmeut uf the Platte, BEigadleI
I General Brooke says the practice
marches during the year we're hene
J fetal and the ningling IL the Ma
tioual Guard with the regular ar.
accomplished good IesuH>. Their,
has been a falling OF IN Trials 10y
cJurt-martial. botl. general and gar
rison. but General Brooke says j; i
impossible 70 determine atthis early
date whetser or not this Is owing u
the recent activityof tine authorize
| IN behalf OF our enlisted men, or
nominal iluctugtion in the service
: RULING.
Assistant Secretary Chandler to
dav rendered decision ia the C.
plErtc cast Of 6 3. Menielis OF IN
BOzemau, Mont, district. in whicI
he holds that the entry Of = Ma
who submitted final proOF ON de:
crt land entry before The oiliciai'
survey was filed, sHOuld not be r.
duired when tte Land i oiliciail
surveyed tc make new proof STOW
ing propeU reclamation thereof. Tn
ioverrGJesi 4 former ruling.
THE STEEL INDUSTRY.
The preliminary report OF ul
sgensus Bureau shows the total pr
duet Of steel by the United STATE
during the past fiscal yesr VS.
4.4GS. g26 tons, compared wstli I 10
TIN tons during the Sedr ende
May n. 1SS9, au increase Of :i,524
i.I5 tons, Or .91 per cent. There
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