Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-24

hearers of the other place.
LOUIS WOLsELEY says the United States
and Great Britain must never again come
together in deadly conflict. Wolseiy saw
the fights around Richmond and he knows
what stuff Americans are made of. Not
that the Britishers are afraid. Cowardice
does not run in the blood on either side Of
the Atlantic. He just recognizes the fact
that when the men of the old country and
he new are pitted against each other the
will be SO bloody that the world will
stand agast at the fearful spectacle and
civilization will be set back century
THE people of North Dakota have a
watchful executive in the person of Cover
nor Miller. If there is any truth in the
old apothegm that stitch in time saves
nine stitches, he will see to it that the
initial stitch is taken. The Mexican Lot
terry Company, that endeavored to outbid
the Louisiana company for the charter in
Louisiana and was defeated will make an
effort to debauch the honor of the people
of North Dakota as the people of Louisiana
were debauched They have offered to the
state of North Dakota, through the COVER
nor, $3.50, 900 for charter OF course,
this is merely preliminary proposition to
be increased as the opposition grows
stronger. Governor Miller has issued a
circular, in which is embodied the terms
of the lottery company's tender, and in
which he calls attention to the danger that
mendces the good name of the state and
urges that public sentiment be aroused so
that no friend of any lottary can be placed
in authority. This is the right course to
pursue. Such prom pit and decisive action
may serve North Dakota good turn be-
fore the Legislature meets again.
THE GREAT CENSUS.
Great as the growth Of the United States
has been in the past ten years, as the
present census will show when the returns
are in, greater still will be the census of
the British Empire, which is to be taken
next year. No attempt will be made to
compile special statistics, but the census
will be very little more than enumeration
of the people. After making all allowan-
ces it is likely that it will show, as the
Chicago Hearld estimates it, that the
British Empire has about 100000 in
habitants 1t is calculated that at the be-
ginning of 1890 the population of the en-
pire was nearly $4,000, 900, of whom al
most $4,000, 900 were in the United
Kingdom, almost 272,000,000 Iii India
and the remainder in the other posses
sions." This will be about four times
the total of the census of the United
States. America can boast of as many
titles as the Old World which require
seven figures with which to express their
population but they are yet small COM
parison London has 4, 351 ,738 inhabit-
ants, Paris 1920, 995 and Berlin ,409, 672.
Vienna with 81 ,434, St. Petersburg with
927, ACT, Moscow with $4,000, Constanti-
nople with 100000, GLASGOW and Liver
pool with about $50, 900 each, Naples with
$4,000, Birmingham and Manchester
with about 400, 90 each, Madrid with 397,-
600, Warsaw with 1888 900, Brussels and
Lyons each with 377 900, Buda-Pesth with
565, 900, and Marsellies with $780, 900, COM
prise the European procession of big cities
In the ordes named. But, as the Boston
Globe wisely remarks: This is not a
matte concerning which we should feel
any impotence to eclipse Europe, for it
would be undoubtedly better for us If we
never succeeded in packing as many peo-
pie into as small space as the European
nations have done. The best social condi-
tions are not attained in the largest
and most crowded centers of population.
Asia can boast-if it has any ground for
boasting-of more millionaire cities than
Europe and the United States combined, the
though the absence of any exactcensus ofthe
Celestial Empire makes this merely mat
ter of conjecture. 1t is generally believed,
however, that China has seven cities with
over 100000 inhabitants. She is wei
come to them, and long may it be before
we surpass her in that respect.