Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-19

fury.
The population of the colonies in 1850
was ,26o. 900, which was increased in
1890 to 1925, 2l4. In this latter year the
negro population was 757 ,20S. In 1886
the total population had increased tc
so, l55, 900, of which $3.50, ZOO were ne
groes. The census this year will show
he says, according to the ratio of increase
obtaining for the past 100 years, total
population of 81, 24o, 900, of which
5000, 900 will be negroes.
The mean rate of increase in the total
population from 1870 to 1890 Is 80. 46. OF
negroes it was less, being only 26.S1.
The proportion of blacks to whites 1t will
be seen is about to 8. In another cen
fury it will be reduced to l to Il.
According to the mean rate OF increass
for a century, taking into consideration
the wars and pestilences that have IL
tervened, the total population has
doubled in every twenty-three and one
half years. year and half short of the
period fixed by Nautilus in his tables.
Estimating the progress of population
for the next century, the author thinks
it fair to assume that the mean rate Of
SO. 46, which has ruled for the past oen
fury, will continue until 1890. So esti-
mated, our population in 1900 will be
go, OoO, 900, lacking few thousand. In
and in 1890 the enormous total of l ,2Oo,-
900 GOO.
The area of the United States Is 5 ,o26,
494 square miles, with q density of popu-
lation OF fraction over 12 to the square
mile. In 1880 the density of population
throughout will be 1913 to the square
mile, which in localities will be as now.
greatly increased. At present it is &c in
the Atlantic states, POI in Massachusetts,
&C in Ohio, while in Belgium it is 1874,
England $50, and in China 400.
Think of these figures, and of the won
derful possibilities which they disclose
Extraordinary as has been the progress
in art, science and civilization made in
the past century, it will be but trlfs
to that to be attained IN the next. In
fact progress seems to be only IN its in
fancy, and science has but lately cast eff
the swaddllng olouts which nampered
and oIogged its more rapid gait. The
race will 60 forward. 1t Is
bound to do so. Unless some immeas-
ureable. unforeseen calamity OCCURS to
prevent, the rate of increase in popula-
ton which has obtained for the past 250
years will continue, and ways and means
must be provided for the employment
and sustenance of the millions on mil
lions yet unborn. OF course they will
spread over the continent from the
Arctic to the isthmus, and perhaps be-
yond, and territory that is now neg
Ieoted and aninhabited, will support its
millions.
What bewildering vista of wealth in
real .estate does not the prospect open
upl What riches IN ranches and purses
in prairies! Fifty years hence quarter
section in the Panhandle will be worth q
fortune. and corner lot in what is now
a suburb of Fort Worth, then CITY of
500 900, will be equal to gold mine.
Investors in Texas land and city property
need have no fears about their holdings
panning out. They are bound to do so,
and to make countless thousands
wealthy aad independent. In no other
state are there such possibilities for in
vestors. Put your money In 1t and trust
to Nautilus law of population for big
returns.