Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-09
THE GROWTH OF URBAN pop.
OLA TON

A bulletin recently issued by the cen
sus bureau giving the urban popula
ton Of the United States shows some
interesting results and is valuable il
comparison with similar compilation
made at earlier census periods. 1
shows, too, that uniform trend of pop
ulatiOn to cities and towns which ina,
SO long been apparent the world over
This tendency has become so uniform
that statisticians and students of social
questions are no longer greatly alarmed
by it.
We find that while in 1880 there were
$50 places containing 1000 inhabitants
or upward, or a total of 1896, 10 and
25.79 per cent of all the people, there
were in 1890 9O5 places of upward of
1900 inhabitants, containing total of
20, 1926 people, who constituted 1921
per cent Of the whole. This is an in
crease Of "a per cent. in the number of
such places and an addition to their
population Of so per cent.
The ordinary basis of comparison.
however, the census standard for an
urban population, has long been places
OF 5000 and upward. OF these there
were, i'm 1880, only 286, containing
1f,3iS,547 persons, who made up %. 81
per cent of the whole population of
the country. In 1890 the number had
increased by So per cent. to AS, and
the inhabitants TO Is, 284, 1856, and they
represented 1920 per cent. of all the
people.
The official figures, compiled from
the various census reports. show
roundiy that in 1870 One-thirtieth of
the population was found in cities of
more than 5000 population; in 1900,
one-twenty-fifth; in 1910 and in 1920.
one-twentieth; i'm 1880, one-sixteenth:
in 1910, One-twelfth; in 1850, one
eighth; in 1860, one-sixth; in 1870.
more than oue-fifth; in 1880, half way
between 'one-fifth and one-fourth, and
now in 1880, pretty nearly one-third.
1t would probably be impossible to get
into the same number of figures more
food for thought or TO write more
condensed history of social changes in
the United States than this contains.
Emperor William says he is improv-
ing. Possibly he is, in the matter of
health, but there is a big field for inn
provement in other respects open to
him, in which he would do well to
exercise little.
The morning of the Rhode Island
election the Seattle Telegraph an
nounced editoFially that Little Rhody
shouts today" She shouted all right
enough, but her shouts seem to have
grated harshly on the sensitive ears of
the Telegraph.
In 1865 the expectations of japan
amounted to SIS, 500, 900 and the i'm
portations to $40, 100000. In 1886 thew
amounted to S70,060,000 and sec, 100 /
e30 There are at present 2.O3s corpor- |
atoms, having a capital Of SOS, 200 900, |
and 1901 banks, having a capital Of
800 100000.
The Omaha Bee tells many truths at
once in the following comments upon
Tammany Hall:
Iammany is the most dangerous pollt- /
zeal force in this country, or that has /
ever existed here, and except during the
Tweed regime tt has never been more cor- /
rapt aud INSCRIPTIONS than It is at pres /
ent. When the honest farmers of the
Northwest are asked to coalesce with the /
Democrats, in order to put Democrat in
the executive chair at Washington, they /
should reflect that the chief promoters Of ]
/ his scheme are men who enjoy the con-
hdence and friendship Of TammaBy.
which has not the remotest interest In the
welfare Of the farmers of the country and
IS seeking only The spells of power"
If any one doubts that this is q ''bin-
on dollar country" let him east his
yes over the figures representing the
'aiue of our exports during the year
nding February 2S, 1892, and be con-
'inced, says the Oregonian. Tables
how that the grand aggregate of these
mounted to 5000, 778,77f falling but
$1,000 below the billion-dollar line.
he imports for the same period
mounted in value to Sl71 ,637, 587. ,
he export of gold and silver amounted :
Sii0,452,066, an excess of S45, 727, 9Ig ]
yer the imports during the twelve l
ionths. Opponents Of the Mckinley I
w and calamity orators generally ]
Ill have to look elsewhere for figures !
} support the alleged "facts" with {
hich they propose to confound the
acles Of the Republican party in the .