River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
FAMINE INEVITABLE.
The Population of India Rapidly RisinI
Above 800. DOC. 600.

Above 3OO,OOo,OOo.
The population of the Indian empire
has risen within the memory of the
present generation from go, 00O 600 to
2s9, 600. 600: il has been increasing at
The rate of $500. 900 annually. and is
now rising at the rate of 100000. II
no large famines occur it will considera-
bly, exceed SOC. 900, 600 at the end of the
century now drawing TO close. Even
in the event of defamation from these
,auses there win be an excess over the
800. 900. 900. This augmentation is coin
eident with growth in means and
resources of livelihood, and in material
prosperity of all kinds The exporta-
ton of food grains in large quantities
continues
The average population in the Indian
empire is very moderate. sor all that
the density in some parts is considera-
BILE and in other parts too great. On
the other hand there is n large guam
tity of cultivable land still unused. the
extent of which can be fully known by
experience alone. Further. the exist
ing cultivation can be made more and
more productive by agricultural science.
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aud by improved appliances for hus-
bandry.
On the whole there is fair reason to
nope that the magnificent area of lend
will be able to sustain its people, and
that the accession of teeming millions
/ decade after decade under the British
rule NAV be welcomed without an af-
terthought. On the other hand. there
have been and still are frequently re-
curing causes to check the growth of
the population.
One fearfully potent cause, arising
from internal war. devastation, and
disorder. which up to the present CEN
fury decimated tile people has been
effectually stopped, But pestilence,
F which in former centuries occasionally
stallSed through the land, still turks in
many places. 1t is kept down by SAM.
tatiOn. by the diffusion of medical edu-
cation among the natives, and by the
pu .ification OF the water supply. The
water works are 10 be found in almost
every town: in the great cities they
NAV ne compared with anything of
their kind in any country. The check
IN population, as imposed by sickness,
will be gradually lessened Then there
is terrible check resulting from ia
mine or scarcity.
The recorded experience Of more than
a century shows that this scourge has
/ appeared in one quarter or another once
in every three years. Its recurrence is
extremely probable. 1t springs from
atmospheric conditions which may be
I partially controlled, but can not be
wholly averted by the power of man.
It's terrible power is in part weakened
/ by railway communication supplying
the markets which have been depleted
| from scarcity. Its area may be in some
degree limited by irrigation works
The conservation and propagation of
forests will improve the supply of
moisture in the country. Great efforts,
without stint of money. will be made
/ by the government to find wages and
| employment for the multitude sudden
I ly thrown ont of work by the cessation
of labor in the fields and the temporary
paralysis of the hand looms, the pot
+ teries and other village industries. In
/ finite good will, indeed, be effected in
these various ways. But no admins
/ tration can guarantee security against
( loss of life from hunger and from the
many ailments which ensue after pc
Rod of physical depression. Therefore,
4 the population will be checked in some
/ degree by famine The loss from that
cause appears to he about 500. 900 annu-
ally in a cycle of years. Washington
Post.