The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18

rs true that Great Britain BY her eeo-
sraphical isloation and her colonial mn,
iaa,it'me strength, maintains a rroui pre-
e., usspite her large landed osta es
gentry who guided her destiny are me
Vi me university. They knew long az, fhe
v,ac,e OF Dlana's priestess. and safeguarded
| ,he BRUSH isles with wooden walls Enr-
iahu colonies and cultvates her land IN
every cline with men, who steady her aay
on every sea. Her landed estates are III
nurseries Of her fleets which convey 10
ner SHORES with the wealth of every CLINE
,he piospers. yet who can deny that Eng
S tanu would solidify her power IL she would
.'sestabllsh her immense landed estate M
nome and enlarge the number of her zoo
man freeholders.
CITY POPULATIONS.
we have reached period In our pro
gress when the tendency to seek cities
instead Of land for support and the con
centration of foreign immigrants in cities
gives cause for apprehension. In the city
oil New York there were in 1880 1896 600
people of foreign birth and their children
out of total population of l,5l5 coo, ami
there were only 2g6,0sS of native parentags,
20 that less than one half OF the people O
New York City were OF native American
paTentage. Boston has 304, 900 foreign born
people and their children, but 1t had only
li3,OUo persons OF native American parent
age. so that less than one-third of Boston's
population was of native parentage. Chi
cage had S56,000 who were foreign born ami
their children, but it had only 243,00O OF
native parentage, SO Chicago had less than
one-third of her population, of native
parentage. All along the line in the North
& and North If ~
are seen the cities Of Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Buffalo, Detroit. Milwaukee, Jersey City,
st. Paul, Harrisburg and Holyoke. in which
foreign born people and their children cut
number those of natural parentage three
to one. In nearly every city in Massachu-
| sets tho population of foreign born and
their children outnumber these of native
parentage and predominant in the ratio
of five to one
If we consider the entire population, DO h
urban and rural, Of the North Atlantic and
North Central States, there is little to
| encourage. Those eighteen Northern states
had in 1890 nearly $4,000, 900 of people of
foreign parentage, while fourteen South
| ern States had but little over one million,
The twelve Southern States, including
| Texas, had of foreign born people in 1870
over 10 years old engaged in gainful oc-
equations, but little more than could be
lUunU III the HUE STATE Ol New JtISoN
while New York had more than three time;
as many as the entire South. Massachusetts,
ana Pennsylvania had more than twice
as many of foreign born and their children
as the entire South Illinois, Michigan
Wisconsin and Minnesota had each more
Of foreign born people and their children
than all the States south of the Ohio fifef.
/; Our New England brother, who boasts O.
! his Anglo Saxon lineage, finds himself In
a lonely minority, on the very land Will h
his ancestors made free; for the process
Of importing cheap labor for Northern fac
tories has been going on for half oeatury
until now societies OF Sons and Daugh G
OF the Revolution have been organized in
the North to establish the nedigr CT the
few that remain. The poster!ty of the S a .
wart race of New Englanders who TIL
UNI, he'd under Washington at Yorktown
have gone West and South-.tey furnished
one president for the Republic of Texas
ami ono governor for the State
South of the Ohio river, the descendents
Of those who established free government
in America constitute still the great ma
jorlty of the people, and maintain their
/ asceudency in the cities. in agriculture
and in influence. Richmond hal in 1890
A, coo of native parontage and but 5000 or
foreign Dallas had % 900 of native PARENT
age and but 5000 of foreign. Norfolk had
$500 Of native parentage and but 3OOO ot
foreign In some Of our seaports, like New
orleans, the native element does not main
tain its ascendancy Thus. stat sites dit
close the fact that in no State can now he
found a majority of white men OF Anglo
American lineage, except In the Southern
States, and the controlling element in each
and all Of them Is now, rs II was in l''t
and 1896. TO he found among the tlllsrs OF
The soil Statistics force on us the pa nf u
apprehension that the population Of tho
great cities of the North Atlantic and
North Central States may not possess the
enirit Of true Americanem as those ~
Southern States own and cultivate the s-ii.
/ feel II Their nopulations have come too
recently from Europe to hermit assim'la-
ton. and they came in defiance ~ the pro-
tcets nf both native and fnreign h7r1
labcrers who were already here. Thelr
KNOWLEDGE Of our institutions 70 not e'e-
vatirg. for It WIS chiefly obt'lnsd WI lie
qesjeting N the corrupt practices OF mu-
nicipal politics.
AGRICULTURE. NORTH AND SOUTH,
| The census Of 1890 reveals the fact that
there were in the North Atlantic division
of States not so many farms in lS5o as
I there were In 1880 by $4,000 The divisio
Of States includes among others the Sta'ei
of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsy.-
yania. During the same period the numDtr
of our farms in the former slave holding
STATES Of the South, had increased 2ls'tOI'
The six States of the North Atlantic a.
vision Rad in 1890 nearly l4.OOO0lU OF PEE
pie over 10 years old, and yet OF that mum
bar there were but little over oAe milo n
engaged in agriculture. The South At.anuc
and South Central divisions Of the UlioJ,
embracing all the former slave hoii.h !
states. had in 1890 100000 over 10 yea
of age, a majority OF whom derived IN IT
SUPPORT from cultivating the lana. ohiy
35o, oCO 600 all told were engaged in man-
ufacturing industries, or one IN every
TWENTY-FIVE Of Southern people. The nlns
North Atlantic States, with like Fopala,,
/ tion. had nearly 100000 of people engaged
| in LOOKING after their mach nary.
Statistics show that the United STAT
uses greater amount Of horse power 20
move its machinery than any other al on
in the world. and il is used chiefly Ia
Northern States. This abnormal increas,
of manufacturing industry has been eau y.
! by government, Partially In h1irg iiapo
Cut!es. which, instead of streng'nen'ns
haye become destructive parasite on ,he
/ arm OF agricultural industry. The na,ut4'
| tendency has been to build up large cue ;
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