Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-07
chow YOU HAVE GROWN,
"'e"t britain Amazed at the Cen.u.
OF the United states,
London telegram.

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uoo.a' is,ics are frequently merely dull ant
.t.,,,. n nos's OF ngures; occasionally the,
s'rike nome upon the Imagination and ,o.v.
vivid impression upon the nina NV
thoughtful person can fail TO reaI,va - ..>
thing at least Of all that is signiaod nv IN,
census returns Of the United States Tba,
Ihignty nation has been numbered and I, Is
round that her population now stands n,
'o'Eoo'0oo' In the short space of ten vear,
mere mas been an increase of nearly "a
i@o'ooo' winch Is equivalent to almost o1
per cent TOT the decade, or rather mora
'huh per cent per annum. When wa re-
inenper that 20O years ago the population
Vi the states was under 00,O0O--or rather
more than the present population OF Brad
Iord-and that 100 years ago II was bu,
little over 100000, it will be seen win
what amazing rapidity the young siant
among the nations has built up his strength
me important fact is that there are IA.
ooo'ooo more people owing allegiance to the
american constitution than there wera ton
years ago. And the growth of population is
the iniaiiibie test OF national prosperity
ana advancement. No nation has ever vet
risen 10 greatness with a dwindling popula-
.ioh' ana probably none ever will Declin-
ins NUMBERS nave been the invariable con-
a
cadence. The growth OF the power of Great
Britain, Germany and Russia bears witness
10 the truth Of this sweeping generalization
and there is nothing which gives Frencb
publicists more serious grounds for dis
quietude as to the future of their couptrv
than the evidence of stagnation shown In
their census returns. Americans, therefore
may be well content with the progress tbev
have made In the last decade. These DO.
ures AFFORD them ample reason for nride
ana )uoilatlon. Tho only great power Of
.ne present day which can vie with them
In numbers Is Russia, and in wealth IN
energy, In adaptability, In education e,d
IN that cunning Industrial skill which a.
the foundation OF material prosperity. thew
far outstrip the subjects of the car.
What the future has In store for tho
united states only the future can disclose
but that 1t Is something great. something
vast and magnificent far beyond ANYTHING
hitherto witnessed in history, no one can
DOUBT and there are few Englishmen who
90 not welcome the prospect with hearty
qualification, owing to the community n,
rare Ideas and language which links both
the heart and brain OF the United States
with the heart and brain OF the British
empire AS in England, the urban and
manufacturing centers grow much more
rapidly than the rural. No one will be eur
prised to find that the Indians are steadily
dying out Of the land. There are now but
$4,000 descendants OF the red man, who
once roamed in undsturbed possession of
the soil.
There Is no room for the nomad I'm the
modern scheme Of life. He has refused to
adapt himself TO altered conditions, and
though the result may be depored, the law
Is inexorable, Probably, however the ques
tion which will most interest the American
Is the relative numbers OF the white and
colored population. The theory used to be
very widely held that the colored races
in America increased faster than the white
Statistics, however, prove that the in
ference was not warranted by the actual
figures, In 1880 there were $500 900 free
colored people In the states; In 1890 there
were nearly 100000 The proportion in the
former year was about 2 to 10; In the lat
ter it was TO 10. What II is at the pres
ent time the published returns do not dis
close, but hitherto except between lS4O and
1860, the white American has increased
rather more rapidly than the colored. The
racial problem In the states 10 one OF such