The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-19

Number of babies under
year old ..................... l,osV,ooV
Total population in 1900. .75,026,7SO
If all these were nodded together in
one family there would be group OF
giants which would require the whole
southern end of Manhattan Island to
sit and stand on. In fact, they would
be SO crowded for room that the mother
would have to rest the back of her chair
on Governors Island.
The father would be a giant 1904 feet
tall four and one half times as high
as the Park row skyscraper. A chair
to fit him would need to have legs
spreading 400 feet apart, The chair seat
would be 4S0 feet above the ground
or more than 100 feet higher than the
Bowling Green and Standard Oil build
ings, on the lower end Of Broadway.
The woman representing all the
women in this country over 20 years OF
age would be 1919 feet tall. The Brook
lyn cables would make hammock Just
about the right length for her to re-
cline on, as they are 1900 feet from
tower to tower. But they would snap
like cotton cords under this mammoth
woman's weight of 2,300, 100000 pounds.
The girl representing all the girls in
America from ] to 10 years old would
be 1,190 feet tall.
NUMBER OF BABIES.
Perhaps the greatest curiosity of this
great American family would be the
baby. There are 1,SS0,OS0 babies in the
United States under year old, the
Journals expert figures. All these In
fants rolled into one would be 352 feet
tall, or twice the height of the Barthoidi
statute of Liberty, in New York Har-
bor.
If the 75.OOO,OO0 people that these
! figures represent were to stand shoulder
to shoulder they would make line
reaching seven times across the country
from New York to San Francisco.
Fifty-four thousand enumerators In
the employ of the United States govern
ment are now engaged in the work OF
securing as far as possible the exact
figures Of the country's population
Thirty days have been allowed them by
law within which to visit every home
in the United States.
Wherever man makes his abode, from
the mountain tops and mud flats Of
sparsely settled sections to the brown
stone mansions and tenements Of thu
tHTOuShOut thC o,'oobooH Sfe~A
miles of territory within the nations
boundaries, he will be sought out ant
asked the questions as to his nativity
age, relatives, occupation. citizenship
ability to read and write and whethe
he rents or owns his home, which tn
law requires him to answer.
WHAT sTATIsTICIANs THINK.
The result of this vast canvass whicl
is made every ten years by the govern
ment, will not be finally and accuratel.
computed until next December. whel
congress reconvenes Statisticlans
however, who have kept account of tn
flow of immigration and emigration
and have studied the death and brit
records of the past ten years, hav
computed that the aggregate increas
in the total population since the las
census in 1890 has been 12,b24,46O.
y Added to the census of 1880, whic
was 62,622, $50. these figures would max
the estimated total for 1900, 75,l46,1O
The Journal estimate Is 75,0267Se.
Director Merriam of the census him
self approximates the result a
about 75,0O0,00 An English statist
clan has placed the figures at 100000
while one of the governments statist
clans has estimated the total populatio
at 74,300,00O.
All estimates range from 74,0O0,0O0
n ,OOO, 900, and even at the lowest figure
the returns are sure to show substar
tial increase in keeping with the stead
growth of the country from it's BIRTH
These estimates do not include ii
populations Of Porto Rico, the PhiliI
pines and the other new Pacific poi
sessions. The Hawaiian Islands, wit
their estimated population of 100000 al
included. With the other islands II
cluded 1O.OO0,O 900 would have to be adde
to the total as follows: Philippines :
100000; Porto Rico 100000.
The accompanying table shows II
population and per cent OF increase fro
the first census in 1890 to the twelfth
1900.
CAUSE OF THE INCREASE.
The increase of over 70,000.000 in
century Is record unexcelled In Il
history Of any country. The Unit'
States now ranks fourth In the list
nations of the world as to population,
follows:
China, 402, $4,000
British Empire, including coloni
possessions. 1856. .280.140.
Russian Empire. l2s,eS2.17S.
United States (estimatedD, 75,146, 2
(exclusive of insular possessions.)