The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-07

How many persons were there Il
Uncle Sans big family on June 1? I
this neble American sire is not quit
like the tabled dame Of Mother Goose
who had so many children she didn'i
know what to do" he has so many
that be isn't sure but once in ten years
what the total number Of his offspring
Is says the New York Herald.
Measured BY the per cent. Of gain
tween the eensuses Of 1880 and 1870,
ich was 24.6. the population Of the
Ii ted States to be disclosed by the
national roll call. just completed.
should reach a total Of 77,s3a.o01. As q
matter Of fact. il does not seem likely
that the total viii exceed 7G,0J1,00O,
and probably will not reach that figure.
Several noteworthy factors have
been at work to effect this. to many
surprising result. immigration has
fallen of to a remarkable degree. In
the ten years ending June 80, 1890,
4.s4g.000 persons entered this country
from foreign lands. In the decade
closing with June 30 Of this year al
most a million less viii have sought an
asylum on Americas shores. These
figures omit the immigrants from Can
ada and Mexico.
The reason for this marked decrease
in immigration lies very plainly in the
hard times period Of ls93-94. A small
food Of G23,0S4 persons entered the
United States in the fiscal year Of 1892.
Two years later the total was barely
half as great, and so far spread was
the news of our business and financial
distress that in 1898 the immigrants
were only 229, ,299 the smallest number
since 1879 An increased total last year
has been followed BY greater one this
year, so that the coming decade will
probably see a return to the huge inn
migration figures Of the early Sos.
Goincident with The decline in i'm
migration. due 10 the business crisis,
must be reckoned a decline in the nat
ural growth in population. Adverse
financial conditions operate not only
to increase the death rate, but also to
decrease the birth rate. Aside from
this it is a notable fact that the per
cent. Of natural growth Of population
has been constantly and rapidly de-
creasing in this country for a whole
century. If We correct the admitted
errors in the census tables of 1870. IL
will be found that the ratio of increase
Of population by natural growth in
each decade has steadily dropped from
1856 in the ls01-10 period, TO 14.1 in the
1ESf-0n r4arird In ~, IL IL
was born to the average community Of
1000 inhabitants between 1901 and 1916
1856 children, while to a similar com
Inunity between 1881 and 1880 there
were born only 141 children.
To give keen point to this plain
truth that the nation is slowing up, SO
to speak, in its natural growth, the in
teresting state censuses of 1895 are of
decided value. Nine states counted
heads in that year. Two in New Eng
land, Massachusetts and Rhode Island:
one middle state, New Jersey; one
southern state, Florida four middle
western states, Iowa, Kansas, Mime
sofa and South Dakota, and one far
western state, Utah. OF this typical /
group, representing all sections of the
country, only one showed an increase
in per cent. of population equal to the
to be expected half Of the increase Of
the previous decade.
The sole exception was New Jersey
which grew 27.7 per cent. between 1850
and 1890, and 1871 per cent. between
1890 and 1895. Two causes may explain
this increased ratio OF growth-prox-
unity to New York city, which, with
its ever gathering density OF popula-
tion, forces more and more families to
fly to the less crowded and less expen-
sive suburbs, and proximity TO the
main pert of entry of Immigrants, who
would naturally, in hard times, be 10th
to spend their savings in taking long
trip into the west.
How much influence this latter CON
sideration had is potently illustrated
by the figures Of some Of the western
states censuses. Thus, Minnesota.
which grew more than &C per cent. be-
tween 1880 and 1890, gained but q per
cent. in the five years following. Kan
sas, which added 43.2 per cent. to her
population between 1880 and 1890, ac-
tualiy lost GA per cent between 1890
and 1895. In both these cases probably
the lack of new settlers from foreign
lands was not more marked than the
slackening of immigration from other
states.
Now some one viii ask in view OF the
Eharu decrease in iYnr,,i c-ra+inr, ana 4ba |
probable decrease in natural growth
What is the population of the United
States to-day? With alldue Difference
given to the many points involved, 1:
may be fairly estimated that there are
between 75.000,0G0 and 77.ooo.0oo in
habitants in this country. The exact
number is nearer the smaller than the
larger figure
TaranfulaA Rife Tralumau