Carlsbad current., 1900-06-02


'rhc object. GOD tHr federal c,usu. etr
Of three Rinds. o. muu.h basis ior thr
nppotiinHment of Representatives ln ihr
lower huuta uf Cuur sa.iu ascertain thn
growth oi thc lnpi s'ates m memhms.
WEALTH.. FnH industry nud io inyesuH tc
TIE gnrini cfenrU fious nud institution
winch aeieurue lhc cfowlh Of pupuia-
ton ard wealth. ihen ntH ls clnstiiu.
l0nai ncesssHy, lbe tld study oi
iacis, aud ino tl.ri study 70 cnuscs.
rrnbnbly nu m.u Institution is sn
intimately cpnupc,rd with che growth oi
population or ilnt " maf5 agc. in luyct
lishtlng partial conditions the Jaw
requires aluut eaeh remon statement
whether be- an She is single, married,
widowed, or divorced. " married, how
many yefrs che marriage has iosted, ia
mother, how munp children she has bad
and how maug of these children are uow
living.
Prom The answers 10 the questions tits
possible 10 q fteimur the birth rate the
prevalence ol mHrlIagc, the proportion of
women aud rlidfen to tie whole pupu.
latiun, iha duration aud fruHiulucss of
marriage. 80 inr COS the power and lm-
porlanco 20 natluus are dependent upon
the size of Che population, To that extent
Is the accurate determination Of these
questions u matter of public necessity.
Ia the United States there w0uld seem
10 hc lltlle danger Of q decline in The pop.
ulatlun. iiut even when we are sure
that tho population IS growing, Il is Nil
necessary % Know how II Is growing
The millions oi India are Increasing, hut
| 70 Is by process Of many births and
many deaths. .n good years millions
are born; loo times of famine millions dic,
the population increasing because few
mora nrc born than die. Il IA growth but
savage growth. rhere Is more cxrol-
lent kind ol process, that resulting from
| the combination OF % moderate birth rate
aud q small death rate.
The MARTIAL statistics collected by the
cenpus arc 10 many respects very interest
! ing Ihus, the extent an, power OF the
/ anti-maflial forces can be- estimated in q
way by ascerlainng the proportion of poo-
pie between % aud % years OF age who
have never been married.
| Census statistics SNOW that the proportion
OF unmarried females between these ages is
greatest la The East, IN North Carolina,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts,, for
Instance, while The proportion Is smallest
IN the West Seuth Dakota, Utah, and
! Oklahoma bringing up the rear In the
order named Men, on the contrary, ure
| Tar mOfoAiKely Ia fcfuaiu single In the
West than IA the East. The proportion
Of unmarried men between IS and a
Is lowest Ia the Southerl states, G. g.,
Arkansas, Alabama, aud Georgia, and
greatest In the block OF Western States
west Of the Mississippi In Nevada 8s .
per cent OF the males between % and o.
have never been married, Idaho coming
next with a2i per cent, Montana next
with 800 per cent etc
That marriage IA still prominently the
sphere OF women seems ~ be indicted by
thc fact that more women marry thau
men, and they marry 90 earlier ages
Thus, only "a per cent Of females u
years OF age and over aic unmarried
while among males OF Tie same ages the
proportion Is a per cent. Taking gifl'
ana boys between % AMI 20 years Of age
IL Is found that one out ui every ten girls
Is married, while among the boys ih,
proportion falls 10 one M Two hundred
These were the proportions IA 1880
WVolhor these conditions have change,
since then .s questlou that can only b.
answered by the census of 1900