The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-09
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Early returns from the British census show that the
big cities Of England gaining in population a much
slower than the principal cenrs Of trade industry
in Germany Indeed comparisons with Vienna Budapest
cities in the empire indicate
that most Of central Europe been advancing
population much more rapidly than the British Isles
Manchester shows gain in the past years Of 35582
only about ~ per cent The increase in Liverpool has
been 56728 which is barely 10 per cent Birmingham
done better with gain Of 4059 which is under 10 per
London itself shows increase Of 308 IT, or some
what than per cent the preceding decade the
growth Of the British metropolis 10 per cent and
the actual gain about $1,000 than from
1891 to the present year
These figures show that the principal cities England
have been growing at much slower rate in the past ten
years than those the United States Germany Austro
Hungary Russia It is probable that France is the only
great nation Of the civilized world which
average per Of gain in its big In the
last i've years the Of growth of the leading German
cities has much greater than the average increase
English cities for ten years.
But London the figures given by the census are
misleading. The immense extension Of the area Of the
worlds greatest city has made the limits usually taken for
statistical purposes far small the growth
the British capital is necessarily the ring
forming Greater London. and this difference is increas
ing important the within the boundaries
called Inner London" or Registration London" It is
likely that the wider limits viii gain Of perhaps Is
per for the past decade which viii mean gross add
ton the population Of less $4,000 0OO
The Timer London Official total 1885, 034 but the
Greater London final footings likely to show
6,450,000 to 6,500.00O people.
Vast these figures they prove less that
New York has finally become the greatest center Of the
worlds astonishing urban growth There is no prospect
that the utmost gain Of the whole which may called
Greater London" viii within 100g90 of the increase
made by New York in the past decade the true e
tent Of the New York Of population IS compared with
equally complete census Of London suburbs
gain in the metropolitan district OF the Uned Will
be found to exceed that Of the similar area in and around
the British metropolis by not less than 100000.
New York viii never be able TO count its big New
Jersey suburbs because they separated from the chief
American city by state boundary. with that
handicap the giant metropolis of the world begun
gain the biggest center Of population in the older
seats Of civilization IN chase viii be long but the end is
certain. and may more than twenty-five OF
thirty for New York to become digger and more popu
ous than London from any or measured by
any system whatever.
Meanwhile British statesmen viii view with perhaps the
kenes apprehension the extraordinary strides made by
the industrial centers Of Germany That county seems
ated crowd Great Britain desperately in the race for
the industrial and commercial leadership Of the old world
and in the building Of vast splendid cities as the
focal points of modern civilization