The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-15
POWERS OF THE FUTURE
Sir Robert Giffen on the Growth
Of Population.
GREAT INCREASE OF AMERICANS.

tnNss Nntteu Ntutcr VIII be ihf-
ger international Factor Than ~
10 Now-Russin and Germany Nov
ing Forward.
An address recently delivered in Lon
don TO the economic science and sta
tistics section Of the British associa-
tion by Sir Robert Citizen, Il. X. S., has
been the subject Of much comment,
says the New York Sun. Sir Robert
took as his topic the statistics OF pop
ulation and urged especially the i'm
portancc Of studying the records Of
the census which have now existed in
most European countries and among
peoples Of European origin for cen
fury. Political IDEAS and speculation
are, he argued, necessarily colorcd by
ideas originating in such records, and
political action. internationally aud 9th
erwise. would be all the wiser II the
records were more carefully observed
than they are and the lessons TO be de-
rived widely appreciated and under
stood.
He then took as his first broad fact
ihe enormous increase Of the popula-
ton Of European countries and of peU-
plies Of European origin during the
nineteenth century. At the beginning
Of the last century this population, eN-
elusive of South American countries
and Mexico, was about 10000, 900.
At its close II was about 5l0,00OO00
Analysing this aggregate Increase, Il IL
found that the growth of the United
States alone Is from a little over 5000
600 10 nearly S0,O0O,000 and Of the
English population of the British en-
pire from about 100000 60 $4,000
600 Germany and Russia also show
remarkable growth-from 20O00,000 TO
5000. 600 I'm the one case and from 40
100000 10 l35O00,OOO In the other
partly due To annexation, but the
growth of France is no more than from
25OOO,OO TO 4O,OOO,OOO.
The effect Of this. says Sir Robert
Gifen, necessarily is 60 assure the pre-
pondcrancc Of European peoples among
the races az the world-to put aside
completely for Instance, the night
mares of yellow or black pcrils arising
from the supposed overwhelming mass
of yellow or black races, these races 10y
comparison being stationary, or nearly
SO. Equally 1t follows that the relative
position OF the British empire, the Unit
ed States Russia and Germany has be-
come such as TO make them eXclu-
sively the great world powers. although
France, for economic reasons, notwith-
standing the stationariness of Its pop
ulation, may stll be classed among
them. When onc thinks what interna
tional politics were only n hundred
years ago-how supreme France then
appeared, how important were Austria,
Italy. Spain and even countries IKE
Holland, Denmark and Sweden-we
may surely recognize that, with a com
paratively new United States on the
stage and with powers like Russia and
Germany come 20 the front. the world
Is all changed politically as well as eco
nomlcally and that new passions and
new rivalries have to be considered.
The figures also suggest that for some
time at least the changes going on must
accentuate the change that has oc-
Cured.
According 10 the latest figures. there
is no sign that either in France or any
other European country which has been
comparatively stationary has any move
ment OF population commenced which
will reverse the change, while a large
growth Of population goes on in the
leading countries named. This growth,
IL is alleged, IS going on NJ a diminish
ing rate, hut IN the next generation or
two there is practically no doubt that
the United States win be a larger inter
national factor then Il U.s. both abso.
lutely and relatively, and that Russia.
Germany and the English people Of the
British empire will also grow, though
not ia such a way, apparently, as 20
prevent the greater relative growth Of
The United States and Notwithstanding
perhaps some relative changes OF minor
character among themselves. The for
e'su nations, then. with which the
British empire is likely 10 be concern
I'd iu tle near future are Russia, Ger
many and the United States, ana other
powers even France, must more and
more aecGpy second place, although
lrllee for the moment, partly iu con
sequence Of its relations with Russin,
occupies O special place
SIR Robert Gincn then draws Utten-
tion to the increasing dependence of
European nations upon supplies OF food
and raw material obtained from
abroad What Is true OF the United
Kingdom is true in O. greater or less de-
gree cc other European countries Ts
poc'ally IS 90 true I'm % remarkable dc.
gree oi Germany, which is becoming
increasingly industrial and mluufnc
turing and where room for expansion
I'm agriculture is now very limited
The import OF foreign food iuto Ger
many Increased In the ten years lSSS-aS
10y just 100 per cent The imports OF
raw ana semimanufacturcd materials
into Germany In the same period in
creased by 20 per cent. Germany and