The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-08
Give Each Woman a Husband.


more than enough men to 20 round one
for each woman, aud Is 3O0, 900 extra
ones who must perforce remain banch
clOrs or widowcrs.
This is fact Of statistics-thcrc
are l5.300 900 more men than women
in this world. The male excess is
stupendous equal to about onc-Gfth
of the total population of the United
States.
The total population Of the earth is
estimated at 500, 600, 900. More than
one half Of them have been actually
counted, while the balance is careful
ly estimated. Statisticians have
investigated the question Of the mum
crical strength Of the two sexes, and
their estimates involve 1888 600, 900
souls, or about 50 per cent Of the to-
tai population Of the earth.
According to their estimates, Eu-
rope has population of 334 900, 900.
with 3,GGG, ,GGG more women than men
the only country that has an excess
OF women. Asia has population of
olo, 900, 900, with male plurality Of
10000 900; Africa, with Il population
of 27,0O0,0 900, has about 1000, 900
more men than women; in America,
which has population Of 102 600 900,
there are also about 1,000, 900 more
men than women; the plurality Of men
in Australia, with total population of
1000, 900, is about 500, ,OO0.
According 10 the estimates Of the
staiisticians there are G57 500, 900 men
and G42 500, 600 women in this world,
giving the men a majority of $780,
600. Even in Europe there are many
countries where the men outnumber
the women. This is the case in Italy,
Greece, Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in the
small principality of Licchtenstrin.
The aggregate Of the populations of
those countries gives the men ma
jority Of about 100000.
Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Rus
sian Poland and Great Britain show a
preponderance of women at the ratio
of ,060 women to 1000 men. In
Germany there are 1,039 women to
every l 1000 men, while the majority
of women in Hungary, Russia, France
and Belgium is comparatively insigni-
fcant This is in large measure due
to two causes. First, Europe has
been terrible battle ground for cen
turies; second, the greater proportion
of American immigrants have come
from Europe and large majority of
them were men.
1t has been found that women arc
more sociable than men, and that they
avoid countries where the population
is thinly scattered over largo terri
tory. Hunting and pastoral peoples
and even those in the first stages cf
agricultural development for that rea-
son invariably have moro men than
women. The countries with the
greatest industrial developme Mt j n pro-
portion to their area show the great
est numerical preponderauce of wo.
men.
Other elements which greatly influ-
ence the percentage of women are
their legal status, including the laws
of inheritage and succession, unfav-
orable marriage laws and other condi-
tions iuimical to the rights of wo-
men.
Climate and meteorological condi-
tions'alsc influence the relative ratio
between men and women. In tropi-
cal and polar zones the men predomi-
nate in numbers, while in the moder-
ate zone the women slightly prcdomi-
nate. Dry and sterile countries in
variabiy have moro men than women,
while the opposite is the case in fer
tile countries with sufficient rainfall.
IN America alone the statistics
show that there are 100000 more
men than women SO at least 1 ,O0O,-
600 of the men should be considered
exempt fSom the bachelors tax. If
there arc more than 100000 bachel-
ors in the country all above that num-
ber exempt should be, when properly
coralled and branded, made to pay the
proper tax if the Legislatures of the
various States choose to heed tie cry
of the enemies of bachelors aaa pu.
tax on them.
But from the statistics it can readi.
ly be seen that not old bachelors, but
old maids, should be taxed. The Wis
iblc supply Of men in the world seems
to bo far over the demand.-,&. Louis
Republic.
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