The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03

the female element. By 1890 the prepon-
derance was even more conspicuous, but
/ in 1870 less than for several decades. The
/ returns for 1850 show a slight gain once
more, though the disparity Of 1860 was
not quite reached and those for 1890 a
| still further increase. The situation has
scarcely changed in the last ten years.
Indeed, the census bureau figures out u
microscopic falling off in the growth OF
/ the male population as compared with
/ the female. TO be sure, the excess MAS
/ only 1850, 097 in 1880. and has since been
/ enlarged by 2i5.727 but the bureau finds
that the percentages Of gain are not quite
alike. and that there are faint indications
Of a future reaction.
The state Of things here revealed IS the
most striking when compared with that
existing IN Europe. Both in the United
Kingdom and on the continent the wo-
men are more numerous than the men.
It is possible to detect forces that disturb
the balance in some Of these countries.
But Mr. Porter, superintendent Of the
| census Of 1890 was inclined to think that
these influences did not operate percep-
tibly in Austria and the Netherlands and
hence that normally the female sex out
numbers the male in nearly the proper
ton of 90 to AZ. Comparison with the
standard. then. makes the excess of
males in America stranger than if nature
exhibited strict impaTtiality.
The two forces which appear TO be
chiefly concerned in upsetting the equi-
librium are war and immigration. And OF
the two the former is much less effective.
Still. it was powerful enough TO influence
the returns ii, Germany and France after
the famous struggle Of 1S7o-1 And in
the United States it pulled down the male
proportion of SIP in every 1000 in 1860
to 5,056 in 1870.
Migration, of course, works in two ways
The majority if immigrants are men. The
departures from the country therefore,
leave the other sex in excess in one part
Of the world. while they promote the
preponderance of thir own in another.
Thus, in some European countries the
proportion Of males 10 females is about
ass to SIS. Now. inasmuch as three out Of
every five immigrants who come to the
United States are men. and ten out Of
every seventy-hve people here are of for
eign birth. il is easy to see how important
is this factor in establishing the ratio
between the sexes. In 1880. for instance.
the excess Of males here was made up
I'm this proportion: Native born 62s 7s7;
foreign born. SS4.7 l3. And yet scarcely a
seventh Of the population came from
other lands. Il Is a fact. no doubt. that
immigration has experienced a slight
check in the last Few years. that the re-
cent slight falling of IN the masculine
asceudency in America is due.
But people migrate not only from one
country TO another. but also from one
part Of a country TO another. This is Pc
culiarly true OF the United States. IN
consequence. there IS a depletion OF the
ranks Of the sterner sex IN the east and
a strong reinforcement in the west. In
ded, fl the latter quarter. there is q
double invasion-from the more denseiy
populated parts OF our own land and
from the old world. Hence. the dfstri-
button OF the sex IS not uniform. Along
the Atlantic seaboars FOR AZ least half
a century there has been practically 10
excess of males. and. on tho whole q
slight deficiency. The superabundance
OF women has been most c0nsp fcuous. I
though. ir Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. (
and the District Of Columbia Just why
there should be such a situation 90 the .
national capitals IS not clear. Bu- in Sew
England special local agency has been +.
"a work-ln l1l-ex ~ factory girls fr0rn +
Canada TEus. there fs al occasional ex- F.
ceptlon % tae lule that the majority ~ 4
immigrants are males
As might Pc expected. che greatest ex- /
cess NJ men 81 to De found i1 the fsr vast I
.n the great aEricuituVal arc mining dee
tric-s. n Elrnesota and Nebraska ths-s
were 70 least s. uea olt - erry -1 pce-
PIE for long tme. from r. ~ p Or ere
Dasetaz. ana fr-n q t5 = ia ust os the
regions IN tfe vsst arb so--hEss- Tie
ratio i1 Montana was once aa Trat as 81
'ut % 90 ana even 81 l was
# s Slow. steady tecter faua-1
.s,-s,ity has been observable. hoFcFcr. ez-
,e1t ll Uth. rhare taa ercs ~ re1
sept hei1r-tne r.atlora iaveraFa arfll Isl
ina tfsl Increased only slightly The
-5lrectto1 herwr rhs fscr ana rrHE-
lrry s. eco 1ava1-s o. need rolr-Ils elt