The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10
TOO MANY MEN BY 100000.
MASCULINE PREPONDERANCE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
~ Extra Males In Every 1000 OF the
Population War and immigration
Upset the Equilibrium Of the Sexes
Men Most Numerous In the West.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Whatever differences Dame Nature may
have intended between the sphereso OF influence
Of men and womel. she evidently intended
that numerically at least the two sexes should
stand on nearly the same footing. The
world over. except whore recognizable,
and what might he called artificial causes
Interfere. ye male and female elements OF
the population are about equal
At first sight, perhaps, this may not seem
at all remarkable But IL Is to be remen-
bered that In many fanilies- large ones
too the great majority Of the children are
OF one sex OF the other . And one should
not be surprised II the aggregate effect OF
this lopsidedness were to produce a considera-
BILE excess of men or woman In a nation.
The fact that such is not the case. then shows
that there is some potent and mysterious
law of condensation AZ work upon the race
as a whole And this Law operates upon
many of the animals as well ne men. On this
farm IL il found convenient - preserve q
great p~redominance OF one sex over the other
In cattle and chickens The bull calf IL
predestined from his birth % conversion
into veal. and a similarly stern fat" consigns
the superhuou- cockerel 10 the gri diron or
chicken pie ~ a tender age But, so far as
the natural increase - concerned among
cattle and eDoultry. an approximately even
balance - preserved
Curiosity. not to say asionishmert. 10
excited, therefore,. 10y a recent announcement
Of IA. Census Bureau The enumeration 81
1910 shows that there mr." more mon and
bows than woman and Rirl- NJ. TINS country
and that the din.rrnc" exceeds l.s0r,0oO "a
a population Of 7s,tu'.ass The excess ap-
pear more Distinctly p%erithl-, when ~ -
ssfd tina, there are sl' male~ aud only as
females Ia every thousand people Ia the
Mat /. ore. .this sort Of thinF has been
solug on. With some little nuCuAton lu the
percentage for over haii e century Asl"ny
ago D. $50 there Wa % di-'tu'i numerical
s,IpsrIartN ot the NAL" over o." female el.-
msut - I-S1 the p~T"Iotdgfan'" wAr even
".a,.r,l d-'1dr- The %rsturns for isso show
"A slight gain once more. though -" disparity
Of 1901 Wi- not Juit" t~ra'hrd "td '.o~' Tor
Ispr % ,til further lncf"Hs" w." situation
he s,.,r.l, changed lu Go" la-I tsu Nears
Indeed th, t~u-i- Bsr"nu figure ont 81 mt
rrn..,ti, falling m tu tie growth ~ he male
,I,rul,t'.r compared Nifu tbr female
t. bs -ufr tus 'h,'rr vac "II. 3 800 ~. ~
I.ln and hl- since l'"n enlarged hN 1a1'2l;
lut fu. bureau bod. tri f.' pf"u'itAsss
- ..Ir .,, not uutr lItr. cod tHaf there are
fatTt I.d.,.t uu- pi 90 'uIIf' t~"H't'"t
more -'r.us Sh'I 'i I'i'i = 'l ',", "l-
i-inE 900 iurntr hHiN 100 ir" Z ui'l hlug-
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MOI" rlWrrHt- Gloon h.U u i~."'ltls
..u,. 3D.. tu.-r $1,000 poo. nul 81 r"rt'r
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