The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25
MORE WOMEN WANTED
Bachelordom an Enforced Necessity
In America and Australia.
other Countries Have, as Rule,
More Women Than Men - Some
Singular Statistical Facts
Taken fKona Recent Census.

The government of one of the Prus-
sian states has just passed law warm
ing all bachelors to marry under a
heavy penalty.
Some Of the men have gone over
to the majority and become husbands
rather than pay the fine imposed by
the new act; but, generally speaking,
the new move has proved failure, says
Pearsons Weekly.
Instead of it having the desired eff
feet and reducing the number of spin
sters and increasing that of the bene-
diets to any great extent, it has taken
a contrary course. There has been
a sort of general exodus of the young
men from the country, who have gone
TO live in the neighboring German
states, where they may remain bach
elors.
1t is quite common thing to hear
people in Britain describe a bachelor
as a selfish person, and as an object
lesson for the world to shake it's head
at. They have a belief, held in rever-
ence by thousands, that every bach
! elor cheats seven women out of a
chance of marrying.
| As a matter of fact, there are in the
world, 100000 fewer women than
men, SO, therefore, supposing that
every eligible man wanted to marry
happily all men don't-there would not
be a sufficient number of women for
distribution as wives; indeed, there
would have to remain 100000 bach
elors.
Taking America and Australia there
are 100000 more men than women,
so that bachelordom in those coun-
tries is an enforced necessity.
In Britain there are more women
than men, it is true, and if our I'M
married girls-the surplus who are
not engaged-have any matrimonial
ambitions they have only to proceed
either to Australia or the United
States in order to realize their high,
est aspirations.
Now, Jumping the countries of Eu
rope together, we arrive at great
total of 34,000,000 Of human beings
with nearly 100000 more women thar
men. Population statistics show thai
it is not every country in Europe
which has a population comprising
more women than men. The greater
powers are placed in that position
but in Italy, for example, and alst
in Servia, Bulgaria and in the state
adjoining Turkey in Europe, there ar,
, more men than women.
And even where the women out
! number the men the difference be
tween the two sexes rs really not yer.
4 alarming. Six nations of Europe, in
Guiding Great Britain, have only, OF
the total population, 70 women in eS
: cess of men per 1000, whilst in Ger
a many, France, Belgium, Austria an
Russia the surplus female population
( represents only about so per 1000.
It is popular statistical fact
6 that where the population is thickes
there you are sure to find the humble
J, of men in the minority
S Asia has population of s15,ooo0o'
with male surplus of not less tina
16,000,o00; Africa has 100000 NOR
e men than women.
n In China the question of the sexes
!. moot one. The summary dispose
: of the newborn female infants b
- those of the Chinese who do not war
girl babies accounts for the dearth {
women in the celestial empire.
n In Hong7Kong the sexes are yer
! uneven, there being fewer than sc
= women to every 1000 men, a conditio
! of things which is practically the SAN
- in Hawaii.
Z In those countries where progress
s marked by the pursuit of an illimi
IS able number of industries, such as
= followed by the majority of the nj
n tions constituting the hemisphere "
, live in, women, from point of nun
4 Der, are in the ascendancy.
= And by the same rule, where IL
~ people follow a pastoral life, as, II
~ instance, the Beers, who will find TIL
y their community is made up of mo-
Ii men than women. Climate, too, e;
a. erts a considerable influence in d
"A termining the multiplicity of eith'
e sex-we mean the climate peculiar
- the zone you live in. There are mo
- men than women in tropical zone
W but there are more women than ms
oil in temperate zones.
a. Survival in the Coronation.