Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-08-26
State Of Affairs That Presents SCme
Interesting Phases
ONLY ALIEN AND SEGsO NORMAL
Country Nov Largely Dependent Up
on the Foreign Born Woman For
It's Increase Of Population Except
in the South. Where Progressive
Decrease IN Rate Since 1850 Has
Been Much Less Marked.

Washington. srecial-That there
has been "a persistent decline OF the .
birth rate .u thc United States since f
1850 is the conclusion reached in a .
bulletin issued by thc Census hu-
reau. The bulletin Isl by Prof Walter
L. Wilcox. OF Cornell University, and
40 is explained chat although tnn
analysis made offers many suggestions
as 90 probable tendencies ln tle DlrtA
rate % the United States. 10 is. prl-
mariiy. not a study ln birth rates. bat
indicates a study in the proportion ~
children tO the total population OF 20
THE number 90 women az child bear
Ing axe"
"The result OF the study shows that
az the beginning 90 the nlnef ecnth CEN
tury the children under DO years *
age constituted onc-third and az the
end less than onefourth of the total
population. The decrease I'm this pro-
portion began as early as che decade
OF 1910 90 1920. aud continued uninter-
ruptodlv thoueh az varying rates. IN
each successive decade. Between 1880
and 1880 Che proportion ~ children to
women between % and 40 years. me
I child bearing age. increased. but since
1900 it has instantly decreased. lt -
sfatoI that the decrease has been
very unequal. but that ~ che compu-
tauon ia made upon the basis OF 20
year periods De- has been regular. ln
1850 the number of children under .
years of axe t0 1000 women IS 90 AZ
years " age was 65+. iu 1900. t was
only f-f The proportion ot children "a
potential mothers in 1900 Was on-
thrce-fourths as large as in 1850. ~
attempt is made hy the author ~ tn'
bulletin 20 determine che probable
, causes ~ this decline. An extended az
gumcnt hy Cen. Francis A. Walker q
, given. suggesting that 10 Is largely du
, 10 the infsx ~ f0rei Encrs and the ca
sultant shock o. the population ir
stinct of the natives.
Tn the general decrease betwcc
1890 and 1900 not single state ~ th
North Atlantic division took part 4
b seven other states. also. there was p
decrease. In only six States. MARI lan'
Michigan. Ohio. Illinois. Kentucky an
Indiana. aid the proportion decreas
q In each 0f the five decades. and
70 only Delaware. District ~ ColumpA
, Wisconsin. Minnesota. Iowa, ofegl
ana Colorado did Sc follow the tcnle
cy FOR the country as whole, that
D. increase from 1850 % 1850. and q
lt crease in the four succeeding decade
,r In 1900. for the United states as
whole. the proportion of children VI
only twO.thirds as great FRI cities as
az the country districts Tn the North
be- lantIc division. however. 80 was
boz most as great ln che cities az ln 2
o. country. I'm the Southern division 10
a. hardly more than haIf as large ira 2
"a. cities as in the country, while in 2
id FAR West TIE difference is interu
rn date ln amount This. 10 is expian'
ct IS probably due. in large measure.
c- the fact that tho immi grant popuiat
rs who have been swarmiug iuto
an Northern cities of recent years. e7
Tie cially into the cities OF che North
ng lanri- States. have been multiply
lantic states. have been multiply
by numerous births with much aI
it's. while the spontiug labor
class which has immigrated to sou
lt- ern cities from the surrounding eco
ID trv districts has not been thus incr,
RIA ing"
I'm A comparison is made between
,,. pronortion OF children born ot mai
IN mothers 20 1000 native women
chud-bearing age and the proportion
children born OF forels u-born moti
'ue 20 900 foreisn-born women OF CT
bearing age Tn 1900 the former
dA~ . portion was 40. LAe iaNArE cave
the difference indicating the greater te
us- dity OF foreign bora women. The o.
ars Tin continues.
THE COMPARISON also indicates
the total decrease in tecuudity
white women between 1880 and
was the result OF a decrease ror ma
white women. partly Onset by an
'ote crease for fOreign-born white VOL
( in "ln the Atlantic divisions,
, i'm ever. there was a slight increase ~
proportion Of children born 70 %,
white mothers. and In the South
ton trail division there was but a sign
this crease. The decrease for the "
liant country. therefore. was the result
g.. largely OF the great decrease Ia
North central and Western divls