Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-30
POPULATION OF THE WORLD.
An interesting Piece Of information
Issued by the Census Bureau.

An Interesting Piece OF Information
Issued by the Census Bureau.
An interesting piece of information
has just been issued by the census bu-
reau relative to the theory that the
world Is fast becoming so crowded that
at no distant date standing room will
be at premium, and difficulty will be
felt In feeding the increasing multi
tudes.
A close scrutiny of the conditions ex-
listing In all parts of the world has
shown that In no country-not even
I'm Belgium-has the maximum Of pop
ulation been reached beyond which 1t
would be difficult to make the soil sup
port the people.
1t is estimated that China can easily
support three times the number Of
people now occupying that territory;
that the capacity Of British India has
by no means been reached, and that
every country Of Europe Is capable Of
sustaining more than twice the
amount Of people now crowded into
what appears to be comparatively
limited areas.
AS for the capacity Of the United
States and Russia. they are estimated
to have hardly been touched, and,
while 1t is believed that the next GEN.
tury or two will show a great increase
both In European and Asiatic Russia,
1t is believed that the greatest field
for development lies through the Uni
ted States and In northwestern Cana
da.
To give an idea as to how scattered
is the population Of the world. 1t has
been shown that all the people now
living In the world could be easily
packed upon the Isle Of Wight, tiny
speck Of land off the coast Of Great
Britain, so small compared with other
countries that 1t Is hardly discernable
upon the map.
The total population Of the world is
now estimated at 1,500 millions. Al
lowing two square feet for each, all
could be crowded into a space Of $1,000
acres. The area Of the Isle Of Wight
is 94,341 acres, and 1t will, therefore, be
seen that the entire population Of the
earth could be gathered there and
much vacant space be left aside.
Such comparisons are, OF course,
made only for drawing illustration, but
to Americans. who have been unable
to understand how Great Britain or
Japan could sustain their compara-
lively dense populations without ac-
tual crowding. 1t affords somewhat
striking proof of the as yet still un-
touched resources of the world.
The population Of the United States
Is now estimated at somewhere be-
tween eighty and ninety millions. II
Is calculated that TINS country can
easily support q population OF l,0OO
millions, and even then the population
will not be as dense as 1t is In certain
portions of China, in the valley OF the
Ganges or In the counties surround
ing Antwerp in Belgium.
The French republic has q popula-
| ton of something like thirty five mil
lions. It's acreage Is not one-half
that of Texas, and little larger than
the state Of Illinois. japan, with an
acreage but little larger than that OF
the ste te Of Kentucky, supports q
popula don Of forty millions, against
something over two million In our
state.
Many cities In Europe with a sup
porting country not comparable to
that around Louisville have popula-
tions ranging from half a million up
ward, while in China there are cities
of over q million closer together than
Louisville and Lexington.
It is true that in such countries as
France and Belgium and In the fer
tile districts Of China and India, every
foot of available ground Is under con-
slant cultivation, while In Kentucky
and elsewhere throughout the United
States II Is not an unaccustomed sight
to see two thirds Of the arabic ground
idle.
It Is plain, however, that while even
at the present time the United States
is the greatest power in the world II
is only In it's infancy as far as popula-
ton Is concerned. How strong will
be the relative position of this country
to the rest Of the world when the
United States Is populated as densely
as are portions Of Europe II Is Inn
possible to estimate.-Louisville Post