Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-24
State Y. M. G. A. Doing Much
Good for Young Men.
4 study of the Stntc--IInlancc in
Treasury - New Secretary of
County Work to lie Sc
cured.

organization Is carrying OH lor inc well
fare Of the young men throughout tn,
State was clearly set forth. State Score
tary Morrison, in a study or the state of
Vermont, read at this convention, said in
part as follows
I'm tho study of Vermont We have under
consideration II state which ranks 4jth in
size ia area. and 10Th in size of popula-
ton. It's area is $3.50 square miles and
population 343Gil. This gives 37.6 popu-
lation to II square milo. OF the population
stated 10 per cent. are foreign born COM
posed of Al different natlonalities. OF
the foreign born population 81 per cent,
are FreUch Canadians, "a per cent English
Canadians, Ii per cent Irish, and pei
cent. each English. Italian and Scotch.
Showing that these six nationalities COM
posed 81 per cent. of the Il different ma
tionalities. OF the total population SO out
of every one hundred cannot write.
THE state is diviucd into II counties
with 246 twonships of about $50 commun-
ty centers. The state has not city Of
as much as 2or0 population. There ara
ten cities of 800 or more, 100 community
ccnters of a population between 5000 and
,00o and s. between 100 and !O. Tho re-
naming 3S5 community centcrs are of q
population less than 800 and many Of
them less than 100.
considering further the foreign born
population, the following extract from
an address delivered by the Rev. Henry
Fairbanks, Pm. D., of St. Johnshury be-
fore the Boston conference of Evangelical
Alliance IN 1857, is applicable
"'Nermont, AN inland State. almost
without cities and not increasing In popu-
lation has " per cent. of her native sons
living ont of the state. The native pOpu-
lation is diminishing and many foreign
ers are coming in, who, for the most part
are not assimlated, but they go mostly
to the large manufacturing places
DIR. Fairbanks also refers to the fac,
that he has made a careful canvass of -
towns believed to be above the average in
the State in church attendance. All were
counted church attendants who prOfesscd
| TO be, and all children and invaids in
church going families were reckoncd at
PENDANTS, and yet. only ~ per cent. OF
the population call themselves church
goers. OF those living two miles or more
| from the church probably not more than
g. per cent ever attend
In the April number this year of the
Ladies Home Journal. We have the follow
Ing statement: IN New England there are
| annually Ii more deaths than births
among every thousand Of the white peo-
pie whose parerts are native born.
Among every thousand negroes there are
ln9 more births than deaths. In short.
the last census shows that in many local
tiles the number of native born Ameri-
leans Is either gaining very slightly, stand
Cg stIll, or actually decreasing while the
people whose parents arc foreigners and
the negroes are increasing
| The church utilization of the State Is
about the ratio of - Professionals to ,,
Catholics. Among the astonishing things
In this fact is. that IN many towns where
one Protestant and one Catholic Church
could flourish comfortably. we find three
10 five struggling Protestant organiza,
tons. Quoting again from DR.. Fairba nks
we find that in his study Of the A towns
that there are 1+3 Protestant Churches and
four Roman Catholic, These figures give
Ius about g commandments to each Protest
ant church in that block of towns. and
AN average of l,52p communicates TO each
Roman Catholic Church.
Males between l6 and 81 years of agt
represent 1876 per cent. of the total popu.
lation. and sec Of the male population o,
Vermont. lnasmuch as 20 per cent. rep
resents the ratio of the Young men ir
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