The sun., 1907-12-31

statistics Asd rnrAMsis by . scSrnsr q
fO,n Ceaura1.

To rHR EDrToR or TaB sUN7-Ssr. In lDla
I wrote yon that chicago had been rsmarAc
ably stationary since 1898. I estimated thP
population In 1893 az about 100000 and IN
1907 perhaps /, 800 900 to 100000. The wash
ingtOn adding machines plus dividing mns
chimes plus typewriters. but minus real
bralns. without a census. but . Chicago man
at the typewriter. give to Chicago an absurd
2.O7O, 100 peOplei II 100000 had come since
IsaS, or nearly doubling Of population. could
che enclosed clipping. which In q true recoros
have been a record OF real estate dealings;
More mcney has been invested IN Cook county
real estate during 1907 than any year sinco isea-
Transfers hled for record involved money COnsdera-
lions of Si4O against SIlA Sa1O1O In apoe.
an Increase Of S7asi .spS Although there has bpsn
an sxcezs OF lnvestments. the number of transfers
has dropped from 81 .S8s In 1900 W SOsAl2 In 1907
In Gsea. which set a high wator mark In the real
estate Market there were 1sssi transfers, invoiV-
Ing considerations of elHS,O7s.HI.
Every real estate man knows that even
10 per cent. increase bOons real estate 10 per
ont; a 20 per cent. increase means trebling
Of all real estate values. In 1904. a bad panic
year, real estate In Chicago was dealt In
IrOundJ $4,000 transfers. average VPlue 5000
each; in 1907 boom year % 20 UctSperi s 81 soo sp
increase II only 9 per cent. equal so popuia-
tlOD incrsaae OF only Derhaps per cent; ~
newcomers OF more than 800 900 were all the
most abieot paupers. tramps, living IN Il,, ths
have made the unit parcel price 81, 600 instead
of $4,000 In 1887 as against $4,000 in lhD4, one
year after tle boom year OF isM. Slnetesn
stringency year. still IL was better In Chicago
real estate than the prosperity year 9f 1907
at least prosperity until October 23-thtrteen
years later. No more striking illustration OF
ChicagQ's stationary population ,,
somebody rot no a scare OF heart disease.
published the deaths from u for 1907. showing
an increase over 1905. OF course, they viii
ful treatment Of sceriatina, diphtheTia, &c..
in children will begin to mature. Formerly
heart failure" during the climax Of the fever.
diphtheria or measles. Now they are saved
us ng IN bney y,,ryya rS ~ tb nnt snd no serum Tor
IL existing. they are now increasing our death
rate OF heart disease.
ease to the American rush and hyperactiv:
ity" Is utter bunoombe, In New York out Of
about a, 600 deaths only 1000 died Of heart
disease. or not 10 per cent. In placid. cain;
not at all rushing" Munich. Germany. out OF
i1.0O0 annual deaths more than 0OO-Or more
p per cent. This simple deadly parallel kills
the -hyperactivty" theory. But deaths from
heart disease are in large cities exactly In
proportion to population: thus in New York
q. 100 900 now one In $50 dies OF heart disease
IN Philadelphia q 800 G0Ol one IN q 600 dies 80 OF
one in 500 dies Of II. Smaller cities, like Omaha
have too small data 10 use them. But IN large
How does Chicago look? Two thousand Ave
hundred died there in 1907: by the one in 500
ratio there were $50 900 people in Chicago.
very nenr the truth as figured from all other
good data except typewriters. In Chicago
one would certainly look for that monstrOus,
heart bursting. rush" activity. II the typed
census Of O70. l2O were right only one In 800
die in Chicago OF this rush" disease. so Chi
delphin, One-half more pOky than Washing
ton, -. C.. &C Everything tends TO show
Chicago has about :. 900 900 inhabitantsl
CHICAGO. December 2S. &. A.