The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-08

WASHINGTON. b. c., Aug. s.-un-
~ cial reports from the census bureau
I'm to Indicate that the drift from
40 country to the city is less marked
thou a Was 10 years ago.
q IHore are no oflcial figures out yet
|Iko hrovo this, but government Stats
E<Ic16ns who are working on the tabu-
I1flcu OF the current census, say that
1on harrison with the figures OF 10
|xenrp ago lead to the belief that the
& f16o n Il the turn, that the cities will
oooa cease to draw such compare
<kv@ly heavy tolls from the red blood
'eC the rural districts as they have In
ISsre are several factors that bear
- tht1 change OF drift One import.
= fnck6ryh the rapid growth Of what
800 b called the 'interurban" popu-
nt1SR those who work In the cities
fon& live In the country, going back
80 forth a. steam or electric road
ooc1mutsrs, or In automobiles or
||no>w buotA
Xnother factor that has big In
6noo A favor OF the rural districts
~ ~ sueead Of the rural free deiiv.
yx which wzs m tn infancy decade
- m the past 10 years the r. F. d
0r yomifod everywhere. carrying the
@ pover TO remote and lonely
t1 1oe1Uods, and going far toward
~ farm life less irkyome and de-
ulng to those not In sympathy
C1CA4 the quiet Of the old regime The
|4Ux0l telephone lines, now spreading
fonnllly, must eventually exert an in
nce In this direction perhaps even
sro unnxkad than that of the rural
ne high cost Of living" is held to
~ another factor that has contributed
~ TIN end. FOR the farmer, least OF
IN. ~ ufFected adversely by advances
{n u nrices OF the necessities of life.
II Tho contrary, IL is he most Of NIL,
0m1n1do those drawing dividends from
~ big interests that control the sup
TIyzOf food stuffs. who profts by the
1Eo4atling high prices. So naturally
~ farm II desirable In proportion as
D1lQes 80 up.
Other factors having like bearing
Mn these are the automobile, which
n Drru the farmer handy mode of
xor1d transit, and the influence of the
Gtnfo agricultural schools. And, of
~ y, the hack to the soil" slogan
~ has been raised In the cities,
ISo6tly By FOLKS who never knew the
mt has had its effect.
Is Il would seem that the decline
6< fural America has ceased and that
<GGf upturn h ut hand
0ki1l other interesting facts have
80 developed by the partial census
<11&rnn thus far available. For In
0<nnce, II II evident that at least so
<I<loo will be added to the list OF
1oWus Of $4,000 or over. Ten years
- there were 100 Of them. 1t also
1HVSlops that two-thirds Of these new
cikies~ are in the north central
~ national capital shows COM
rxnftvoIy small increase In p0pula-
{1on The census of 1900 showed an
1ncFoass OF II per cent. Now It has
MIN to rs.
Columbus, o., made a big stride.
aiming AS per cent, as against "a
6ok cent 10 years ago. Lynchburg,
~ did even better, showing an In
cFc&se Of 66.1 per cent.
Texas promises to be the big sensa-
tlon Of the decade. rifty-two coun-
~ now in show a population Of ST.
go m Increase OF 48.7. IL the ratio
~ maintained in the Lone Star state
1hoSe will be perhaps Ave more con-
lr(gornen from thence In the next
&o1gFbss, and then. oh, joy!--there
G6<retwfll be singing OF peans from
{h4 Hnnhapdle to the gulf--for thex
Io&nd wilr go ahead OF Ohio In ranks
~ XHsn alufarhood ~ ofafaa