The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-12-16
TEXAS HAS 1896, 542 SOULS
AN INCREASE OF 1882 OVER
1900 FIGURES.
Compares Well With Other STATES
Texas Ranks Fifth in the
Union.

Washington.-The population OF
Texas, as ascertained by the thir-
teenth census, is 1896, 542. y gain OF
81 6 Dcr cent over the census or l9OO,
or an increase in inhabitants OF S4''-
S32. The population Of the state Ill
1900 was 3,04S,710, which was gain
Of 36.4 per cent, or S13,1S7 over the
previous census. Thus il will be seen
that in the past ten years Texas gam
Cd "a Gao more inhabitants than 1t dld
in the previous ten years. by 'hls
showing Texas goes from SKIN 10
fifth rank in population, dlspiaclls
Missouri. which ten years ago was
fifth in size of population. Inc sIeauy
forging ahead by Texas since the CIV"
war is shown by the census returns
for the past fifty years, as 1oIlo"s'
In 1860 it was twenty-third IN RANK III
1870 nineteenth. in 1880 eleventh, IN
1900 sixth and in 1910 fifth.
The in1Teases in inhabitants anu
rercpntage since 1900 OF the 1oui
!
states which are still ahead OF texas
are as follows
New York. 1,SG6,3S5, or 25.4 per
cent.
:, pennsylvania, 1862, 1856, or 21.6 pei
0 cent.
= Illinois, S17,041, or 1863 per cent.
n Ohio. 6O9,576, or 147 per cent.
d When the optimists who had over
g guessed the population of Texas by on
e " 1O3,458 analyze the figures, the
e will say that the showing which 1exa
n has made is right at the top notcn 10
a state In the threemillion class. VI
1T " the great states Of New York, rem
ID sylvania and Ohio, and such state
nj with abnormal development as ohl
e, homa and California have eXceeue
s. Texas has moved into fifth place, NJ
,r. nearest competitor being Massach
sets, which has 100000 less popui
ton than Texas.
IS, The disappointment among Texa
XII in Washington is largely political.
set Texans had visions of at least 10
w. new coneressmen under an lncreas
en apnortiorment, but the returns Die
rs, those hopes.
xxi Under me existing basis of l94,C
Texas would have twenty memoe
lii but under 100000 apportionment
be- gain would be but three MEMBERS
the is nrobable. however, that the basis
representation will be around 2Zo,V
nal which would give the state seVentf
and q major fraction, or eighteen
ing resentatives, a gain of two MEMBER
REPRESENTATIVE Beall, while plea
Bal with the splendid showing made
Dallas and other counties IN MS
any trict. had this to say on the retur
"Jn common with all other Tex
moo 7 am disappointed over the census
mort of Texas population. | GONNA
rk. " expected showing of four an
rem, quarter million people. We have p
ably underestimated the extent
,om- emigration from the state into I
homa and elsewhere
any, "While the increase is not as
as we hoped for, still it is very g
New being nearly $4,000. Texas e'
takes fifth place in population, &
more than 100000 ahead OF MISS
,any, "The development OF Texas IS
beginning and each recurring &c
Lctur- will evidence her continued adv
until people now living Will see
Com. second if not first in population al
all the states. Texas is the la
pany, and best of the states now, ana
she lacks in quantity with respe
pany, population she easily makes u
quality of her citizenship"
actur. Lieutenant Governor DAVIDSON
mented on the census as lollo"
"The scholastic census OF leAS
all other authentic data sho"
en is. lively that Texas has 4'5OO'OOO p
ton"