Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
AMERICAS TWO METROPOLISES
New York First of Worlds Cities in
Wealth-Chicago Fourth.

Charles NJ Harvey in Leslic's Weekly
| The second OF the worlds cities in pop
ulation, New York is the first In weaii
and the first i'm the volume and variet'
Of its activities. In each OF these pa
! ticulars it far exceeds London. As
shipping point for foreign and domesl
commerce. it passed London two yea
ago and leads all the worlds ports.
is making a close approach to London
| the aggregate trade its stock e
| change. and IL has a long lead owe
London i'm the volume of its bank trans
actions. New fork's population in lnl
| is i, 16SSS. Ii increased RS per cent IA
| the past ten years. This ratio ~ growth
was never closely approached by an,
other city of even half its size. In each
! half of the past decade il added NOR"
people to its total than are i'm St Loui-
| at this moment. It's aggregate increase
IF 1,329,6Sl in the past ten years has
been greater than that Of Chicago, Phila
delphia, St Louis. Boston, Detroit and
Cleveland combined in that time. Count
ing in the cities and villages i'm its own
state and i'm New Jersey which are trib-
| utary to New York in a business and
social way. that city is but little behind
greater London in population now. And
at the present rate of growth Of the two
towns. New York, even within its pres
emf boundaries, promises to pass Lon
don in number of inha btants before 49,.
AS evidences of its superior alertnes /,
and modernness, New York sends more
i-letters and kilograms than London and
makes a. far freer use of the telephone
In industrial and commercial pursuits
and for pleasure purposes ii has more
automobiles than all OF England. The
monetary metropolis OF the United Stotes.
New York has a distinction which has
carried its name all over the globe. In
prestige throughout the world no other
city of the western hemisphere closet,
approaches il.
population and wealth, Chicago, is the
fourth Of the worlds cities. In this or
der those which lead her are London.
New York and Paris. Her population
has passed the two-million line. Toxic
and Berlin, which are also above tha
two-million mark. are usually placed
ahead of Chicago in the statistical tables.
She has recently passed them, however,
and she is growing faster than either
Of them, although Tor an old worio CITY
Berlin is increasing her population at "a
rapid pace.
Chicago is the worlds greatest railway
center, its largest lumber mart and ITS
most important grain and meat collect
spot in North America which Is touched
by rail through tickets can be obtained
at Chicago. 1t is by far the most Inn
| portant shipping point on the great lakes.
The number and the tonnage OF the YES
sells which touch at its wharves make IL
one Of the greatest Of the worlds ports.
AS a publishing center for books. news
papers and periodicals 1t Is second only
| to New York among American cities, ana
| few foreign cities exceed 1t In TINS
activity.
With only 4l,ooO people In 1910. 112on
In 1850 and 10000 in 1880. Chicago had
| 1,69S. 900 in 1900, and has 21s5.2S3 IN 11lo
Its growth in the past decade was y,
per cent This ratio OF expansion has
never been eaualed by any other city in
the world of 100000. inhabitants or over
in any ten-year period. That is. no other
large city in the world has ever eoualed
this growth in ten years except New
York. which increased 10 per cent faster
Chicago's name has travelled farther over
the globe than that Of any other Ameri-
can city except New York and, perhaps
Boston. Although in its workshops and
on its streets Chicago talks more tongues
than Babel ever dreamed OF. it is typ
zeal American city. In public spirit anu
general civic pride it has no superior
among the municipalities of the United
states Possibly it may turn out to be
a safe guess to say that Chicago migh /.
be the capital OF the money-changers OF
ultimate America-that is. of the amer :
lea of two or three centuries hence-and
thus Of the world.