Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-15

toward the cities. While the popula-
ton OF France increased $4,000 IN
che past i've years. which IL very
small gain for country containing
over a9.sOO.OOO OF people, all OF this
increase, ana much more. was abb
sorbcd BY the towns. Outside OF the
Fifteen largest cities the population Of
France Ia the five years decreased
i40. 600. Paris alone gained 3O5, 900
Of the $4,000 OF the entire country's
increase. A stlll greater relative gain
Is shown by the cities Of Germany
over the rural regions. Germany is
growing far faster than France. bat
the increase goes to the towns Of co.
600 and upward. Even little switzer-
land, a country OF s,7B9.GO0 by the
census whose figures are just pub
lished shows that tho gain. which
amounts TO 59S.OO0 IN ten years. has
gone TO tho cities-zurich Basel Co
neva, Lausanne, Lucerne, 81. Gall and
the rest OF the towns above $4,000
population.
This drift to the cities is shown IN
a more marked degree in a new ooun-
Try than u is In any OF the old ma
lions just named Australia. with a
total 81 4.45B.O0O Inhabitants. or 5OO,-
900 loss than are In New York City.
grew only $4,000 in ten years. This
"a a surprisingly small growth for Q
country having as great an area as
the entire contiguous part OF the
United states. and a country which
IL new, and which has immigration
boomers ia England ana other parts
OF Europe. In the ten years. hove
ever, the leading clties-sydney, Mel
bourne and the others-gained sew
eral times the $4,000 credited to the
entire commonwealth. Much Of that
country, therefore. Us falling off 10
population. ireland. which Is stead
ny decreasing in Inhabitants as
whole, shows gain In Dublin and 10
It's other important townS The slow
growth OF England's big dependency
in the Pacific accounts for the efforts
which Il has begun 20 make 60 attract
immigrants from the United states
Canada has been successful In doing
this for the past seven or eight years,
but our duped ex-countrymen find il
easier 20 get back from Canada than
they could from Australia.
This concentration OF people in the
great centers Is a phenomenon which
Is under way In all the progressive
countries. In the past ten years.
while the United States population
Increased 81 per cent. Germanys IS
per cent, Hollands Is per cent. swift
zerland's IS per cent. Japan's IL per
cent. Mcxico's IL per cent, Austria
Hunghry's . per cent, Norway's and
sweden's each per cent. and SPANS
per cent, the growth of the towns
Of $4,000 or lOo,0 and upward IN
4 hia RA Antil Wtn Ut n AhA hAhh'A NeAt'f'
over so per cent or the inhabitants
OF England are in It's towns OF 10000
or 10000 and upward. More than
half OF the population OF the state
OF New York in 1912 Is conferred in
It's hig town at the mouth OF the
Hudson. Soon we shall have another
state. Illinois. In which half OF It's
! people will be In a single city. A.
we are reminded by foreign observers
that the weak link in our polity Is
that OF the government of our mu-
nicipalities---a truth which we could
have guessed at without being told
from the outside--this drift of people
to the cities sets up a big problem for
our social philosophers and states
men 10 graphic with.