The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-12-12
A RESUME OF POPULATION
A Sociological Analysis Of the In
habitants Of the Various Large
Towns In Missouri.

aIyBlS OF inc pOpulhtlOh Vi 81 rO"'''
Kansas Sity, st. Joseph, Springfield,
Joplin. Hannibal and Sedalia, which
"a made In a bulletin containing ad'
vance information from the 1913 Red
Book of the bureau OF labor statistics,
given publicity by Commissioner John
r Fitzpatrick, affords material for a
study on what the future has in store
for these flourishing Missouri me-
tropolises and serves to indicate how
cosmopolitan they are. The informa
ton given IL based on federal census
returns, recently compiled in this
shape, and therefore Is authentic.
The bulletin. which gives complete
facts on the sex, race, birthplace,
color, male voting strength and SINH
lar information of the cities in the
synopsis contains this declaration:
population statistics of Spring
field Joplin, Hannibal and Scdalia
plainly reveal that nearly all the IN
! habitants are either native'born or
else are the offsprings of aliens from
countries which now rule Europe
The federal official population Of
/ St. Louis, which figures will remain
until the next census. Is GS7 1922, OF
| whom G42,4Ss are white, 1880 negro
and 5s1 Indian, Japanese or Chinese,
| The males outnumber the females,
there being 34G,OGS men and boys and
34O.961 women and girls.
Kansas City, with an official popu-
lation Of 24S,3S1, has 224,677 white
men, women and children, 1856 me-
groes and 1873 Indians, Japanese and
! Chinese. The foreign-born population
numbers 25,327, Of whom $3.50, or Il
little over fifth, are of German eN'
traction. England Is represented by
a population Of 2.144 and Canada
1873. The sons and daughters Of Ire
land number 1926. Then Their" are
1873 italians, divided between north
and south Italy. Swedes are numer.
Gus, there being 2,15S. The number
of other foreign representatives fol.
low: Austria, $40; Belgium, 2S5;
Denmark. 365; Frame, 276; Greece,
1853: Holland. 1903; Hungary. $500;
Mexico. 233; Norway. 143; Roumania,
1856: Scotland GG6; Switzerland, 343;
Turkey, l4G; scattering, 81.
4 little over one.ninth Of the popu.
lation of st. Joseph L. foreisn'born.
The same ratio seems to prevail In
all Missouri cities and towns OF the
official population Of 77403, 73,l2S are
white. 4.249 negroes and 2G either In.
dian. japanese or Chinese The for
eign.born number S,113, which, com
pared with 10 years ago, is, a de
crease. Then there were SAG for,
eign-born Divided between the sex
es, there are 1866 men and boys and
37,738 women and girls. Males Of vot
ing age number 26,051, officially,
There are 1906 dwellings, with
1713S families to occupy them. The
native-born count up 65.015 people, d.
vided between 50.3l6 VITA native par
entage and 1882 OF mixed descent.
Springfield, which the bulletin calls
the hub Of the Ozarks," with an Of
fetal population of 35.201 men, WON
en- and cl ildren is the home OF only
1,f26 foreign.born, with those from
Germany predominatIng with 327
English come next In strength, with
1879 Canadians next, with l47, and
Irish with l42. Sweden is represent
ed by 105 natives; Scotland. 30; Swift
zerland. 81; Austria, 81, Denmark
"A; France. 10; Italy. 10; Turkey, l6
and tho remainder divided between
Belgium, Greece Holland, Hungary
Mexico. Norway, Roumania and one
or two other countries of Europe and
Asia.
Joplin. with nm official federal pop
ulation OF 32,073, Is the homo Of 1921
males and 1882 females, men ant
boys outnumbering women and girls
by 3S9, but not enough TO fill the
Springfield deficiency in males. As
to color. there are 1926 whites, S01
negroes and Indians. Japanese ant
Chinese
For Sedalia, Of tne official popula
, ton of 1882 men, women and chill
dren only sol are foreign-bor regard
less of there being two large railroad
carshops there. This would indicate
/ that the majority m the employees o
these two establishments are native
born. The negro population is giver
as being 1871, leaving the remainder
, 1902 whites. with 1880 native.born
. AS to sex, there are s.913 males ant
, $500 females or nearly enough won
en- to 90 around. in case each single
male wanted his full share Of MARTA
, bliss. OF dwellings there are 4,l65
with 4,493 families to occupy them
an indication that some houses ar,
the abode of more than one family
The voting strength, all males over 2
years. is 5,6ls.
, Censor Loses Job.
jefferson City.-Because Mike Kir
A.. cannon of Joplin. patrolman on tn
police force, told the wife of a prom
/. nent railroad man TO go home an
. get some clothes on" when he say
{ 10, tho wearing alit cLiri