El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-09

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Z among the 100 largest cities IN the United States Tor
the first time and that is cause for satisfaction;
the list has not been published yet but there IS every
to believe that this city has passed lot Of the
ago. There So cities in the 100000 class, and that
leaves plenty Of for US to come IN
Fl Paso has need to bother much about population
from on That VIII take Of itself but there are
lot Of things that viii not take Of themselves and
those the things must devote our attention to- The
hg thing Is to make EpPaso better place 10 I'VE IN
city of 10000 weo conteated people, busy and thrifty
capable and progressive VIII be better than twice the
Der if 1t includes large proportion OF Tonproductlve
hangers-ou shiftless workers and ambltlonless
We have big opportunity, but our duty and our IN
terest the same TO make e Paso better place to
live to train the workers and develop human power
TO what have and It to best advantage to
for the little children, and to neglect element IN
the population Neglect is costly; It not only causes
loss but it creates liability which must be paid
The census returns Of population Of cities IN the United
States present many points Of interest New York is far
and away the largest city in the world London and Paris
come next, then Chicago Toxic Berlin, Vienna, and
Petrograd ahead Of Philadelphia Then, before De-
troit with its near-iion reached string Of foreign
cities come thus IN order Moscow Constantnople, Can
ton (Chna) Osaka Oapan Rio de Janelro, Buenos ARES
Calcutta, Picking, Bombay, Hamburg and perhaps others
In the western world, the largest cities in their order
are New York Chicago Philadelphia, Rio de Jane1ro
Buenos Aires Detroit Cleveland Saint Louis Boston Bal
tmors Montreal Pisburg Los Angeles, San Francisco
Buffalo, Santiago (Chie), and Mexico City.
There VIII be considerable satisfaction felt at the show
ing made by San Francisco In spite Of all the predictions
made the time Of her re" and the tremendous efforts
made By Los Angeles and Oakland TO depeIe San fran
cscos population and transfer Of her industries
and trade, san Francisco gained $1,000 population IN the
decade and retained her place number IL IN the list OF
American cssproof enough Of the sterling quality Of
San Francseos citizenship and the solid grounds Of her
commercial primacy.
Oakland gained only $500 and stepped down one place
the list Angeles, which has claimed all the way
100000 and 100000 population turns out to have $751;
O0O gain Of 25s00o II the decade remarkable enough
and cause for congratulations especially since the growth
was not made at San Francisco's expense
Detr0ts growth due chiefly to the automobile IN
dusry Many Of the other cities their growth largely
to industries This accounts for the growth Of many
of the seaport towns and industrial cities Included IN the
first IS cities in the 1910 three cities, Ia
coma Wash, Lawrence and Lynn, Mass, which do not
appear the first 6s cities this time; other words they
have lost ground by not increasing at the average rate
that they have lost population but others have jumped
ahead.
Cities of over 100000 population showing eztraordi-
nary rates Of increase, thus Jumping ahead and taking
higher number IN the list than they took IN 1910 De-
tTot Los Angeles, Washington Rochester, Portland Ore
Toledo Denver Akron o. (rom 5000 to 20soOo, from
slst place 70 32d pace) Omaha, San Antonio, Dallas,
Houston Fort WORTH Bridgeport Conn., Youngstown, O.,
Springfield, Mass, Des Moines, and Norfolk.
Cities Of 100000 population showing below average rate
Of and thus losing their rank by several places
include Saint Louis Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, New Or
leans Jersey City Providence, Louisville Saint Paul At
laEta Worcester, Syracuse New Haven, Memphis, Scran
ton, Grand Rapids Paterson n. j. Fan River, Mass
Trenton n. J. Nashville, Camden II. j. Albany, N. Y,
Lowell and Cambridge, Mass, Reading, Pa, Spokane,
Kansas City, Kans, and Yonkers N Y Al these places
gained IN population, but not enough to enable them to
retain their rank
This year there are IS cities of 100000 population and
over while IN 1910 there only so. Yet, aside from
the great increase IN New York and Chicago, there seems
20 be little IN the other city population statistics to JUS
ty the lamentations about the concentration Of the popu
laon IN cities and the abandonment Of the farms. Aside
from certain changes due TO extraordinary OF
other explainabie normal economic grounds,