Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06

New worlds to conquer have always
been lying around inviting attention,
but the chances that advantage will be
taken Of the opportunities offered are
stronger for the immediate future than
they have been for some time. In the
| next few decades Opportunity will
beckon from many new lands. and
there will be fresh epochal swerves in
the channels Of history and of popu-
lation.
First the World War and then the
years of business depression, through
which practically all countries have
been struggling, have had the effect of
marking a turning point in modern
human affairs. The stage now Is set
for new deal.
The English-speaking peoples Of the
world have been the most ardent eX-
plorers and pioneers Of modern history.
They have gone into wildernesses and
conquered Nature and the aboriginal
occupants of rich lands. Thereby the
English have waxed in wealth and in
fuence. The United States has been
the outstanding example of this sort Of
world development. Rich in natural re-
sources it attracted and produced a
tremendous population with a rapidity
never before observed in any land. Not
only did larger numbers congregate in
given section of the world more rap
idly than ever before, but they became
the richest nation in the world. not
only in the aggregate, but per capita.
Great Britain had gone through a
previous development, and. Of course,
the United States Is, to a large extent,
the outgroWth of the older country and
but an extension of its vigorous pro-
pensities for expansion and enrich
ment
For the first time In their two his
tories, both countries have been told by
eminent statisticians and geographers
that an end to their numerical eXpan-
sion Is in sight Americans are in
formed that their ultimate population
will be reached as soon as 1890 and
that at that time we will have approx
mately 180. 900, 900 people to tax, with
the center of population near st. Louis.
The British people, similarly, have
just been informed that their maximum
population will be reached about 1850.
1t will not exceed $4,000, 900.
Study Of British Census.
Fresh population figures have Just
been reported for England and Wales,
where most of the population of the
British Isles is located. Scotland prob
ably has more Scotchmen in other
places in the world than at home. while
Irelands population has been dwindling
for many generations. 1t is but frac-
ton Of what It was q century ago.
Famines and political unrest, coupled
with the attraction Of America. have
decimated it many times over. Ireland
has but few more than 100000 popu-
lation. whereas it once had 100000
England and Wales show by the CEN
Sus OF 1881 a population Of 39,947, e3l
Ulster and Scotland. between them,
have something over 100000. The
Irish Free State, with only about 3,000,-
600. is not included any longer in the
population OF Great Britain any more
than the population of the Dominion Of
Canada or the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia. 1t IS separate political juris
diction.
Like all old countries, England has
more women than men. There are
20 300 087 women to 19,133.844 men.
The United States has 62,137,080 men
and 60637, 1865 women. This ratio has
been declining In the United States for
many years and. by the time the ulti-