Show HECmOES 017 INCREASE Tho negro jopulatlon of the United States Ih inillls on tho increase It now numbers 8 S50 000 as against C7 0 0 -000 whites There Is double the number of negroes that thcio were at the time of the emancipation proclamation Where tl ej are living In the congested districts of tho largo cities the death rata amai s them is fai In excess of the birth rate Dut It Is Just the othei was about in the ruial districts where thes are mill t plying at a rate w hlch mora than m kes up for the hzs In the cities |