Show STATES ST ATES AND ANI POPULATION TIN i ij j J d i HE LITERARY DIGEST DIG ST which w fc i the most complete THE weekly y compendium of of current information published has bas hasan basiUl hasan an Inter interesting ting comparison of state population figures as asab shown ab by the census c Utah titi stands in a list of fifty two imo states and territories with a population of lon Ion tana Delaware Delare Wyoming Idaho and Nevada are the states re reported e 1 ported with fewer inhabitants But when it comes coines to gains by b states tes and territories Utah steps up to place in the theand list and leads South Dakota Kansas New Hampshire Maine i Wyoming Delaware Alaska Vermont Nebraska and nd Nevada Ne da in j tie th order named Nevada Keva alone of all the states and territories 1 t shows a decrease its loss from 1890 to 1900 being and directly to the decline of the silver industry The surprising feature of all the reports r is the relatively small rease ase of population in the western states as compared with the previous pre ious decade The marvelous m development of the plains and andu u regions has reached its zenith apparently and is is here hereafter fter after to be slower and andi more conservative It was a result to be expected expect because the extent of arable arabic laud land marks the limit of development but the knowledge that this limit is about reached will win come as a aock ock to the Utopians who dreamed of f an n empire between the Mississippi Ssi and the Pacifier Pacific that th t should outshine all allis L history is in In its it extent tent and wealth The dream drea may be realized zed some day but it not be until the conservation c of ot water now no f I wasted doubles double je the number of arable acres in this region comparisons cO are favorable to Utah and when it t comes conies to wealth w per capita apita ratio of illiteracy number 1 of homes c owned and other tangible indices of actual conditions co it is probable probable T able this state will be in the very forefront or oth o the favored ones Population alone would not give us much cause ca e for pride but it iti itis iti i is i safe tafe to say the figures yet to come will show sh w this as s one of the thet t amon amot f the tile states as the home of an au intelligent in iu 1 people |