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Show I'Ori I.ATIOX OF XKW YORK AND CHICAGO. A Chicago paper takes the school census for a text to calculate the probable population popula-tion of that city in 1000, that is, eight years hence, and it argues thus: "According to the school ccusus the population of Chicago last May was 1,4'2S,31S, against 1,303,000 iu May, 1'J0, an increase of 310,040, about 1S.3 jut cent. At the same rate of increase for each period of two years the population wiil be, in round figures, 1,OSS,000 in 1S04, 1, &."),-imio &."),-imio iu !'.;, 3,:i.-s)000 in and 2,787,000 in 1000. The United States enumeration for 1'.'0 made the population about 110,000, or S per cent less than the school enumeration. enumera-tion. The school figures for both 1S00 and l'.'i are lakcn, therefore, for the purpose of ascertaining the rate of growth, and the rc.iuit, s.3 per cent, may be accepted as correct, whether we take the school or the lulled States enumeration as showing the actual population of the city in lttX). Computing on the basis of the United States enumeration for 1800 at the same rate of increase for two-year periods our population popula-tion in 1900 would be over 2,500.000. Of course we cannot count on the same ratio of growth for the remainder of the decade, but we may safely predict that New York will have to depend on a police census again to keep within sight of Chicago." Now this will do very weli for local consumption, consump-tion, but it i not the truth. While Chicago is iio doubt one of the great marvels of the age, the child i not yet bora that will see it surpass sur-pass New York in population. Indeed, with tin-sole exception of London, New York is today tin- largest city in tiie world, containing contain-ing no less than three million people. Geographically Geo-graphically this city maybe divided into various parts aud called by different names, such as Brooklyn, Jersey City, etc., but iu reality it is one compact whole which viewed from any elevated point presents pre-sents a most impressive spectacle. Anyone w ho will take the trouble to watch the ferry boats that connect New York proper with her suburbs aud that in all they are at a ti.nc in the morning or evening when the Tat host of workers move upon it or out of It, will at once concede that the people out-aide out-aide are but the overflow ot the metropolis. Sometime ago a proposition was made to uuitc all these places into one "greater New York," and it may be pending yet, but whether it is carried out .or not, the person who from the Equitable or Western Union tower looks over the immense array f blocks, scarce divided by the rivers, beholds be-holds the habitation of more people than the whole state of Iilliuois contains. This is with regard to population. In other respects New York is still more ahead. Thus her clearing house returns are every week twice as large as those of all the i clearing houses of the three Americas com- biued. Let us give credit where credit is due. Chicago is all riht, hut it is not New York yet, by a largo mojority. |