Show We1 suspect that I more Interest will bo taken lit t I lakCn The census returns this year than ever before The IncrcaM9 In I population ban been so regular from I the flrst that many people will be anx ious to know whether H ltloW the last decade lias kept up with the former 01193 I Many anticipate lat there will be a falling off partly because the whole volume Is so Immense that It IB hard to hold up to tho usual percentage and second because the emigration from Europe IB seeking other channels especially New Zealand and southern Brazil and Argentine The population 1 or the United iIZiJi > c In 1700 was 3929 I 211 In 1SSO 12805020 In 1S50 23191876 In 1S70 38555371 in 1SDO 02622250 The statisticians llx the number that will probably be shown this I year at from I 72000000 to 77000000 Either figures will show thaOio other nation on earth han the same number almost all of ono race almost all speaking the same tongue almost all actuated by common Impulses and almost all ready for any work that Is to he dono under tho flag from Maine to California from Capo Nome to Manila Estimating the life ota I ot-a generation at JH 1 13 years It means that from tho native population to say nothing of tho Immigrants there are two million men and women every I year that reach their majority and stand ready to take up their part ot the work of carrying on the great Republic public In Its glory and Its power two millions of people to carry on the work of opening new fields to find and de I velop new mines to build new cities to sail new ships to sing their praises J to the flag and glory to the country that opens to every one of them all its opportunities and doe not hamper I an honest man by the friction of any law 1 I |