| Show A 01 Oh Mr Walter Wellman In the die Septem her number of at McClures points out hint hat the tho last census of tho the United states huts has no more wonderful story to lo lotell tell ell than that thit th t of tile tho growth of or the tho American cities At the beginning of or orthe the he century there were only sixteen cities in tho the country If It a n population ot of f at nt least l 1009 1000 is h considered requisite torl foi or a city The rue total population of ot tieso sixteen vas wao At the t e end ot of f tho lie century there were cities with n a total population of ot m At Athe Atthe t the he beginning of the tho century the sixteen cities were scattered along lon the tho Allan tb lo coast const only The 1034 1014 cities nt at the he heend end nd of the century are found through throughout out ut the th length It antI and the lie breadth of ot theland the theand land and Such growth It Is 18 further shown could not have taken place without a I considerable movement from the tho farmand farm and nd tho the country to tho the city Millions ot of f people have left their rural tural pursuits ad nd found employment In the lie centers of f t population and that means a won von wonderful development ns nB nation MUon hut Dut tho the most Interesting side able to this story lory Is that which shows show that this growth of ot the cities line has been possible pos only onh because tho the rural tural districts have Itao had hall hada a 1 corresponding growth and broadened their heir requirements At tt the end of ot thIS the century there are ten times as ns many man people eople III In the country as ns there were at nt athe atthe the he beginning In half n a century tho number of ot farm tarm workers line has doubled hut but ut the quantity and value of farm tarm products have been multiplied by twenty twenty ty y That means menns that a n number of at men menan menella ella an be bo spared from farm tarm labor and en engage engage gage In manufacture It means that ho thc farmers are better off than limn they Were vere before betor and can cnn afford many mam mow moro conveniences and luxuries It Is Indeed a n wonderful country In which both tho the urban and amI rural populations can show phenomenal t growth without In any wa wn interfering with the equilibrium |
