Show I Large Cities Show a Healthy Growth Tl THINK LEADER f R SO TN TIME TO I S W The census re TV turns on the large cities of the country are now complete The rite figures fig fig- ures tires show that most of them have had hada a healthy growth during the ten years since the last count was made but some of them have fallen out of the theP P places aces they occupied then and their Places have been taken by other cities Of or the many that have tried in th the past ten years to climb into the class only five have succeeded Among the ten largest cities there has been only one one Important change of position Baltimore has lost sixth place to Cleveland Baltimore's population lation as officially stated is while Cleveland has The gain in Baltimore over 1900 was 97 per cent A comparison of 29 cities in the tile class shows that the aggregate aggregate gate population is as against in 1900 and in 1890 The fact is noted that the high rate of Increase is not confined to any anyone one geographical section Of seven cities whose rate exceeded 40 per cent two Newark N. N J. J and Bridgeport Conn Corn are eastern one Atlanta is southern and four Detroit Denver Kansas City and Columbus are western Of the two cities clUes with the lowest rate one is eastern and the other Is western Tho The rates of increase for Atlanta Detroit Denver and Kansas City are are phenomenally high but lt most extraordinary extraordinary is the high percentage for New Nevi NewYork York which exceeds the average ol ot 28 cities by per cent and is Itself Itself it itself self exceeded only by the rates lates o of seven cities four Fifty-four cities of between and show an aggregate population population lation of as against in 1900 a gain of per cent which the tIle census bureau pronounces phenomenally phenomenally phe phenomenally high Thirty-one Thirty of these cities show a higher rate of or increase for the past decade than for the ous OtIS one No decrease Is noted In an any one oile of oC the cities Of the larger cities the gain of St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis during the decade was greater proportionately than that of Boston Its Us nearest competitor while Kansas City is In twentieth place on the facE fact of the returns K City haj hm jumped ahead of Providence R. R I. I and Indianapolis Ind md Providence falling behind Indianapolis which it led Ir 1900 |