Show THE GROWTH or OF OUR OUK country the article by lion hon carroll D wright shows the growth of our country in area population and wealth to be very gratifying it is ie however a little dis satis satisfying ayi fyi ng to point to the fact that there isa is a growing class of people who are re not be becoming comin more wealthy one million people may gather a larger part of the wealth produced by and thus a statement of the aggregate wealth would not show the real condition of affairs most of our published statistics need to be analyzed to prevent misunderstanding while there are more rich and well to do people in the united states there are also more poor and dependent people than ever and this latter class ia R the one that concerns the philanthropist another fact suggested byl by mr wright is that our census needs to bo be very greatly enlarged there ought to be a very systematic study of the people especially of the defective classes of all kinds criminals paupers haupers pau pers feeble minded and insane this study stud scientifically pursued would lead to a disco discovery verv of the causes of these abnormalities aud and thus enable us to remove them here is a wide field for future philanthropists and statesmen this means the th extension of the functions of the general or local government perhaps of both a subject which demands e ever more and more serious attention not dot only in our journals but in our schools and our homes |