Overcrowding.

Manawatu Herald, 18 March 1893, Page 3

Overcrowd ing.

• -^President- Andrews, of Brown University (lms; beehf;^btisideriri? " Are there too. many of us ?" If he saw our colonial 'families he would have no difficulty,; tit arriving at a prompt conciusioh>i He -.has, however, onl^ * the matter from the p? : space 'becomes «—- very 1 to thpse>who are likelyltb- en^Q^ft; gbodv'old.-a^e, as he says M 'failure of standing room would . \k b^ta-i mtitter pi time. Standing- rwrai_^h|t fancy, , and yet our goyerhtoent rwere%oing'to place any amount of room -at -the .disposal <^o^srfi^^; -gt^si^te^gbe {nfijjMi ipfi * t .UriiVersif $\ Mb m%Vu?ed'the-world;and tains aaraany yar4B t^andnallowing a yard^^tandingjn)pm for , four per. Bons, horri ->ie"olose quarters by. ,the .$ye f there . ;is \xs_Qi& for 'so jri asy ■people. .This is, however, 0n1y ,.-a simple sum in; arthmetio which . .mostly ftn^ohe^^^ dbujdtot up, but the annoying .geottemian, V cbhtinues .'lss argument by showing" that, the population of England and' Wa l es doubled between 1801 and;lßsl and at this rate population would ip. 100 years multiply itself by 4 ; in 200 by 16s; iii lOOC 'by l.ooo,ooo, and in 8000 yetirs! by numbers difficult to set ouf, mostly _rc_n "want of rpoin for the units, but, reduced, by the supposition thai the world was again only to eontaiu < '"ft .aingle ■•> pair uof ; human beings,.- at the above rate in 8000 yeArs* they would have increased -*to B,BBB£ persbtfsito 1 every yard ih_t-acLOf a l6ur> ''and' tb find spaoe for them: .be eariti wonld, be covered vritb yP&n in SQliimns. of* Bs3 r srd eacj^stftftdipg m «%<% fife 3 . 9. ads,As ttjus kjncl pf exigence . would, be exeesMvely. nhobmlJQrtable it is fervently to. be hoped that parents will consider' these figur^s r a,nd "act aocordingly.. : , /; , ; „.,<;■•. ,,. ;< ., ,^yy, : ,.-,