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THE UTILITY OF COMMON STATISTICS 29

Area ()/ United States and Ana taRen/()r Settlement, in TIme
Gr()lIps.

Area taken for
Total Area.
Settlement.
GROUP I. Square miles. Square miles.
Thirteen to sixteen original States 393,000 3 6 %,000
GROUP II.
Twelve Western and Southern States l 605,000 560,000
GROUP III.
Remaining States and Territories-
a. Six Far West States' . . . . 6%0,000 370 ,000
b. Pacific States and Territories a . 1,40 7,°00 277,000
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Total of Group III. 2,0%7,000 647,000
Grand Total. . . 3,02 5,000 1,56 9,000

Thus out of the total area of 3 million odd square
miles, rather more than one-half is the area taken for
settlement; and the area not for settlement is almost
exclusively in the last group of all. This group I have
subdivided in two sections, the first comprising States
like Iowa and Minnesota, more or less completely
settled, and the second comprising the Pacific States
and Territories; and of the first subsection, it will be
observed, more than half is already included in the area -
taken for settlement. The question then arises-How
much of the unsettled portion is available for settle-
ment? and to this the answer must be, little. When I
mention that Mr. Porter, a well-known American statis-
tician, and one of the Tariff Commission now sitting,
in his book on to The West," estimates that there are

1 Viz., Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
• Viz., Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas.
• Viz., California, Oregon, Dakota, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona,
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Washington.