ts population 5 times. During the
same period,

The 5 largest Atlantic cities and suburbs,
including New York, increased 4 1-10 times.
The 10 largest Atlantic cities and suburbs,
including New York, increased 4 "
The 15 largest Atlantic cities and suburbs,
including New York, increased 3 8-10 "
The 20 largest Atlantic cities and suburbs,
including New York, increased 3 8-10 "

And that the 5 largest cities of the great plain,
during the same period, increased 9 "
And the 10 largest cities of the great plain,
during the same period, increased 10 7-10 "
And the 15 largest cities of the great plain,
during the same period, increased 10 7-10 "
And the 20 largest cities of the great plain,
during the same period, increased 10 6-10 "

If the number of cities and towns of each section were increased to
twenty-five, thirty, and thirty-five of each section, the disparity
would increase in favor of the interior cities, most of these to be
brought into comparison, having come into existence since 1830.

We commend the comparison between the old and the new cities so far
back as 1830, to give the former a better chance for a fair showing.
If a later census should be chosen for a starting point, the
advantages would be more decidedly with the interior cities.

In the article on the great plain, in the May number of this Review,
we gave prominence to the two great external gateways of commerce
offered to its people in their intercourse with the rest of the world:
that is to say, the Mississippi river entrance into the Gulf of
Mexico, and the outlet of the lakes through St. Lawrence and Hudson
rivers. These constitute the present great routes of commerce of the
people of the plain, and draw to the cities on the borders of the
great lakes and rivers the trade of the surrounding country. Between
the cities of the great rivers and lakes there has of late sprung up a
friendly rivalry, each having some peculiar advantages, and all, in
some degree, drawing business into their laps for the benefit of their
rivals. That is to say: river cities gather in productions from the
surrounding districts which seek an eastern market through lake
harbors; and lake cities perform the same office for the chief river
cities. Each year increases, to a marked extent, the