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There was a decrease of population in the rural sections. There was an exodus from the country to the large cities. and in many cases to the manufacturing cities. I was right. however. in the line of argument that I was making respecting the character of the increase in the manufacturing cities of the country. because all the statistics gathered by the Imlnigration Commissionand they were very exhaustive. they have been tabulated. and the percentages have been arrangedshow that this great influx of immigration since 1882 has been induced by the tremendous development there has been in the United States in our manufacturing industries. Tie truth is that the development of manufacturing industries in the United States.since the Civil War. and particularly since 1880. has never been equaled in any nation of the world. Some of us smiled when Bismarck made his prophecy. that under our policies the.United States would pass Europe at a canter in the production of na nufactured goods. but we did so away back in 1890.