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By any index, Puerto Rico has an exceptionally high ratio of people to resources. The rate of natural increase, due to a decrease in the death rate and a static fertility rate, has been steadily growing. Emigration has reduced the natural increase substantially, but the net increase has been large enough to retard the economic growth of PR. Better progress would be made if 30,000 to 50,000 were not being added to the pop yearly. L. P. Chall.

Industrialization has profoundly affected the culture patterns of the Puerto Rican pop, especially that of particular sub-groups. Not only has the Ur pop increased rapidly, but it has responded to industrialization by a change in function and internal composition. The Ur pop has become more differentiated in segments, classes, or socio-cultural groups, with upward mobility becoming a crucial goal. The effects of industrialization on the culture of the Ru pop have not been uniform. The culture of the small mountain farmer has responded differently to this impact from that of the sugar plantation or coffee hacienda. For instance, whereas among the mountain farmers considerable opportunity for mobility has developed, the coffee hacienda still exemplifies typically Hispanic patterns. In general, though, industrialization has set in motion new currents of political, social, economic and religious activity. H. Hertz.