, 1881-02-12
WEALTH AND DEBT.
Interesting Statistics Derived
from the Census Bureau
at Washington,
Showing the Population and In
.debtedness Of Three Hun-l
dred Cities.
The Proportion OK tho Debt Per Capita
mud the linta OF Interest
rMid Thereon.


Oomparisous Which Show tho Western
eta,n, n p, IN tbo Dco. r;non.
,.,.
clai oohalt'oh'
srfefat Dspa'sh TO 1nt cAitaso Trdauns.
WAs'l'Sn1oS, ID. e. teb. il.-For TIC lirst
time IN tle llnHncial l1lsinry of thu country
co!i,pl"te sttttenenthl al'n outstanding hu1ieI
tleot or the principal citses III tie United
States has been presented. Ile cGls.ts q!
is.o aitl ',oe attempt ~ preScl't STATISTICS OF
t'ss Kind for my aowcF civil divisions Ut tue
country tlialt counties. Consequently
Wns Impossible to tell tnc exnet alnoshs nj
ti'o city nntl town Indebtedness Of a''y var.
tttnlar city or town. rs 1t WAS aggregated
Under tho Erneral heal OF tslo debt Ut t'so
county III Which there might bo tl'rce or
iolf dtllerellt ctties. THO iat''c presehtet
below. aln advised bS Mr.. Porter, iho OH
csal Chlet Ut CGlls,,s. WHO prepared 1t, =
simply one OF n large nunl'Mr ttiat VIII
l"liow. as M attempt Will be 1inao
10 prcseIit similar statements W Inc
W,ao9 Incorporated Villages, towns, etc',
tnrousi!oht INC country lHc present taoio
SHOWS lhe fhteotetlucss ot 'bH citles. FROM IL
It VIII DC seen t''nt tliero nro seygtlts'tSc
cities III tho New Englalnl States cnttslng
wttlltn tlits population, 7,D}; sevcnty-two III
the Mhlt!e Statcs: thlFty'elgllt III tlse south
cru e1alas; UNI! ~ III thc western otates.
lfle seventy'hve New E''gtnnd citlca aggre-
gate II ln,puntlon Of over l,s9o'ooo a'ld debt
ol over stl3oouoN' oF sG.ls per cap1ta. INC
se'e'lty-llsc cities OF ule .Alaate STATES, hS
sfeRat1hE population ni henriy ouu'oo,
haye Il tlcbt Of nearly sa'',5No'oo3, With
per capita dcbt Ut s'o'5l. Tho southern
ntates' WIN n total hummer OF tllFty-plRit
ctt'cs' ana Il population of lItte over l'oooo'
oWe nearly sGo.oV,oW, or @s,.so per ehp'ta'
l'is p!caslilg 10 hote LINE lflo west h'akes
~ MUCH MORE F.A'oHA"IE SHOWING,
WIN l,ol,aiatloh OF over 9,ao1oo' u VIII
/ 10 seen ll'ns tic debt IS Utmost llrecisely
tho ssllte rs tic sescnty-hvc New En4lalu
Giles WIN population of about 'salt' tlia
MhoN!'t peail9 Silo' !oo,ooo' "1'i Ing pci e"pai"
ior the western: States o'''y Sos,@S. Iho
| tl1sfest per capita oeot seel'ls 10 " III lilo
suite of Maryland, but thls Il explained oy
Mf. l'oftcr by u'e 1act t'lat, accofaIls 10 sIo
lehth census, tne ot"to OF M"fs'aha tlhs o"t
ono Guy tlsa!tlnaofe] with poptllat!oh ot
mor" t!'an 7.'W. ilio next highest per
capita lebt Is III Alasfie, WHICH Is sloo III
!ooKl1x for tie lowest per capita uebi ono
turns aga!'i to INC VEST oregon l!nVing u
dent OF only sA.k'. NePatla cninltlts secuhu
with SIT, NnbrasHa next Will S9.S3 i'ass-
anE from tho total a'ho'i1lt Of ti'o 'lcDt 10 lilo
co'uhnls III WHICH
| TIL: RATE OF 1SrEhEsr
Is given. IL VIII oe seen ttnt ttle h'F'icsL ratc
ph'a III ing NeW fHsih''a olhteS Is pcf cchl'
about 'hf"wl1'H t1stlt nltloll1lti 1Ieafls
| so,No'ooo uraW1hE per cent, S"'!hN,oVU d
per cent, a'ld about Slo,oo,ooo 1 AMI W per
cent IN tlto Mt'ltle STATES LILO itlsli-
est ratio is ~ per cent, ont on
comparatively INSIGNIFICANT n'nout'ls, md D
per cent seems f",bc III pTc'"'lliinhcc' nearly
SlSo'ooo,ooo drawlnE tnt rate; sl%Aooo,ooo,
7pcr cent; ncarly!S5o. .0lo.Oo0, 8 per cent, ail1
a. mlrht hr nxunctol iron IL t,n Iuvcs,too.
't'm.' w. .'" ~. NV, NV nr.'.'''.
tlo's pNoilsl.co lnst oe.noss t,. ~ LIE iNHusE
Into tic rcpn'llatsof1 OF State debts tho South
cent interest OH Its local debt. ueurJy $1,000
n,n 80 !, .1sn,,,, wi ',,, % ',,,. s,o ~ ~
~ y. .... :. .'s"o CIV, ~ ~, . .en , =,
100000, s per cent. The 3 pcr cent leans
crc.lfted to tho South are, as lnuy l,p readily
,,u,iarsta,,, Tt,roo5 ion,,a s,,,n ~ t1,',
swa",nr, s,,tas rn ,,so mn,r, % "s ,,, % 80 . ~
fn ta a'sG pnE " s
oycr S70o, ,0oo ont at this rate, and Missouri
having over 81 ,a50 0UO, tho tolnl nu,oNut Mt 10
Der cent being upward Of S3,5oO0OO; $t1,.Uo,-
nm NJ = mr. ccnt. s15 tIn M, NJ 7a< ,rr ami.
sss, ,oa, ,ooo at psr cent: s4sooo ,ooo o. ut per
cent, and 70 on. 49, " -
III mn ns'Ts~ ss'ksS VIII; 'xnfrnxs'' ssa sseat o, the
Census Bureau, who Inns llatl chaEge Of this
tas 70 S ts sSSn sas;as sSsS'pess "s Sf @
QUO, 900 must be added thu county indebted
nsss Of tic country. Tlcru aro somewhere