Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-28
CENSUS OR DEBT
Favorable Showing for the Ma
tiOn and the States.
A Record of Debt-Paying Prob
ably Without Parallel

The Per Capita Indebtedness Deo.s from
S3s. 33 in 1880 to S1i.G3 in 18O1-Fig-
ures Showing the EXtraoriilary In
debteiness of Some of the Foreign
Countries-Australia Leads.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The excel
lent work Of superintendent Pori,r. II
the National census is now rapidly ap-
pearing. All the Bulletins are of much
interest, and the importance Of many OF
them can not De owe. -e5timaieL OF
this class is one about to be issued show
ing the total and per capita indebted
ness of the United States, the several
states and the counties OF 1850 and 1890.
The figures have been complied by j.
X. Upton, assistant secretary of the
treasury, under Secretary Sherman, but
now special agent of the celsus in
charge of collecting all the National,
state and local statistics.
Remarkable Debt Paying.
From June 20, 1890 to June 30, 1890.
the net debt Of the United States has de-
creased a little more than s GOO, O00,-
600, an average of 500, 900, 900 a year
The bonded debt bearing interest at the
latter date was $ill,3l2, 110; the re-
mainder, consisting of United State
notes, overdue interest matured bonds,
etc, not bearing interest less cash in
the treasury, was a little less than s .0J. %
000. 900. TIE per capita Of indebte Inc S
in 1880 was S3S.33, but this was re-
duced in 1890 to $l463, debt-paying
record which probably has no parallel
in history.
sta Indebtedness.
The debts of the several states which
aggregated S29l 113.5lS in 1880, We're in
1890 but $225. orb, 1853, a decrease of $780,, 70
900 600, of which, however, about $23, -
coo, 900 was brought about by the seal
ing process employed by several Of the
southern states in reiunding their debts.
These amounts outstanding are the
entire Indebtedness of the states. includ-
ing obligations due the sinking fund
and other funds, whether bonds have
been issuel for them or not while
credit has been given for a sinking
fund, consisting only Of such securities
or cash as had teen specifically set apart
to pay the debt at maturity.
In the matter Cf the state debts proper
the nth Atlantic division shows for
1870, as fer 1870, the greatest per capita
indebtedness, being $l3. II for the former
and $9.i5 for the latter period, while
the northern central division shows the
least per capita, being $2.1 for the
former and $1.Sl for the latter. Iowa
hal the lowest per capita Of state in
debtedness in 1880, being but thirteen
cents. West Virginia Illinois, Ne
b aska, New y ork and Vermont are but
little larger. Virginia, although reduc-
ing her state debt somewhat during the
decade, still has per capita of $lS.S3,
being the highest per capita indebted
ness of any state. Louisiana comes next
with per capita in 1890 of $14.3t,
which is but little more than half what
it nOminally was in 1880. The per
capita of state Indebtedness was in 1880
$3.50. in 1890 it was $3.50.
OF the county Indebtedness the south
Atlantic division shows by far the least
per capita Indebtedness, being but
eighty nine cents for 1890, while the
western division shows the highest be-
ing $7.07 in 1890 The state of Nevada
shows the highest county indebtedness
having a per capita Of $l1.76. The new
states Of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
are DuJ llIIle IL any less. 1dNlllS Ine
aggregate of state and county indebted
ness for 1890, the north Atlantic divi-
sion is relatively the lowest, being but
$50 per capita, The aggregate of the
net county debt has increased about
$4,000, 900 within the decade, being in
1850 $l4l $3.50, $40; lut this increase has
not kept pace with the population of the
country, as the per capita Indebtedness
of counties has been reduced meanwhile
from $2.47 to 1921 Vermont has
county debt of but forty-six cents per
capita, West Virginia $I.Sl, Iowa &l.91.
The per capita state indebtedness of
Ohio has decreased during the last de
cade from S3. 10 to $l.A.
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