Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-13
The WOKLD'S DEBT
interesting Figures From the
Census Bureau Pepole.
THEUNITBD sTATEssHows UP WE'LL

Comparative Statement as to the Ind ebt-
ness Per Capita of This and Foreign
Countries-What' Some of the States
Fast as Popuiation-Ihe Treasury Sur.
plus Expected To BE Sufficiently Large
to Meet All Obligat CONGREGATIONAL Cap.
ital Notes.
| WASHINGTON CRY, May lathe census
bureau has in course of preparation bull
letin upon the subject of foreign, national,
state and county Indebtedness. The in
formation concerning the Indebtedness of
foreign countries was furnished by the
| proper administrative officers of the sew
eral nations, at the request of the census
office, for publication in the reports of the
eleventh census, as preliminary to the
| statistics of the Indebtedness of this coun-
try. Only the totals of foreign indebted
ness are herein stated, but great amount
of interesting details c"ncernilg the dates
of issue and matur. yo The several loans,
the purposes and H.. TOR which they
| were issued, their present commercial
| value, and the kind and value of money
| in which they were negotiated has been
| compiled and will be published in the
| final reports of the eleventh census.
Indebtedness of the World.
The Indebtedness of the world for 1899
| and 1880, "a far a, it has been possible to
collect the data for the present bulletin,
with the amount Of increase or decrease.
is as follows: Foreign nations, debt less
sinking fund, 1890, S25, 636, 075, $40; 1850,
| S23 4S1, So. IS5. The United States, 1899,
S9l5. 062, ll2; $50, 81, 90. 5l7, 364 States
and territories, 1899, S223, 107, $50: 1889.
$3.50, S26 643 Counties in the Union-lS9 !,
SAL, $50 SIS; lSs0-Sl25. los, CO. Relatively
the burden of debt falls far heavier upon
the inhabitants OF the principal foreirn
countries, except those OF Germany, than
upon those of this country
Per Capita of the Debts.
France, in 1889, had debt per capita OF
s1l6.35, and it is understood that this does
not include certain annuties of an I'M.
stated but large amount; Great Britain,
though slowly decreasing it, saDt, had a
burden at that time of So. ~ per capita;
Russia, S3a. -; Austria Hungary, SO ST;
Italy, So CO; Belgium, S63 10: the Neither
lands, $40 SO while that of the United
States was but sll G3, and OF its indebted
ness, nearly one-half was made up OF non
interest bearing notes. Wuile individual
fluctuations in the amounts of indebted
ness OF the seventy-nine foreign nations
reported have been considerable during
the decade, the aggregated Indebtedness
shows relatively but little change. espe-
cially if compared with the increase of
population.
Decrease in the United States.
The public debt of the United States
shows a gratifying decrease within the
last ten years the burden per capita hav-
ing been reduced from SIS SO in 1880 to
Sl463 in 1890 The indebtedness of the
states and territories has also decreased
S61, rs 80 during the decade reducing
the per capita from 50 % in 1850 10 j. sc in
1890. 1t should be remembered, however.
that of the total decrease of state debt as
reported, there has been scaled by refund
ing in some of the southern states S2s.-
800, 900.
Individual State Debts.
The following table shows the individ-
ual Indebtedness of the states named. The
first and second columns give the debt
state and Couuty-less sinking fund for
1850 and 1880, and the last two columns
the debt less sinking fund, per capita for
the same two years: