The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-14
WEALTH OF THE STATES.
Figures Which Show That It L.
Not Evenly Distributed



The detailed figures Of the assess
ment by states, In the census bulletin
lately issued, shows how unevenly
wealth b distributed in the different
sections Of this country. OF course
these totals are not perfect for purposes
OF comparison, as the assessment laws
differ In the various states, but the
Louisville Courier-Journal claims that
with few provisos they serve well
enough TO give one fair idea of the
relative riches or poverty of the sec
tionA One Of the most important of
the provisos is In regard to Illinois,
where the state board Of equalization
estimates that the 1890 assessment rep
fesents only one-fourth the true value
Of the property. This estimate is up
held by the fact that the assessment of
Illinois Il but little more than one
third that of Ohio and Is considerably
less than that OF Indiana, although
Illinois has the great city of Chicago
within her borders and possesses pop
ulataon nearly double that OF Indiana.
In Massachusetts, the assessment is like
ly TO be a little high es compared with
that of other states, as property there
is rated At pretty nearly its true value.
The figures indicate that the wealth
OF the country lies more largely
IN the east than had been generally
supposed, although y was universally
known that the east, because Of greater
age, was the richer section.
Massachusetts,, though one of the
smallest states in size and but sixth in
population, is the third in assessed
wealth, falling less than 20 per cent.
behind Pennsylvania, while New York.
with q population nearly three times as
great, exceeds her only 60 per cent.
Her assessment Is greater than that of
Ohio, more than four times that of
Kentucky, six times that of Tennessee,
more than fourteen times that of South
Carolina and nearly three times that of
Missouri
More than one-third Of the assessed
wealth OF the United States Is in the
three states of New York, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, and nearly one-half
Of It Is in the five states of New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, Ohio and
California. The assessment of Califor-
MIA, though that state is only about
forty years old, exceeds that of any
other state except New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, and Ohio, though
Illinois would be far ahead Of her if
property there were properly assessed.
The six New England states, with
about one-thirteenth of the population
OF the union, contain one-seventh of
the assessed wealth; Massachusetts, with
one-thirtieth Of the population having
one-eleventh OF the assessed wealth
The fifteen states that were formerly
slsveholding contain about % per cent
OF the assessed wealth and about SO per
cent Of the population Of the union.
What was the old northwest territory,
which Great Britain endeavored to hold,
now the Ave states of Ohio, Indiana, Ill
inois, Michigan and Wisconsin. contains
% per cent Of the population and rs
per cent. of the wealth. Illinois being
given her proper assessment about
equal to that Of Ohio.
Some OF the far western states, be.
sides California, are rising rapidly In the
scale Of wealth. Thus the assessment
OF Washington or Colorado is larger
than that Of South Carolina or West
Virgtnie or Arkansas. In fact, the as
sessment Of Washington exceeds that of
Nebraska, but we must take into con-
sideration that values are placed on a
much higher scale in the new and
western states than in the old and
eastern states It is safe to say that
the newer astate is the more inflated it's
assessment IA There is also another
important item to be taken into consid-
eretion in estimating the relative wealth
Of east and west. A large portion of
the west 10 owned in the east, while
very little Of the east belongs to the
west
The smalless state In tho union is by
no means the poorest Little Rhode
Island. with her l,800 square miles, has
b higher assessment than those Of
tWenty-six states and territories OF
the stxSctay southern states only Vf-
ginia, Geosgia, Tennessee and Texas ex-
oeed har IN assessed wealth, and her as
sassment b more than three-flfths that
Of Kentucky. Delaware, the next
smallest state, has an assessment less
than ooe-iourth a. large as that Of
Rhode haand The highest assessed
valua*aon per head Is in Massachusetts,,
Where u b shout 8o6S. and the lowest is
IN The three states Of North Carolina,
South Caroline and Mississippi, where
- shout 9185 each per human being.
In Kentucky the average Is about S265,
In Ohio sbout $500. In New York about
o8aa In Pennsylvania about $500, in
Rhode Island about 1920. in Michigan
shout esA0. In Virginia about S2s5, in
Tennessee about $500 and in Georgia
about sos.
The Population of China
The empire OF China. according to the
Ostasiadscher Lloyd, covering an area
OF 1000, 900 square hlometers, now has
. population Of 85O, 900, 900, OF about