St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-09
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WEALTH or THE STATES.
massachusetts Is One of the Richest
New York, the WeaIthiesf.


The state of Kansas is worth
$160,891 $50.
The state of Arkansas is valued at
SS5, 400, 1854
The value of Montana, mines and
all, is $18,6S9,S02.
Wyoming was at the last census
was worth $13 ,621 500.
Nevada has an assessed valuation
OF 500, 291, 459.
Inc assessors Of 1890 rated Michi-
gan at $517,666, $50
Maryland has an assessed valua-
of $497, 307,675.
New York has $2S 100000 in
vested in private Libraries.
The assessed valuation of New
Hampshire is $205, 5S6, 9O5.
Arlzona's territory and resources
are valued at 1920 214.
Idaho has the least nominal valua-
ton, being only Sc ,445,S76.
The clocks in the country are esti-
mated to number 100000.
The little state of Delaware might
be bought for 500 951 ,643.
South Cardinals wealth of all
kinds is estimated at $123,56O,135.
In 1891 there were $407, 100000
in gold and $4,000, 900 in silver.
Oregon with all its resources, is
estimated to be worth $50 ,522 O84.
The state of Louisiana, sugar
plantations and all, is worth $780,.
1872, 439.
The state of Colorado was esti.
mated at the last census at $74,.
All ,693.
Washington, including real and
personal property, is valued at
$28, S10,693.
The great state of California was
valued by the assessors OF 1890 at
1854, 57S,OS6.
Utah, including the improvements
made by the Mormons, is worth
1914, 1929.
In 1880 over 100000, 900
worth of property was legally ex-
empt from taxation.
The Dakotas were rated in the
11th census as having a wealth Of
$20,321 $50
West VIrginia's wealth, mostly in
real estate and mines, is valued at
$146, 991 ,6SS.
Indiana is very rich state, its
property OF all kinds reaching a to-
tai of $727,S15,1 31.
The Lone Star State of Texas has
in its enormous territory a wealth OF
$500, 1864 SIS.
The state of Alabama, including
cotton fields and iron mines is worth
$122, S67, 22S.
The state of Iowa. including its
farm lands and manufactures is
worth $39S, 671 PSI.
New Jersey is by no means poor.
Its real and personal property is
valued at SOP SIS, 361.
The wealth OF Wisconsin of all
kinds, including the pine forests,
amounts to $406, 303,1S5.
In 1891 the total assets of the say
ings banks in the United States were
$1,S55 100000.
1t is stated that the hotels of New
York city have $20,O00,000 inves.
ted in tableware and furniture.
The shoe leather annually worn
out by the people OF the United
States is said to cost $1SO,OOO,OOO.
The state of Kentucky, including
the blue grass land, blooded horses
and tobacco, is worth $3.50, 743. 1884.
The state of Illinois is one OF the
weathiest of the western states, its
valuation reaching $3.50, 616,294.
The three sections OF Tennessee
east, west and middle are valued
by the assessor at 1928, 154,432.
North Carolina, although a large
part OF its territory is uncultivated
land, has valuation OF $156, 1OO,-
202.
In 1880 the approximate wealth
of the country was $43, GAP 000,0 900,
an average OF $50 to each indlvld-
ual.
The state of Connecticut is enor-
nous y rich IN comparison to its size,
having an assessed valuation of
$327,177,3S5.
The state OF Florida has smaller
valuation than most of the southern
states, being estimated at only
$50, 93S, 800.
Minnesota has developed more
rapidly than any other northwest
ern state. Its assessed valuation is
$25S,02S,6S7.
The state of Georgia has developed
greatly since the war, the estimate
now reaching the respectable total
of 1851 ,963,12
Missouri ranks high among the
western states; the assessed valua-
tion of real and personal property
being 1851, $50, I'll,
The state of Ohio comes very close
to PENNSYLVANIA in the matter of
wealth, having an assessed value OF
1854, 36O,509
In 1890 the census reports esti-
mated that the wealth of the coun-
try was about $62,600,000,00 or
nearly $1,000 per head.
The District OF Columbia, not in
Guiding the government buildings
and public works, has an assessed
valuation OF 90, 401, 7S7.
Rhode Island, in proportion to its
Size and nnnnlatlOn is among the |