The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1895-01-10

90 PER CENT. OF
THE COUNTRY'S ASSETS.
Interesting Report Of the Census Blu
rcau Has Been Made PubliC-i'erccnt-
age of Fa rn and Home Owners Com
pared with Different Na.ionaIitics.
Figures Are of Interest.

port showing that the owners of farms
and homes. regarded as Substantially til"
landowners Of the United States, owl
more thai! 81 per cent. nt the wealth II
the country OF the white owners and
tenant heads more than II per cent. AZ"
owners: of the negroes. more than II iJ"E
cent: Of mixed white and negro parent
age. - per cent. Of the Indians. 80. and
Of tn" Chimes" and Japanese. II. The
whit" owners Of farms and homes that are
fire" from mort gage form Il per cent. #
all white owners, of n.=ru">. ~. of those
of mixed parcl'a@". \. If the Indians. rs;
and of til" Chimes" and Japanese. - Ter
cent. IL" percentages Of ownership Tr,'
slightly higher for WrIn"rI than for men.
and free ownership, is also higher alnu'-
women except with the Indians anI chi
ncs" and 'apnn"S".
The results for farm properties show
that - per cert. Of I'll" whites ar" oWl!-
crs. II of III" negroes. - Of those Of mixed
blood, =, Of he in,,i::n> :nl over II r"':'
cont. of the Chinese and Japanese. Will"
for home 50 per cent. Of The whites are
owners. NOR" than j. If lii" n"=rncs- -:
Of those Of mixed blood. -; Of the !ndianS,
and I Of the Chinese an! .jauHucse. The
white farilown.rS who are free from
owners: negroes. 81: tlioS,. of mixed pr
cn,a&", 50: Indians. -; and Chimes" AMI
Japanese. ~. The corresponding figures
tor homes are nearly til" same.
Ia the tifly-ri.;ht cities Of .h.00D popu-
lati"n and over almost - per cent. Of til"
white prorri"'"rs are owners. and not
quite ! per cent. Of tn" negrpcs.
For farms and homes 81. per cent. ii
the native prolrietors are owners: from
Anstri;; hungary. ! per cent: from Can
ada and Newfoundland 'EI,-,!iSh,. Il;
from Fina,Ia and Newfoundland I|r"nrh).
81; Wales and England. iG; France. Il;
Germany, -: ireland. II; Italy, II: Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark. Gl Russia,
and Poland. 81: Scotland. -. and from
all other countries. ort" II per cent.
The native farm prolri"tors are exceed
cd in ownership hy the natives of all f
these countries except Italy. whose per-
centarc for native owners is 90 and fpr
tho llnlhns GS. The highest percentage
is 81, for the Irish. Ownership is more
prevalent among native than among fn"
ciSn-born proprictorS in the case of homes
than it is among farm prrprictorS. of
tho native proprietorS of homes IL per
cent. are owners, and the lowest percent
age representing the ownership Of homes
for places of birth is -. for the ltalinaS.
1Iic ownership of homes III the fifty.
eight principal cities is nearly as great
nn.,nS tn" foreign born as among the ma
tivrs. Among the native home propric
tors III these cities - per cent. ar" owners
The highest percentage, is 81, for the &C.
is. and ;hc lowest g. for TIE Italians.
I'ac result of tn" inquiry rs t" nativity
of parents. Of the white native farm and
homC prof. rirturS shows that for farms
and homes -, per cent. of the proIrictors
have totn ..l-cntS Natiyt born and owners
AMI ~ per cent. those who have enc or
both parents foreign born. The percent
ages for farm owners having both "a
rents native born il 90 and in til" cast, 81
homes - per cent. The total FOR 10th
sexes a,lI for farms and homes shows
th:t o: the I<rnprictnrS under - years Of
age 20 %. cent. are owners: from -, 10 -
years. ~ :,a: cent: from 80 to "a years,
81 per cent: sr"m -, to 50 years. ~ per
cent: 4n to II years. ~ per cent: IL 10
40 years. % l.rr cent: - to - years -
per cent: -, t. - years IT,; FER cent. and
60 years and over. 50 per cent Percent
ages are generally somewhat higher for
women than for men. Farm ownership
is more prevalent at all ages than hufIc
+
proprirtnrs under -, years of age are own
crs and tie percentage increases with a..,
up to -; per cent. for owners of 80 wears
and over. Among home propri.trr% Of
less than -, years uf age L.; per cent are
owners ard the percentage Increases with
out interruption t" - per cent. for OWL
erS Of % years and over.
Ownership is more prevalent anon.
women who are farm and hrrn. owners
and heads Of tenant families than anon.
men. the ownership Of the women hcia.
| represented by - per cent and The men
-4t;. The women exceed the men also il.
the tifty-ciGht principal cities where Of
! the male home pruprirtcrs -; per cent. are
owners and of the female 81 per cent.
One rcaSon for the difference hetwce,t tn.
! figures for the two SEXES is the custom,
/ that makes the husband instead Of he
! wife the head of the family. The owner
! ship of farms and homes is divided be-
i tween the two SEXES i'll the Vrni1or'io rt
/ 81 per cent. 10 the males and l. ~ ia.
! females Slightly more than one quarter
! of the o:o,S.G1l owned homes 81 tn.
! United StafrS :r. owned by women and
/ about onc-tcI1h Of the >; 2,1-iC owned