The National tribune., 1895-08-15
WEALTH OF THE STATES. |
Massachusetts, il One of the RicIest-New
York the Wealthiest.
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New Mexico is worth SI4, ,675. .209.
The State of Maine is worth S235, 97s ,7i6
The State of Vermont is worth $50, sos, 775
The State of Kansas is worth $3.50, sol $50
The State of Arkansas is valued ut S86 100,
361
The value of Montana, mines and oil, i
SIS, ,6s9, s02
Wyoming was at the last census wortl
S13,621, ,s29.
Nevada has an assessed valuation of $50,
29l ,459.
The assessors of 1890 rated Michigan a
S5l7, ,666, $50
Maryland has an assessed valuation o
$i97, 3O7, ,675.
New York has S2s, 900, 600 invested il
private Libraries.
The assessed valuation of New Hampshr,
is $205, $50, sos.
Arizona's territory and resources are valued
at 50, 270,2i4
Idaho has the least nominal valuation
being only So, 44O,s
The clocks i'll the country are estimated tC
number IA, 000 600.
The little State of Delaware might bt
bought for $50, 951 ,643.
South Carolinas wealth of all kinds is es-
timated at Sl33, $50, 135.
In 1891 there were S4O7, 900, 600 in gold
and SO, 600, 600 in silver.
Oregon, with all its resources, is estimated
to be worth so, 522, Os4.
The State of Louisiana, sugar plantations
and all, is worth $3.50, 162, 439
The State of Colorado was estimated at the
last census at S7f, All ,693.
Washington, including real and personal
property, is valued at S2S, $40, ,693.
The great State of California was valued
bv the assesSOrs of 1890 at S5S4, SIS, ,0S6.
Utah, including the Improvements made
by the M0rmons is worth S24, 1929.
In 1880 over 81, 600, COO 900 worth of prop
erty was legally exempt from taxation.
The DakOtaS were rated in the 11th census
as having a wealth of $40, 321 $50.
West Virginia's wealth, mostly in real es-
tate and mines, is valued at $146, ,99l, SIS.
Indiana is very rich State, its property OF
all kinds reaching total of S727, ,8l5,l31
The Lone Star State of Texas has in its
enormous territory n wealth of 500, 1854, 5l5-
The State of Alabama including cotton
fields and iron mines, is worth 1922, S67 228
The State Of Iowa, including its farm land
and manufactures is worth S39S, 67f, ,25l.
New Jersey is by no means poor. Its real
and personal property is valued at S702, 5lS, :
361
The wealth of Wisconsin of all kinds, in
cluding the pine forests, amounts to S4O6, ,3O3,-
1S5.
In 1891 the total assets of the savings
banks of the United States were 81 ,855, 00O,-
600
1t is stated that the hotels of New York
City have 10000 900 invested in tableware
and furniture
The shoe leather annually worn out by the
people of the United States is said to cost
$3.50, 100000.
The State of Kentucky, including blue
grass land, blooded horses, and tobacco, is
worth 1910, 743, ,394.
The State of Illinois is one of the wealthiest
of the Western States. It's valuation reach
ing S7sG, ,G16,39i
The three sections of Tennessee-east, west,
and middlc-are valued by the assessor at
$22a, 15i, 432.
North Carolina, although large part of its
territory is uncultivatable land has a valua-
ton OF S156, 100, 2O2
In 1880 the approximate wealth Of the
country was s43, 642, 600, coo, an average of
$3.50 to each individual.
The State of Connecticut is enormously
rich in comparison to its size, having an as
sessed valuation of 1927, III, $50.
The State of Florida has a smaller valua-
tien than most of the Southern States, being
at only $50, 93s, 800.
Minnesota has developed more rapidly
than any other Northwestern State. Its
assessed valuation is S258 OPS, ,657.
The State of Georgia has developed greatly
since the war, the estimate now reaching the
total of S25l, 1858, l24.
Missouri ranks high among the Western
States; the assessed valuation of real and per-
sonal property being $561, ,939, I'll.
The State of Ohio comes very close to Penn
sylvania i'll the matter of wealth, having an
assessed value of 81 ,534, 800, 508.
In 1890 the census reports estimated that
the wealth of the country was about $62, 6OO,-
900, 900, or nearly $1,000 per head.
The District of Columbia, not including the
Government buildings and public works, has
an assessed valuation of 500 401, ,7S7.
Rhode Island, in proportion to size and
is among the richest of our Com
monwealths being assessed at S252, 53G, 673.
Massachusetts is one of the richest of the
States, having valuation of real and per-
sonal property amounting to 81, ,654, 756, ,SU2.
Virginia is not SD wealthy as before the
war; at least, in the estimate of the first
families, but still has valuation of s3IS,-
331 AL.
Between 1850 and 1860 the wealth of this
increased 1865 per cent; in the next
decade, between 1860 and 1870, it had in
creased S5.5 per cent; between 1870 and
1890, the increase was 10 per cent. and be-
tween 1850 and 1890 the increase amounted
TO 1876 per cent.
Mississippi, from being one of the poorest.
has attained excellent rank among the South
ern States. Its wealth is valued at $110,-
628, 129
1t is estimated from the returns of the 18th
census that % per cent. of the wage-earners
of this country own less than $40, 600 each.
New York is the wealthiest of the States.
The value of its real and personal property
reaches the enormous aggregate of s., 2,651,
D40 006
In wealth Pennsylvania ranks next to
New York, having an assessed valuation Of
81, ,6S3, 459, Ole, owing largely to the enor-
nous manufactures carried on within the
limits of this Co nmonwealth.
Ancient traditions and Military Weapons.
North american Rsriew.l
Ancient traditions are clung to most per-
sistently in the selection of military weapons.
In modern cavalry armament we find the
saber and lance modification Of the ancient