Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-01-10
WEALTH is IN LAND.
CONSTITUTES 90 PER CENT. OF
THE coUNTRY,s ASSETS.
rixuree Are a. Tutereet.

and homes, regarded as substantially the
landowners Of the United States, owa
more than 90 per cent. OF the wealth u
the country. OF the white owners and
tenant heads more than 81 per cent. are
owners: Of the negroes, more than II per
cent: of mixed white ind negro parent
age, 25 per cent; Of the Indians, 20, a1t
Of the Chinese and Japanese, IA. Tho
white owners of farms and hosaes that are
free from mortgage form Il per cent. of
all white owners; Of negroes, 50; of those
of mixed parentage, 81; of the Indians, DC;
and OF the Chinese and Japanese, 81 r,r
cent. The percentages of ownership IRE
slightly higher for women than for men,
and free ownership il also higher among
women except with the Indians and Chi
nese and japanese.
The results for farm properties show
that 72 per cent. of the whites are own
ers, p of the negroes. % OF those Of mixed
blood, 70 of the Indians. and over 10 per
cent. of the Chinese and Japanese, while
for home 80 per cent of the whites are
owners. more than Is of the negroes. c3
of those of mixed blood, So Of the Indians,
and IA OF the Chinese and Japanese The
white farmowners who are free FROM
mortgage are Il per cent. Of all white
owners; negroes, 80; those of mixed par
entage, 50; Indians, 95; and Chinese AMI
Japanese, 81. The corresponding figures
for homes are nearly the same.
In the fifty-eight cities Of 10000 popu-
Iation and over almost 25 per cent. Of the
white proprietors are owners, and not
quite 0 per cent Of the negroes.
For farms and homes 50 per cent. of
the native proprietors are owners; from
Austria Hungary, Al per cent; from Can
ada and Newfoundland (English), IT;
from Canada and Newfoundland (French),
81 Wales and England, 1G; France. A;
Germany, 81; Ireland, A; Italy, is; Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark, 81; Russia,
and Poland, 81; Scotland, As, and from
al other countries. over AZ per cent
The native farm proprietors are exceed
ed In ownership by the natives Of all #
these countries except Italy. whose per-
centnge for native owners is 60 and for
the Italians 6S. The highest percentage
Z II 81. for the Irish. Ownership is more
prevalent among native than among for
eisn-bon proprietors in the case of homes
than 1t 10 among farm proprietors. Of
the native proprietors of homes II per
cent. are owners, and the lowest percent
age representing the ownership of homes
for places of birth is II, for the Italians.
The ownership Of homes in the fifty
eight principal cities il nearly as great
among the foreign born as among the ma
tives. Among the native home propric-
tors In these cities 23 per cent. are owners.
The highest percentage is 81, for the Ge--
mans, and the lowest g. for the Italians.
The result of the inquiry as to nativity
o. parents OF the white native farm and
hone proprietors shows that for farms
and homes 55 per cent. OF the proprietors
have both parents native born and owners
and 43 per cent those who have one or
both parents foreign born. The percent
ages for farm owners having both pa
rents native born is 50 and In the case of
homes AZ per cent. The total for both
sexes and for farms and homes shows
that Of the proprietors under 25 years Of
age 20 per cent. are owners; from 25 to 60
years, Is. per cent; from 80 to "a years,
81 per cent; from 35 to 80 years, AZ per
cent; 40 to A years, 40 per cent: 45 to
20 years, IS per cent; so to 81 years, 81
: per cent. IS to 50 years, 83 per cent, and
60 years and eEer, GO per cent. Perceat-
ages are generally sUEaewhat higher for
women than for men. Farm ownership
Ii mere prevalent at all ages than home
ownership. Almost 35 per cent. of farm
proprietors under 25 years Of age are own
ers and the percentage increases with age
up to S3 per cent. for owners of 60 years
and over. Among home proprietors of
less than rs years of age 13 per cent ar,
owners and the percentage increases with
out interruption to 5S per cent. for own
ers of GO years and over.
Ownership is more prevalent among
women who are farm and home owners
and heads Of tenant families than among
men, the ownership of the women being
represented by 81 per cent. and the men
46. The women exceed the men also in
the fifty-cight principal cities, where OF
the male home proprietors % per cent. are
owners and of the female 81 per cent.
One reason for the difference between the
figures for the two sexes is the custom
that makes the husband instead Of the
wife the head Of the family. The owner
ship Of farms and homes II divided be.
tween the two sexes in the proportion Of
83 per cent. to the males and II to the
females. Slightly more than one quarter
OF the 2,028671 owned homes Of the
United States are owned by women and
about one-tenth of the 3,l42,746 owned
farms.