The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25
DODGE TAXES ON BILLIONS.
Railroads Valued at $11,244,s52,OoO
Pay Little, Census Shows.

According to a bulletin OF the Cen
sus Bureau, the commercial value Of
the railroad property in the United
States is $1l24L8J2,O0O, distributed
among the various states as follows;
Alabama, $150,21l,00O; Alaska,
100000; Arizona. $GS,35G,0O0; Ar
kansas, $124,G2G000; California, $35,-
$4,000; Colorado. $19S,2G1 900; Con-
necticut, $105,3G9, 600; Delaware, ST.
600; District of Columbia, $5,57S,-
600; Florida, $S0,4G7 900; Georgia,
$l5G,Co3,000; Idaho. s91,S77,000; Hi
nois, $780,, 7OO0; Indian Territory,
$'9,4O5,O0O; Indiana, $375,541 600;
Iowa, $344,847,000 Kansas, $356,356,-
600; Kentucky, $155,772,OOO; Louis
lana, $123, 40l,OO Maine, $S0,146,OOO;
Maryland, $132,342 900; Massachu-
sets, $250,052,000; Michigan, $277
$4,000; Minnesota, $4G6. 734,0 900; Mis-
sissippi, $1O7,SS4, 900; Missouri, $685.
7GS,OOO; Motana, $196,209,000; Ne
braska, 2G3170,O00; Nevada, $43, 745,-
900; New Hampshire, $79,7S6,OOO;
New Jersey, 1888, $4,000; New Next
co, $50, 100000; New York, $S98,222,-
600; North Carolina, S113,146,000;
North Dakota, $123,390,000; Ohio,
S689,797,0 900; Oklahoma, S,6G8,OOO;
Oregon, $75,661 900; Pennsylvania,
S1,42O, 608,O00 Rhode Island, $25, 49,
600; South Carolina, SIS, 1000;
South Dakota, $49,G46,O00; Tennessee,
$131, 10000; Texas, $23I7lS,OOO;
Utah, $9O,325,OOO; Vermont, $751;
600; Virginia, s211,3t5,000; Washing
ton, $1S2,S37,OOO; West Virginia, $2O1,-
10000; Wisconsin, S2S4, $4,000; wy
oming, s1OO,3O7,OOO.
The percentage Of tax valuation
compared with the commercial value
is given for the various states as fol-
lows:
Alabama, $50; Alaska, -; Arizona,
81; Arkansas, 27.S; California, 26.S;
Colorado, %; Connecticut, 114.4;
Delaware, -; District Of Columbia,
44,6; Florida, 271; Georgia, 4O.3;
Idaho, II; Illinois, 63.S; Indiana Ter
ritory, -; Indiana, 44.3; Iowa, 1917;
Kansas, 1863; Kentucky, 1919; Louis
lana, 2S.9; Maine, -; Maryland, -;
Massachusetts, -; Michigan. 7O,9;
Minnesota, -; Mississippi, 277; Mis-
souri,, BIC; Montana, 1871; Nebraska,
1875; Nevada, 315; New Hampshire,
2S,3; New Jersey, 69.5 New Mexico,
9.9; North Dakota, Is; Ohio, 1874; Ok
lahoma, 1873; Oregon, -; Pennsyl-
vania -; Rhode Island, els; South
Carolina, 80; South Dakota, 2S.9;
Tennessee, 46.G; Texas, 40; Utah,
22.9; Vermont, 1873; Virginia, 97.7;
Washington, 14,3; West Virginia, 14.2;
Wisconsin, 1866; Wyoming, rs.
The valuation given does not in
clude the value of Pullman cars or
private cars. The value of this equip
ment, independent of the commercial
use to which it is put, is estimated as
follows:
Pullman cars, s51,000,000; private
cars, s72000,000.
The publication is intended to show
the estimate placed upon the railroads
for business purposes, and it purports
to give their market value rather than
the tax valuations. In note it is ex-
planned that THE value submitted
was determined, not with view to
discovering a proper purchase price
for the railways Of the United States,
nor as a basis for taxing these rail
way properties, but as one step in
ascertaining for the Census Bureau
the total wealth of the United States"