Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20

some % the items which make up the
1919 total are the following;
Taxed real property and
improvements ....... SIS .7s5. 900 900
EErmp; real property
ard improvements l-7if.ooo 900
Railroads and theiT
equipment .......-...- is.ifs.non.t1o
Manufactured products
tosher than clothing
and personal adnTn-
meats furniture. vchi-
eies and kindred prop
rrfEf ...r.. ...s.s..-. 1855 zoos
Furniture. vehicles and
kindred property ....- s.fs1.ooo.o 900
live stock ............. s.ess. 900. 200
Manufacturing uachiu-
cry. tools and impls-
meats ............... G.0si 900. 900
Agricultural products. 5.2so.oo0.ooo
Street railways ....-..- f.5s7 600 900
Clothing and perE1ual
aiuguHrrts ...-....-- f.295. 900 600
Gold and silver coin and
balboa -------.---..- 2.sls 100000
Privately owned central
electric light and pow
~ stations .-.-.---..- 2.oee 600 600
shipping aud canals 600 1881 100000
Farm implements and
machinery --.---.---- l.l6s.ol0.ooo
Telephone gystems Gee. l.5si 100000
40 other class Of property was val
gsd az as much as a usiiion dollars.
o. wiii D. seen that real estate. taxed
and exempt. represents nearly so per
cent us tlr estimated value OF all prop
crfr
Tbr total wealth o. New York. S25.-
1II.Gl1 900. g. the greatest shown for
any state. while Illinois and Pennsyl-
vauia. with St5.sss 100000 and SIS
$4,000 600. respectively. are close
rivals for second place. other states
shich rank high In total wealth are
Ohio. with s.. SOS 900 900: California.
8 .fff 900 900: Iowa. sT.S6s. 600. 900:
Texas. 10000 900: Massachusetts.
- 500. 05O.0 900: Missouri. s.. sac OO0. 900:
New Jersey. s5.7s5 900 900: Minnesota.
Ss5t5 900. 900. Michigan. S5.f27 .0Oo.-
ofe. and Indiana. S5.1s5.0O0. 200. No
other state - credited with as much
40 5000. 000.00O
When the comparisons are applied
on per capita basis. however. a very
iiFcrsut showing Is made. The high
1si Per capita figure for wealth in the
hands % individuals and commercial (
1ssanizations-that e.. exclusive OF /
property owned by gov
srurucntai. educational. charitable and 1
ri EiouA tnstitafious-is given for Ne
sada- sass. Next In order come 4
iowa. with S7.7s5: North Dakota. S.
20: California. s5.ii5: Nebraska. 81
%. Montana. f2.743. Colorado. ST.
stss Kansas. sz.sz5: Oregon. Se.5e3.
md Illinois. Se.S07. In no other state
zas the aggre az high IA s.. 500. Only
hFcc statss-iilinois. California and
.nNa-for which the total valuations
Serc high also showed high per capita
figures
that assessed valuation do not. in
themselves. furnish any index 10 the
'eiuAl wealth OF the various states IS
rough; cut IN a striking manner by n
able showing the ratios between as
.rss-d and estimated true valuations
= property throughout the United A,
states These ratios vary from III
'or ccat Ia Iowa 20 100 per cent in ,
ssW Hampshire aat Wyoming In II ,
tatss they are - IL per cent or less:
q "a states. 80 per cent or less. and
~ states. SO "a per cent OF more.
The latest published estimates OF ,
ae wealth % foreign countries show /
iOs--so. ooo.ooo for the British empire ,
1903. % Which amount sTe.ssT .ooe.- ,
% vas credited 60 the United King
on Tho estimate for the United
tales N 1904 Vas sio-. ios 900 900. 4
ne wealth OF Germany In 1905 was 4
s'srna;sd a. ss..sss .ooc 900. Compar- Z
Die estimates are no; available for c
Their nations