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WEALTH, DEBT AND TAXATION OF DIFFERENT STATES. 143
Nevada, Louisiana, and Arkansas enjoy the reputation of being the three
heaviest taxed States, some of the Southern States coming next, doubtless
owing, as the statistics seem to show, to what are known as the " carpet-bag "
governments. New York, though the most wealthy, is particularly favored
in the way of light taxation, and Delaware pays the smallest amount of all.
The rate of taxation per head is as follows :
Nevada..................... 19 30 Indiana ............... ... 6 4
Massachusetts............... 17 10 Oregon....................... 6 39
California................... 13 95 Minnesota.................... 6 05
Connecticut................. 11 28 Arkansas..................... 5 91
New York ................... 11 07 W isconsin................. 5 10
New Hampshire............. 10 22 Michigan.................... 4 57
Rhode Island ............... 9 98 Mississippi ................... 4 31
Louisiana................... 9 71 Kentucky.................... 4 34
Ohio ....................... 8 83 South Carolina....... ..... 3 02
Illinois ..................... 8 50 West Virginia........ ...... 3 89
Maine ...................... 8 53 Virginia..................... 3 76
Maryland................... 8 49 Delaware................... 3 34
Nebraska..................... 8 35 Alabama ...................... 2 99
New Jersey.................. 8 18 Tennessee................... 2 69
Missouri..................... 8 08 Florida...................... 2 64
Iowa........................ 7 58 Georgia... ................... 2 21
Kansas ..................... 7 38 North Carolina................ 2 20
Pennsylvania................ 6 96 Texas........................ 1 38
Vermont .................... 6 46,
From which it will be seen that there is a material variation between the
amount of taxation on property and the amount per head. The most remark-
able table, however, is the ratio of public debt to population, and is as follows :
Louisiana ................... $73 03 Nebraska....s ...............$16 98
Massachusetts............... 47 49 Illinois ................... 16 61
Nevada...................... 46 74 Kentucky.......... ......... 14 34
Virginia..................... 45 64 Alabama ................... 13 31
Tennessee................... 38 83 Florida...................... 11 64
Maryland.................... 37 18 Vermont.................... 10 87
New York ................. 36 46 Arkansas.................... 8 57
New Hampshire ............. 35 04 Ohio....................... 8 34
California ................. 32 29 Iowa...................... 6 73
Connecticut .................. 831 79 Minnesota .................. 6 34
North Carolina.............. 30 31 Michigan................... 5 68
Rhode Island............... 27 32 Wisconsin................... 5 60
Missouri..................... 27 25 Indiana..................... 4 65
Maine....................... 26 52 Delaware.................... 4 21
Pennsylvania ............... 25 27 Mississippi .................. 3 13
New Jersey.................. 22 Oregon..................... 2 40
South Carolina ............. 18 53 Texas...................... 1 97
Georgia ................... 18 37 West Virginia .............. 1 27
Kansas............. ........ 17 68
In Louisiana it will be seen the debt is equal to 873 for each inhabitant,
and the purport of these figures will be better understood when it is remem-
bered that the customary standard is one arms-bearing man to every five of
the total population, so that the debt per head, in the State of Louisiana, is
equal to an indebtedness of $365 for each arms-bearing man. Texas and
West Virginia stand last on the list, but in the former State there is a large
debt not yet determined, and in the latter, when it was set off from the old
State of Virginia, no part of the State debt was allotted to it.
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