The impending crisis : $b conditions resulting from the concentration of wealth in the United StatesBouroff, Basil A.
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The impending crisis : $b conditions resulting from the concentration of wealth in the United States
Bouroff, Basil A.
Trusts, Industrial; United States -- Economic conditions; Wealth
The exact statistics of the Eleventh Census, 1890, have given the
average at about 4.93 members to a family, which means that in each
100 families 93 have 5 and 7 have only 4 members. In 1880 this average
was 5.04, and in 1870, 5.09 members to a family.
Footnote 19:
Ibid., p. 69.—I italicize these conclusions. See Enc. of Soc. R., p.
1389.
Footnote 20:
Dr. C. B. Spahr, “The Present Distribution of Wealth in the U. S.,”
1896.
Footnote 21:
Whereas the general average of per capita wealth was $1,036.
Footnote 22:
Here, p. 6.
Footnote 23:
Here, p. 13.
Footnote 24:
Here, p. 21.
Footnote 25:
Here, see p. 18.
Footnote 26:
Dr. Spahr, “Present Distribution of Wealth in the United States,” p.
69.—Enc. of Soc. R., p. 1389.
Footnote 27:
Enc. of Soc. R., p. 1384.
Footnote 28:
C. D. Wright, “Atlantic Monthly,” Sept., 1897.
Footnote 29:
“Encyclopedia of Social Reform.” (p. 1388), 1897, by Rev. Wm. Bliss.
Footnote 30:
Dr. Spahr, “Present Distribution of Wealth in the U. S.,” p. 69, 1896,
who held each family at five members.
Footnote 31:
It should be borne in mind that, “Goods, wares, merchandise, utensils,
furniture, cattle, provisions, and every other species of personal
property, was included among the assets” representing wealth. Dr.
Spahr, Ib., p. 55.
Footnote 32:
Encyclopedia of Social Reform (publ. in 1897), p. 1388.
Footnote 33:
These totals have been summed up by me.
Footnote 34:
Table, p. 32, here.
Footnote 35:
Compare the total wealth of this table with that on p. 27.
Footnote 36:
Here, p. 13.
Footnote 37:
Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1897.
Footnote 38:
See here, p. 18.
Footnote 39:
This is the restored group of the 1st table, p. 29.
Footnote 40:
3d group, p. 32 or 36.
Footnote 41:
See Diagrams, p. 12, and Table II, p. 13.
Footnote 42:
Compare these families in the 2d restored table, p. 36.
Footnote 43:
Compare the same families in the 1st restored table, p. 29.
Footnote 44:
Enc. of Soc. Reform, p. 1389.
Footnote 45:
Statistics and Sociology, p. 201-2.
Footnote 46:
Subtraction has been made on p. 36.
Footnote 47:
See table, p. 29.
Footnote 48:
The total number of immigrants entered into the United States from
1891 to 1897 inclusively was 2,854,834.—The World Almanac, 1899, p.
176.
Footnote 49:
Here, p. 18.—Dr. Spahr, “The Present Distribution of Wealth in the
United States,” p. 69.
Footnote 50:
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