But in restoring this table to the census status, we do not for a moment disregard its original value, as the most reliable work, nor do we think of making an argument, or anything of the kind, in favor of anybody, upon the ground of the surface restoration. No, there is a deeper sense and a deeper ground in the restored and the next table, and we have an abundance of other material for our purpose of showing the truth. Meanwhile, this restoring of the 1st table that had omissions, has been necessary for many reasons, and because it seemed to many thinkers as probably an extreme representation, though it was true to the facts. For these thinkers desired that the distribution of wealth should be more equal than it has really been. And, further, holding a conservative position, it was necessary too to avoid a serious disturbance in the original averages of the family wealth found by Dr. Spahr, thus making the table comparable with another table, which is the most important one, because it indicates the tenants of farms and homes and the owners of mortgaged farms and homes. Furthermore, the restored table may serve as a means of comparison of its classes of different worth with the corresponding classes in the following table, based upon the eleventh census facts. Accordingly, the next table represents the families of different worth which were classified upon the same economic bases as in the table of Dr. Spahr. U.S. 2d Table, 1890.[32] ------------------------+----------+------------------ Holders of Wealth. | Number. | Value in Dollars. ------------------------+----------+------------------ Tenants of farms and | | homes | 7,871,099| 2,837,049,500 Owners of mortgaged | | farms and homes worth | | less than $5,000 | 1,483,356| 2,614,955,764 Owners of free farms and| | Homes worth less than | | $5,000 | 3,078,077| 10,946,616,952 Owners of farms and | | homes worth $5,000 | | and over | 1,257,620| 48,600,000,000 ------------------------+----------+------------------ Totals[33] |13,690,152| 64,998,622,216 ------------------------+----------+------------------