Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — Good Place to Live. [ARTICLE]

Good Place to Live.

The United States has only 7 per cent of the world’s area and 0 per cent of her population, but she possesses 75 per cent of the corn, 60 per cent of the cotton, 66 per cent of the petroleum, 50 per cent of the copper, 40 per cent of the iron, 40 per cent of the coal, 40 per cent of the railways, 85 per cent of the banking power, 80 per cent of the manufactures, 80 per cent of the wealth and 25 per cent of the wheat.