Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1904 — State's Wealth Has Increased. [ARTICLE]

State's Wealth Has Increased.

State Statistician Johns n ba* com pl ted hi statement f<j his biet n a 1 report shown g the taxable w a'th of l-»r ds lot-, perao at pr p rty and improvements in Indiana for the year 1903 The report is an intere ting one. shoving as it does that'h t e last three jea s he iu r a e n he <er capita wea th in I dam has been SIOO. The to al v Jue of lands at d improvements -n Indiana for the year 1903 i- plac d • t j. 603 805 373 This is >n i crease o‘ 11 per cent in four years The total v Juat on < f til taxable propertv in L diana last ye- r was §1.554.027 174. Of this ainou it §(>o3 8' 5,373 represented lands and ii p o er ente; §375204.075. lots a* d impruvem- nte; §378 052,441. personal pr pert ; §19,559,522. te'ephone o mpa> ies; §177.402 103, railroad cdmpai ies Referring to land va'ues the State Sta btican st tes t a'it is doubtfu if any farm laud in Indiana < an be purchased for less than twic- its apprai ed va'ue, and that much land w< uld b ing three t mes the appraii-ed va unt>o i.