Show PROUD UTAH Utah makes a splendid showing in the census table giving the indebtedness of the several states and territories in this matter mat-ter n in everything else setting a worthy example to those communities which have been in the habit of turning up their noses at us The territorial debt bonded and floating in 1SSO amounted to only G cents per capita being lower than that of any other state or territory which had any debt whatever In tho District of Columbia the debt per capita was 12210 in Louisiana MU3 in Tennessee SISbi in Nevada i521 and so on through the entire en-tire lst In 1100 the territorial and county debt of this territory less tho sinking fund aggregated only 49SdO or 24 cents per capita being lower than that of any other state or territory The stato and county debts per capita rango from 5S in the District of Columbia down to tho insignificant amount in Utah Our neighbors loom somewhat alarmingly in this matter of debt Thus Nevada has increased her indebtedness during tho decade from 51277417 to 1322202 while the population decreased from C22oo to 45 6 Tho Nevada per capita dobtin ISO less the sinking fund was S2SS9 Idaho increased her debt from i 3212a in 1S 0 to 81464203 in 1S90 the per capita obligation now standing 1725 Wyoming was even moro extravagant than Idaho building a aebt of 1403790 the per capita debt being increased from S397 in 1SSO to2312 in Ia90 Colorado more than douuled her state and county indebtedness during the decade tho total standing at f524o519 in 1890 or at tho rate of 1273 per capita Now Mexico however was the wildest and most reckless of them nil Starting with a total county and territorial indebtedness ten years ago of 54b72 or i cents per capita she has Increased the obligation to 2CS6044 and now every man woman and child in tho territory would have to contribute 1749 in order to be freed from tho public obligation The progress which Arizona has mado in the last ten years is marked by an increase of the public debt from 353217 to 2703252 the per capita increase being from i to 84635 Tho per capita debt of tho other states in tho western group are as follows Montana 1517 Washington 517 Oregon Ore-gon 289 California 046 The grand total of the state and county debt less the sinking fund has been reduced from 414 431070 in 1SSO to 3oo05S72S in 1S90 while the per capita decrease was from 326 to S It should bo tho occasion of pride in all our people that Utah stands out conspicuously conspicu-ously in this list of fortyeight states and territories as having tho smallest aggregate aggre-gate and by far the lowest per capita debt These figures furnish a splendid vindication vindica-tion of tho people of Utah and tell why tho credit of this territory is so good in tho comnVrcial world |