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Show NEWSPAPER ASSOCUnS. MEMBER o. 5l5,I0S ESTIMATED WKALTHOfTS ' " the s r ah: (). i . Washington, D. C Feb 2- I ' Mil Department of Commerce am""" ! ",', for the State of Utah, its prelj;- bn, estimate of the value, TJecember oom 1922, of the principal ,-1 mad wealth, the total amounti,. 1 Rus: Jl.535.477,000, as compare I. 'i bv c $786,720,000 in 1912, an illci, ' i t0, 9 5.2 per cent. Per capita vaCVl Pen creased from $1,992 to $3 94- " oft 63.0 per cent. ' bv All classes of property iticreasf: .! tbo value from 1912 to 1922. The tl10 mated value of taxed real thoi and improvements increased i- Pr $329,207,000 to $620,856,000 e 1 u 1 88. 6 per cent; exempt real pr0K " y (exclusive of national monunit-- ycsl and Zion National Park) from ii; wer 801,000 to $174,191,000, or ?; sidi per cent: live stock from $39,30,' tow to $53,055,000, or 35.0 per farm implements and macliir,. EtU from $4,777,000 to 59,493,1)00,':' j10r 9S. per cent; manufacturing ma- Sut ery, tools, and implements to- . c $24,491,000 to $50,507,000, or 16? per cent; and railroads and tt- uee equipment from $144,270,000 ; clir $177,314,000, or 22.9 per cet Privately owned transportation ai . . . id . transmission enterprises, other fc railroads, increased in value fro WG' $57,964,000 to $101,497,000, or ?; Ul6 per cent; and stocks of goods, veki ' les other than motor, furniture, a: clothing from $139, 90S, 000 to ?3: , gU' 989,000, or 135.9 per cent, y tor comparison is possible for the valu- of motor vehicles, which was estimt- Sp: ed in 1922 at $18,575,000, becac- of no separate estimate was made i: da: 1912. In making these estimates ft- Af Department followed in general th- V'E methods employed in making the e- timates for 1912, though it is befe wc ed that in some respects the work :: su 1922 has been more thorough. . should be borne in mind that the i: 0f creases in money value are to a larj Ht extent due to the rise in prices rtic has taken place in recent years, at 0j so far as that is the case they don. gu represent corresponding increases i: ' the quanity of wealth. fn |