Show HAPPINESS A REAL WESTERN ASSET we have always contended that one difference between the west and the rest of the world Is that there is very little poverty in III the west while poverty still flaunts its dirty rags in much of the rest of the world now comes along the 1926 edition of the world almanac published in new york city bearing some interesting figures to prove the case the average per capita wealth 0 the united states is 2819 Ari zonas per capita wealth is Cali fornias nevadas Or egons 3 wyoming all well above the average add to the comp comparison arlson the fact that wealth is far more widely distributed tri buted in the west than it Is in other parts darts ot of the united states and then reflect that what it all means is this alro wealth per capita cap ta less poverty a higher living standard a better civilization and greater happiness happiness is an asset worth guarding |