Show american indian not vanishing race rac associated press iress the idea that thai the american indian Is a vanishing race or that vie the red man has degenerated into a shadow of ht hi once picturesque glory is wrong ht he not only is increasing in numbers but lie he has more wealth per capita than any other group race or tribe in the world bar none these statements were made to a meeting of the okland forum herf herc today by edgar B merritt Merrl tt assistant united states indian commissioner the address was tor for the most part a denial of criticism of the governments indian service by congress lan 1111 james A frear of wisconsin the truth of the matter is that thai the indians in the last twenty years vears have bean steadily in population and are no longer it a vanishing race mr Al merritt erritt said for example in 1900 there indians in the united statis and today we have the indians are increasing in it pop at the rate of about per annum which is the result c the work of the indian bureal along educational zend and health lines while thousands of indians an ir being released from the jurisdiction of the interior department an am granted complete freedom of action the greater percentage of bliem d de pose of their lands and other st s curit les and have fallen back c the department tor for aid mr mci ritt said latest show that the it ii deans own livestock and poultry val aed at approximately their livestock consists of horses head of cattle at ai sheep indian timber i valued at 0 th thin ar were produced on indian reserva lions last year barbeli 0 oil and the indians received as royalties the per capita wealth of the american indian is nearly twice as great as the per capita wealth of the other citizens of this counti jr and is rich greater than the per capita wealth of any one people in the world today for example ample Cx the per capita wealth of the countries involved in the world war was approximately the per capita wealth of the people of the united states is less than 2500 the per capita wealth of the american indian lg is approximately many uintah das basin sia folks will remember mr Al merritt erritt who visited and spoke at the U D 1 I C during the season of 1325 1925 |