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Rh to the farms and farmers of the country. All of this does not necessarily imply an improvement in the position of the farmers, for although agricultural property increased in value the farmers may have mortgaged it more extensively to other people. On the other hand the farmers, themselves, may have acquired liens on the national earning capacity through

Tse PrincipaL ELEMENTS oF PuysicAL WEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES

BY GROUPS 1916 1920

Automobiles,..................04- $ 1,756,498,000 $ 4,594,450,000 Furniture.................2000005 9,154,980,000 10,600,000,000 Clothing.................0c ec eeee 4,577,490,000 5,300,000,000

4 0) 2) $ 15,488,968,000 $20,494,450,000 Farm lands.............0.0000085 $ 52,398,000,000 $54,903,586,200 Farm buildings................... 12,160,000,000 11,287,500,000 Farm implements................. 1,600,000,000 1,773,750,000 Live stock. ......... 0.0. c cece eae 7,679,472,000 7,070,189,000

Total... 0.0... cece eee ee cee $ 72,837,472,000 $ 75,035,025,200 Houses..... 00.0.0 cece cece cece $ 68,500,000,000 $65,120,000,000 Mines.......... 000. cece eee eens 3,880,000,000 3,269,000,000 Railways, steam................-. 24,500,000,000 25,500,000,000 Railways, electric................. 5,361,734,000 4,000,000,000

Total. ...... 0. cc eee $102,241,734,000 $97,889,000,000 Machinery...............0000-0e5 $ 14,500,000,000 $15,500,000,000 Meat packing plants. ............. 250,000,000 350,000,000 Pipe lines..................000055 400,000,000 608,000,000 Tankage...............--000- 50,000,000 60,000,000 Tank cars......... 00. c ccc ee ee eeae 63,000,000 180,000,000 Power plants...................0. 2,900,000,000 4,058,000,000

Total......... cc cece cece ees $ 18,163,000,000 $20,756,000,000 Gold... .. 0c ccc cee cece eee aee $ 2,450,516,328 $ 3,223,351,644 Silver... 0... cece eee e eee eee 763,218,469 600,000,000

Total........ ccc cece cece ee nee $ 3,213,734,797 $ 3,823,351,644 Stocks of goods............... eee. $ 20,600,000,000 $19,000,000,000