[14]. One of the best authorities in statistics.
[15]. Reported in Binghamton Independent of Aug. 12, 1899.
[16]. “The Public,” Chicago, No. 74, Sept., 1899.
[17]. The diagrams and statistical tables supply the life contents for these premises.
[18]. The exact statistics of the Eleventh Census, 1890, have given the average at about 4.93 members to a family, which means that in each 100 families 93 have 5 and 7 have only 4 members. In 1880 this average was 5.04, and in 1870, 5.09 members to a family.
[19]. Ibid., p. 69.—I italicize these conclusions. See Enc. of Soc. R., p. 1389.
[20]. Dr. C. B. Spahr, “The Present Distribution of Wealth in the U. S.,” 1896.
[21]. Whereas the general average of per capita wealth was $1,036.