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Libby—The Greenback Movement, 1876-8 4 . 
The total value per capita of the products from the two greatest 
sources of wealth in the country, manufactures and agriculture,, 
is seen by the table to be far below that of the groups of states 
as it is also in each of the separate states except Colorado and 
Texas. The total valuation per capita is likewise much less 
than the average, and this is true also for each of the states 
except Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Lastly, the value 
per acre of the farm lands is much lower than that of any of the 
groups of states, a ratio which obtains in every one of the states 
except Colorado, Texas, and West Virginia. It should further 
be noted in this connection that in every one of the cases above 
given, those counties having on the average the largest Green¬ 
back vote show a still more decided tendency in the same di¬ 
rection, as already pointed out. 
Table III. 
Groups of States. 
Per cent, 
of farms 
rented. 
Local debt 
per 
capita. 
Total 
taxation 
per 
capita. 
Per cent, 
of 
mortgages 
to farm 
values per 
acre. 
Group I— 
Average for 5 states. 
23.6 
9.71 
4.72 
40.5 
Average for 224 Greenback Counties.... 
25.0 
5.04 
3.58 
50.4 
Group II— 
Average for 4 states. 
29.2 
6.75 
3.70 
56.0 
Average for 53 Greenback Counties. 
29.4 
4.06 
2.71 
61.0 
Group Ill- 
Average for 6 states. 
20.5 
12.54 
5.93 
52.4 
Average for 29 Greenback Counties. 
21.4 
5.98 
4.70 
43.9 
We may next consider the special burdens, if any, which are 
borne by the property owners in the Greenback districts. Table 
III well illustrates the negative as well as the positive side of 
the evidence in this investigation. It is clearly seen that the 
ownership or rent of farms has nothing whatever to do with the 
question we are discussing. The variation from the average is 
so trifling as not to amount to anything, and we may at once 
eliminate the rent grievance from our problem. The averages 
for local debt and taxation in these counties reveal facts of im- 
