CHAPTER V.

THE MORTGAGOR FAMILIES.

Loss of rights precedes loss of property 110

Statistics of farm and home families in debt 111

Percentages and numbers of families in debt in the United States 116 after 1890: double table

Increase of mortgages on acre-tracts and lots 119

Amounts of indebtedness and life of mortgage 121

Per capita debt and average rate percent on the debt 122

Annual interest charges on debts combined 126

Public and other debts in force after 1890 stated 126

Significance of mortgages: different views 128

Loss of property by foreclosure of mortgages 135