Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
AN EVEN BALANCE.
Expenses and Receipts of the State In
crease in the Same Ratio,
Biennial Report of Secretary Timme.
Cost of Compiling War Records-Uni-
yersity Buildings-Railroad
License TaX-StatiStics-
County Taxes Bonded
Indebtedness.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 26.-The report of
Secretary of State Timme for the bien-
NAL period ending September 80, 1888,
has just been issued. 1t shows that the
cost of compiling the war records for
1887 was $24 $3.50; for 1888, $25,761. 10.
The farmers institutes have cost the
state $4,000 for the TWO years. The
total cost of printing for the two years
ending Sep. so, 1886, was $S6,538 Sc; for
like period ending in 1888, was S114
273.20, an increase of $27, 73434.
In the two years $4,000 has been ex-
pended for the construction of buildings
at the state public school. The cost of the
various state per al and charitable institu-
tions in 1885 and 1886 was 1868, 1852:
in 1887 and 1888, $81O,113.97, an increase
of S146, 1893 Is or % per cent. The insane
in county hospitals cost in tie first BIZ
ennial period, S173, 607 08; in the second,
S274,662 IL, an increase OF SOL, 055 % or
SO per cent.
The fish culture of the state cost
$4,000.
The railroad license tax for the years
1855 was 81, ,066.56. For 1887-88
1882, 627.52, an increase of 1851 ,560.96.
This demonstrates that although the ex-
penditure have increased, the reeei pts
have increased proportionately, conse-
quently since 1888 not one dollar of tax
has beea directly raised in the state
for general state expenses.
During the last six years 1896, QUO has
been used by the university. The state
public school has cost $4,000 so far for
construction only. IN the entire state
$2,854, 1868 swas raised by school dis
tricts, towns and counties for school pur-
poses in 1887. The total received by the
state for district schools, high schools,
normal schools and the state university
amounted to 81 G77 1892 ~, making
grand total of 1892 ,2O2.71.
Secretary Timme says: ''Unless ex-
traordinary appropriations are made by
the coming legislature there will be no
necessity of Ievying tax for general
purposes during the ensuing two years.
But should the legislature make extra
ordinary appropriations L would suggest
that the same be made payable during
the year 1890, after the next levy of
state tax, and that clause be incorpor-
ated in the laws making such appropria-
tions directing the secretary Of state TO
make such levy"
The following items of interest are
Number horses in the state, 4O4 ,O36; ca
tie, 1926 452; mules 6,205; sheep, 723 $50;
swine, $40. 231; wagons, carriages and
sleighs, 237, 552; watches, 3O,73O; pianos,
ETC., 80, 200; shares of bank stock, A, ITO;
acres of LAND, 29,S03,642.
The taxes of ali the counties outside of
the charges levied by the state, in 1887.
were as follows: For general purposes
> So 10
for county perintendents' salaries, $50.
742 50. The town, city and village taxes
were as follows: For current expenses
$2,487, 874 46; school purposes, $2,175,-
Sol. So; support of poor, S1O3, 958 Al; roads
es, $1,299, 692.99. The total town, city
land village taxes amount to $7,749 1894
The total taxes of counties, outside OF
state charges, aggregate $1O,647, 15s 81
Of the county tax expended in the several
counties for 1887, there were paid fol
county officers, $419, 711.93; for cornty
buildings, $213,765; for court expenses
| 1921, 721.01.
| The Dor ded Indebtedness of towns
cities, ETC., is itemized SIS follows: Rail
road aid, $1,787, 108.16; bridges. $685.
S79.19; other purposes, So, 717, 1898 80
interest unpaid, 1925, 622 20; school dis
tricts, 1914, 112 09; all other purposes
$215,8 SO. The bonded Indebtedness
of the several counties is made up as fol
lows: Railroad aid, $767, 44O At; roads
ana bridges, $25 900; interest unpaid
81, 933; other purposes, S612, O2666. The
| Indebtedness not bonded aggregates
SOL, 12S 90.
The report deals with farm products OF
every description. 1t shows that the
number of bushels OF wheat grown in
the state in 1887 was 9,943 487 bushels
corn, 22,O41,011 bushels; oats, 81, 662 ,9Ol
bushels; barley, s,749,772 bushels; rye
2,760,470 bushels; potatoes, 7005,0O4
bushels; root crops, 1,244, 4O1 bushels
cranberries, 60, 1877 bushels; apples, 49,
AS bushels; clover and timothy seed
1888 bushels; fax, POI ,445 pounds; hops
299,710 pounds: tobacco, 1886. SIS
pounds; grasses, 1,033, 452 tons. There
were also produced 29,657, 213 pounds OF
butter and 33,S99,057 pounds of cheese.
In the two years 1,175 articles of asso-
citation were filed, an increase of 449 over
the corresponding preceding period.
There were recorded in 1886 and 1887
rs. $50 marriages, 44,018 Dir his and 1885
| deaths.