Arizona republican., 1904-05-02
RUNNING EXPENSES
The Cost of United States
 Government
Lower per Capita Than That of Any Other Important Nation, Less Than Eight Dollars.

Washington, May 1.--Thc expendi- lures of the United States government are much less in proportion to popula- ton than those of many other of tt.5 leading nations ofthe world. This fact is shown by a statement just published by the department of commerce and la bOr. through its bureau of statis.' ., showing the population, revenues, ON penditures, and indebtedness of the principal countries of the world. It. shows that while the expenditure of the United States, with so millions of people, is $640. 100000. that of tho United Kingdom, with 42 millions of people is $S9S,00O,000; that of France, with go million people, is $695 00O, ,0OO; that of Germany, with 5S million peo- pie, S553, GOO, 900 dollars; while in praC- tically every country aside from Chin2 and India, with their enormous popula- tion, the per capita of government eX- penditures is greater than in the Unit ed States.
 Even in the case of Russia, with it's population of 141, ,O0O, 900, the per capita of government expenditure is about the same as that of the United States | While it is true that a larger propor- tion of public expenditures is borne by state and local governments in the i United States than in many of th4 more centralized governments of E,u- rope, these figures of the relative na- tional expenditures of the various gov ernments aIe at least interesting at the present time.
 The table puts the population of the | United States at SO,S72, ,O0O. the govern ment expenditure fin 1903 at $640, ,323, . | 900. and the per capita expenditure az | $797. The per capita government ex- penditure of Canada is given at $9.30: 1 the German empire, $9.45; Italy, $1O.91: Austria Hungary, $1427; Belgium. $174O: France, S17.S4; the United Kingdom. $21.39, and Australia, $37.69. Russia's annual expenditure is put. for the latest available year, at $1,116, 0g5. = OOO as against $644SS3 900 in tb1 | United States: but the fact that Rus sia's population is given at Al, ,O10,O0 ! l brings the per capita expenditure to about the figure shown by the United 1 States.
 | The table of the bureau of statistics presenting these figures of population l all countries for which data on this subject can be had. and its aggregates show for the countries in questiou n total population of 1,5OS.. 600. 900. and 1 government expenditures amounting 1 S7,9S0, ,000. with government rcve- nues amounting to 7.9O1,4S6, 900. The table in question also shows in the case of each country the excess of revenue or expenditure in the latest available year. and in this particular the United | States also presents a satisfactory | showing. the excess of revenues over | expenditures being greater thar that or any other country, while in many | countries the expenditures exceed the revenues. For the latest available year | the United States shows an excess of | avenues over expenditures amounting to 50,000,G00, while France shows an excess of revenues amounting to only ! $26,OO0; Germany, an excess of ex- | penditures amounting to $57,0O0,00 and the United Kingdom an excess O: 1 expenditures over revenues amounting to S16O, O,OOO.
 The table which follows shows the population, expenditure, and per capita expenditure in the more important countries of the world in the lates. available year:
 Popu- Expen- capita
 lation. allure. expen- diture N Zealand 7SS.OOO 5 3O,241OOO sSS.3s | Australian
 | Common
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