Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
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a million people especially in the West'
q asking a series Of questions intendeo 10
draw out information concerning the pres
emf condition of the homes OF the argrl-
cultural population and suggestions as
to how it might be improved. More thai
2OO.CO of the inquiries were ansWere Gu
the greater part of them In an lnteiii-
the writers tried to be funny. with
more or less success, and some oHereo
wild and fantastical schemes. Inc lasl
question of the series asked What ne
writer could suggest in general ior tle
Improvement of the condition or the 1arh
homes of the country and one OF the Sips
was returned with this answer:
"Get God and the President together ana
lei Teddy give Him some pointers.
The 2OO.C0o replies are now at lne census 'ls
bureau being examined, classined ana
complied in such form as to make theM
intelligible to the public, and they Will
be printed with the report OF the COIL
mission. WHICH was submitted to the
President few days ago.
Highways in New York.
IT cost s34 $50. 016 TO run the govern
ment of the state of New York during
the year 1868. OF this amount, however
s., 43,S $40 was expended on the enlarge
rnent of the Erie canal, and the increase
i'm the total expenditures of the state
over the year 1907 is almost that amount.
The sum Of S., $50. l34 was expended IN the
good roads movement: in The Improvement
of old and in the coat ,.-t.c.l OF new
highways through the interior OF the
state The sum of S.,0GoU,oUU VIII be e@-
nerded in a similar manner during the
next few wears. The state at large con-
tributes one-half of the expense and ihe
remainder is raised by local taxation Tie
construction work is done under the super
vision OF the state engineers by local
labor
If Illinois Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and
other western states where Soou todo
orn neeu,u much moro than they are III
Now York would adopt similar policy.
il would contribute to the comfort ana
convenience as well as TO the prosperity
OF their people
For Schools and the Insane.
The. state of New York spent SI,lu4l 40
for educational purposes during the year
1903 which was an increase OF S6i?>'"
from the previous year. This does not
include the amount expended for education
in the various cities OF the sldIe' put oiiis
in the country districts.
If cost the state of New York last year
s6oD.573 to care for the crazy portion of
out including the large sum that is PAID
tn nriyate institutions for the same pur-
nose in different parts of the state. The
cost of caring for its criminals was
81 or. So by which we may infer that
there are six times as many insane people
as there are criminals in the state.
During the year 1908 there were 6i3
homicides in the city of Greater New
York but there were only forty lndlct-
ments resented-twenty-on for murder
and nineteen for manslaughter.
The tax on the whisky business is the
largest source of revenue for the state
of New York. and in 1905 it amounted
to nearly ten millions of dollars; the tax
on corporations brought in nearly nine
millions; the death tax" upon legacies
yielded $6.60J.S 91. and the tax on the
sales of socks and bonds on the New
York Stock Exchange and other eX-
changes yielded nearly four millions of
dollars.
New York City Expenses.
During the last five years the city of