The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-29
ENORMOUS MUNICIPAL RECEIPTS
Total of l,2sS.635.4so By the One Hundred
and Fifty Eight Largest Cities in ! sOS

Washington. D. G., July 29.--The
total municipal receipts in 1908 by
the las largest cities in the United
States, each having an estimated pop
nlation Of 10000 or more in 1908,
amounted to s1,2SS 635, 1856, according
70 the census bureaus annual report
on the statistics OF cities for the
year 1908, which Is now in press.
OF the iJS largest cities in i90S0.
"a we're mo license or prohibition
cities. OF the 15i cities for which
complete returns we're aavailable for
1905, 1907 and 1908, there were 10
mo license" cities in 1905; IL In 1907
and II In 1908.
The number Of places licensed for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors by
the drink was 1856 In 1905, 67,13l
In 1907 and 63,S74 In 1908. This de-
crease was not confined to any sec
tion of the country, but is apparent
In every group of states except In
certain Rocky Mountain states. The
decrease has been most marked Ia the
cities Of the South Atlantic states.
The increase in the number OF
places selling by the drink from 1907
to 1908 was 100 per cent in Chelsea
and Fitcbburg, Mass, as these cities
changed from no license" TO license.
The only ether cities showing an In
crease OF as much as 10 per cent
were Yonkers 27.2 per cent; viii
mington. 25.7 PEI cent; ssewcastie,
1871 per ccnt; aud Spokane. LAG per
cent.
Liquor License Receipts Increased.
Despite large decrease In the
number Of licensed places the receipts
from liquor license and taxes BY the
l5i cities mentioned above increased
from s30,SiO, SSS in 1905 to SS9,234.-
223 in 1867 and TO s4l,950,lSS In 1908.
The reason Is the general increase
In the amount OF license fees
The largest numbes OF places H.
censed to sell by the drink in pro-
portion TO population Is shown for
the cities OF fexas, Wisconsin, and
New York; and the smallest number
for the cities OF Pennsylvania. Mass.
achuseits, and Nebraska Tne small-
est and largest number Of inhabitants
to each place selling by the drink in
cities oil the different groups were
as Follows:
Ihree hundred thousand population
aud over Milwaukee 1i2, Philadel-
phia 1JS: 10000 to 300, ,000-Paterson
Isl. Fall River 1852; $4,000 to 1907
Oss- Hoboken ls5: Lincoln 2,o3S;
ard 10000 to 50,00G-Galveston 1873,
and Chelsea 1854.
10 meet. municipal payments the
l5S cities mentioned collected $685.
2345e0 from taxes. licenses, special
assessments, and other revenues, and
borrowed $500,905.41i. The balance
of the municipal receipts, amounting
to s135,395,502, was made up OF re-
funds, and general transfers. The to.
tai municipal receipts, therefore
amounted To S1,2SS,s35, ,496, and we.
made up OF the following items; 37.2
per cent from taxes and other genera
re 'enues; per cent from special as
assessments: ga per cent from services
performed by city departments; 1873
pc. cent from loans; and li.5 per
cent from refunds, general transfers,
and miscellaneous sources.
Revenues OF the Big Cities.
Taxes and other general revenues
including licenses and permits, fines
and forfeits, and subventions, grants
and gifts. were the chief source OF
revenue for nearly every city. Re
ceipts from the general property tax
formed the chief item of general rev
enue. and for the cities of Massacuhn
sets. New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio
Iowa, Louisiana, Virginia, and Geor
gia comprised more than 75 per CEN
Of the total.