New-York tribune., 1910-06-27
DISBURSEMENTS
STATE
LIVED

Mr.. William Pierrepont White. an at
torney Of Utica. y Y, has prepared a
summary from the Controllers report Of
the states disbursements ia the last ten
years. which. if ii is correct. strikingIy
,D1irms what The Tribune has said
about The increase in state expenditures
The ordinary expenditures of admins
tration are shown by Mr.. White's figures
10 have grown very slightly from 1900
TO 1909. The added cost of government
has been almost entirely in connection
with the states charities, with the pub
lie education system and with the i'm
prOvement Of highways and canals. Mr.
White groups together the states ex-
penditureS outside Of those for trans,
porta atiOn-which includes highways and
canals-for education and for charities.
under the following heads: Executive.
administrative. legislative. judicial. pro-
tective. agricultural, defensive, regula-
tive and general miscellaneous.
The executive expenditures in his
classification cover those of the Cover
nor. Lieutenant Governor and their at
tacheS. and the administrative the dis
bursements of the Secretary of State,
Controller. Treasurer. Attorney Gen
eral. Civil Service Commission and State
| Printing Board. The legislative and
| judicial expenditures are sufficiently in
dicated by their names. Regulative ex-
! penditures cover those Of the Public
/ Service commissions. the State Board
/ OF Tax Commissioners. the departments
cf Health. Excise and Labor. the Metro
/ politan Elections Bureau. the Board of
| Port Wardens. the Quarantine Commits
sion. inspectors Of steam vessels. super-
| iPtendents of weights and measures and
| inspectors Of racing associations. Agri-
! cultural expenditures cover those of the
Department of Agriculture the State
/ Fair Commission, distribution for the
| promotion of agriculture. the State
Veterinary College the College of Agrf-
| culture and the agricultural experiment
stations Defensive expenditures have
! 10 do with the national guard Protec-
! tive expenditures in this classification
/ cover those Of the Department of Public
F.. Buildings. the Forest. Fish and Game
/ Commission. those regarding reserva-
Other expenditures are Jumped as miscel-
laneous We mention the items under
these classifications 10 show generally
| the activities of the state aside from
| education. charities and the improve
ment and maintenance Of highways and
canals. and TO illustrate how various
they are
According TO Mr.. Whites tables. the
actual Increase in the expenses of the
! state under these various heads. com
/ pairing the totals of 1900 with those of
| 1903 is only s212.411 50 on total of
about SS.9o0.oo0. This small increase
Is in part due 10 the extraOrdinarilv large
expenditures under the head of general
or miscellaneous expenditures in 1900.
he amount for that year in Mr.. Whites
table rs much greater than In any sue
ceedfng year. That exceptional item
would seem 10 require some explanation.
II miscellaneous expenditures are left
out OF the reckoning. the increase in the
states expenditures for all its other ordi-
nary branches Of adminiSfration-ex-
Guiding always prov ision for education.
charities and highways and canals-was.
according Ia Mr.. Whites figures. only
about s2.eh0.000 from 1890 to 1909. That.
II the figures are correct is certainly a
moderate advance in the cost of orti-
nary administration In this great and
wealthy state since 1900 And OF that
increase million and half is due to
the progress regulation has made in the
last decade ana 10 the increasing inter
est the state is taking in the promotion
Of agriculture both instances of sub
stantial increase illustrating what The
!. Tribune has said about the changed pub