Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-08

years, of 6 per cent in net federal In.
debtedness, AS per cent in net state
Indebtedness, SO per cent in net coun.
ty Indebtedness, and ia per cent in
net municipal Indebtedness. In con.
nection with the growth in munich
pal Indebtedness, however, it should
be borne in mind that the proportion
which urban population represented
of the total was materially greater In
1913 than in 1902. The net indebted
ness of national, state, county and
municipal governments combined in.
creased by II per cent in II years.
A more significant comparison,
however, can be made between the
growth OF the national wealth and the
increase IN tax levies. The national
wealth, on the assumption that its av.
erage annual. rate Of growth from 1902
to 1912 was the same as that which
prevailed from 1904 to 1912, increased
by 1O1 per cent in 10 years, while the
increase in tax levies during the peri.
Cd 1902 to 1912 amounted to SO pei
cent. Etsl ai " E'@}
Revenues and Expenditures.
The total revenue receipts Of the
national government during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1913, aggregated
1858, 597, 900, and the expenditures for
governmental costs were 1852, 601, 900,
The corresponding figures for 1909
we're 657,232,0 900 and $616, 739, 00o
The percentage of increase in govern
mental costs between 1903 and 1913
was 81. The nature and amounts Of
the leading items which made up the
total revenue receipts in 1918 were:
Special property taxes" principally
receipts from customs and from tai
on circulation Of national 'banks).
$313,953, 900; earnings Of public-serv
: ice enterprises principally postal re
/, ceipts), $270, 704, 900; receipts from
internal revenue taxes 1 on manufac'
ture and sale Of liquor $23o,146,O00;
business taxes" Qnternal event re-
ceipts from all sources except manu-
facture and sale of liquor, together
with receipts from income tax, $113r
385,000. RI.
OF the expenditures for government,
az costs, the leading items We're: Fol
protection to, person and property
'(expenses Pei Of military, nasal,~rlight
house, steamboat inspection, revenue
cutter; life.saving and immigration and
naturalization services), ~3264,671 900;
for expenses Of postal service, 1884,,
107, 900; for pensions, maintenance o.
national soldiers homes, etc, $685.
313, 900; for maintenance of legisla'
tive, executive and judicial establish
ments, and administration Of execu'
tive departments, $61, 7S4, 900; for inn
provement and maintenance Of water,
ways, $42, 652 900; for construction Of
the Panama canal, $~41,741,O0o; for I'M
terest on public indebtedness, $25d
256, 900; for outlays on public builds
iIgs and grounds, including military
posts, and for the bureau Of construcI
ton and repair, navy department.
$22, 639, 900; for education (principal,
" maintenance Of military and naval
academies, Indian schools, library OF
congress, agricultural experiment sta
tions, and study OF animal and plant
lndustries), $17,243,000. oargr
State in 1913 aggregated
1867, 5S5, 900; and the expenditures OF
the states for governmental costs dur
Ing the same year amounted to $685.
551, 900, or nearly SIS, 1000, 900 =. more
than their revenues. State revenues
and governmental cost payments IN
1903 were $1S9,165,O00 and $1S5,7e4,'
900, respectively. The percentage OF
Increase in state expenditures for gov
ernmental costs between 1903 and
1913 was los.
The revenue receipts Of counties IN
1918 were $370,043, 900, and their pay
ments for governmental costs aggre-
gated $3S5,182,000 or about $15,0oo,'
900 more than their wen receipts.
The governmental cost payments OF
the counties increased by IS per cent
between 1902 and 1918.
Public Properties.
The aggregate value Of state prop
critics exclusive of those Of Pennsyl.
vania, for which no data we're OBJ
tained) in 1913 was $685., 4s9, 900. The
largest two items, $175,954,O 900 and
$136, s66, 900, represented the value Of
lands, buildings and equipment Of ed.
vocational institutions and Of state
houses and departmental libraries, re.
spectively. ias&f%
The value Of county properties in
1918 was $%576,657,000, Of which
amount $293,295,0 900, or more than ODE
halt, represented the value of court
houses.
The value Of public properties In
1913 for incorporated places of $500
and over was s4,097, $685. 0 OF this
amount, $780,, 133, 900, or more than
one.third, represented the value of
lands, buildings and equipment of pub
li%c-service enterprises. The remain.
der covered the value Of lands, build.
ings and equipment of the various mu.
nicipal departments, of which the
leading items were: Property of
schools and libraries, $1,O1s, SIS, 900:
parks andsother property falling un.
der the general head Of recreation"
t0~s7,4sS,000.