The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-09-09

~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~ &Ao
and municipalities in Arizona.
The total county debt in 1913
amounted to $685. O7, 900, of which
amount $s71,52s. 900. or $4.33 per cap.
ita, was net debt. The net indebted.
ness increased by 80 per cent between
1902 and 1913, and the per capita net
indebtedness by IS per cent.
BY far the greatest item Of indebt-
edness In this country 10 that Of mu'
inequalities. This amounted in 1918
to an aggregate Of s3,460, 000. 900, Of
which $2.s84,Ss8,000. of ,$54.27 per
capita. represented net Indebtedness.
The rate Of increase In net indebt.
edness between 1902 and 1918 was ia
per cent.
Taxation.
Tho total levies Of taxes on real
estate. personal property and other
property subject to ad valorem taxa
uon, by states, counties, municipali'
ties. school districts, and other civil
divisions, increased from s724,737,0 900,
or 1922 per capita, In 1902 to $780,
$4,000, or 1891 per capita, in 1919,
the percentages of increase being SO
for the total amount and 81 for the
per capita.
Levies for state purposes increased
from $s0,402,0 900 In 1902 to s155. 643.-
600 in 1912, or by "a per cent. During
the same period the levies by coun
ties, municipalities, school districts,
etc., increased from S644. 1896, 600 to
91.1S4,25s.000 or by "a per cent. The
county levies in 1912 were 1888 $780,
600, and those Of municipalities.
school districts, and other minor civil
divisions amounted to 1896, 1921, 900.
Thus 1t appears that an increase Of
Is per cent in s years-indicatins a
gain Of 115 per cent In II years
In national wealth has been accom-
panied by an increase, during II
years, of 8 per cent In net federal in.
~debtedness, 44.6 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 o significant comparison,
however, car 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 101 per cent In 10 years, while the
increase in tax levies during the peri
cd 1902 to 1912 amounted to sc pc.
cent.
Revenues and Expenditures.
The total revenue receipts OF the
national government during the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1918. aggregated
$953,597 900, and the expenditures fcl
governmental costs were 1852, 60l, COO
The corresponding figures for 1870;
were $657;232,00 and. s616. 739, 900
The percentage Of increase in govern
mental costs between 1903 and 1911;
was 81. The nature and amounts 81
the leading items which made UP the
total revenue receipts In 1913 were:
Special property taxes" principally
receipts from customs and from tai
on circulation Of national banks)
$313,963, 900; earnings Of publ1c-serv
Ice enterprises principally postal re
ceipts). S270, 704. 900: receipts from
internal revenue taxes on manufac
ture and sale Of liquor, $230,l LAG GOO:
business taxes" (internal revenue re
ceipts from all sources except manu-
facture and sale of liquor, together
with receipts from income taz), $lla,
$4,000.
OF the expenditures for government
al costs, the leading items were: Fo:
protection to person and propert,
Expenses of military, naval, light
house, steamboat inspection, revenu,
cutter. ~life:saving and immigration an,
naturalization services), 1884, 671, 900
for expenses Of postal service, 1854
100000; for pensions, maintenance o
national soldiers homes, ETC., 1882
$4,000; for maintenance Of legisls
tive, executive and judicial establish
ments, and administration of execu
tive departments. $81, 1884, 900: for i'm
provement and maintenance of water
ways. 1925 s 900; for construction O
the Panama canal, $41,741, 900; for In
terest on public Indebtedness, s25
25e,00o: for OUTLAWS on public build
ings and grounds, including militar,
posts. and for the bureau Of construe
tion and repair. navy department
$22.639.000; for education %(principa,
~ maintenance Of military and nava
academies, Indian schools. library Q