Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-08

A more significant comparison, how
ever can be made between the growth
OF the national wealth and the in
crease in tax levies. The nationa
wealth, on the assumption that It's ay
erage annual rate Of growth from 1870:
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 per
iod 1902 to 1912 amounted to SO pei
cent.
The total revenue receipts OF the
national government during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1918, aggregated
$953,697,0 900, and the expenditures for
governmental costs were $952, ,601, 900.
The corresponding figures for 1903
were $657,232,000 and $616, ,739, 900.
The percentage OF increase In govern
mental costs between 1903 and 1913
was "a. The nature and amounts of
the leading items which made up the
total revenue receipts in 1913 were:
Special property taxes" (principally
receipts from customs and from tax
on circulation OF national banks).
$313,953,000; earnings of public-serv-
Ice enterprises principally postal re-
ceipts), $270,704, 900; receipts from in
ternal revenue taxes on manufacture
and sale OF liquor, $230,146, 900; "busi-
ness taxes" Onternal-revenue receipts
from all sources except manufacture
and sale OF liquor, together with re-
ceipts from income taxi, $113,385,000.
or the expenditures for government
tai costs. the leading items were: For
protection to person and property Tex
penses Of military, naval, lighthouse,
steamboat-inspection, revenue-cutter,
life-saving and immigration and natur-
alization services), S284,671, 900; for
expenses of postal service, $264,107,-
600; for pensions, maintenance Of ma
tional soldiers homes, etc., $182,313,-
600; for maintenance Of legislative.
executive, and judicial establishments
and administration of executive de-
partments, $61,7S4,000; for improve
ment and maintenance of waterways,
S42, 1852, 900; for construction Of the
Panama Canal, $41,741,0 900; for inter-
est on public Indebtedness, $25,256,-
BOO; for outlays on public buildings
and grounds, including military posts,
and for the Bureau Of Construction and
Repair, Navy Department, $22, 900;
Tor education principally mainten-
ance Of military and naval academies,
Indian schools, library of congress,
agricultural experiment stations, and
study OF animal and plant industries),
17,243, 900.
State revenues In 1913 aggregated
1861, ,585.000: and the expenditures Of
he states for governmental costs dur
ng the same year amounted to $780, |
$1,000, or nearly $15.000,000 more
han their revenues. State revenues
md governmental cost payments In
903 were $1S9, ,165, 900 and $185, ,764, 900
espectively. The percentage of in
rease in state expenditures for gov
rnmental costs between 1908 and
913 was 105.
The revenue receipts Of counties in
913 were $370,043, 900, and their pay
lents for governmental costs aggre-
ated $685.. $4,000, or about S15,000,-
90 more than their revenue receipts.
he governmental cost payments of
he counties increased by IS per cent
etween 1902 and 1913.
The revenues of municipalities of
500 and over amounted to s1,10S, ,107,-
90 in 1913, while their expenditures
)r governmental costs aggregated ST.
46,637 900. exceeding their revenues
y more than s13S,000, 900, or about So
er capita. II
The aggregate value of state prop
rites exclusive of those of Pennsyl-
ania, for which no data were obtain
ID in 1913 was $685., 5,499,000. The
Irgest two items, $175,954,000 and
l36, 6,866,000, represented the value of {
1nds, buildings, and equipment of ed |
cational institutions and of state 1
ouses and departmental Libraries, re- {
)ectively. ,
The value of county properties in ,
,13 was $685. 900, Of which
mount $293, 1895, 900, or more than one
alf, represented the value of court
buses.
The value of public properties in G
'13 for incorporated places of $500 ]
Id over was $4,097, ,S06,000. OF this
mount, $1,507, ,133,000, or more than c
represented the value of
nds, buildings, and equipment of .
lblic service enterprises. The re- =
ainder covered the value of lands, J,
lildings, and equipment Of the var q
us municipal departments, of which n
e leading items were: Property of a
hools and libraries, $1,01S,52S, 900; o
4rks and other property falling un-
# the general head Of recreation"
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