South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
HOOSIER TAX LEVY
IS BELOW AVERAGE
All States Average 1895 While
Indiana Pays But 1922 Per
Capita = Nevada Largest
With S10.45 Annually.

INDIANAPOLIS. July 2.-Nhen
you discuss taxes with Your neighD0F
tcll him ine amount per capita in IN
diana is $50 while che average LOT
all tho States is $3.50. IA Otner words
that Indiana pays Sl.oS below inc
average. - compared with her
ncign 9Ors. Iu the group uf states 10
Wrtch iadiana IS aSsi-led U} the .ed-
craf Government for purposes OF
comparison. Indiana lEaois. ohio,
.Iicniyan and Wisconsin averaged
&1.If coz ~ cents per capita more
than .udiaua alone. Iichigan paid
SI5J ana NiscCu~in S5.2I.
The department: OF commerce ana
j. Dor haS ISSUED SOME interesting
i-!icfins OF tne sU5ico,s OF Vaiua-
lions. debts taxes and the ike.
summary OF the taSation comments
and figures Is made edit1rally by the
Indianapolis Star. Under tho head
ins. Indiana not Great Spender,
tue star says
Taxes May seem Heavy.
while taxes may seem heavy
- the owner OF Hoosier real
cstcte and personal property. be-
cause tle burden of providing
for public expenses is seddIed SO
largely upon those forms of
wealth, the Indiana citizen pays
less than the per capita average
in taxes 4 bulletin recently is
sued by the government shows
comparative figures for 1913,
which undoubtedly are not ma
teriaily different from those for
the present year. Indiana spent
that year SS.072.SS4. or $2.92 per
capita. The average in ali states
was $3.50. and the average in the
states in which Indiana is group
cd. including Illinois. Ohio.
Michigan and wisconsin, was
Ssh.
Michigan with a population
of 2.y36.61S. compared with our
2.760,792, spent $12.641.65O, or
$3.50 per capita. Wisconsin has
third of a million fewer people
than Indiana and spent $12,741.
646 while we were spending
SS,OT2,SS4 on our state govern
ment in 1913. The Wisconsin eX-
penditures were 1927 per capita.
The greatest per capita eXpendi-
ture was reported by Nevada
with a total OF $1Q.45, due large
~ to the fact that the state is
sparsely populated rather than to
any extravaganza on the part of
those in charge of the common
Wealth's strong box.
California led the way among
the great states of the country.
With a population total more
than 100000 below our own, it
each man, woman and child in
the state. Minnesota with two
thirds of a million less popula-
ton than Indiana spent S14,525,-
S23. or $3.50 for each resident.
The smallest expenditures per
capita were reported by North
Carolina and South Carolina with
S1.46 each. Arkansas had a
total Of S1.S7 and Oklahoma
$3.50"
IN this same connection the work
Of the tax commissioners Of Indiana
in the equalization of valuations fixed
Ior purposes OF taxation is of interest
10 the taxpayers of the state Valua-
tons placed upon steam and electric
roads, telephone, telegraph. sleeping
car. pipe line. EXPRESS and transporta-
ton companies FOR 1915 were S274.-
166.17S as compared with S269,902.-
944 for 1914. This is an increase of
S4,o63,N3i lesscning the burden up
on the individual in the several coun-
ties
The tabulated figures from the re-
port OF the state tax commissioners
for the two years are as follows: