The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-08-31
few STATES NOT
GOING into DEBT
Only Nineteen Of the Forty-Eight
Are Living Entirely With
in Income.
OTHERS FACE A SHORTAGE
In Most Cases, However, Where Ex-
penses Exceed Revenues, Money
Is Spent in Securing Perma-
sent improvements.

7HHt improvements.
Nineteen of the 4S states compris
ing the United States are living entire
ly within their incomes. That is, they
are paying for all their permanent i'm
prOvements and taking care of all theil
interest charges, as well as paying al
their current government expenses, out
Of their current revenues. This was
the case, at least in the fiscal yeal
1915, according to Uncle Sans figures
A report prepared by the bureau OF
census shows that the 10 states which
accomplished this feat were New
Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Delaware, Virginia
Georgia, Florida, Texas, Montana, Ida.
no, Wyoming, New Mexico and Wash
ington.
The greatest excess of revenues over
total expenditures, $7,303,267, was
shown by Illinois. Other states in
which the excess was more than ST..
100000 were Minnesota, with $2,912,.
1886; Texas, $2,359,O76; Ohio, $2,2O5,'
229, and Washington, $1,O76,107. The
greatest per capita excess of revenues
over expenditures, however, appears
for New Mexico, $1.47; Minnesota,
with $1.32 is next in order, and Illinois,
with $1.22, stands third.
New York Deepest in Debt.
New York went deeper in debt than
any other state in the Union. That
state spent $27, ,264 more than it
received in current revenues. Cali
fornia is second in this list with an
excess of $9,4SO,116 of expenditures
over receipts. Maryland is third with
an excess of $4,O57,316. The great
est per capita excess Of expenditures
over revenues, $3.3S, appears for Cali
fornia; the next highest, $3.03, for
Maryland, and the third highest, S2.S1,
for New York.
In 20 of the 49 states the excess of
expenditures for governmental costs,
including interest and outlays for per-
manent improvements, over revenues,
during the fiscal year 1915, was $685.
2S3, ,4O4, or SO cents per capita.
For the 48 states taken together,
the payments for governmental costs,
including interest and outlays for per-
manent improvements, exceeded the
revenues by $36,674,4 ,497 but the rev.
enues exceeded the current expenses
and interest by $5S,51S,312, an amount
more than three-fifths as great as that
of the total outlays, which aggregated
$95, 1872, 100. In other words, the states,
taken as group, are paying, from
their revenues, all their current ex-
penses and interest and more than
three-ffths of their Outlays.
Aggregate Revenues $45s, ,232,5e7.
The aggregate revenues of all the
states during the year were $458, ,232,-
597; the aggregate expenditures for
current governmental costs, including
interest, $399, ,714,2S5; and the aggre-
gate outlays for permanent improve
ments, $95, 1927
OF the total revenues, 5,543, ,797,
or about fOur-fifths, represented re-
ceipts from the various kinds of taxes.
About half of this amount, $1S5,S76,-
319, was derived from the general
tax, made up of taxes on real
estate and personal property. OF the
the largest item, $S2.S7O,-
SS2, was contributed by special prop
erty and other special taxes; $57, 7,931,-
l16 was raised from business taxes
other than on the liquor traffic; $20,-
199,071 came from the liquor traffic
S14, 1868, ,254 was derived from license
.axes other than on business; anil $3,-
1873, ,155, from poll taxes.
Much Spent on Roads.
The total outlays for permanent i'm
aggregated 500, ,192, ,799. OF |
his amount $30,247, ,593, or nearly one
:hird, was spent for the construction |
If new roads and the permanent i'm |
1rOvement-such as macadamizing or
IaVing-Of existing ones. In addition, |
'12, ,476,122 was apportioned by the |
states to their counties, municipalities,
ind other minor civil divisions for use
n the construction, improvement, and |
of roads; and a con-
siderable portion of this sum was
employed in construction and per-
nanent improvement. The greatest
utlays for roads by individual states
we're reported for New York, $685.
So; California, $6,57526O, and Mary
and, $3,773,223. The greatest per
apita expenditure for construction and
improvement of roads, how
yer, $3.50, was made by Maryland.
,nly % states-the six New England
tates, New York, New Jersey, Penn
ylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon-
in, Minnesota, Maryland, Arkansas,
lOulsiana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona,
Jtah, and the three Pacific coast states
expended money directly on the con-
tructiOn and improvement of roads
uring the fiscal year, but number of
he other states apportiOned sums to
Ounties, municipalities, ETC., which
'ere spent in the construction and i'm
rovement of roads. Fourteen states,
Owever, reported neither outlays nor
pportionments for this purpose.
Japan Has Big Cities.
Census returns for the six big cities
japan at the end of last year, as
nnOunced by the Yokohama munich
ality and reDOrted to UncIe Sam oro