The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
City Government Costs More Than State

average per capita expenditures for al
governmental costs, including interest
but excluding OUTLAWS were S24. OS: for
the states, S4.06. For the cities the
average per capita receipts from prop
erty taxes were s18.72; for the states
s2.73.
For the 4S states taken together the
payments for governmental costs, in
Guiding interest and OUTLAWS, exceed
ed the revenues by S36,674,4S7; but the
revenues exceeded the current expens,
es and interest by S5S,518,312, ar
amount more than three-ffths as great
as that of the total OUTLAWS, which ag-
gregated sos, 192,799. In ohter words
the states, taken as a group, are pay
ing, from their revenues, all their cur
rent expenses and interest and more
than three-ffths of their outlays.
In all but seven of the states the
revenue receipts exceeded the pay
ments for current governmental ex-
penses and interest, and in 10 tn res-
enues exceeded the total expenditures
for governmental costs, including in
terest and OUTLAWS. These 10 states
wer eNew Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dako-
ia, South Dakota, Nebraska, Della
ware, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Tex
as, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, New
Mexico and Washington. The greatest
excess, $7,3O3, 267, was shown by Hi
nOis. The greatest per capita excess
of revenues over expenditures, appears
for New Mexico, $1.47; Minnesota,
with $1.32 is next in order, and Hi
nois, with $122, stands third.
The greatest excess of expenditures
over revenues shown for any one state,
S27, 721 ,264, is that for New York; the
second highest excess, S9,4S0,116 is for
California; and the third highest, S4,-
O57,316, for Maryland. The greatest
per capita excess of expenditures over
revenues, 1888, appears for California,
the next highest, 5000, for Maryland,
and the third highest, S2S1 for New
York.
The total OUTLAWS for permanent i'm
provements aggregated S95, 192,79O.
Of this amount $3O,247 ,593, or nearly
one-third was spent for the cOnstruc
ton of new roads and the permanent;
improvement-such as macadamizing
o rpaving-of existing ones. In addi
ton, S12,476,122 was apportioned by
the states to their counties, municipal
ties, and other minor civil divisions for
use in the construction, Improvement,
and maintenance of roads; and a con-
siderable portion of this sum was en-
ployed in construction and permanent
The greatest OUTLAWS
for roads by individual states were re
ported for New York, 1888, 1855; Cali
fornia. $6,575,26 and Maryland, 49,
1929. The greatest per capita ex-
penditure for construction and per-
manent improvement OF roads, how
ever, 1882, was made by Maryland.
The net indebtedness funded and
floating debt less assets of general
sinking funds) for the as states aggre-
gated 24,154,6 SAT, or S4.3f per capita.
The net Indebtedness of New York
alone, $125, 461 ,557, represented nearly
30 per cent of the total and was far
greater than that of any other state.
The net increase in indebtedness
Turing the fiscal year, for all the
,sates combined, was $64,464 .944.
twenty states increased their net debt
Turing the year, 10 decreased it, and
n the remaining nine there was no
,hange The greatest increase, S42,-
I30,91S, was reported for New York.
The total value of all permanent
public properties held by the states,
Except those in funds and investments, !
at the close of the fiscal |
year to 1856, 377,O64.