The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01
state EXPENSES COMPARED

tits interesting to compare the report of the comptroller Of Connecticut
audit Of our own state for the same year. Connecticut is q state with ap-
proximately one-afth the area and almost exactly ninety per cen. OF u, Inc
popuauon of West Virginia. yet the total of its expenditures FOL state pur
poses last year amounted to S7SO4oS56l as compared with west 'asm nns'
total Of SS74425251. If West Virginia is being ruined BY a regime ot re ck-
less extravaganza in state expenditures, wat must d the ona"ioh VI "e
state Of Connecticut? ~ ,n r..,.,a .,..o =. rooobed oreov
in spite OF the fact that its splendid public school system is almost entirely
provided for by local taxation and that its great privately endowed upiver,
sums for the maintenance of the institutions Of higher learning out of the
STATE ,s4s t nsas .snt = The the cS f9aI Thhe e1 %ess Virginia i' de Sotss' to thSDE item NJ 4 III
per cent of its entire income. Connectcqts bill ior eaaSauon' ta'e"'
amounting to $132S.404O7. and West Virgfnias to Slo4462oSz
Some of the items of comparative costs of government in the two states
are worth noting in considering whether West virginia Is being goVs ese
36s57 to care for its industrial schools and its deaf. dumb and blind children,
West, Virginia teyotes to that worthy purpose only SlSSSSoS4, and 1t mus.
than that of Connecticut -,
1856; on its childrens homes Connecticut expends s4aS9le5, a purpose
for which West Virginia expends S9 .a So. OF judiciary Connecticut lays 0'
onlts military oT national guard Connecticut %meemcu spent ds a, last year sT,S sGsseSa az
grounds Connecticut used $65S74S2 to West Virginhs Sls6s2l. State
elective Offices and departments cost Connecticut s2l4o45!77 to West viz
Through its state appontve Offices, commissions and board Connecticut
in West Virginia cost slightly more than one tenth Of that sum, or s347-
1904. Included in this item in Connedicuts account is S22SsSSl.i4rex,
pendedby its state road commission. Even If we deduct TINS expenditure ~
leaves Connectic1ts appointive offices, commissions and BOARD costing II
ssoe4957s to West virginias S34778O94 conua,u A.
For extraordinary purposes, special commissions, etc. Connecticut X
ponds s2s31910 and West Virginia S4ss94O6; for miscellaneous purposes,
items the West Virginia figures embrace expenditures on the Virginia debt
case, the Panama-Pacifc exhibit and military expenses growing ot OF inc
Kanawha coal strike.
Connecticuts appropriation for its agricultural experiment station is
s sssSf aSo.n while lie 3 t h s sxp zen nf st noted sen for ov West Winnings dnHn s., s sts tts a in tS
from. state revenues, the balance coming from federal government appro-
pradons, as shown in the detailed schedules of the audit
with all the extravaganza of the West Virginia legislature in the matter
of attaches and employees in the regular and special sessions, Coonnecticuts
makers amount 10 sl7sssoos, while those Of west Virginia total slllS24s5.
The following table shows the above and other expenditures OF the two
TABLE OF COMPARATIVE EXPENDITURES;
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