The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-02
Only Nineteen of the Forty-Eight
Are Living Entirely With
in Income.
OTHERS Face A SHORTAGE
In Most Gases, However, Where Ex-
penses Exceed Revenues, Money
Is Spent in Securing Perma-
nent Improvements.


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 their
interest charges, as well as paying all
their current government expenses, out
of their current revenues. This was
the case, at least in the fiscal year
1915, according to Uncle Sans figures.
A report prepared by the bureau of
census shows that the 10 states which
accomplished this feat We're 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,-
1896; Texas, $2,359,O76; Ohio, $2,205,-
300, and Washington, $1,076,1 1o7. The
greatest per capita excess of revenues
over expenditures, however, appears
for New Mexico, $1.47; Minnesota,
with S1.32 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 1921, ,264 more than it
received in current revenues. Cali
fornia is second in this list with an
excess of $9,4S0,116 of expenditures
over receipts. Maryland is third with
est per capita excess of expenditures
over revenues, $3.3S, appears for Cali
fornia the next highest, S3.03, for
Maryland, and the third highest, S2.S1,
for New York.
In 20 of the 4S states the excess of
including interest and outlays for per-
manent improvements, over revenues,
during the fiscal year 1915, was $685.
2S3 3,404, or Sc cents per capita.
For the 4S states taken together,
the payments for governmental costs,
including interest and outlays for per-
manent improvements, exceeded the
revenues by $36,674, ,4S7 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 n group, are paying, from
their revenues, all their current ex-
penses and interest and more than
three-fifths of their outlays.
Aggregate Revenues $45s,232,5e7.
The aggregate revenues of all the
states during the year were $45S, ,232,-
597; the aggregate expenditures for
current governmental costs, including
interest, 1899, ia ,2S5; and the aggre-
gate outlays for permanent improve
ments, 800, ,192, 100.
OF the total revenues, $685. 543. .797,
or about four-fifths, represented re-
ceipts from the various kinds of taxes.
About half of this amount, S1S5, &c.
319, was derived from the general
property tax made up of taxes on real
estate and personal property. OF the
remainder, the largest item, $50, 2,SI0,-
SS2, was contributed by special prop
erty and other special taxes; $57,931,-
116 was raised from business taxes
other than on the liquor traffic; $780,
799,071 came from the liquor traffic I;
S14,S6S,254 was derived from license
taxes other than on business and 3d.
19S, ,155, from poll taxes.
Much Spent on Roads.
The total outlays for permanent i'm
provements aggregated 500, 1872, ,799. OF
this amount $50 PAT ,593, or nearly one
third, was spent for the construction
of new roads and the permanent i'm
provement-such as macadamizing or
paving-of existing ones. In addition,
ST., 2,476 I'D was apportioned by the
states to their counties, municipalities,
and other minor civil divisions for use
in the construction. improvement, and
maintenance of roads; and con-
siderable portion of this sum was
employed in construction and per-
manent improvement. The greatest
outlays for roads by individual states
were reported for New York, $685.
1856; California, $6,575 ,260, and Mary
land, $3,773,223. The greatest per
capita expenditure for construction and
permanent Improvement of roads, how
ever, $3.50, was made by Maryland.
Only % states-the six New England
states, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvnnia, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Maryland, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona,
Utah, and the three Pacific coast states
expended money directly on the con-
structlon and Improvement of roads
during the fiscal year, but number of
the other states apportioned sums to
counties. municipalities, ETC., which
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