The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 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 Elk
penses Exceed Revenues, Money
Is Spent in Securing Perma-
nent improvements.

Nineteen OF tne 40 suites Soinplio-
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 we'll as paying all
their current government expenses out
of their current revenues. Ihis 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 when
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, $1,3O3,261, was
shown by Illinois. Other states IN
which the excess was more than ST.
100000 were Minnesota, with S2,0l2,-
1896; Texas, $2,359076; Ohio, $2,205,-
POO and Washington, $1,O76,1 O1. The
greatest per capita excess OF revenues
over expenditures, however. appears
for New Mexico, $1.47; Minnesota,
with S132 is next in order, and Illinois,
| with S122, stands third.
New York Deepest in Debt.
New York went deeper in debt than
any other state in the Union. Ihat
state spent S27,721 ,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
an excess of $4,051,316. The great
est per capita excess of expenditures
over revenues, $3.3S, appears for Cali
fornia; the next highest $3.O3, FOR
Maryland, and the third highest, $2.Sl,
for New York.
In 20 of the 4S states the excess of
expenditures for governmental COSTS
including interest and OUTLAWS for per
manent improvements, over revenues,
| during the fiscal year 1915, was So5,-
2S3, 404, or Sc cents per capita.
For the AZ states taken together,
the payments for governmental costs,
including interest and OUTLAWS for per-
manent improvements, exceeded the
revenues by $36,G74,4S7 but the rev.
enues exceeded the current expenses
and interest by $5S,51S312, an amount
more than three-tifths as great as that
of the total OUTLAWS, which aggregated
800, 1872, 100. In other words, the states,
taken as group, are paying, from
their revenues, all their current eX-
peuses and interest and more than
three-ffths of their OUTLAWS.
Aggregate Revenues $459, 1882, 597.
The aggregate revenues of all tho
states during the year were S45S,232,-
| 597; the aggregate expenditures for
current governmental costs, including
interest, 5000, 7142S5; and the aggre-
gate OUTLAWS for permanent improve
ments, $685. 1872, 100.
| OF the total revenues, $500, 543, 79I,
or about four-ffths, represented re-
ceipts from the various kinds of taxes.
| About half of this amount, $lS5,SIG-
3l9, was derived from the general
property tax, made up Of taxes on real
estate and personal property. OF the
remainder, the largest item, SS2,SIo,-
49,, was contributed by special prop
erty and other special taxes $57 ,931, :
116 was raised from business taxes
other than on the liquor traffic; So
1901 came from the liquor traffic ;
S14, sos, 254 was derived from license
taxes other than on business; and 49,
1913, 155, from poll taxes.
Much Spent on Roads.
The total OUTLAWS for permanent i'm
provements aggregated sos, 1872, 100. OF
this amount $50, PAT 1913, or nearly one
third, was spent for the construction
of new roads and the permanent i'm
provement-such as macadamizng or
paving--of existing ones. In addition,
So, 476,122 was apportoned 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
| OUTLAWS for roads by individual states
were reported for New York, $9,393,-
1856; California, $6,575 go 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
| sylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon-
SIM Minnesota, Maryland, Arkansas,
| Louisiana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona,
| Utah, and the three Pacific coast states
| expended money directly on the con
| struction and Improvement of roads
during the fiscal year, but number of
| the other states apportioned sums to
| counties, municipalities, etc, which
were spent in the construction and i'm
| provement of roads. Fourteen states,
| however, reported neither OUTLAWS nor
appointments for this purpose.
Japan Has Big Cities.
Census returns for the six big cities