New Britain herald., 1918-08-16
CONNECTICUT
 PAYS AS IT GOES
Revenue Exceeds Expenditures
 Governmental Costs

l including interest and outlays for per- manent improvements. over revenues, 1 during the fiscal year 1917, was | s20,910,984, or 41 cents per capita l In the remaining 2S states the excess of revenues over expenditures ! amounted to s26,332,497, or 51 cents | per capita. Taking the entire AS 1 states as whole, the excess of 1 revenues over expenditures was 5,421.513, or cents per capita These and other important facts are brought out in a report entitled l financial statistics of states: 1917," soon to be issued by Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau of Census, De- partment of Commerce. This report. which was compiled under the direc-
 tion of Starke M Grogan, chief sta tistican for statistics of states and
 cities, gives detailed data in respect to
 the revenues and expenditures the as-
 sessments, the taxes and the in-
 debtedness and assets of each of the 4S states of the Union.
 Revenues.
 The aggregate revenues of all the states during the year were s522,924,- 733: the aggregate expenditures for
 current governmental costs, including
 interest s499, 9,592,373; and the aggre- gate outlays for permanent improve
 ments, s67,910.847.
 or the total revenues, 9,864,898.
 or more than three -fourths, repre-
 scented receipts from the various kinds
 of taxes. About 45 per cent of this amount, s1S2,74o,146, was derived
 from the general property tax. made
 up of taxes on real estate and per- | ind
 largest item, s94,307,88O, was con- tributed by special property; s13,387.- 2s9 came from other special taxes; S90, 0,927,416 was raised from business
 taxes other than on the liquor traffic: $22, ,4S9,941 came from the liquor
 traffic; s25. .8S0,S20 was derived from license taxes other than business; and
 s2,171,S97 was received from poll
 taxes.
 The largest sources of revenue out
 side of taxes are found in the earn
 ings of general departments and in in
 terest. The earnings of general de-
 partments are made up of receipts
 from fees, charges, minor sales, etc.,
 by the various departments and offices
 of the state governments exclusive of
 the public service enterprises. These
 yielded. during the fiscal year 1917.
 S62, 2,531,781 in revenues. Receipts from interest on current deposits and on the various state funds amounted to $25,394,714. Other sources of | revenue-special assessments and ! special charges for outlays; fines; for 1 feits, and escheats. subventions and l grants from the Federal government; 1 donations; pension assessments; high way privileges; rents; and earnings of l Iio vric ntI total of $25,133.340.
 For all the states taken as a group. ] the per capita receipts from property taxes s2.73; from other taxes, s1.3O; from earnings Of general departments, l 61 cents; and from all other sources I combined. 50 cents.
 The highest per capita property taxes, S8.06. are shown for Nevada; and the lowest, II cents, for Delaware.
 Expenditures.
 The expenditures during the year for governme ental costs. which aggre- gated s517,503,220, were, in the order of their importance: For expenses of ] general departments, 26,32s,432; for outlays, Ss7,910,S47; for interest 1,153, 061; for expenses of public service enterprises (railroads, toll oIilSSS IeILieS, Cd1ldlS. COCKS ana | etc, maintained by 13 states only), s2,1O9,88O. Expenses of gen. eral departments comprised pay ments for education (schools and li- braries), s161,2s2,951; for charities, hospitals, and corrections S103,433,- 762; for general government Qeg- lslative, executive and judicial ! branches), S45, 5,414,1S3; for protec- tion to person and property (police and fire departm militia and ar mories; regulation of corporations, ! professional occupations, labor, liquor trat11c, sale of certain commodities, l and weights and measures; protection Of fish and game, etc.,, $30,297,595, 1 for highways, S33,630,777; for gen. eral and miscellaneous items, includ- ing pensions and gratuities, S2O,912- 903; for developm ent and conserva- ton of natural resources, S1S,99S,976; for conservation of health, and sani- tation, s11.256,898; and for educa- tional and general recreation, parks and reservations, and monuments s1,- O91,3S7.
 The average per capita, expendi- ] lures for all governmental costs, in 1 cluding interest and out1ays, in the 4S states were S5.hS. The highest figure 1 7noWn under thls head Tor any one 1 state, s11.24, is that for Arizona; and 1 he lowest. s2.05, for North Caro- ina. The average per ca pita expen- 1 litures for all governmental costs in 1 >luding interest but excluding out avs, were SAP. The highest figure ] appearing under this head for any state is that for Nevada. s1069; and l he lowest is shown for South Caro- ] ina, s1,S6.
 That the cost of maintaining the l tate governments imposes a relative y light burden on the shoulders of $ he taXpaYers is brought out clea rlv