Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
SURPLUS SHOWN BY
q STATES FOR 1919
Aggregate Revenue for 48 States
Was $675,217. .202, Expcnd-
itures $500, ,257, ,702.

Washington, Aug. 1S.--The census
bureau gave out statistics yesterday show
ing that in 81 of the AS states the revenues
in the fiscal year 1910 exceeded the ex-
penditures for governmental costs, in
cluding interest on Indebtedness and out
lays for permanent improvements, by
$50, 1872, ,314 or II 6 cents for each person
in the population of those states For the
forty-eight States taken together the rev.
enues exceeded the expenditures for cur
rent expenses and interest by Sl05. $50,
500, and when the total outlay for per-
msnent improvements, which was s71 l. las,
432. is taken from this it leaves an excess
of S34, ,Sf4 ,06S over the total of expendi-
lures.
The aggregate receipts for the fiscal
year 1910 exceeded those of the preceding
year by $50, 6,oll SOL or las per cent, the
per cpita receipt increasing by "a cents, or
13 per cent. The excess of total revenues
in the 4S states WAS 81 1894. .354 in 1919,
while the net Indebtedness of the States
increased by S17, ,393, ,SS5, or 3.5 per cent.
the per capita net Indebtedness increasing
by cents, or l.9per cent The total value
Of public properties showed an increase of
S33,O5S, 955.
The aggregate revenue of all the States
the aggregate expenditures for current
governmental costs, including interest,
$500, 257, ,702, and the aggregate outlays
for permanent improvements S71 las .432
OF the total revenues, 1927 ,S19, 167. or
more than three-foprths. represented re-
ceipts from the various kinds of taxes
About 45 per cent of this amount, or
S237, ,234.77S, was derived from the general
property tax. Of the remainder, the larg-
est item, Sl0S. 439, 1855. was contributed
by business taxes other than on the
liquor traffic. S104, ,222, $50 came from
special property taxes, S4S, S,025.730 was
raised from license taxes other than on
business, SID DPS, 15l was derived from
the liquor traffic. S13.55f, ,063 was re-
ceived from special taxes other than on
property, and 81, LOS represented pole
taxes
For all the States taken as q group,
the per capita revenue receipts from all
sources amounted u s6.43.
The expenditures during the year for
government costs, which aggregated
S640, ,403, l34, were, for expenses of gen.
eral departments, s542, ,66i, ,l41; for out
lays, S71, las, ,432; for interest, S24,079,-
500, and for expenses of public service,
enterprises railroads, toll bridges, ferries,
canals, docks and wharves, etc, main
tanned by thirteen States only, S2,5l8,-
755; for education schools and libraries,
SlS4, ,492 $50; for charities, hospitals and
corrections, Sl34,056, 49S; for highways,
sol CPS, ,466; for general government
Legislative, executive and judicial branches
$50, Isl SOB; for protection to person and
property; militia and armories; regulation
of corporations, professional occupations,
L. r
modities, and weights and measures; pro-
lection of fish and game, etc, S34, l02,-
524; for development and conservation
of natural resources, S24, 1853, Ass; for
conservation of health, and sanitation,
Sl4, 403, ,57S; for educational and general
recreation, parks and reservations, and
monuments, SI,211 ,967, and for miscel-
laneous and general items, incluing pen
sions, and gratuities, S36, ,254, 200.
The 81 States showing surplus are
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky
Tennessee f, Alabama, Arkansas, Okla
homa, Texas. Montana, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, Utah and Washington.
The greatest excess was shown In llli-
nois, where the amount was S10,097 ,S51,
Massachusetts, being second with an ex-
cess of ST, ,229, ,663, and Minnesota third
with an excess of 81 ,564, $50.
: The net indebtedness for the IS States
aggregated S519, $50, ,59S, or 81. 95 per
capita. The net Indebtedness of New
York alone, sl74,519, ,101, represented
1876 per cent of the total and was far
greater than that on any other State
The next greatest net indebtedness
SIS. so. COS. is shown for Massachusetts,.