Evening journal., 1921-01-12
DELAWARE IS
RICHEST STATE
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lars. Furthermore, II has an assessed
valuation at the present time OF over
500 100000.
"Thc Illustration given above would
indicate eihat Delaware is far from
being a poverty-stricken common
wealth. Furthermore, the following |
figures taken from the statistics fur
nished by the Federal government
would indicate that Delaware is moi
only far from being a poor slate. but
in fact ranks first in wealth on a
basis Of the amount Of income and
profits tax paid by the citizens Of the
Diamond State TO the Federal gov
crnment for the past three or four
years.
According to a report from Wash
ington on amount Of income and prof
its tax paid by the forty-eight stales
I'm 1916, Delaware Is ranked FIRST. the
income tax amounting to Sie2l per
capita.
I'm spite OF the fact that Delaware
stood FIRST in this rating, 10 ranked
thiriy-second as TO the amount paid
per pupil on average attendance In the
public schools in 1916. In other words,
Delaware spent $3.50 on each pupil.
while tweniy-four other states paid
$50 or more per pupil.
In 1919, the State Of Delaware paid
TO the Federal government In income
and profits tax S20,262 ,101, which was
equivalent TO SiOOi5 for every man,
woman and child in the State. Again
Delaware ranked first, New York sec-'
ond, Nevada third, Massachusetts
fourth, Connecticut nth. Arkansas
sixth. Pennsylvania seventh and ohio
eighth. Delaware for the school year
ending June 30, 1919, spent 5000 per
lpupil on average daily attendance.
Some Of the states which paid more
than Delaware are as follows New
York, ranking second in wealth, paid
S69.3i per pupil in average daily at
| tendance; Maine which ranked twen-
ty-ninth in wealth. paid Sj27i per
pupil; Vermont, which ranked forty
first in wealth, paid S5i02 per pupil
New Jersey, ranking fourteenth In
wealth, paid S1S.i7 per pupil; Mime
sofa. ranking twenty-siXih in wealth.
paid SSi76 per pupil: North Dakota.
ranking fOrty-seventh in wealth, paid
5000 per pupil. Therefore, from
these figures. taking as a basis Of cur
wealth the amount paid TO the Fed
eral government in income and profits
tax. It would appear that Delaware is
able TO give much more State aid for
public education than It is doing at
the present time.
For the school year ended June 30.
1920. Delaware Increased the amount
paid per pupil in average dailyatiend-
ance from 5000 10 S535i. However.
10 is TO be observed that OF the states
mentioned above, Maine went 10 S6329
per pupil. Vermont TO S6i.55 per pupil.
New Jersey 10 S6797 per pupil, and
/ Minnesota 10 si02 63 per pupil, for the
Iyear ending June 20, 1920.
In 1918. Delaware appropriated
for public education S2i1 $50 &C. which
was i7.S per cent OF her total income; /;
lin i9iS-i9 she spent S3iS 26069, which
was 2i per cent Of her income; for the
school year ending June 30, 1920, she
spent s5O5,52i22, or POS per cent OF
her income. At the special session
OF the Legislature in the spring Of
1920, $4,000 additional school funds
were appropriated for the school year
i920-2i, which makes the total for
year 81 OPS, ,33i. or 42.2 per cent or her
income. II it should be as great as in
1919. 10 has been said that such a
large appropriation might bankrupt
1.-The State. Ii is a fact that the average
school support for the United States
i'm 1916 was only 1882 per cent. In
that year, the great Stale OF New York
fused about one-ilfth Of its income on
public schools, Pennsylvania only 10
per cent, the State Of Washington
li9i7 per cent. New Mexico 80 i-3 per
lcent. while our neighboring State Of
New Jersey spent $50 per cent of its
entire income on its public schools in
1919
"Many Of the western and north
western states have school incomes
from school lands. which greatly re-
lduce the amount these states have 10
appropriate from their general fund.
Wyoming, for example, has an income
from lands amounting TO approx
lmalely $3.50 per school child
"No one knows how many persons
in Delaware pay an income tax TO the
state, but some one has estimated that
ten persons pay more than onc-half Of
the income tax which goes 10 the sup
mort Of the elementary schools, and
That ii5 persons in the state pay three
fourths Of the entire Income tax. II
lthis is anywhere near the truth. why
! should men, many OF them paying no
income tax at all, object II the state,
lout Of its abundance. should apprO-
pirate an additional sum TO help edu-
cato their children and their neigh
bOrs' children, when the present ap-
preparation for public schools amounts
J TO only i22 per cent. Of the States
} Income?
in the New England States. where
the school budgets are always read at