The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-06-07
|FRNMENT COST
| At HIGHEST PEAK
~ GET IT LOWERED IS
LarvM DE LUKE NOW
orNc THE COUNTRY.
Dc PARED In SOME WAY

I BE rANAD
:. Round to Be Disappointed
r. Next Years Bills Roll
ii. Peace Time Never Before
So Expensive
8cu1NGTON, D. C.-Govern-
l tbe people, by the people and
snooie cost the people OF the
itotes approximately eight and
] bTI;ons OF dollars during the
w.. now closing-about l2H
81 aIl the money the people
u .crording to figures collected
snote and house committees
/ .hn task of framing a new tax
..;aned to tighten the load.
1 to get the cost of government
- foures commensurate with
Line on the cost of living and
|rosts appears, to the committee
f as the problem de luxe
1 Certain it is that the high cost
Iernment must be pruned mate
Ia certain it appears to be that
II Of pruning is one requiring
Srcb and knowledge of an ex-
Certain it appears to be, also,
h. cost OF government, on &C
~ the cost of the recent war,
/ " come down as fast as the
Ian people want to see it come,
III @D there will be many thousands
ssnoointed taxpayers when next
tax bills come around.
! Big Sum Spent Yearly.
! federal government has spent
] during the fiscal year, which
Tune 50 next, at the rate of ap-
Aately FIVE billions a year. The
KS Of the government here at
Ergton will not fall much below
|sppn,' it is believed, when the
| for the year are balanced. In adj
there are other costs OF govern
(which total about $500, 600, 900.
Ii OF these is the cost OF city
Fment. The latest census figures
1919 government costs in all
of 10000 or more inhabitants.
were D such cities enumerated
heir population is placed at 81
|O-less than one third OF the
ation of continental United
!. The cost OF governing these
tties in 1919 was approximately
100000.
| cost OF governing these cities
lot less, it is generally agreed, in
than it was in 1919. In addition
d on top of this comes the cost
Ute government, figure also COW
by the census bureau. The forty
states spent net cool 5000, 0O0,-
81 their government costs, making
sSt Of governing the 227 cities and
prty-eight states approximately
100000 for the year-and again
conceded that the cost OF gov
! the states in 1920 was not less
|in 1919.
Cost Of City Government.
flcipal government costs are re-
4 by the census bureau, however,
for the largest cities. 1t is csti-
that It cost every man, woman
Mid in the smaller cities, towns,
IS, boroughs, etc, an average OF
year for municipal government.
: larger cities the cost was $40
lhabltant. And as there are ap-
nately 100000 persons living
eSe smaller municipal units the
therefore, was $1,606,000,000.
It makes total of So, 400, 900, 900
{ cost OF all government, federal,
city,, town, village, borough.
addition to recording govern
costs, the census bureau also
hgureS covering the nations
f-the wages, salaries and other
rs paid the vast army of toilers
y United States, numbered rough
4VVCO,0O0. Their total annual in
j placed in round figures at ap-
iiateIy S64,000,0 100000, an aver
.;SltOO Tor every man, woman
mid who works.
uFng the government cost in
'eS the committees find that it
very wage Garner in the United
-shd that includes the salaried
lIu women, too-about $210 for
alnent during the past year.
! ollclals believe that it cost
more than that.
I s words, out of every dollar
'ItF gets government takes 12H
/; ~ IS too much; and how to
!, i less is going to cause many
saeS and not a few hot, verbal
lterS on the floor Of CONGRESS