The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-06

Copyright, western Newspaper Union
vi.
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
| I'm indebted to the late DR.. E. B.
Rosa, of the United States bureau of
standards, whose analyses of govern
quoted in these articles, for the fol-
lowing comprehensive survey of how
the taxes you pay to the government
are apportioned in expenditures. 1t
will give you the clearest and best idea
Of where your money goes. For his
purpose Doctor Rosa took the actual
appropriations for the fiscal year 1920,
amounting to a total of $3.50, O05, FOG,
as given in the regular supply bills and
three deficiency bills prior to May /,
1920. For convenience ne divided the
purposes for which this money was
spent into six groups Is follows:
Group I.-Obligations arising from
recent and previous wars, including
interest on the public debt, pensions,
War-risk insurance, rehabilitation and
care of soldiers, deficit in the opera
ton Of railways, expenditures Of the
shipping board, European food relief
and the bonus to government employ
ees to cover partially the increased
cost Of living due to the war, a total
of 1885, 4S2, $50.
Group u.-War and Navy depart
ments-expenses somewhat above a
permanent peace-time basis-$1,424,-
1857.
Group M.-Primary governmental
functions, including congress-, Presi-
dent and White House staff, courts
and penal establishments. departments
Of Justice, state, treasury, interior,
commerce, labor. interstate commerce,
and other commissions, one-half the
District Of Columbia, including all the
necessary functions Of government
other than defense, except the CON-
mercial activities of Group v and the
research, educational and develop
mental work of Group VI-$1S1.O87,-
225. >}@@r.~
Group IV.-Public works, including
rivers and harbors, public buildings
reclamation service, post roads, ma
tional parks and railway in Alaska
t18s, 2O8,557! r,s:-
Group Monumental or s~elf-sup-
porting activities, including the post
Office, land Office, Panama canal and
housing corporation, which, taken to
gether, earn their expenses.
Group VL-Research, educational
and developmental, including the wide
range Of work of the Agricultural de.
partment, geological survey. bureau OF
mines, coast and geodetic survey, bu
rsau of standards, bureau Of fisheries
bureau Of foreign and domestic com
merce, bureau of labor statistics,
women's and children's bureaus, vocaf
donal education, colleges for agricul.
ture and mechanic arts, library OF
congress, Smithsonian institution and
the public health service-$57, O93, 661.
Total groups / to WIS., ,OO5, 7O8
Summary. Per
Group t. Expenditures ~ 1Er
arising from recent sg5[ ~. g
and previous wars. 81, SIS ,482, ES6.60 u.s.
Group u-War and Navy s%
departments ~ 1.424,1ss. e7s.H a6yW
Group III-Primary gov @3% EE&-
ernmental functions. 181 ,Os7 ,225.A a1s
Group Iv-Public works 16s, 2O3, 6s7.4S 2.g
Group vI-Research, ed $@. ~" VI
vocational n devel- % '%%, J
.oprnental .... sT.0ss,6 6o.93 L01
\ go. : = --F5szfS T.. ..-I-[ .r ------ -
Total 4. 6Ss, oo5, 1851 10000
The first two groups together
amount to 92.8 per cent Of the total:
public works amounts to 8 per cent,
primary governmental functions So
per cent, and research, educational
and developmental work, 1 per cent.
The population Of the country being
about 110,OO0,OOO, the total budget Is
about fifty dollars 4 year per capita,
of which fifty cents y year per cap.
ita fl expended for the wide range of
research, educational and devel0p.
mental work Included iii Group VII
''That II. Of the ffty dollars q ysar
per capita collected Tor oil purposes,
4 dollar ana q half 4 year pef capfta,,
Doctor Rosa went % to point out,
.was spent foF Whist 4 here ca1led
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