The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
INCOME FOR YEAR |S S18,S92,362,60,
 TREASURER SHOWS
Both Receipts And DiSburse- ments Three Millions More
 Than Preceding Year
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
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Disburseme nts of the state of Ala bama for the fiscal year end Septem- Der 30, 1923, exceeded receipts by about S200,0o0, according to state ment today by State Treasurer George w. Ellis. Both receipts and disburse- ments were greater by more than S9.o0OoOo than for the last preceding fiscal year.
 The figures show total receipts of or the treasurer from all sources from october 1, 1922, to September 80, 1923, were s1S,692,362.60.
 Disbursements for the same period were S1S,S92,041.74. Disbursements thus exceeded receipts s199,67s.14, and the balance in the treasury was re- ,Iuced by that amount, the balance september 30. 1922, being SSl7,l4S.64, and September 30, 1923, $617, ,469.50 This balance on the last named date was distributed as follows: General fund, S24479.72; highway bond fund S592. 9S976.
 For the fiscal year ended septem- Her 50, 1992, receipts were S15,62f,- T0o.7G; disbursements $15, 5,429 9l91.76 More Highway Money Handled.
 Added volume of highway money handled is given as one reason TOT increased receipts and expenditures, Iu 1922 the state issued it's Series A highway bonds to the value of So,0oO. : 600. but received pay for only nal1 that amount in that year. the other Sl,5N0000 being received in the fiscal year just closed, with an additional @1250 od0 from the sale of series E Aightway bonds, making total receipts from highway bonds in the year ended Scptember 30, 1928, $2,750,00O as com pared with Sl,500,000 the year before. There was also noticeable increase 2 s,FF Ca n1 a1 and expended by the state in match ing it's own funds for road building. the amount of federal aid in the year ended September 30, 1922. being S74787A46, while for the year just closed the fl sure was S1,547 303.l6.
 Cost Of Prison Blamed.
 The cost of Kilby prison is one reason given for the increase in ex- penditures during the last year It is stated that more money was paid out on the prison in the year jI~A closed than in the year just preced- ing it, owing to a large amount of work being completed and paid for in the past year. Receipts and dis bursements were swelled by the g. c line tax, which brought in abou. S600,000. or which one half was paid out to the various counties
 In order to get an idea how vastly he volume of state finances has in- creased in recent years, it Is only ne- cessary to note the figures for the fiscal year ended September %, 1915 when disbursements were S6,644,64L27 and receipts $6,694,5Ss.33, being a little more than one-third of the figures for the year just closed.
 small CT Yield Indicated.
 forecast of the yield of principal crops of the state as of October 1 compared with the yields of 1929 shows all principal crops not vet hare vested indicated al a less yield thaei in 1922, except sorghum. The state- ment, issued by F. w. Gist. agricui- tural statistician, gives the forecasted cotton yield this year at 741.000 bales against S23 ,000 harvested last e. For corn the forecast is 4S,1l0 ( bushels. the yield last year wag 5u, 900 bushels. The yield of hay pre- dicted is 605,000 tons. against 782.o00 last year; peanuts. 3,739,000 bushels against 4,500,000 bushels last year; sugar cane, S.162,000 gallons, against compared with 11.S2S,000 last year Tho solitary increase indicated in the ease of sorghum Is for yield of 4.760.000 gallons, as composed with $,S40.0o0 gallons last year.
 Mr Gist gives the farm labor sup ply compared with a normal supply at 73 per cent; tho demand compared with normal at S7 per cent. indicating a considerable Ia Dor shortage.