The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
SAY CITIES GET
MOST OF TAXES
Tax Commission Prepares
Statement Showing Dis
posit.Gn Cf Funds.
TCTkL IS LARGER,

Madison, W's.-Cities, towns and
VILLAGES of Wisconsin received the
largest part of the S120,3C7, 1913 raised
from all sources of taxation during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928,
according to a distribution of taxes
announced today by the state tax COM
mission. The report shows that this
division of the government received
/ SAL ,418,65O or 34.4 per cent of the
total taxes. The state government re-
ceived only ten per cent Of all the
taxes raised, the report declares.
The percentage and amount of all
the taxes as received by other div1-
sions follows: State, $12,319,919 or
1912 per cent; county, $28,276,542 or
23.5 per cent, and schools, $38,342,OS7
or 31.9 per cent. This distribution, it
is pointed out, includes deductions
from the state receipts which were
returned to counties and schools in
the form of state aids A total of
/ S6,849 1922 was turned back to count
les and schools by the state in this
form, $2,653,736 going to counties and
S4,196, 1856 going to schools.
1t is pointed out by the commission
that under the above distributor,
iS12s319,919 "is the amount which the
people of the state contributed 70" the
support of the state government, in
GLIDING the cost of maintaining the
state university, the nine ncrrlsl
schools, Stout institute, and al penal
charitable, reformatory and aominif-
trative departments"
The seventy-one counties paid 60 TIE
state in the form of general prof. .rty
and income taxes g. well 9 GEo
states share C the motor vehicle
license fees, S8,3O1 1888, the reDerj
shows. Regarding thic amount the
report stated:
at will be observed that the amo21s
Of taxes received by tne oIt.ts fcoE1
these sources was ~8,SO1,3 1888 and tfGt
the aggregate amount Of aids returned
by the state to the several counties
was $6,849,922, leaving balance o.
i$1,451, 466 as the net amount co7+rl-
| buted to the state by the general tax
payers for the year. OF course, moc9
than this amount was required for the
support of state government during
the year, but the additional revenue
was net collected from local toxpsys~s
but wqs derived from railroad express,
telegraph, ins2TDnce and other rubF C
service companies, end from the ct..tc'S
chare cf inh9ri1ance taxes.
fhow7 Mery Figures.
"ift T malin~ the above odjCc*-
m sats," the slater ent ccnclCG.0d,
these t-tles srov conclusively th9t
trly 1e.2 ptr c9nt of all taxes levied
for tie yl9r eIding June 80, 1922,
was ret ilod a9d uSed fo= ctote pur
! poses and that most of this al IN
was derived from public ce-vic9 cNT-
panies and irh 9ritsrce and insur%nc)
taxes. Thece figures effectively r3fuAe
/ the common impr7gJion that the re-
Willing high @a:es are cspJed BY st9te
demands and expenditures. lIeLrlJ 80
| ger rc~t Of al taxes l17i~d in the
st1te n The yasr in cuefs ion va
iraiI1d a 2ende Ger cou1jy, oeI3ol
F: and lo9al props. Cl2s-l', if the
Z nx o-l-.lo1 IS - rlblc2d, L. I'll c0T1-
-n11i IFS m 23ce the 1s-poacioiiit-'
i l9d e-!>-c;se S-1at7r economy. The
Is.l-s and les politicel divisions must
!; 3-o2~c14s if cel.of from Aga taxes
! 8 - De Jseurod."