Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-27
WHERE TAX MONEY GOES

The following thirty-two reasons on why taxes in
Wisconsin high enghtenng showing definitely
where Wisconsin tax money goes. While good deal of
allowance must be made for the fact that every other
in the Union also spending more than they
did back in 1900, and will doubt continue demand
complicated and expensive system of government
just the resident voters and tax payers insist upon v
ing in more expensive and extravagant way than they
did twenty-five years nevertheless, of the
opinion that Wisconsin could eliminate some of it's
ous boards and commissions altogether without injury
and others could be combined and would be if the
state business conducted every large private bust
enterprise is At present. Wisconsin taxpayers
supporting a regular army of state EMPLOYEES whose
chief accomplishments in the regular drawing of their
salaries For instance: What harm would result to Eagle
River taxpayers if the visits inflicted upon them
by hotel barber shop creamery, meat market grocery
SCALE insurance and various other inspectors entre
y abolished combined that one or two men could
do the checking up done by dozen more In the
beginning some irregularities may have been corrected
although doubt if the average Eagle River taxpayer
has been greatly benefited at that and what is of
Eagle River is true OF every other town of its kind Wis
will not become less long as the voters
continue to approve OF being taxed for many needless
departments, that in underlined expect
ed toghten their tax burden at least transfer it to-
the shoulders of those popularity supposed be best able
to pay them but who In reality, probably find it just
hard to dig at tax time the smaller individuals who
frequently fall for the argument that any program
intended to get out of the rich the best one
for all concerned.
State Tax Commission - $3.50 955 96S1 II OPS. II
Conservation Commission (a $40 O5217 r. 10O02
Industrial Comm note (b) 331 ,79464 Fl ,476.83
Highway Comm. administrator. 32O,88712
Wisconsin Circuit Courts 252,32600 79,524.70
State Board OF Health 40 O6yl lO,Ol6.O5
Secretary of State Dept. - 24O 1859 38,39676
Dept. of Agriculture ....------ $780, 1889 18,917.84
Railroad Comm note (c) 2O3 86521 7,047.52
Supt. of Public Property .-... 173 1O287 8O,450.52
Dairy Food Comm. -----...-.. 1872 85968 IL, 120.25
Dept. of Markets -....-----.-.-.-. 116,O9631 none
Oil Inspection Dept. -.----.-.--..-. 11591O27 none
State Supt Dept ---.----.----- 1O7,47583 24643.88
Grain & Warehouse Comm. - 1O7,O71 27 none
Bank Examiners Dept. 101,78581 12067. go
State Engineering Dept -.---....-- 95, 85O47 none
Wisconsin Supreme Court -----.-.- 85,95044 39113.13
State Board of Control ..--.-. 85,36917 % 868.47
Free Library Comm. .------.---- 81, 1876 8643.44
Attorney Generals Dept. .-----. 73,25106 12349.15
State Insurance Dept ~, 1887 20029.58
Prohibition Comm Dept --.--------- 81, 607.16
Revsor of Statutes ....-.--------. 40,583.72 none
State Treasury Dept. 33,733.20 04.86
Real Estate Brokers Board -------- 28,051.82
Executive (Governors) Dept. 26,46894 15581.29
Board of Public Affairs --A---4-----. 17,268.18 none
Treasury Agents Dept. ------..- 12,704.18 2897.08
Printing Board ---..-.-,..--.-.--.-. 12,173.30
Compensation Insurance Board - 8,139.55
State Land Office - 6,283.89 6518.86
State Humane Office .--.----.-----. 5,645.28 none
Supervisor of Pupwood Scaling 3,037.96
$4,125 O1288$541 1854
Note:
(a) Conservation Commission absorbed functions of
Fish Hatchery Commission, Game Wardens and
Forest Warden.
(b) Industrial Commission absorbed functions of
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(c) Railroad Commission supplanted Railroad Com
missioner
(d) State printing cost in 1924, 1922 89O43; in 1900
45010.97.
Increase in State Expenses Since 1900 Over 658
in Wis Population Since 1900 Almost 80 per cent