The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
COST OF STATE
GOVERNMENT IS
MUCH HIGHER
Some States Have Doubled
Cost Since 1918-N. ID.
Cost Is Tripled

NOT ALL RAISED BY TAXATION
The total Of $ll,127,7 66.l7 spent
by the state Of North Dakota
during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1925, was not wholly
raised by taxation, a statement
issued at the sta auditors Of
flee said today.
Of the $2,S38.03l.l5 spent on
educational institutions, S342,39s
was dc rived from interest and
income from investments and
lands: Of the $l,462.481.24 listed
as spent for interest on the state
debt only $6S6,O00 was derived
from taxation. the remainder be-
ing cared for by payments on
farm loans for which most Of the
bonds were issued; Of the ST.
677,O43.31 spent on state high
ways approximately three fOurths
or $l.257.782.48 represented fed
cral aid road money.
The tax levy for 1918 was esti-
mated to produce = $1,650,S55.46.
mated TO produce $4,3l5,5SO. Spe-
state income accounted for the
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creased cost of state government is
shown in comparative
tables from middlewestern states.
In many cases state expenditures
have doubled since 1918.
In Illinois, the general revenue
fund for this year was $27,942 ,426,
while in 1918 it was only $l5,667,-
209. The total state expenses, in
Guiding soldiers compensation, the
state schools, etc, for
1925, was $98,308,422, whereas in
1913 it was $23,454,467.
The total disbursements in Wis
consin this year were approximate
ly $37,O0O,OO0 as compared with $751;
OOO 900 in 1918. Much of the funds,
however, are returned to the local
governments, so that the expendi-
lures for the state university, nor
NAL schools, elemosynary institu-
tions, courts and all Of the state de-
partments will be approximately
SIG 900 600 this year. In 1918 they
were about $!,5OO,0O0.
IOwa's Per Capita $7.6S
State expenses in Iowa have con-
tinued to increase until this year
when $l5,776,OOO was collected from
its citizens, or $7.6S per capita. In
1918 Iowa spent $lO,S54 ,66G which
averaged down to $3.50 per capita.
economies and reduced
costs, however, E. L. Hogue, direc-
tor Of the budget, expects the 1926
figures to be trimmed to $l4, l89,96l.
Nebraska's total expenditures for
this year was $11 ,282, 902.39. Ex-
penditures for 1913 are not avail
able as previous to 1920 Nebraska
did not have budget system. The
per capita tax rate, however, has in
creased from $500 in 1918 to $4.33
in 1925.
Kansas this year spent $l4,l51,-
G5l.S2, while in 1918 the sunflower
s'"'a'r expenditures totaled only ST.,
125,856.79. The per capita levy this
year was 1922 compared with $3.50
seven years ago.
North Dakota's Per Capita Almost
Tripled
North Dakota's figures are small
er but the increase is equally large.
That state spent $l1,l27. 766.l7, while
in the closing year OF the war the
total bill was $4,05S,976.20. The per
capita cost has jumped from $6.27.5
in 1918 to $l7.35.7rthis year.
Oklahoma's appropriations this
year were $4,000, 932.37. while in
1918 they were $6,427, 893.O7. In
1925, however, Oklahoma spent ST.
100000 in supplying free text books
in all the public schools.
State expenditures for Indiana this
year were $35, ISL ,064.59 while in
1918 the Hoosier states cost of gov
eminent was $l6,ll3,971.G3. The tax
rate for the state, however, shows
a seven cents reduction from the
wartime peak of Csc in 1918 to 28c
this wear.