The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01

Legislative, $58,350 compared to
the eight months of fiscal 1859
amounting to $415,399;
Elective offices, $333,538 CONF
pared to $307,722;
Judicial, $25O.557 to $247,225;
Executive administration, 1922
Alb to $1,224,155;
Agriculture and livestock, $417,-
1922 to $477,471;
Natural resource development and
conservation. $423,929 to $6O7,64s;
Health, $297,9Os to $347,11S;
Safety, $1,142,O72 to $982,185;
Welfare, $3.50, 500 TO $3,504,164;
Education, $11, 677,339 to $11,-
433,632;
Custodial, s5,e45, 2ss to $4,57e,-
CSC;
Miscellaneous, $23,ssO to $1Ot,-
816.
Thus there was an increase of
$705,500 in expenditures over SINH
lar period to last year even though
there were no lawmakers to pay for
this year. Total expenditures in the
first eight months of fiscal 1860 were
$24,95O,696 as compared to $24, 245,-
1876 for the same period of 1859.
In this same eight months compari-
son the money came from:
Beer license and tax in the amount
of $465,859 in 1860 while 1859
yielded $4O4,196;
Cigarettes, $2,387,045 while same
period 1859 produced $2,330, 994;
Corporation license, $667, 432 COM
pared to $541,861;
Electric energy license tax, $243,-
258 to $242,69O;
Income tax, $4,O19, $50 to $685.
1913;
Inheritance tax, $1,148,673 to ST.
227,589;
Liquor excise, s1,s1s,O79 to ST.
25O,9O9;
Liquor licenses, $112,5OO to $145,-
O5O;
Liquor profits, s1,75O,OoO to ST.
25O,OOO;
Metal mines $26,305 to $6S,O9O;
Natural gas, $132, 437 to $136,438;
Oil products. $1,369,4O7 to ST.
333,146;
Telephone, $150,487 to s14O,6s1;
Insurance, $27,707 to $30,679;
Other taxes, $1,241, $50 to ST.
1928.
The state boards and offices took
in $843,567 in the eight months of
fiscal 1860. This source of fees got
$637,75O for the first eight months
of 1859.
The Highway Patrol brought in
$606,809 in fines and licenses so far
in 1860. They collected $640,809 in
the period last year.
The University of Montana col
lected $927,5O3 compared with $772,-
$50 in same period of 1859. The Gus
todial institutions, $191, OO7 to $324,-
754; miscellaneous, $364,785 to
$228,67O.
The total receipts of the General
Fund for these eight months were
$18, 494, 108 while the eight months
in 1859 brought $16,121,789.
This condition of spending more
than is coming in brought about the
record breaking overdraft of January
1860 amounting to $9,495, 665.
In the red does not mean broke
for there is more than $17,000,O0O
Of leeway in surplus non-interest
bearing deposits which bankers are
oaning you at rates to keep them
housed in the modern paradises being
built in all of our towns.
1t can readily be seen the corpora
lions are getting the bulk of the in
come from Montana with their ex-
oansion programs and stock divi-
lends. The private persons are pay
ng the taxes with less personal in
come.
The burden resting on the Individual
S a misplaced load. AS the private
citizen fares so does his state. The
State of Montana can only prosper
when the bulk of it's population gets
ahead Corporate interests must be
made more responsible in paying their
share of the costs of sustaining life.
The drop in income in the farm
states demonstrates how the corpor-
tie middlemen have sabotaged the
of our state and your in