The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1946, Page 5

FACTS and FIGURES By FULLER WARREN of you who read this!349.96 for “properties,” according Those edlumn the last times it showed | “p im this paper: may recall that! Florida's state government paid out for operating expenses during | the fiseal year ending June 30,' 9945, @ grand total of $83,412,.that and when I get the low-!4ebt, but when I came across this 161.16. In signing off the last | dlumn, I promised to tell in the | ext one where all that money went, what it was spent for, who got it. Well, I am fixing to make @00d that promise. For the fiscal year ending June | 30, 1945, the state paid out for personal services (salaries and! Wages to state employees) the| sum. of . $16,683,179.22.. I. have! farefully studied the salaries paid | state employees, and I don’t think! —. ® single employee was paid too much. In fact, I don’t see how many of them made ends meet; with the slim salaries they got. For €ontractual services the) state ‘spent $5,898,955.94. For commodities, the state shelled out $4,823,651.39. The official report} of the Special Joint Economy and Efficiency Committee of the Flor- ida Legislature? 1943; shows that Florida's state government pays‘ *pproximately 125% more for ts commodities and contractual! services than does North Caro- lina. The corimittee’s report shows -that North Carolina has a| . single central purchasing agency that does all the buying for the state, while. Florida lets each de- partment of state government do its own -buying—and seemingly | at most any price the seller wants; to charge, | The Tampa Tribune has esti- mated that the taxpayers of Flor- ida (which means everybody) could be saved approximately | $5,000,000 a year if the state Would set up a central purchasing | agency, such as North Carolina; has. The state spent $17,;672,104.17 for “current obligations” during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. according jo the comptrol- ler’s report. I’m"sorry I'can’t tell} you in detail just what all’“cur- rent obligations” covers. I am go- img to look into that and I'll let you know when I find aut what all it takes in. The. state ;paid out ‘$10,802,- Many Never * Suspect Cause f cache oe eee rey, getting Somes the’ eves | nent or scanty | rt ad burning some | } pipe #0) wrong with four hanks of blanco’ 2 ‘t wait! Ask your druggist for Doan’d Pils; ptimavlant A aaeticy ised successfully | by milliens for years. Doan’s give filet ian will help the 16 wiles of finsh out poisonous waste from. Get Doan’s Pills. “Relieve tai Tormenting to Talk About! Te be mo longer necessary to put up with the trouble enused by Pin-Worms! A bighly effective way to deal with this ‘eel infection bas now been made poss sib ar} It is based on the aplin’y aeeeeniset s special in & sper: don't take chances with the peetal itch and other distr that live and. u suspect Pin-' Le ect a box of way and follow t n guaranteed PRICKLE this fast new way! | © You get faster relief—thanks to Johnson's Prickly Heat Powder with bentonite! This super-ab- sorbent ingredient keeps skin really dry after it’s been soothed — cooled —relieved; lets that itehy rash heal in a hurry! It’s exclusive in Johnson’s Prickly to the comptroller’s report. Again, | ™ I'll have to plead ignorance as to just what is covered by the term “properties” in the comptroller’s | report. I’m going to probe into down I'll let you know, The state disbursed as “alloca- j tions” the sizable sum of $26,131,- 675.44 Those “allocations” includ- ed school money, race track money, county road money, etc. It paid out $1,052,869.89 for, “current charges.” For a third time, I’m embarrassed to have to admit I don’t know just what is covered by “current charges.” P'm going to get the detailed dope on “current charges,” and when I do T'll pass it on to you . The state laid on the line $347,- | 335.15 for “debt payments,” ac- cording to the comptroller’s re- port: This was news to me. I ie I was in debt, that most of iends were in debt (at least they tell me so when I mention asmaf loan), that nearly all Flor- ida cities and counties are wob- bling under the weight of heavy curious item in the comptroller’s report, I learned for the first time that our state governement has been “putting it on the cuff.” Well, I’m glad to know t{at the people who trusted the state got} their money. 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