New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1918, Page 3

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Safurday | SPECIALS $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 Shirts. $1.85 $1.00 and $1.25 Shirts 2 for $1.50 BAVSD: hirts and Drawers 39¢ $1.00 ainsook Union: Suits d7¢ $1.25 Blue Working Shirts 89¢ $1.00 White Collar Shirts 69c Special Reductions Blue Suits Saturday Only Don’t Miss This Sale fl on | [ | | | by & comparison of state and CONNEGTICUT PAYS AS IT GOES Revenue Exceeds Expenditures— Governmental Costs Washington, Aug. 48 states of tne Unfon the excess of expenditures for governmental costs, including interest and outlays for per- manent improvements, over revenues, during the fiscal year 1917, was $20.910,984. or 41 cents per capita. In the remaining 28 states the excess of revenues over expenditures amounted to $26.332,497, or 61 cents per capita Taking the entire 48 states as whole, the excess of revenues over expenditures was $5.421.513, or 5 cents per capita These and other important facts are brought out in report entitled ‘financial statistics of states: 1917,” soon to be issued by Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau of Census, De- partment of Commerce. This report, which was compiled under the direc- tion of Starke M. Grogan, chief sta- tistican for statstics of states and cities, gives detailed data in respect to the revenues and expenditures, the as- sessments, the taxes and the in- debtedness and assets of each of the 48 states of the Union. Revenuces. The aggregate revenues of all the states during the year were $522,924, 3. the aggregate expenditures for urrent governmental costs, including interest, $499,592,373; and the aggre- gate outlays for permanent improve- ments, $67,910.847 Of the total revenues, $409,864,898, or more than three-fourths, repre- sented receipts from the various kinds of taxes. About 45 per cent. of this amount, $182,740,146, was derived from the general property tax. made up of taxes on real estate and per- sonal property. Of the remainder, the largest item. $94,307,880, was con- tributed by special property; $13,387, 239 came from other special taxes; $90,927,416 was raised from business taxes other than on the liquor traffic; $22,489,941 came from the liquor traffic; $25,830,820 was derived from license taxes other than business; and $2,171,897 was received from poll taxes. The largest sources of revenue out- side of taxes are found in the earn- ings of general departments and in in- terest. The earnings of general de- partments are made up of receipts from fees, charges, minor sales, etc by the various departments and offices of the state governments exclusive of the public service enterprises. These vielded, during the fiscal year 1917, §62,631.781 in revenues. Receipts from interest on current deposits and on the various state funds amounted to $25,394,714. .~ Other sources of revenue—special assessments and spectal charges for outlays; fines; for- feits, and escheats, subventions and grants from the Federal government; donations; pension assessments; high- way privileges; rents; and earnings of public service enterprises—yielded a total of $25,133,340. For all the states taken as a group, the per capita receipts from property taxes $2.73; from other taxes, $1.30; from earnings of general departments, 61 cents; and from all other sources combined, 50 cents. The highest per capita property taxes, $8.06, are shown for Nevada; and the lowest, 71 cents, for Delaware. 16—1In 20 of the a Expenditures. The expenditures during the year for governmental costs, which aggre- gated $517,608,220, were, in the order of their importance: For expenses of general departments, $426,329,432; for outlays, $67,910,847; for interest $21,163,061; for expenses of public service enterprises (railroads, toll bridges, ferries, canals, doc and wharves, etc., maintained by 13 states only), $2,109,880. Expenses of gen- eral departments comprised pay- ments for education (schools aund li- braries), $161,292,951: for charities, hospitals, and corrections, $103,4 762; for “general government” (leg- islative, executive, and judicial branches), $45,414,182; for protec- tion to person and property (police and fire departments; militia and ar- mories; regulation of corporation: professional occupations, labor, liquor traffic, sale of certain commodities, and weights and measures; protection of fish and game, etc.) for highways, $33.680,7 Een- eral and miscellancous items, includ- ing pensions and gratuities, $20,91 for development and conserva- tion of natural resources, $18.998,976; for cor rvation of health. and sani- tation, $11.256,898: and for educa- tional and general recreation, parks and reservations, and monuments $1,- 091,387 The tures average per capita expendi- for all governmental costs, in- cluding interest and outlays, in the 48 states were $5.08. The highest figure hown under this head for any one state, $11.24, is that for Arizona; and the lowest, $2.05, for North Caro- lina. The average per caplta expen- ditures for all governmental costs, in- cluding Interest but excluding out- lays, were $4.42. The highest flgure ppearing under this head for any state is that for Nevada, $10.69; and the lowest is shown for South Caro- lina, $1,86 That the cost of state governments imposes ly light burden on the the taxpayers is brought maintaining the a relative- shoulders of out clearly muni- cipal taxation and governmental costs For the 218 American ecities of over 30,000 population the average per capita expenditures for all govern- mental including interest, and outlays, during the fiseal yvear 1917, amounted to $33.31; the correspond- ing figure for the states is but $5.08. For the cities the average per capita expenditures for all governmental costs, including interest but excluding outlays, were $24.70; for the states, costs, $4.42. For the cities the average per capita receipts from propert taxes were $20.48: for the state, $2.73 For the 48 states taken together, | STORE CLOSES AT NOON ON FRIDAYS UNTIL SEP'T 12 INCLUSIVE RALD. FRIDAY. 12 AUGUST ¢ 19 ey P Ere— T e A TSR R TR i TR RO R Clothing Sale With A Big Meaning HOLLANDERS’ LL sales won’t look alike to you, after you’ve seen what’s going on at Hollanders". OU ought to get one of the best-in-America Suits at these Lowest-within-reason prices. $25 SUITS FOR $19.75 $28 SUITS FOR $21. $30 SUITS FOR $24 $35 SUITS FOR $27 $38 SUITS FOR $29 $40 SUITS FOR $33 KE the tip, look ahead a little on the Suit Situation and save some good dollars now. TA 50 75 .20 30 50 HOLLANDER 82-88 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD. THE DAYLIGHT STORE the revenues exceeded the payments for governmental costs, including in- terest and outlays, by $53,332,360, an the revenues excceded the current ex- penses and interest by $76,332,360, an amount considerably in excess of the total outlays, which aggregated $67 910,847. In other words, the states, taken as a group. paid from their revenues, all their current expenses, interest, and outlays, and either re- duced their indebtedness or increased their cash . balances. States in Which Revenues ed Expens In all but 6 of the states the rev- enue receipts exceeded the payments for current governmental = expenses and interest, and in 28 the revenues exceeded the total expenditures for governmental costs, including inter- st and outla These 28 states were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Con- necticut, New Jersey, Pennsyl Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South akota, Nebra X Kansas, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North <Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Mon- tana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, and Ore- gon. The greatest excess, $3,990,148, was shown by Texas. Other states in which the excess was more than $1, 000,000 were Connecticut, with $ 700 ; Minnesota, $2,592,0 homa, $2,110 Montana 953; New Jersey, $2,083,524; Penn- Ivania, $1,884.676: and Indiana, $1,- The greatest per capita ex- nditu over revenues, for Maryland; the next highest, $1.12, for New York; and the third kighest, $0.66, for Vermont. Good Roads. The total outlays for permanent im- provements aggregrated 367,936,105, Of this amount $19,850,269, or about 30 per cent, was spent for struction of new roads, and the per- manent improvement—such as ma- cadamizing or = paving—of existing ones. In addition, $15,599,029 was apportioned by the states to their counties, municipalities, and other minor civil divisions for use in the construction, improvement, and main- tenance of roads, and a considerable portion of this sum was employed in construction and permanent im- provement. The greatest outlays for roads by individual stat were re- ported for New York, 470 Washington, $2,412,049; and Penn- svlvania, $2,110,309 The greatest per capita expenditure for construc- tion and permanent improvement of roads, however, $1.91, mas made by Ttah. Only 19 states expended money directly on the construction and improvement of roads during the fiscal years, but a number of the other states apportioned sums to counties, municipalities, ete, which were spent in the construction improvement of roads. Fourteen states, however, reported neither out- lays nor apportionments for this pur- pose Exceed . appea Civil Service Commissions. Ten stafes-—Maseachusetts, Conneé- ticut, New York, New y. Ohiot Illinofs} Wisconsin, Kansas, Colorado, “raey. the con- | and | | to the constitution | other, and California maintain civil service | commissions. The expenditures in | the 10 states for the support of these | commissions aggregated $345,516; | and the greatest expenditure made ! for this purpose by any one state, $72,392, was reported for New York Tndebtedness. { The net indebtedness (funded and | floating debt lJess assets of general . sinking fund) for the 48 states aggre- sated $501,943,386, or $4.93 per capis ta. The net indebtedness of New York alone, $188,322,514 represented 38 per cent of the total and was far greater than that of any other state. Eleven States have a per capita net debt of less than §1, that of fNew Jersey be- ing only four cent nd that for Pennsylvania only 6 cents. The net increase in indebtedness | during the fiscal year, for all the| states combined, was $22,799,005. Fifteen states increased their net debt during the year, 21 decreased it, and in the remaining 12 there was no | change, The greatest increase, $19,- | 709,436, was reported for New Yor } i [ Only two other states increased their net debt by than $1,000,000 each. Value of Public Properties, more total value of properties held those in funds amounted at the fiscal year to $96 $6. The bulk of this amount of general depart- ments; and the remainder, $67,618,- 041, thé value of land, buildings and equipment of public service enterpris- The latter properties are pro- ductive, while the former are pra tically nonproductive, T reatest single item represents the value of school property, $211,719,520: the greatest, $17%,413,118 for “gencral government”; and the third and fourth items in point of size ar $183,571,932, for hospitals for the in- sane, and $118,542,954, for correc- tional institutions. Legislative & Executive Organizations The report closes with some inter- esting data pertaining to the terms of offica and . salaries of members of state legislatures and the principal executive officials of the several states. together with the number of members of the legislative bodies. At this time when one amendment of the United States is now up for consideration of the state legislatures, and Congress is_considering the submision of an- one item of information con- tained In this discussion is of special interest. This is a statement show- ing the years in which the regular sessions of the several state legisla- tures are held. Forty-one states have #@ennial sessions, 36 of them being held in the odd numbered vears and 5 in the even numbered vea Six states have annual sessions, and in Alabama the legislature meets quad- rennially, the next meeting to oceur in 1919 In only one stn The public except ments, all permanent by the states, and inwest- cl of the es a is achusetts, i< Ma the term of office of the Zovernor 1 ary paid to a governor 1s $12,000, in limited to one year, and in only one state, New Jersey does the term’ of chiet executive cover a period of three vears, In 24 states the official term of governor covers a period of two ¥ and in 22 it extends over a period of 4 years. The highest sal- ars, Tllinois; Nebraska The report and the lowest, $2,500 in shows that states SAVE ON FURNITURE RADICA THIRD WEEK OF OUR AUGUST WAR-TIME MARK-DOWN SALE. 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