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Show As costs the fathers and mothers of Utah considerably more to send their children to grade or high schools than is spent through the boards of education on teachers' salaries, and other costs of operating oper-ating the schools. "In any event, what information is available indicates that the expenditures ex-penditures of the people of "Utah for cigarettes, beer and other al-cholic al-cholic beverages is well below the national average, and, indeed, below be-low the average in nearly every other state in the Union." Utah Spends Less Than Others For Cigarettes According to the auditor's estimates, esti-mates, total expenditures in 1950 for cigarettes by Utah residents was about $9,008,000; for beer, $11,770,000 and wines and liquors, $12,535,000. The total of the above was about $33,313,000 in 1950 as compared with $32,918,000 in 1949; the largest difference between the figures for the two years beingS caused by the higher estimated cost of the cigarettes. "Some people like to compare such figures with the total public expenditures for the elementary and high schools of the state," commented Patrick Healy, Jr., chairman of the commission. "The report of the state superintendent of public instruction, just printed, show total expenditures by the school district boards of education as $35,700,000 in the last school years, and $38,003,000 in the school year ending June 30, 1949. However, How-ever, it must be remembered that |