Show J IE IS SPENDING A MINUTE TO rio RUN GOVERNMENT i for Expenditures During 1935 1 Is or ora a Cost CostI I Of Per Capita t By JENNINGS PHILLIPS i 1 Official Utah is spending spendin 2 1 every minute i Expenditures for state government alone exclusive of the mount o oe spent for city county and school district government fc e being made at the rate of 3 1 every hour 86 1960 40 6 7 6 7 every day every ery month of the year ar t The bill came to 3 in 1935 t n It was the largest by far since statehood representing an of for each of Utah's residents L It represented an increase e of per pe percent cent ent in state sat spend spend spend- Tables on Page 7 ng g ng since in e 1926 and an increase of per cent cent since 1933 in he e eface face of of- ofa a population increase during the past decade of less Jess lessan ban an 10 lO per cent 1 It meant It-meant that Utah spent more last year for state than it did just 10 years ag ago when expenditures s mounted to or 2182 per capita J The The huge bill was met by ta taxation direct and indirect with withe lie e federal government contributing or r cent ent and the state of Utah or per cent f The Telegram today traces official Utah's spending trend gh the past decade Income and expenditures for each of he 10 years from 1926 to 1935 1935 inclusive are compared from cla reports of the state auditor The survey concerns only the money spent by the state for forte late te purposes and does not include amounts expended in the ration of lesser units of government w PER CAPITA BOOST IS ti The J The survey found that JT The Increase of in the cost of state government go Inthe decade from 1926 to 1935 represented a per capita boost of V The 1935 expenditures more than trebled those of 1926 and more than han doubled tho those e of an any year car preceding with ith the exception of 1934 f k Approximately 85 per cent of the increase of occurred oc oc- ed in the last half haIr of th nearly all of it occurring in 1931 1934 f and ud 1935 j The 1935 expense exceeded the 1934 total by an in increase In- In crease of 1 per pcr cent The be 1934 expense exceeded the 1933 total by an in- in of per cent 4 The t-The he states state's expenditures in the tho past three years included fed- fed funds totaling T f in 1935 which was per cent of the 1470 8 spent 5 w in 1934 which was per pcr cent of k S spent I l 20 in 1933 which was 15 Dl per cent of tho the spent t t. t The e big b 1 three of government costs in fn 1926 were education n iradi r arid public debt for tor which or 73 per cent of that years rears ears expenditures was required i Tho The big three in 1935 were relief roads and education receiving reedy reedy- ing t or per cent of all aU expenditures i Belief a function that did not enter tho the state picture until IMS 1933 took or per cent of s 's expenditures and 97 or per cent of the 1934 total I t l' l Roads which received 24 jar JJr 24 4 1 per cent of total rot got or per cent in 1935 1933 an increase of oC 1176 or or per cent ROAD COSTS GAIN r Road expenditures were even larger in 1931 1934 totaling or sr per cent of the whole bill hill and exceeding the 1933 road rond ex ex- expense pense of b by i Tho The Increase in road expenditures in 1935 over those in 1933 totaled or per cent Jf t Education costs increased or per cent in tho the decade In tin 1935 this function exclusive of relief measures for students and Ind teachers required or per cent of oC the total spent r pent compared with or 49 per cent in 1926 5 The 1935 educational expenditures represented an increase of or p per r cent over O the 1934 t fh figure ure of which was or per cent heavier Ier than the 1933 education tion cost of In other words the amount spent for education in 1935 was or per cent more than tho the cost of oC this i lion tion In 1933 7 Cost of ol servicing the public debt increased 2808 or 2 per PW cent ant in the tho decade J Interest and sinking fund requirements for the public debt in 1 26 came canie to 1 or 10 per pcr cent of the total spent while this tT f e last year ear totaled 1 or per cen cent cent 7 t ADMINISTRATION COSTS Administration costs including expense of collecting taxes t tate portion of officers' officers J county salaries and the upkeep of the state of f nine an and d its staff have lurve increased per cent in lit the rife ther Year ID zJr year r period going for this thil purpose in 1926 and in 1935 an increase of 2 Cost st ol oz penal and charitable functions reflected a boost of 57 2312 for or or 12 L 45 per cent in tho the same period r being spent these e purposes es last year as against In 1926 The 1951 1931 r I Was MiJ and that for tor the tho preceding year ear Livestock estock and agricultural inspection costs in 1935 came camo to toan 11 an increase o of or 3 per cent over o the 1920 1926 en tur r cof r Fish and 1 game gains department expenditures expendIture of last year ed a an n of ot Or cent n in mn r per over o those Cost st of a few state functions decreased In the rife decade Ex 1785 IK In hi pensa of the state lair fair decreased per cent from 35 35 35 1926 to in 1936 I. I I I or of I 19 Judicial J 26 d per costs cent ant dropped from 2 to a decrease p from The outgo l ro or f for r rodent and P predatory animal control decreased 8 75 to or per cent cen DEFENSE COSTS LESS 71 Expenditures to for thin tho mill military tary and defense dropped ped front from 47 17 if I or 1 Per cent effected Increases Ocr d deas wit V i h 1 I in S tn the he other ther cos costs ts however howe dwarfed the small maU savings to result that the tho state of Utah to last year ear spent 31 0 just 10 govern residents as ns S against 10 for years a ago i A Com comparison 0 1 0 Year ear follows of the income and outgo for each of the past Outgo r 7 h. h 12 1252 I 1 h n aso in 70 98 0 In income over 1926 19 97 9 7 or nU 3 per cent f tnt cent e ex over oyer 1926 or Per ller er Per capital capita expenditure In fn 1926 2182 expenditure in 1935 Tomorrow and d special Th The 1 Te T t taxes I nl survey CY will lu show the thc gros T of or tate state I |