Show COST OF cost of 0 federal state and mun municipal i cipal government in uie the united states shows a grand total ot of for the year 1924 compared to for the year mr 1913 these statistical facts are compiled from the official records of government by the national industrial conference board A more vital vita I 1 fact is also shown in the decrease of or per cent in federal expenditures for 1924 while state and local governments increased their expense by or 76 per cent in spite of df the large reductions possible by the federal government in lopping on off war expenditures due to state and local there was a net increase for 1924 of the problem presented by a steady increase in state and municipal tax rates concerns every individual whether or not he is a property owner high cost of government contributes tri buttes directly as must be admitted to the high cost of living generally in the practice of greater economy in the cost ot of government the beginning must be at the atop working downward rather than at the bottom working upward |