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How lUlnols Spends Its Tax Money 



THE payments for maintenance*' anc 

 operation of the general depart 

 ments of Illinois for the fiscal yeai ' 

 ending June 30, 1926, amounted t(i 

 $43,158,525, or $6.04 per capita, ac 

 cording to the U. S. Department oi' 

 Commerce. This includes $8,877,22v 

 for education from the state schoo 

 fund. In 1925 the comparative per 

 capita for maintenance and operatior 

 of general departments was $6.94, anc 

 in 1917, $3.62. The decrease in per 

 capita maintenance and operatior i 

 shown for 1926 was due to the de 

 creased payments for compensation o ' 

 soldiers and sailors of the World War. 



The expenses of public service enter 

 prises amounted to $40,952; interest 

 on debt, $5,667,947; and outlays for 

 permanent improvements, $27,357,093 , 

 The total payments, therefore, for ex 

 penses of general departments anc 

 public service enterprises, interest, anc 

 outlays were $76,224,517. Of this 

 amount $319,612 represents payments i 

 by a State department or enterpris<! 

 to another on account of services. Th<i 

 totals include all payments for th<i 

 year, whether made from current rev 

 enues or from the proceeds of bone 

 issues. 



Of the governmental costs reportec 

 above, $26,364,926 was for highways, 

 $2,041,542 being for maintenance anc 

 $24,323,384 for construction. 



Income $10.52 Per Capita 



THE total revenue receipts of Illi- 

 nois for 1926 were $75,223,910, or 

 $10.52 per capita. This was $26,356, 

 486 more than the total payments o' 

 the year, exclusive of the payments for 

 permanent imporvement, but $1,000, 

 607 less than the total payments in 

 eluding those for permanent improve 

 ment. These payments in excess o 

 revenue receipts were met from th^ 

 proceeds of debt obligations. Of th; 

 total revenue receipts $319,612 repre 

 sents receipts from a State depart 

 ment or enterprise on account of serv 

 ices. Property and special taxes rep- 

 resented 51.2 per cent of the total 

 revenue for 1926, 45.2 per cent for 

 1925, and 74.9 per cent for 1917. Tbs 

 increase in the amount of property anc I 

 special taxes collected was 19.3 per 

 cent from 1917 to 1925, and 48.3 pe r 

 cent from 1925 to 1926. The per cap 

 ita property and special taxes wen; 

 $5.39 in 1926, $3.75 in 1925, and $3.4^ 

 in 1917. 



Earnings of general departments, oj* 

 compensation for services rendered b;^ 

 state officials, represented 4.2 per cen 

 of the total revenue for 1926, 4.9 pei" 

 cent for 1925, and 6.3 per cent fo\ 

 1917. 



Business and nonbusiness licenses 

 constituted 38.5 per cent of the tota 

 revenue for 1926, 39.2 per cent fo^ 

 1925, and 16.8 per cent for 1917. 



Receipts from business licenses con 

 sist chiefly of taxes exacted from in 



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surance and other incorporated com- 

 panies, while those from nonbusiness 

 licenses comprise chiefly taxes on motor 

 vehicles and amounts paid for hunting 

 and fishing privileges. 



Debts $19.39 Per Capita 



THE net indebtedness (funded or 

 fixed debt less sinking fund assets) 

 of Illinois on June 30, 1926, was $138,- 

 633,018, or $19.39 per capita. In 1925 

 the per capita debt was $18.41, and in 

 1917, $0.33. 



For 1926 the taxable valuation of 

 property in Illinois subject to ad 

 valorem taxation was $4,194,769,417; 

 the amount of State taxes levied was 

 $35,655,540; and the per capita levy, 

 $4.99. In 1925 the per capita levy was 

 $3.83, and in 1917, $3.75. 



LEGISLATURE DRAWS TO 

 CLOSE 



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Senate and is up on second reading in the 

 House. This measure should go through 

 without delay early this week. 



Lantz's park district bill, S. B. 342, was 

 up on second reading in the House on 

 Thursday. This is a good measure and 

 should go through. 



Lantz's S. B. 335, the new Canada thistle 

 and noxious weed bill up on second read- 

 ing in the House on Thursday is slated to 

 pass. 



S. B. 186 — Lantz — the state department T. 

 B. eradication measure, which would allow 

 the state to enter and test a man's herd 

 at his own expense when three-fourths of 

 the cattle of the county are tested, was on 

 second reading in the House. When called 

 there is likely to be opposition from the 

 dairy districts of northeastern Illinois 

 where the T. B. test is still more or less 

 unpopular. 



Senator Flagg's flag smut relief bill, 

 S. B. 181, was up on second reading in 

 the Senate and should be moved along 

 without opposition. This measure carries 

 a small appropriation to reimburse farmers 

 in Madison County who burned their straw 

 stacks to prevent the spread of flag smut 

 in wheat. 



Other bills of more or less importance are 

 being watched to protect the interests of 

 I. A. A. members. 



Omnibus Bill Storm Center 



The $2,000,000 T. B. appropriation is in- 

 cluded in the omnibus bill which was up 

 on second reading in the House this week. 

 This bill was attacked vigorously by Rep. 

 Tice, Castle and others who objected to 

 the fact that it provides for $9,000,000 ap- 

 propriations in excess of the budget. The 

 appropriation for an artillery firing range 

 at Camp Grant was stricken out on the 

 objections of Reps. Green, Hunter and 

 Baker from that section. Other slight 

 additions and subtractions were made be- 

 fore the measure was allowed to go along 

 to third reading. 



Heavy barrows will be elisrible to compete in 

 the individual classes at the International Live 

 Stock Exposition at Chicago, Nov. 26 to Dee. 3. 

 according to a recent decision of the Board of 

 Directors. 



Walton Peteet 



Walton Peteet Improved 

 Walton Peteet, former secretary of 

 the National 

 Council of Co- 

 operative M a r- 

 keting Associa- 

 tions, is recover- 

 ing from a par- 

 alytic stroke that 

 left him almost 

 helpless on the 

 right side, ac- 

 cording to re- 

 ports from his 

 home in Wash- 

 ington, D. C. He 

 had been ill for 

 several months 

 jprevious to the 

 stroke. Friends 

 of Mr. Peteet in Illinois will be glad 

 to know he is much improved, w .. 



NEW HOLSTEIN SECRETARY 



JAMES A. BALL, formerly with the 

 Department of Animal Husbandry, 

 University of Illinois, is the new sec- 

 retary of the Illinois Holstein-Friesian 

 Association. Ball is a graduate of the 

 University of Illinois and for the past 

 two years has been eng^aged in experi- 

 mental and research work for the Uni- 

 versity. He started work as Holstein 

 secretary on June 1, with headquarters 

 at 608 So. Dearborn, Chicago. If you 

 want any information on Holsteins or 

 have a bull to sell get in touch with 

 him. f . i I ^ , 



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The Farmer's Railway 



By B. B. Goodin, President Dewitt 

 County Farm Bureau 



Farming is like a mountain railway 

 With an engineer for all. 

 He must make the run successful. 

 From the springrtime to the fall. 

 Watch the bug^, the worms, the 



moisture, 

 Never falter, never quail ? 



With his hand upon the throttle 

 And his eye upon the rail. 



Farming will be growing pleasant 



With our I. A. A, as guide 



We must make our work successful 



We must cross the swelling tide 



With its agents as conductors 



Do .our duty never fail. 



For his hand's upon the throttle 



And his eye's upon the rail. 



We will often hear objections ^ 

 For selfish reasons that are plain 

 And on farmer's vital interests 

 They will try to wreck our train. 

 We will make the run successful 

 Never falter, never fail. 

 Keep your hand upon the throttle 

 And your eye upon the rail. 



Many troubles has our agent 

 But a patience that is great. 

 He will give us much assistance 

 If we all cooperate 

 With a Farm Bureau behind him 

 That is strong, he'll never fail 

 For his hand's upon the throttle 

 And his eye's upon the rail. 



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