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tutions entailed a per capita expenditure of $0.70 for the 

 United States. 



A presentation, by states, of the cost of maintenance for 

 each inmate of institutions on the census dates or for each per- 

 son admitted (a combination of the two being out of the ques- 

 tion) would tend to misleading comparisons. It is suggestive, 

 however, to note that the annual expenditure per inmate on 

 the basis of the number remaining in institutions on December 

 31, 1904, appears to run from $489.50 in Arizona to $100.20 in 

 Mississippi, where it is lowest. Corresponding figures for some 

 other states make the rate for New Mexico, $418.46; Montana, 

 $384.34; Massachusetts, $307.31; Wyoming, $280.88; North 

 Dakota, $265.44; Nevada, $257.14; Connecticut, $250.44; 

 Pennsylvania, $240; and New York, which occupies thirteenth 

 place in point of cost, $228.55. It is perfectly natural that a 

 high rate of cost should be chiefly characteristic of the newer 

 Western states. 



Of the aggregate cost of maintenance 29.3 per cent was 

 expended for public institutions, 43.5 per cent for private in- 

 stitutions, and 27.2 per cent for ecclesiastical institutions. 

 These per cents remain nearly the same when the institutions 

 for the deaf and blind are excluded. 



Delaware is the only state that does not support a public 

 institution of any character besides the almshouses and hos- 

 pitals for the insane. The fact that the amount of public 

 moneys voted for institutional purposes in some states exceeds 

 the total expenditures for private and ecclesiastical institu- 

 tions may indicate a paucity of conveniences of this character, 

 as in the case of Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Ten- 

 nessee, or that the state undertakes special functions which 

 elsewhere are left to private enterprise, as in the case of In- 

 diana, Ohio, Kansas, and Wisconsin. In 17 states, including 

 some in which benevolent institutional work has attained its 

 largest development, the expenditures for the maintenance of 

 private institutions are larger than those for public institu- 

 tions. 



On the other hand, the aggregate cost of ecclesiastical 

 institutions is larger than that of institutions under private 

 management in the following 20 states and territories: Ala- 



