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CHART 4. Increase in the Cost of Various Groups of Public Services, 1910-1926. 

 (Expressed in Percentages.) 



Education 



Highways and 

 Vatelrways 



Charity, 

 Helalth and 

 coraection 



Othlr 



GtNElRAL 



Intlrelst 

 AND Debt 



Total 



PEftCENTAGE. IncRELASE 



lOO 200 



300 



Table 6. — Increase in Cost of Certain Types of Government Service, 



1910-1926. 



Type of Service Increase 



Per cent 



Interest and Debt 88. 1 



Highways and Waterways 271.7 



Education 285.9 



Charity, Health and Correction _ 196.4 



Other General Expenses 163.4 



Total 191.9 



was for schools and highways; in 1926, 43 per cent were for these purposes. 

 The increase for these two services has been accompanied by a decline in the 

 charges for interest and debt from 20 per cent to less than 13 per cent. Other 

 general expenses, including administration and fire and police protection, have 

 declined nearly 3 per cent. Expenditures for charity, health and correction 

 have retained their relative importance. The division of the public dollar ac- 

 cording to purpose for which it is spent is shown in Chart 6. 



