COST OF GOVERNMENT IN MASS. 



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Table 7. — Expenditures for Various Purposes, in Percentage of 

 Total, 1910 and 1926. 



1910 1926 



Interest and Debt 20.11 12.96 



Highways and Waterways 13.25 16.87 



Education 19.84 26.23 



Charity, Health and Correction 18.08 18.36 



Other General Expenses 21.28 18.48 



Public Service Enterprises 7.44 7.10 



Total „ 100.00 100.00 



CHART 5. 



The Cost of Government, Showing the Percentage Distribution for 

 Different Services, 1926. 



Highways and 

 Waterways 



Interest and 



Debt 

 ^ 3 . o «/o 



OTHER 



GENERAL 



18.5 -To 



o 



Si 



CO 2>- 



Education 



CmaRity, Mealtm 



AND 



Correction 

 18.3 <% 



Causes of the Increase in Public Expenditures 



The increase in expenditures has been variously ascribed to the war, to 

 high prices, or to municipal extravagance, and there is no single explanation. 

 The reasons are manifold, and some apply to one group of cities and towns, 

 some to another group. 



