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day growing more complex, and in every form of economic instruc- 

 tion, for the benefit of the state in its legislation, and of the plain 

 people. In Pennsylvania, mining, metallurgy, manufacturing, for- 

 estry, light, heat and power, are among the living issues that require 

 sound legislation and to prepare it should be one of the functions of 

 the university of the state. 



The United States Bureau of Education publishes annually a 

 Bulletin of Statistics of State Universities. These include a direc- 

 tory of state universities and other state-aided institutions of higher 

 education, noting specially those endowed by the federal government 

 under the Morrill Land Grant Acts. These numbered 87, besides 16 

 agricultural and mechanical colleges for colored students, in the list 

 for the year ended June 30, 19 12. There are tables showing the 

 teaching force, the student enrollment, the property and income of 

 the 87 state universities and state-aided institutions. 



State universities and state-aided institutions of higher education 

 included in this list, corrected by figures of Professor Maphis' Re- 

 port, are as follows : 



Income from 

 Mill Tax. 



Arizona 3^5 of a mill 32,000 



California 22.5/100 of a mill 750,000 



Colorado 3/5 of a mill 223.000 



Illinois 3 mills 



Indiana i/io of a mill 173.000 



Iowa 1/8 of a mill 



Kentucky 1/2 of a mill 47,ooo 



,,. , . ( 3/8 of a mill 650,000 



^^'^^^S^^ I i/ioof amill 173.000 



Minnesota 23/100 of a mill 260,000 



Nebraska i mill tax rate 41 1,000 



Nevada 1/2 mill tax rate 



New Mexico 65/100 mill tax rate 



■NT .1. T-> 1 . ^ 1/5 mill tax rate 



North Dakota - , ... ^ 



( 33/100 mill tax rate 



C f 17/2000 mill tax rate ) 92,000 



} } 107/2000 mill tax rate ^40. 000 )- 



Ohio J < 107/2000 mill tax rate540.ooo ^ 360,000 



( (^ 17/2000 mill tax rate ) 88,000 



Texas 1-3/4 P- c. gross revenue of state 



Utah 7.94 p. c. of 4-1/2 mills on the dollar 



Utah 18.04 P- c. of 4-1/2 mills on the dollar 



Wisconsin 3/8 mill tax rate 664.000 



Wyoming 1/2 mill tax rate 24,000 



