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TABLE IV. INCREASE IN COST OF SERVICES EXISTING IN AND 
PRIOR TO 1913 
(a) General Government 
Amount of Per Cent 
Increase in of Increase 
1923 over 1913 
1. Salaries of State Employees 1 $115,494.62 18.1 
2. Office Expenses of State Departments 26,561.83 8.7 
3. Private Associations Receiving State Aid 1,925.12 41.8 
4. State Militia 40,099.14 63.0 
5. Armories 87,808.51 403.9 
6. Repairs on State House 22,412.30 374.7 
7; Governor’s Mansion 456.31 33.9 
8. Salaries of Local Judges and Prosecutors 2 93,656.28 29.5 
9. Specific Appropriations 5,040.15 45.9 
10. Miscellaneous 9,085.07 152.4 
Total $402,539.33 29.3 
(b) Special Items 
1. Investments 3 $761,120.11 
2. Payment of Loans and Interest 1,371, 555.58 
3. Common Schools 574,191.96 17.3 
4. Universities and Normal School 4 2,611,220.71 259.7 
5. Monuments and Memorials 4,749.53 32.8 
6. Benevolent Institutions 6 3,965,239.91 139.2 
Total $9,288,077.80 
TABLE V. AMOUNT ADDED BY COST OF SERVICES ESTABLISHED 
IN 1913 OR SUBSEQUENT THERETO 
1. Departments Created in 1913 $312,200.71 
2. Federal Aid Departments Created in 1913 5,862.31 
3. Departments Created since 1913 342,649.21 
4. Federal Aid Departments Created since 1913 158,884.88 
5. Private Associations Receiving State Aid 2,449.54 
6. Salaries of Local Judges 6 19,193.54 
7. Tubercular Cattle 7 73,883.76 
8. Foot and Mouth Disease 375.00 
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'During the period from 1913 to 1923, the wages of Union Labor in all trades increased 99 per 
cent; farm wages increased 55.1 per cent; and the wages of state employees increased 18.1 per cent. 
2 In 1913, there were 66 circuit judges, 66 prosecuting attorneys, and 9 superior judges. Circuit 
and superior judges each received a salary from the state of 83,500 and prosecuting attorneys were paid 
$500. In 1921, the salaries of all judges were raised to $4,200 per year. In the meantime, the number 
of circuit judges and prosecuting attorneys had increased from 66 to 71 and the number of superior 
judges from 9 to 19. 
3 This item consists largely of money belonging to the teachers’ pension board, which, under 
the act of 1921, is invested in approved securities. 
4 The marked increase in the disbursements for higher education dates back to 1913 when the 
7-cent tax levy was fixed and a more liberal policy adopted in the support of the universities and normal 
school. In 1921, a special tax levy was fixed for the agricultural experiment station at Purdue. 
5 The increase in the cost of maintaining the benevolent institutions is more nearly comparable 
to the advance in wholesale prices than any of the other services of the state government. 
•Prior to 1921, all criminal, probate, and juvenile judges were paid by the counties. Under the 
provisions of the act of 1921, the salaries of these judges was fixed at $4,200 per year, payable out of 
the state treasury. 
7 Under the acts of 1919, p. 574, the state veterinarian is authorized to slaughter cattle afflicted 
•tfe tuberculosis and pay the owner of the animal a prescribed sum therefor. 
