TaBLe 2: EXPENDITURES OF THE Missourt STATE GoveRNMENT, 1913, 1918, anp 1923-1928 
Source: United States Bureau of the Census, Wealth, Debt and Taxation, 1913; Financial Statistics of States, 1918 and later years 
Computed by National Industrial Conference Board 
1913 1918 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 | 1923-1928 
maintenance... .. $1,079,309$1,424,119(83,274,817|$1,979,828($3,003,881/$2, 151,869(83,301, 124(82,376,435|$16,087,954 
capital ........ 242,949] 773,945] 193475 145214) 117,460 158,329 147,516 32,935 794,929 
total. ....... + 1,322,258] 2,198,064 3,468,292 2,125,042} 3,121,341( 2,310,198] 3,448,640] 2,409,370] 16,882,883 
maintenance... 382,874] 3,152,442] 6,826,527| 5,910,800| 3,833,339] 3,066,580| 4,041,181| 4,428,307 29,006,824 
capital. ....... .. 399,076 129,855 15,877 49,900 21,366] 169,292 135,206 521,496 
total. ,...... 382,874| 3,551,518] 6,956,382{ 5,926,767] 3,883,239] 3,987,946 4,210,473 4,563 513| 29,528,320 
Education: maintenance... 3,651,077| 4,145,010| 7,937,058 9,415,316| 9,101,524|10,082,061| 9,482,090|10,564,329| 56,584,178 
“capital. ...... 120,447 35,471) 1,290,840 510,412] 488,155] 604,363 283,187 49,153] 3,226,110 
total. ....... 3,771,524] 4,181,381] 9,227,898 9,925,728 9,589,679(10,687,324] 9,766,177|10,613,482| 59,810,288 
Highways: maintenance. , . 26,098 481,579] 1,559,593] 2,805,480] 2,654,801| 2,657,980] 1,411,950 1,006,148| 12,095,952 
capital. ...... . ..112,730,139|17,929,144|26,198,275|23.751,605|18,582.958|14,069.613{113.261.734 
total. ....... 26,098]  481,579114,289,732(20,734,624|28,853,076(26,409,585|19,994,908(15,075,761 125,357,686 
Economic development: maintenance. . =. 564,340| 1,182,865| 1,341,023| 1,183,754] 1,145,603] 1,236,306] 1,203,512| 7,302,151 
capital. ....... I» 300] 84,795] 26,518] 11.560 23.147 40.435] ©. 186,435 
total. ....... .. 564,640) 1,267,660) 1,367,541| 1,195,314] 1,168,750( 1,296,831 1,292,512 7,588,608 
maintenance... 1,843,024| 1,585,835| 3,037,720| 3,618,650| 3,797,327| 4,133,010| 4,392,070] 4,540,028] 24,430,607 
capital. ....... 110,369 7,397) 436,857 117,586] 256,663] 141,892 378,140 33,414} 1,364,552 
total. ....... 1,954,293( 1,593,232| 4,374,577| 3,736,238 4,052,990! 4,275,802] 4,770,210] 4,574,342] 25,785,159 
maintenance. .. 67,037 5,682 18,767 6,543) 88¢ 2,780 G,A14| 38,845 76,235 
capital. ....... .. .. ot ‘5 a .. .. .. 
total........ 67,037 5,642 18,767 6,543 26 7750! 6,414 38,845 76,235 
maintenance. . | 7,050,319|11,359,867|24,737,347125,077,732|23,577,51224,141,683|23,892,125(24,247, 504 145,673,903 
capital. ....... | 473,765 1,216,189/14,865,961|18.744,751(27,122,013|24,700,702{19.601.528|14,320,321|119.355.276 
total. ........ |_7,524,084 12,576,056139,603,308|43,822,483150,699,525(48,842,385|43,493,653|38,567,825(265,029,179 
General government: 
Social welfare: 
Miscellaneous: 
Debt redemption®. . . ...ovvuueeennennef | 2,569,000] 2,444,500] 1,695,000] 2,190,400] 3,125,000( 2,707,500] 14,731,400 
TNEIESE. «ve vemeneninons oso | 73,169] 436,088] 1.852.542] 1,676,433] 1,945.690| 3,006.328| 3.297.765| 3,218,105| 14,996,863 
Gross total......... .... ceed 7,597,253113,012,144(44,024,850|47.943,416154.340,215 54,039,113]49,916,418(44,493,430{294,757,442 
Percentage Distribution of Net Expenditures for Capital and Maintenance 
Maintenance. . ....vover es enencerannnn 93.7 90.3 62.5 2 465 49.4 54.9 62.9 55.0 
Capital... ....oi viii iia 6.3 4.7 3:43 42.8 53.5 50.6 45.1 37.1 45.0 
Combined total. ...................., 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 
Percertace Distribntinn of Combined Net Expenditures 
1745 | . : 
. to 11.2 Loa 
50.1 109 21.9 22.4 275 22.6 
0.3 56.9 54.1 46.0 3° - 47.3 
.. 2.4 24 3.0 Cot 2.9 
26.0 | 1 °.0 8.7 11.0 1 9.7 
0.9 oe YE . . Cd a 
00.0 | 1000 1000, 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 100.0 | 1000 _ 
General government. ................. 
PIOtaotION., , o 1 5 yon 5 spwry » wo g «ois 5 + 5 
Education ..ooiviossnmnvsnnasmmanesss 
Highways, sc.oissnmmvnins ssavmnnesis 
Economic development. .............. 
Social welfare. ....ovvviienniennnenen. 
Miscellaneous. . ...oveiiii iii 
Combined total. . ... ee 
Percentage Distribution of Combined Gross Exvendituree 
{ 
General government . “3 Lo % 
Protection. ........ Np, ‘4 10.3 10.0 
Education. ..........- wisii waa I. 1.6 23.8 20.3 
Highways. ...........c.0. .. 489 40.1 33.9 42.5 
Economic development. .............. 7.1 2.6 2.9 2.6 
Social welfare... ov cnunvi nr ~srvsaen 79 9.5 10.3 8.8 
Miscellaneous. . .....cvvvineiis oe. .. 0.1 hy 
Debt redemption. .....covvenvevannnnnn J 6.3 6.1 5.0 
Interest............ Cee an om ld 5.6 6.6 7.2 5.1 
Combined total. ........... 100.0 | 100.0 , 100w , 100.0 , 100.0 : 100.0 | 100.0 nnn 100.0 
1 Expenditures for these functions in 1912 zre not comparable to those for later years, see Appendix B, p. 356. 
* Debt redemption ficures from Commercial 21d Financial Chronicle, State and Municipal Compendium series.