The fiscal problem in Missouri

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Identifikator:: 1833271335

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-230042

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The fiscal problem in Missouri

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc.

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: xvi, 359 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter XII. Other aspects of the Missouri fiscal problem

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER XII OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MISSOURI FISCAL PROBLEM "N this chapter there is presented a brief discussion of | several subjects that cannot be given more compre- hensive treatment within the limits of this study. It should not be inferred from the comparatively brief treat- ment accorded these subjects that they are unimportant. Governmental consolidation, central control of local ex- penditures, need for adequate statistics of local governmental finance, and municipal accounting are significant phases of the Missouri fiscal problem, although other matters may be deemed to be of greater immediate importance. GovERNMENTAL CONSOLIDATION There is probably no more effective way to reduce govern- mental expenditures than to reduce the number of agencies that are supported out of the public funds. There are 115 counties in Missouri, including the City of St. Louis. County lines were established many years ago, when transportation facilities differed radically from those now available. The distance from the county seat was an important factor, and in most cases this factor was given primary consideration in determining county boundaries. Improved methods of transportation have done away with the principal reason for the large number of counties in Missouri, as well as in many other states. For the most part, however, county lines re- main unchanged, even though the population in many in- stances is declining. A declining population means increased per capita costs of county government, and one may well wonder to what extent the population of certain rural counties in- Missouri will continue to decline before county consolidation will be urged as a means of solving the problem of increasing per capita costs. Consolidation encounters 322

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