120 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI
TasrLe 39: Gasorine Tax Receipts! or MIissOURI AND
OTHER STATES, 1925-1928
Source: United States Bureau of the Census, Financial Statistics of States series
Computed by National! Industrial Conference Board
State
MISSOUIT. «vo cvveneennnon.
Minnesota. RR
lowa...... Cees
Nebraska. . vies
Kansas. ........c..vvuunn
Oklahoma. . I
Arkansas. . . Cee
linois............ .....
diana. . ius es vnmue srr ers
OND. van eennnarsviasianis
Wisconsin. ........ooven..
Kentucky.
1925
$4.148.278
433.471
2,635,839
2.796.741
6,633,075
178,137
779,812
2,560,731
1926
$5,892,341
$001,807
1,767,478
2,887,374
3,883,432
3,836,664
37340 461
8,641,302
5,478,209
4,860,416
3.475.816
Tarr
$6,234,739
4,907,379
1,654,686
3,091,288
4,457,648
4,015,083
3.293.092
9,705,636
5,887,351
2475.14
{982.021
1928
$6,634,237
5.327.079
4.638.577
3,999,702
£924,419
5,449,113
4,089,859
6,295,751
10,949,805
15,472,000
6,281,699
£058.779
Percentage nf Total Taxes
Missouri. . . .
Minnesota. . .
fowa......
Nebraska. . oo. vvvvvevene
Kansas. ... Press
Oklahoma... Seas
Arkansas. .. .
{llinois......... eae
Indiana. .............o.onn
OI, sm rs mu sng poms cevunn
Wisconsin, ......coonvenn
Kentucky.
15.3
6.0
18.0
19.9
22.1 2.8 29.6
0.6 15.8 16.1
28 15.3 15.1
1A 17 = an
11!
€u
24.3
21.9
20.1
20.7
6.0
26.8
22.2
20.7
19.7
4
15.7
23.3
24.9
24.8
26.3
29
33.2
=
Per Canita
Missourt. . . .
Minnesota. ... . ... .
[owa........ EE EEE
Nebraska. ...... ..... oc...
Kansas. .v..ooevvvnneonenns
Oklahoma........ A
Arkansas. ...... - -......
[llinois, ..... cee
Indiana. .................
DI: wim ¢ wis 5 5 wma vo 5 5 5
Wisconsin, ............
Kentucky... . .
1 Does not include receipts which revert to local governments
Cu. x
1.89
2.94
2.A5
2.36
2.23
0.86
2.46
"40
2.19
Nr
In 1928 the receipts in Missouri from this source were exceeded
only by Indiana and Ohio, and in 1927, only by
Indiana. The relatively large receipts in Missouri as compared
with other states are not attributable to a high rate
of tax. The data as given include only the receipts of the
