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 ex-
ceeded only by Indiana and Ohio, and in 1927, only by
Indiana. The relatively large receipts in Missouri as com-
pared with other states are not attributable to a high rate
of tax. The data as given include only the receipts of the