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Cities.	Average Cost per Head of Population in Fifty Cities.
	For con- struction and repairs of streets.	For street cleaning.	For all lamps.	For main- tenance and repairs of sewers.	For police.	For fire depart- ment.	For water.	Total.
New York, N. Y.	$0.68	$0.71	$0.43	$0.077	$2.90	$1.06	$1.20	$7.057
Chicago, Ill.	3.18	0.08	0.58	0.075	0.89	0.64	2.8	8.245
Philadelphia, Pa.	0.61	0.27	0.70	0.024	0.96	0.60	1.80	4.964
Brooklyn, N. Y.	0.49	0.20	0.59	0.066	1.07	0.70	1.60	4.716
St. Louis, Mo.	1.85	0.28	0.43	0.057	1.05	0.62	2.80	7.087
Boston, Mass.	1.84	0.30	1.24	0.263	2.15	1.78	2.40	9.973
Baltimore, Md.	0.28	0.25	0.70	0.023	1.56	0.35	1.40	4.563
San Francisco, Cal.	3.21	0.20	0.94	0.094	1.82	1.15	4.00	11.414
Cincinnati, Ohio	2.88	0.62	0.73	0.084	1.11	0.92	2.50	8.844
Cleveland, Ohio	1.34	0.19	0.61	0.023	0.96	0.77	2.25	6.143
Buffalo, N. Y.	2.24	0.05	0.11	0.017	1.17	0.88	2.40	6.867
New Orleans, La.	0.14	0.10	0.71	. . . . .	0.70	0.66	5.00	7.310
Detroit, Mich.	1.63	0.16	0.56	0.062	1.08	1.03	2.00	6.522
Milwaukee, Wis.	2.99	. . . .	0.59	0.095	0.60	0.82	2.20	6.595
Washington, D. C.	2.50	0.31	0.77	0.119	1.97	0.49	0.90	7.059
Newark, N. J.	0.11	0.16	0.67	. . . . .	0.93	0.49	2.75	5.110
Minneapolis, Minn.	1.21	. . . .	1.01	0.006	0.92	0.76	1.80	5.706
Omaha, Neb.	4.15	0.16	0.26	0.032	0.46	0.46	2.40	7.922
Rochester, N. Y.	1.06	0.15	1.06	0.015	0.74	0.45	1.40	4.875
St. Paul, Minn.	5.69	0.28	1.06	. . . . .	0.74	1.01	1.72	10.500
Denver, Col.	0.45	. . . .	0.95	0.023	0.47	0.94	3.40	6.233
Indianapolis, Ind.	2.61	0.47	0.44	. . . . .	0.53	0.71	2.40	7.160
Worcester, Mass.	1.65	0.08	0.94	0.112	0.87	0.59	3.00	7.242
Toledo, Ohio	4.03	0.10	0.66	. . . . .	0.90	0.76	2.20	8.650
New Haven, Conn.	1.68	0.06	0.79	0.001	1.26	0.92	2.40	7.111
Lowell, Mass.	1.27	. . . .	0.73	0.167	0.91	0.91	2.60	6.587
Nashville, Tenn.	1.71	. . . .	0.38	0.001	0.60	0.73	4.40	7.821
Fall River, Mass.	0.89	. . . .	0.37	. . . . .	0.95	0.57	3.00	5.780
Cambridge, Mass.	0.64	0.36	0.69	0.174	1.02	0.85	3.40	7.034
Camden, N. J.	0.38	0.19	0.59	0.010	0.51	0.34	2.20	4.220
Trenton, N. J.	0.17	0.03	0.70	. . . . .	0.96	0.38	2.00	4.240
Lynn, Mass.	0.72	0.18	0.66	0.045	0.72	0.85	2.20	5.375
Hartford, Conn.	0.88	0.11	0.86	0.025	1.03	1.11	1.80	5.815
Evansville, Ind.	0.66	0.15	0.64	0.030	0.55	0.79	3.00	5.820
Los Angeles, Cal.	. . . .	. . . .	1.15	. . . . .	0.57	1.33	4.80	7.830
Lawrence, Mass.	0.74	0.07	0.34	. . . . .	0.73	0.49	2.40	4.770
Hoboken, N. J.	0.46	0.05	0.44	0.046	0.96	0.23	2.35	4.536
Dallas, Texas	0.47	. . . .	0.50	0.394	1.05	0.92	6.20	9.534
Sioux City, Iowa.	20.05	0.16	0.40	0.053	0.32	0.53	2.40	23.913
Portland, Maine	1.59	. . . .	0.84	0.049	0.93	0.40	4.60	8.409
Holyoke, Mass.	0.51	. . . .	0.61	0.561	0.56	1.13	2.20	5.571
Binghamton, N. Y.	0.43	0.03	0.63	. . . . .	0.24	0.43	3.00	4.760
Duluth, Minn.	15.00	0.15	0.68	0.138	1.21	1.51	4.00	22.688
Elmira, N. Y.	0.40	0.07	0.80	0.017	0.60	0.74	3.60	6.227
Davenport, Iowa.	1.12	0.19	0.61	0.004	0.44	0.52	1.60	4.484
Canton, Ohio	1.22	. . . .	0.69	. . . . .	0.32	0.45	1.60	4.280
Taunton, Mass.	1.41	. . . .	0.61	. . . . .	0.74	0.51	2.60	5.870
La Crosse, Wis.	0.81	. . . .	0.51	. . . . .	0.40	0.37	2.40	4.490
Newport, Ky.	0.60	0.16	0.37	. . . . .	0.40	0.32	3.40	5.250
Rockford, Ill.	0.51	0.08	0.51	0.013	0.32	0.51	2.20	4.143

ance with the items specified, but that to the whole city the cost per capita is as stated. According to all economists, however—and there is no reason to take issue with the proposition—the taxed cost is "borne by every man, woman, and child, either directly or indirectly. It is fair, therefore, to assume that in each of the cities named, for each person there must be paid, either