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 {|align="center" width="560" cellpadding="2" struction and repairs of streets. cleaning. lamps. tenance and repairs of sewers. police. depart- ment. water.
 * width="110" rowspan="2" |Cities.
 * colspan="8" | Average Cost per Head of Population in Fifty Cities.
 * width="55" |For con-
 * width="55" |For con-
 * width="55" |For con-
 * width="55" |For street
 * width="45" |For all
 * width="55" |For main-
 * width="45" |For
 * width="45" |For fire
 * width="45" |For
 * width="55" |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
 * }
 * 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
 * }
 * 0.32
 * 3.40
 * 5.250
 * Rockford, Ill.
 * 0.51
 * 0.08
 * 0.51
 * 0.013
 * 0.32
 * 0.51
 * 2.20
 * 4.143
 * }
 * }
 * }

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