The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-15
OUR xNTERNAL REVENUE.


The Commissioner OF Internal Rev.
enue has completed his annual report, |
to include the fiscal year ending June |
30, 1875. The Report bears the impress |
OF great care and elaborate research in |
its preparation. 1t is accompanied by q |
mass Of statistical matter of the utmost |
value as data from which to discover the |
drift of things in the past, and to infer
their tendency in the immediate future.
From this tabulated matter we gather
some items Of particular interest. From
this it appears that the sum total de-
rived from our internal revenue for the
past fiscal year amounted to $110,5a5, 154.
This was our currency revenue, and
does not include our coin revenue de-
rived from customs. The amount is
large. But the Report gives us the COM
forting showing that the people of Great
Britain, during their fiscal year. paid
SlS3 1862, ,756 of taxes in gold. So that we
are yet below the government taxation
of England by some $73,00o,000 per an
mum.
The Commissioner has extended the
statistics of his report to include the ag-
gregate of receipts OF revenue from all
sources, not including sales Of bonds, for
the past thirteen years, 1861 to 1874 in
elusive. The amount stated in gross is
enermous,--no less than 81, 1896 65S, ,S41.
This gives us an average Of S3SS, 126, ,026
of income annually for the past thirteen
years. This vast total amount for the
time mentioned Is made up by amounts
resolved from customs, $l,973, TIC, $685.
from internal revenue $1,956, 1923, 725:--
from direct tax $14.S1o, lS9:-irom public
lands $50, 151, ,95S:-from sundry sources
not enumerated 1886, ,OS4, ,9s4:--trom pre-
MUM on loans and sales of gold coin
b192, ,557, 1T.
From the above 1t will be seen that the
average amounts annually received from
customs and from internal revenue are
very nearly equal, the average annual
income from customs being $151, S23, ,S74,
and from internal revenue being $780,
4S6, 40; but the revenue from customs is
In gold, while the internal revenue is in
currency. 1t will be seen likewise that
the past years internal revenue assess
ment is about $4O, ,o0o, 900 less than the av-
erage for the past thirteen years. This
diminutlon occurs by the repeal of laws
assessing internal taxes, which were
found most oppressive, since 1865, until
but comparatively few subjects Of taxa
ton now remain; and these chiefly OBJ
jects of luxury, and none of necessity.
1t is somewhat interesting to@note the
different amounts OF internal revenue
contributed by the different States. In
this regard Illinois leads the whole
Union, giving $l7,627,6 ,6SS for the fiscal
year. New York comes next, with $l5,'
20O, ,S9S; and Ohio comes third with $14,
$50, ,295. We are glad 10 see our nelghboI
Kentucky stand fourth, next to Ohio,
with 50, ,022, ,636; while Old Virginia comes
ffth,' with $7,659,840. The old key.
stone," Pennsylvania, modestly takes
the sixth place, showing only $6,149,0 ,054,
less than half the amount paid by Ohio.
. Indiana and Missouri come next, ana SO
near together as to make it almost an
even game, where the count goes by
millions: Indiana gives $4,000, 1888, Mis-
souri, $4, ,591, ,S57. Then here comes clus
ter otbi-mlllionaires, treading close upor
each others heels--C alifornia 81, ,9S3, sos
Maryland 80, ,755, ,S45, Wisconsin 81, ,72O, ,S5e
Massachusetts 81, $40. .491, and New Jer
sey y, ,362,47s. OF the States east OF th'
Mississippi, the smallest amount is pait
by Vermont, only $5S,25l. But Nortl
Carolina beats Iowa; the former yielded
up p$1,629 994, and the latter 81, ,04O, ,064.
1t is noticeable that the several State
do not contribute to the internal revenue
by any means in the ratio Of the wealJl
and population Of each, nor yet in tn
proportion of their relative manufac
tured products. This occurs from th
fact that the articles upon which the ex
else is chiefly assessed are produced il
much greater quantities in the districts
or States, where the raw materials ar
mostly produced. Thus, whisky yield
most tax in the corn growing regions 9
the West, the tobacco trade is mostl
conducted in the immediate neighbo'
hood of the tobacco growing districts
brandies are chiefly in the fruit regions
and fermented liquors are mostly pre-
duced where barley abounds.
The whole number OF dietilleries reg
Istered during the year ending June 81
1875, was 4 7S6; and the number ope
rated was 4,60S. Ofthese 656 were grail
distilleries, z were molasses distilleries
and the large number OF S,945 wer
fruit distiileries. The quantity {
spirits distilled during the year amount
ed to 6o,3s0,425 galIens, which added 3
The previous stock on hand amounts
7s,6sB, ,394 gallons as the supply Of til
country.
The statistics concerning fermente
aud malt liquors show that there wer
2,784 breweries engaged in the bushes
during the year. or these the create
numbers were in New. York, Pennsyly
mia, Wisconsin, California, Michiga
and Minnesota. The amount Of reyenl