The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-04
should be consulted as to the necessity of

should be consulted as to the necessity oI
making appointments. The total amount
OF collections from tobacco fo,
the fiscal year ending June 80
1880, was $3s s,s70,14O This amoun,
iuclu des the collection of internal revenu,
taxes imposed upon imported manuface
tured tobacco.:snu and cigars, and the
special taxes paid by manufacturers Of and
dealers in leaf and manufactured tobacco.
and ls less than the receipts from the same
source for the fiscal year immediately
preceding by 81, ,264,s22. The decrease
on tobacco and snuff was $3,SOl .246. OF
this decrease $3,533.720 was on chewing
and smoking tobacco, apd $267 ,526 on
snuff. The increase in collections from
cigars and cigarettes was So, ,3S9 ,636. The
increase of the production of manufactured
tobacco, cigars, etc., was $14,640, 476
pounds.
The report continues: The entire
receipts frem manufactured tobacco, in
Guiding snuff for the fiscal year ended
juno 80, 1880, were $2I,S04,763. This is
$3, SOl, ,246 less than the receipts fIom the
same sources during the fiscal years end
ing June 80. 1879, and $4,579, ,lOS less
than the receipts from the same sources
during the fiscal year ended June 30lS78,
when taxes on snuff were collected at the
rate OF 50 cents per pound and on
manufactured tobacco at 24 cents
per pound. These collections were
made from 3,966,3 ,308 pounds of
snuffx and 132. 800, ,527 pounds of smoking
and chewing tobacco. Had there been
no reduction in the rate of tax on snuff
and tobacco, the number of pounds which
reached taxation during the last fiscal
year would have yielded a revenue of
$3S, ,023 500. or $l12lS,74l more than
was collected. The total collections from
cigars, cheroots andi cigarettes for the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1880, was 4l4,
972,0SS. This is So. .3S9, $50 more than
the receipts from the same sources dur
ing the previous fiscal year. Owing 10 the
increase in the collections from cigars and
cigarettes the total collections from tobacco
snuff. cigars. etc. amount to $36.726, S52
which is only S1.4ll.6l0 less than the
from the same sources ssfor the
previous fiscal year.
Regarding the apparani over production
of spirits, the Commissioner says; [ take
the liberty, of calling the special attention
OF dIstlllerlsss and the trade TO the fHct
that on July /. 1879. there were on hand
In dlstrilery ware houscss 19 2l2 900
gallons of spirits Ehich wss an increase of
about 5 900, 900 gallons over the stock on
hand at the same period the previous year
and that en- the 1st Of November 1880 the
amount oflspiriss on hand was 32,64o,
900 gallons being an increase of 15,-
100, 900 gallona over the amount in hand
on the lst of July 1879. The steady in
crease iu the number and capacity of DIS |
tilleries in operation suggests the proba |
bility of continued enlargement of the |
stock on hand It has occurred to ne |
that this business was on the eve of being |
overdone: and that in the event of re-
currence of the agitation for reduction Of |
the tax, the holders of these spirits would |
be in danger of loss. 1t appears thas ex-
porters are willing to encase two five gal
lon tin cans in one wooden enclosure. and |
as the Commissioner believes that such |
package may properly be protected by |
stamps, he recommends that the law be SO |
amended as to provide for the exploration |
of alcohol in metallic cans of FIVE gallons |
and upwards, provided the quantity con-
tanned in wooden enclosures is not less /
than ten gallons. The quantity of spirits
100 ,355, ,27O gallons) produced and deposit
ed in dstillery warehouses during the fs-
cal year ending June 80, 1879, exceeded |
the productions of previous years by 49, |
462 ,639 gallons. the product for 1879, as
was shown In last years report, having |
been greater than for any previous year.