Delta chief., 1883-11-28
COLORADOS CONTRIBUTION.
Something About the Revenue Paid by the
Centennial State.


The report Just issued by the Commits
-soner Of Internal Revenue, gives the following
Interesting facts regarding the portion which
Colorado pays to the general government The
number of persons paying special taxes during
the year, ending with April 30th, 1888, was
1895, classified as follows: Rectifers, 20; retail
liquor dealers, 1855; wholesale liquor deal
ers, 90; manufacturers Of stills, none; :;
manufacturers Of cigars, 81; dealers in
leaf tobacco, 8; dealers in manufactured to-
bacco, 5,715; brewers, 30; retail dealers in malt
liquors, 92; wholesale dealers in malt
s 4s esaedp nhe s Ths rves
average of one special tax-payer on tobacco or
liquors for every 83 inhabitants in the State
Tie production Of cigars and cigarettes in this
State Is shown in the report as follows; o
Der of accounts reported, AZ; number Of pounds
of leaf used in the manufacture OF cigars, S,-
$40; number OF cigars manufactured, l5O9,S ,Sl5 I
no cigarettes reported as manufactured; num-
Der OF accounts deficient, g; number OF cigurs
apparently deficient in production and cigar
accounts, II, $40; tax on cigars apparently de-
ficient, s1194: apparent deficiency in stamp
accounts, Sl3.9S. Estimating that Colorado
had a population of 900 in 1852, there was
manufactured in the State during that year an
average of five cigars for every man, woman
and child in Colorado. The State has no fac
tories for the production Of manufactured to-
bacco.
The quantity of tax paid spirits held BY
wholesale dealers and rectifiers Oct. /, 1888,
was Bourbon whisky, 71,745 gallons; rye
whisky, 8, ,382 gallons; alcohol, 325 gallons: New
England rum, 1,6l1 gallons; gin, 4. 4G8 gallons; ;
no high wines; pure neutral or cologne spirits
1,30O gallons: miscellaneous, II 900 gallons,
making a total of $500 gallons, all domestic.
The foreign spirits on hand at the same time
are as follows: Irish whisky, $50 gallons;
Scotch whisky, 754 gallons; Jamaica rum. G92
gallons; st. Croix rum, 245 gallons; Holland
gin, 1,158 gallons; miscellaneous, 500 gallons,
making total Of 4,2os gallons, all foreign;
October /, 1888, by the wholesale dealers and
rectifers make grand total Of 103, ,017 gallons,
which gives an average of about one-third OF
gallon to every man, woman and child In the
State. The quantity held by retail dealers
would greatly increase the average. The num-
Der Of proof gallons Of spirits rectifed in Colo
RADIO during the year ending April 30, 1883, was
90, 300. "a gallons.
The capital and bank deposits make the fol-
months ending November 80, 1882: Average
capital and deposits Of banks and bankers:
average capital. 81 ,89S, ,s96; average taxable
III. There Y's was no capital and deposits IN say.
ings banks, hence the total average capital and
deposits Of banks and bankers for that period
was the same as the foregoing figures. The
average taxable deposits being tbse ma ana
to be 275,O0O, gives an average Of e17.70~t tax
| able deposits per capita in the state, November
80, 1882.
The statement Of the amount Of taxes assess
ed on capital and deposits Of banks and bank
ers during the six months ending November
30, 1882, is as follows for Colorado: Banks
and bankers, on capital. s3,4S4 ~; on deposits,
S12, l75; making total Of s1b b,66O05. The as
sessment in Colorado for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1888, including the taxes on assessed
capital and deposits Of banks and bankers was
419, 9,237.53.