Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
REVENUE REPORT.

REVENUE REPORT.
RsDort Of tho Commissioner OF Ineefnea
Revenue-Increase Of RsceIpt8-Esttmase
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.-Hon- Joseph . -
Ier Commissioner Of Internal Revenue ~
made an elaborate report to the secres.y =.
the Treasury Of operations Of that service our
nx the fiscal year ended June 20 last Tne 20
tai receipts were tl2s.S-6.4s5-an increase on
q. lS9. 174 over those Of any year since -.
when they aggregated s142. 553.S4b. The receipss
were also e. Ss6 4S3 more than the estimates
The estimated receipts for the current nscaA
.ear are 81. o0ao0 provided NO changes
ire made In the existing rates OF TAXA
during the year we're a. followss
Spirits distilled from apples. peaches
and grapes go. 107 gallons; other spirits @o7o,-
Ee gallons: fermensed Quors. s46S0.21e bar
rels; cigars. 3.S4A7s6o50; cigarettes, 6os,5e6-
100: snun. IA coo pounds; tobacco. chewing
and smoking vi. gas 613 pounds: -oieomargarine,
sa667, 765 pounds. This shows . large increase
q compared with the previous year. The cost
NJ collection Of internal taxes was t3S76&63-
less than SO per cent Of the amount collected
The cost OF collection for the previous year was
Al6 per cont OF the amount collected seven
hundred and eighty one persons have been AZ
rested for revenue violationss property 70 tho
value OF e1S2 "a IS has been reported for SEX
ure, and e7a, 61a14 for assessments for unpaa4
taxes and penalties. and 51S Illicit stills were
seized, resulting in the death OF one ofhcer ana
the wounding OF another
Tobacco and its manufactures yielded 80.
662, 49, revenue. against SO los 667 the preced-
ing year; spirits t6s. 500 l66. against e65 $50 81
In 1887, and fermented liquors ~. ,21e last
year. against al ga 1877 the year before. The
revenue from oleomargarine during the past
year amounted to s96664 1S9, and for the eight
months in 1885 and 1887 when the tax was hrst
placedit aggregated 723es6 The production
IL ar<p fH2c r7rrTfY
the year as compared with the previous year Ii
stated as follows Tobacco. pounds, 20i 500. s64;
snuf, pounds 743. $50; total tobacco land snun.
500 36S 862-increase over last fiscal year, 1854
oS1 tobacco and snun exported, 1875 o4,27, total
production for fiscal year 1887 go total
production for fiscal year 1888 222 $685. Pc: total
increase over fiscal year 1887. 2 6SSS S5. Cigars,
number asi4, III $50: cigarettes number. 1861
ia 100 total taxed a'O, 451. s5); increase ovea
last fiscal year. 334.642, 107. Cigars. exported.
14S 625: cigarettes, exported, 1877 500 total
product for fiscal year 1885, 5.514. go 9o3; in
crease 709. 26S.90o.
The number of distilleries registered during
the year was 1894, and the number operated
a646, and the number of grain distillerles reg
istered was 80, of which ,029 were operated,
an increase over the previous year Of 40 in the
number registered and Of sixty In the number
operated There were 2.6S4 fruit distilleries
registered and 2.S67 operated, q decrease Of
1.S2 of the number regis tered and $40 in the
Number operated.
The quantity of spirits G0.s7s 4ns galions) pro-
duced and deposited in distillery warehouses
during the year is less than the production III
S8l 500 gallons) of the year 1887 by zs5s2,-
A93 gallons There was an increase
amounting to 4,sS,669 gallons IN the pro-
duction of alcohol rum, gin, pure neu-
trail or cologne spirits and miscellaneous
and decrease amounting to Is, 81 1856 gallons
in the production OF bourbon whisky, rye
whisky and highwines. The quantity q spirits
C0,T41 ,611 gallons) withdrawn. tax paid. from
distillery warehouses during the year is more
than the quantity (66, 1ss. s0s galions) withdrawn
from distillery warehouses during the year 1887
by 4.35S,5Os gallons. II the quantity (s.6S5, 7s2
gallons), as stated by the chief of the bureau
OF statistics, of exported domestic spirits re-
ported during the year upon payment OF a Gus
toms duty equal to the internal revenue tax be
added. the quantity virtually withdrawn from
distillery warehouses during the year is found
to be rs IL, 6U3 gallons, or 4,77.655 more than
dnring the year IL z, including the 22l6.64S gal
Ions reImported and tax paid during that We, II.
There was a net decrease of 7O9, 7OS gallons in
! the quantity OF spirits Withdrawn for export as
compared with the previous year.
The aggregate amount of taxes collected from
tobacco during the year was s30.6 ASH. Thie
| amount includes internal revenue taxes paid by
| stamps imported manufactured tobacco,
snufi. cigars and cigarettes. and is an increase
| of $55434 over the collections from this source
| for the previous year. The export account
shows decrease in manufactured tobac-
| co of 700 po Inds a decrease in the number
the number Of cigarettes exported Of 10 S34. 500.
The number of cigars imported during the u.s.
cal year ended June So 1885, was "a. 2o3 $50. The
| value Of the manufactured tobacco imported
was 1857.
The Commissioner devotes considerable space
| in his report to the subject of oleomargariue
! and includes reports by the analytical chemist
| and the microscopic, copies of laws relating 20
Dleomargarine now in force In European coun-
| tries and copies OF letters and reports as to
| countries having ecial laws on the subject
| OF oleomargarine but having general laws re-
| lating to food adulteration- The quantity OF
| oleomargarine produced from November 1886.
! the day which the law took effect to June
| 30, 1888, was 5000 164 pounds; lost de-
stroyed, CO. 700 pounds; remaining in factory
June 30 last 81, 800 pounds There were 1873 293
pounds of oleomargarine in the United States
June 3D. last, of which 31590) pounds were in
the hands of the manufacturers. - 1913 pounds
IN the hands of the wholesale dealers and 000,-
/ 600 pounds (estimated) in the hands Of the re-
tail dealers.
The estimated expenses of the internal reve-
nue. service for the fiscal year ending June 50,
1890. including salaries and expenses of officers
1 and employees, stamps, paper, the detection Of
violations of law, etc, aggregate "a, 1880.
This also includes estimate of 500 o for en-
forcing the act to prevent the manufacture and
| sale of adulterated food in the District OF Co
1umbia.