The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-26
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Current Events OF Inter
est on This Side the
Water.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS DtR'
ING The PAST YEAR.
Telegraph News and Notes.

W.su1sGToN. November 90 The an
nual report Of Joseph ;. Miller 0om-
missioner Of Internal Revenue, was
given TO the press tonight The report
covers not only the operations OF the
bureau during the fiscal year ended June
30 1888. but includes some very interest
ing comparative tables relating 10 pro,
duction in past years as wen as addiuonai
information relating to the work OF the
Office during the first quarter oi the cur
rent fiscal year.
Mr.. Millers report shows that internal
revenue receipts from all sources dur-
inc the past fiscal year were 1924, ,326,iIo,
or nearly four and a half millions more
than his estimate. His estimate OF re
ceipis for the current year are Sl2o,OVu'
600. proyiding that 20 changes are mace
In existing ra,es OF taxation.
REVENUE FROM TOBACCO
During the past year tobacco and its
mappfaciures Welded $50, ,G62 ,i3l reve-
nue.. against $50, ,067 during the pre-
ceding wear spirits $50 .3JG, 1856, against
So. .829 .32i in 1897, and fermehteu
liquors 500, ,324 ,21S last year, against s2l'
922 1877 the year before
ILLICIT STILLS.
The revenue from oleom srgarinc dur
ing the past year amounted to SoOi 10y,
and for the eight months in 1886 ana
1887 when the tax was first placed on IT.,
AGGREGATED S7s3. .94s. During the past
year 5iS illicit stills were seized and re
moved or destroyed, and one olhcer,
Denuty United States Marshal Trammel
Of Arkansas. was killed. The year pre-
yious there were 456 seizures.
TOBACCO Production.
The production os tobacco, snuh
cigars and cigarettes during the year
compared with the previous year Il
stated as follows Tobacco, pounds
o0l o25 6l3. snuff, pounds. 7,436 ,9S9. To
tal tobacco and snuff. 200 ,362 COZ In
crease over last fiscal year, 2.S63,0Sl
Tobacco and snuff exported, 10 ''Vt SSs ~,
Total production for fiscal year 1855
! POP s66 500 Total pro iuciion for hsca
wear 1887. 900 22s, ,4Jl total increase owe
fiscal year 1887, 2,63o,3i5.
CIGARS, ETC.
Cigars number 3 s44, ,726 $50. cigarette
number s62 .726. 100 Total taxed, D,
TOT asp 7jO. Increase over last year, 35i
642 1O7. Cigars exported, ,432 20 clg
arettes exported, 1870, ,76y 500. Total pro
duct for fiscal year 1888, 6,224 ,2y', ~
. Total product for fiscal year 1887, 5ol4
$40 g03 Increase, 709, ,65G. .2S9.
The statistics presented relating I
distilled splits shows The production an
deposits in warehouses for the year I
have been 70.279 4O6 gallons or, 7,'52
109 gallons less than during the p:eceC
! ing year. ..,, 900
There were 3 $40 distillenes l,O2s
which were grain distilleries operate
during the wear. North Carolina had II
highest lumber in operation, 100 we
c Virginia came next with gil hehlucS.
8jI California, 2i7; Tennessee, l2'
( Georgia. 1l3; New Jersey, 10; Ne
!. York, SO. Illinois, 81 Indiana, 80 All
/ bama, -. .,,o.
4 The commissioner devotes consider
i. ble space to oleomargarine-its produ
!. tion. manufacture and taxation. =
a manufactures during the year 3i,3o' ~
h mounds were produced, and Il 6'f,o!
q November /, 1886, the day on which u
n olsomargarine law took effect, and Jul
Ir 30. 1887. There appears, he says, 10 ha
Q been small inc rease in production du
y inr the year, and the demand for co
b. SUMPTION at home and abroad is incres
Re inc A considerable decrease IN 1
II number OF manufacturers, as wei
wholesale and retail dealers, is reporte
IN commenting on this, Commissioner VI
is Ter saws that the dec rease ia the numo
of special taxpayers has become 81 81
iect Of great solicitude 10 MS once as
nav partly be due 10 fraud