Evening journal., 1889-11-18
INTERNAL REVENUE report.
Receipts from the sale Of Liquors, CIgaras
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Esc., for one Year.
WASHINGTON, Nay. ls-The annual re.
port OF Commissioner Of Internal Revenna
Mason, covering Interpretations Of the hurear
for the FISCAL year ended June 20, 1882 has
just been made public Tho report shows
that tho internal revenue receipts from all
sources during the year were Sl30, ,S9i. .434, or
S5,Sg4, ,s3i moro thaa the estimate in the Inst
annual report from the bureau, and it Is
estimated that the receipts during the cur
rent fiscal year win reach Sl35, 100000 The
revenue from spirits during the pnst fiscal
year aggregated S1i, i,3i2 2O6, an increase of
s5,OO6039 over the preceding year: from
fermented liquors 50, ~, $50, or SS906lc
more than during the preceding year; from
tobacco in its vnrious forms, SSl 500, 500 an
increase Of 81, ,l04, AIS over the preceding year
from oleomargarine 1884, 2l1, against SS6I,-
lS9 during the preceding year; and from
miscellaneous sources S07, 2s4 or So, ,Sii2 less
than during the preceding year
The percentage OF the cost OF collecting
this revenue was fraction less that = 10
per cent, which is exactly she same as the
percentage Of cost for the preceding fiscal
year. The report embraces the following
statistics relating TO the production Of spirits
throughout the country: The whole number
OF grain distilleries registered during the
fiseal year was LAO, OF which number l, 96l
wero operated; an increase during the year
OF 40 In the number Of registered and OF
BIS in the number operated Tho larger in
crease, both in the number registered and IN
the number operated occurred in the class
Of distilleries having the smaller capacities
for the production OF spirits, there having
been an increase OF 142 in the number Of
az - l.. -. ..4
in the number operated.
In the class Of larger distilleries there
was a decrease of two in the number regis
tered, but there was an increase of sixty
eight in tho number operated There were
| 3, ,l26 fruit distilleries registered, and son
/ operated, an increase Of 4l3 in the number
registered, and 465 in the number operated
| during tho fiscal year
The total number OF grain, molasses and
fruit distilleries registered aud operated dur.
| ing the year are 4,5id, respectively Twenty
million nine hundred and ninety thousand
/ nine hundred and twenty-four bushels OF
| grain were used IN the production Of spirit.
| during tho year, an increase Of 4,s6S, AK
| bushels over the amount used in the proceed
| ing year, and 23j, ,36a bushels less than th,
average for the last ten years. Eighty sever
million eight hundred and eighty-sevei
thousand four hundred and fifty-six gallon
OF spirits were produced from grain durinl
the year, an increase Of 10, AS, 2e6 gallon
over the production Of the preceding year
and 4, i6l, 100 gallons more than the average
production for the last ten years.
The following figures show the stock oi
hand, production and movements Of dis
titled spirits during the year: Actually il
warehouses at beginning Of fiscal year
6i,G8,0l gallons produced during hser
year. S935S,5l0 gallons; total, l50,39l, ..
gallons. Withdrawn tax paid during iisc,
year, S75, ,9Ol ,135; Withdrawn for exports
zion, 2, 800, 2i5 gallons; withdrawn FOR sclei
tilic purposes, destroyed by fire, loss by leal
age, etc, 3,as7,4SS gallons; total, sl,s59, Al
gallons. Remnining in warehouses at IA
end of the fiscal year, g. 5i2, ,07O gallons.
The commissioner estimates the quantit
Of distilled spirits In the United states, e1
cept what may have been in customs bonde
warehouses on Oct. !, this year, at l02.d50
9S2 gallons, this quantity being distribute
as follows: In distillories and special bonde
warehouses, 62,614, 200 gallons; in hands {
wholesale liquor dealers, 10, III, $50 gallon
in hands Of retail liquor dealers, "a, 72O,9G
gallons
During tue year 4G6 illicit stills were seize
and 2s6 persons connected with them wen
arrested.
The report furnishes the following atati
tics relating to the production Of tobacco
snuff cigars and cigarettes during the yea
Total production of tobacco and snuff f,
the year, 2s5, 1920 pounds, an increase
l2,2s0, ,450 pounds over the preceding iiscl
year; production Of cigars and cheroot
S,S69, ,0o4, a05 of cigarettes 2.30s, 1876, 10, or
total product of cigars, choroots and ciga
cites amounting TO O,a6i, 2s0,015 in numbe
against ), 5,Ssa, $50, ,l15 during the precedir
fiscal year. statement is included in q
commissioners report showing the numb
Of cigars and cigarettes manufactured in tl
different states during the calendar year
r 1855, from which it appears that New Yor
9 londs the list both as q cigar and cigaret
1 manufacturing state having produced du
Q ing that year 1,l0s, 40hGGl cigars and 9Jl
: sos, $50 cigarettes. Pennsylvania comes SO
$ ond as a cigar manufacturing state, haviu
Z produced ga, III Cos cigars hut only 10 Il
y cigarettes. Ohio stands third in cigar MAJ
ufacturei having produced 29i, 81, 1853. Mort
9 Carolina stands second in cigarette man
facture, having produced 56i,5i2,0 $50, vi
,inia is fourth with $50, S42 ,0OJ, and Mar
e land fifth with rs. .64s, l40
J Commissioner Mason recommends legisl
tion which viii remove the opportunity f
eyading the law taxing fractional parts Of
gallon OF distilled spirits
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