The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-11-23
OUR REVENUES.
The Labor Connected with Their
Collection Last Year
TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE Sl3O,S94,434.
Over So 100000 More Than the Year
Previous -- Al Commodities Save
Olsomargarine Show Consid-
cradle Increase.
COMMISSIONER MILLEKs REPORT.

WAsHuNGToN, Nov ls.-Commissionel
Miller reports that the aggregate re
ceipts Of the Internal Revenue Bureau
| for the last fiscal year we're sl30, s94, 53i
or SO, 567, 05s more than the receipts fol
the pre- vious year. The total cost ofcollec
ton was s., lo5, 100, a fraction less than
80 per cent. of the amount collected
The only object OF taxation showing q
decrease during the first quarter OF the
present year is oleOmargarine, which
dropped from slis,623 in 1883 TO Sl24, 7St
in 1889. The commissioner regards the
general condition Of the service through
out the country as very satisfactory.
The violations Of internal revenue
laws reported by revenue agents were
l,253; 900 persons have been arrested on
their information; property 10 the value
Of Sl37, 404 has been reported by them
for seizure, and S9i, 606 for assessments
for unpaid taxes and penalties. The
number OF stills seized was 456, resulting
in the arrest OF $50 persons and the death
OF one and the wounding OF two officers
OF the service. The report recommends
that the force be increased from twenty
TO thirty and that their allowances for
travelling expenses be increased. The
total expense of the service for the next
fiscal year is estimated at 81, 300, 500.
The increase in the quantity OF
toboeco and snuff and in the number OF
cigars and cigarettes for the last fiscal
year over those taxed during the previ-
GUS fiscal year was: Manufactured to-
bacco, II, 535, 636 pounds; snuff, 626,63l
pounds; cigars, 22,65s,99o; cigar
cites, 2ss, 7s9, 260. The export
account shows an increase in
manufactured tobacco of 1888
pounds, an increase in the number OF
cigars exported of 266, 700, and an in
crease in the number OF cigarettes ex-
ported of 81, 909,95O The number Of
cigars imported was 90,0s7, 407 The
value of the manufactured tobacco i'm
ported was s7O,353. The total number
of special taxpayers is given as s3e, 1874,
of whom 59O,Ol3 are dealers in manu-
featured tobacco.
The whole number Of grain distiller-
les registered during the year was |, 440,
OF which number 1,267 were operated,
an increase of l40 in the number regis
tered and 23S in the number opera
ted as compared with the previous year.
In the class OF larger distilleries
there was an increase OF 2 in the
number registered and of SO in
the number operated. There were g. 1876
fruit distilleries registered and 3,O73
operated, an increase of 442 in the num-
Der registered and of 4e5 in the number
operated. The total number of grain,
molasses and fruit distilleries registered
and operated during the year is 4,576 and
4,349 respectively.
During the year there were produced
s7,Ss7, 456 gallons Of spirits and l,47l, 054
gallons of rum distilled molasses.
The increase in the production OF
Bourbon whisky is II, 497, l75 gallons;
rye whisky, 2,s7o,o7s; gin, l56,97s;
highwines, 1869; pure, neutral or
cologne spirits, 963, miscellaneous,
Lbs, 069; total increase, 1856 800. The
quantity of alcohol annually used in the
arts and manufactures is estimated at
5000, 900 gallons.
The quantity Of brandy of all kinds
withdrawn from distilleries during the
year to be deposited in special bonded
warehouse was 99l, s32 gallons. The
quantity of distilled spirits in the
United States, except what may be in
customs bonded warehouses, on October
/, 1889, was 1O2, 650,9s2 gallons. The
average monthly production of oleomar-
garine during the fiscal year was 2,972,-
002 pounds.