Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-18
The NATION'SCA
Uncle Sans Pockets Bulge With
Internal ReYenue.
Consumption Of Latter Increased Homo
snd Abroad-Illicit Stills Seized.

wAsHiSeroS, Nov. II.
The annual report Of the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue, Mason, covering opef
| sfions of that bureau for the sscal year end.
ipg June Both, 1859. shows the internal rev
| enue receipts from ali sources during the
yess were $3.50. .994 ,i34, estimated receipts
during the current fiscal yesr will reach
eI35 10000.
The revenue from spirits during the past
fiscal aggregated ga. .3l2 POS, an increase Of
IS O06 ,039 over the preceding year; from
fermented liquors. ga. 723. .s35, or e399 81
more than the preceding year; from tobacco,
So $50, $50. an increase of 81. .20+ ,42s over
the preceding year from oieomargarine,
1884 ,247 As against 1854, l39 Of the proceed
year; from miscellaneous sources, S97 ,254
or s72, 1886 less than the preceding year.
The percentage Of the cost of collection
Of this revenue 10 . fraction less than 3 2-l0
per cent, exactly the same zs the percentage
of the cost for the preceding fiscal year.
The whole number of grain distilleries regis
tered during the fiscal year was l440, Of
which 1851 were operated, su increase durin &
the year of l+0 registered and 23s operated
There were 1926 fruit distilieries registered
tered and 4sj operated.
fruit distilleries registered and operated dur
ing the year Was 4576 AMI 4349 respectively; !;
20,93O s24 bushels of grain were used in the
production of spirits during the year, an in
crease of 4 see, AIS bushels over the amount
used in preceding years and 235 1863 bushels
less than the average for the last ten years
Distilled spirits actually in the warehouses
at the beginning of the fiscal year. 81 .033 .0ls
GALLONS; produced during the fiscal year,
SO, 1853 $40 gallons; total, $50 39l ,52s gal
Ions. Withdrawn tax paid during the fiscal
year, 1901 ,735 gallons; Withdrawn for ex-
poriation. =, ,590, $50 gallons; Withdrawn for
scientific purposes. destroyed by fire, loss by
leakage, etc 3, 3,37s. .4So gallons; total, ST.
s7S 45s gallons.
There was remaining in the warehouse at
the end of the year IS 5l2 ,070 gallons The
Commissioner estimates the quantity of
distilled spirits in the United States, except
what may have been in customs bonded
warehouses, Oct. lst, this year. at 1902 $50,
1882 gallons. During the year AGA i'll cit
stills have been seized and 236 persons con
nected with them arrested.
The total production of tobacco and snuff
for the year was 235. l45 219 pounds, an in
crease of l2 250,i50 pounds over the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The production of cigars
and cheroots, 3 s69 ,0s4 ,965; cigarettes,
2 39s 1876, no.
The average monthly production of oleo-
margarine during the fiscal year was 972,
002 pounds, and the average monthly pro-
ductlon the previous year was 2 SEQ, 400
pounds. There was an increase in the num-
Der of persons engaged in the sale of oleo-
margarine during the fiscal year ended June
Both, 1889, also an increase in the cOnsump
ton at home and abroad. The Commis-
sioner renews. the recommendation of his
predecessors in regard to the expediency OF
taxing all fractions of n gallon of distilled
spirits, aud expresses the hope that legisa-
ton will be had to ttfectuAll, remove all the
opportunities for the evasions Of the existing
law on this subject.