Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-18
THE WHISKY CROP.
II Seems To Be as Abundant
as Usual.
FIGURES ON INTERNAL REVENUE

over Four Gallons Of Tanglesoot from
Each Bushei Of Corn Used-Cigsrs and
Cigarette. by the Thousand Millions
Uucie SANS Trfbute-The Vice Presi-
dents Luxurious Dining -Dissd-
vantage of Being Too Good at Figures
Capital Miscellany.
WASHINGTON CITY, Nv. ls.-The annual
report OF Commissioner OF Internal Rove ue
Mason, covering the operations OF the bu-
reau for the fiscal yesr ended June 20. 1889,
IL made public The report shows that the
internal revenue from all sources during the
year we're $3.50, sg4, 4S4, or s5,s94, 434 more
than the estimate in the last annual report,
and it Is estimated that the receipts during
the current fiscal year will reach SlS5,OO0,-
O0D
where the Money Came From.
The revenue from spirits aggregated ga =
5l2, 2O6 an increase of IS, OO5,0'J over the
preceding year; from ferniented liquors, s23,
718 S3I, or $500, GIG more than the preceding
year; from tobacco in It's various forms,
t3l, SD, S6) an increase ofssl 2O4. AS over
tbs prvc-iing year; from oleomargar-
in, ss9i,2 against Ssf4 139 dur
the preceding year, and from miscellaneous
sources, s9i, 2Sl, or 81, S35 less than dur
ing the preceding year
The percentage OF the cost of collecting
this revenue was fraction less than 3 per
cent, which is exactly the same as the per-
centage o. cost for the preceding fiscal
year.
Number of Corn-Juice Mills Operated.
The report embraces the following Stats
tics relating TO the production of spirits
throughout the country: The whole mum
Der OF grain distilleries registered during the
fiscal year was Lao, OF which | 267 were
operated; an increase during the year of 40
in the number registered and Of of 23S in the
number operated. The larger increase in
both cases WAS in small plants There were
| 3,l26 fruit dis illeries registered aud SORE
| operated an increase Of 4i2 in the number
registered and AS in the number operated.
Tho Grain Used and Its Product.
Twenty million nine hundred and nj nety
thousand nine hundred and twenty four
bushels OF grain were used in the production
of spirits during the year, an increase OF
| <SoS, AIS bushels over the amount used in the
preceding year and PSI. SO bushels less than
the average for the last ten years. f ghty-
seven million eight hundred and eighty
seven thousand four hundred aud fifty-six
| gallons OF spirits we're produced from grain
curing tue year, an increase OF " 40, $50
gallons over the production Of the preced-
ing year and 4,l6l, $50 gallons more than
the average production for the last ten
| years.
| Quantity of Spirits on Hand.
The commissioner estimates the quantity
OF distilled spirits in the United States, ex-
capt what may have been in customs bonded
warehouses, on Oct. /, this year, at l02, ESQ,
eS2 gallons OF which there were in the hands
OF retail liquor dealers ~, 10000 GALL
| The commissioner recommends legislation to
remove the opportunity dis'illers now have
OF securing nn uhtaxed fraction OF gallon
on each package.
Cigars aud Cigarettes.
The tobacco manufacturers turned out
s, 500 Ost, g65 cigars and cheroots, and :, sos,
1875, ] 10 cigarettes, an increase in all together
OF something over S15. OOO, 600 New York
made the greatest number OF cigars and Gig
arettes, her product having been l. los 404,
65i cigars and 90, 99s. 10 cigarettes