New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-27
INTERNAL REVENUE FIGURES.
RECEIPTS SHOW A FALLING OFF FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.

STILL LARGER DECREASE LOOKED FOR NEAl
YEAR-sUGAR PROD, cTIoN AND
THE BOUNTY.
Washington Nov. 26-The annual report OF Joseph
S. Miller Commissioner of Internal Revenue MAKES
no recommendations. The bulky Voiume vi o'.'
200 pages, not including tables. Is made up c".s
Of statistical information. No mention Is "aue VI
income tax. or increase In the rate Vi 'aN"''o' VII
distilled spirits malt liquors. tobacco or any o'he,
nroducts coming under the scope OF the Internal
Revenue laws Assuming that rates or taxation
will remain the same the Commissioner estimates
the probable revenue for next year at Si'o'ov'"V.
This is 900 less than last years estimate ana
ST. 100000 less than the actual yield last year. whc
was $751; 100000 There has been decrease OF S'0i9'
600 in the first three months Of this fiscal year
For a number Of years past the receipts from IN
ternal revenue have run along on continuous up
ward sliding scale Notwithstanding that during the
period noted several reductions IN rates anu re-
missions of taxation have been enacted. Inc re-
ccipts were sll60c0,oo In 1856: SllS"VVU IN 1891
s2lOOoOOO in 1855: s13OcoOoo in 1882 si2cco IN 1872
5000 in 1884, ;53OOOOOO in 1892. and slslooO 900
In 1893
The chief collections have been from distilled
spirits and next to that malt liquors and tobacco
The banner collection districts, In the order OF
amount collected. were. last year. as ioiiows'
Peoria, With Illinois Ns,4ss,oo; Louisville WIN Ken
lucky. sils25Oo0: Cincinnati. lst Ohio. sio2so'oo;
souri, S47LOO0; New-York city, lid New-fork.
&c 4ss 900: Brooklyn list NewYork S,7S2ooo Spring
field. With Illinois. S,I0s.eo; Newark With New
Jersey A2ss0Oo; philadelphia, !st Pennsylvania
HiisS nd E%ana nsSe'sf xaskss Wisconsin
Baaimors MsCSanIa e, Ssv Win KEN
'sssy % X$ISSS iS.,cA N.Y.
ehusets ,issSoo Pit,sSurg xxIId Pennsylys va o.
$500; Lancaster IHts rennsy ys,ars,rS i'd
PstrS ls Msns Sam Frane:so fs
SS A S,s S,h Nsr1s Ssr0ina "''0
There has been a decrease OF over $4,000 in the
coesd for chewing and nc Ing ho% %
permitting the sale Of tobacco IN haa aare,tcs
Nearly 10000 more gallons OF whiskey nave pee peer,
wndrs M0a, re S %na soron 'h Whisky a
rea son for it's withdrawal was that the bonded
period had eIPre rsr and To sugar pro4ucton the
commissioner says: ,.,. =, 49,.
bounty on sugar has had the effect. so FAR as
cane sugar concerned TO Increase the production
producers In the district Of Louisiana, where cane
sugar is principally made there a weT re SrTf me
that OF ssl--ss7 producers licensed 10 manufact-
and the GodT hc OF Number ns pGs
licensed during the season OF 1878 was sls and
s 5"Saa S of OF pounds
withdrawing a reduction Of over ii per cent
in The n%sr Of ,sa has been
in Louisiana In improved machinery for making
sugar since the beginning OF the present year the
fun effect OF which will not be seen and appreciated
until the conclusion of the coming season These
changes In the machinery OF sugar factories result
In n more economical manufacture OF sugar and
indicate n gradual departure from the primitive
and moro wasteful methods formerly in use.
''rhe production. Of beet sugar IN the States Of
ITtah showed an Increase OF 100000 pounds Sor-
ohum sugar dccrea sed account OF the ravages
Of 'chinch bugs The production OF maple sugar
had increased"