The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-08
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.

Receipta From the Several Sources During
the Last Fiscal Year--States Which Con-
tribute the Largest ACCOMPLISHMENTS
and Class of Special Tax-Payers--Spirits
Withdrawn - Disbursements OF sugar
Bounties.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30--The annual report OF
]. S. Miller, commissioner OF internal revenue,
shows the total receipts from all sources for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1891, to have
been sl47 l6s, 4i9, q decrease for the year OF Sl3,-
$50, $40. Tit following figures show the re-
ceipts from the several sources during the last
fiscal year and the increase or decrease as
compared with the year next preceding:
Spirits, SS5 $50 PSI: decrease, @.46l.0s
Tobacco. Ss ,6l7 .S9S; decrease, S,27l,sl3.
Fermented liquors, s3l, 414, 7s5; decrease, 81
1874, 1875.
Oleomargarine, 81 ,723.4D: increase, s2,S36.
Banks and bankers, 1925; no change.
Miscellaneous, sl4T, 1853, 40; decrease, 3d.
$50. $50.
The quantities of spirits, ETC., on which tax
was paid during the last fiscal year, with the
increase or decrease as compared with the
fiscal year 1893, are given as follows:
Spirits, distilled from apples. peaches and
grapes, 1,43O,55 gallons; decrease, 56,9ss.
Distilled from other materials, 81, 3I6, S34 gal
Ions; decrease, 10, Ill ,5lf.
Fermented liquors, 33,33i,Ts3 barrels; de-
crease, 1.219,53L
Number of cigars, cheroots and cigarettes,
weighing over 3 pounds per 1000, 1905, 917 ,433;
decrease, al, 279. 6Si.
Cigarettes, weighing not over 3 pounds per
1000, 3,lS3, 573, 16O: increase, 6,Ss1 900.
Cigarettes, weighing over 3 pounds per 1000,
s08, $40: increase, 0 1870.
Snuff, II ,627, 092 pounds: decrease 2S5, S02.
Chewing and smoking tobacco, 235, AL sos
pounds; decrease, l6,947 ,9H.
OleOmargarine, 60, 429, 800 pounds; increase
1856, lbs.
OF the receipts by states, Illinois is at the
head Of the list with $50, 942 "a, Kentucky nex'
with S24,308 $50, New York next with S1s,99,lll
Ohio with 81. 454, 1896, Pennsylvania with sl2..
Isl ,l96. The cost of collecting the internal rev
enue during the last year was S3,975 sos, or 2d
per cent. of the collections.
The total number of Chinese registration GER
t~ifcates applied for under the act of November
8, 1893, was lO6 81, at a cost up to June 80, 1894
of 81, 500.
VIOLATIONS OF LAW.
The estimated expenses of the internal rev
enue service for the fiscal year ending June 80
1896, are given as SI,s59, SO.
The report shows the work Of the bureau Il
in excellent condition, both in the office Of thu
commissioner and in the field. Two thousand
two hundred and seventy-nine violations
Of internal revenue laws have been re
ported by the bureau agents during thu
year; 63e persons were arrested: property t.
the value of S246. 1871 was reported for seizure
and Si0,21 for assessment for underpaid take
and penalties. OF the LOG Illicit stills seized
9OS were DESTROYED and los removed, an increas'
for the year Of 2l0. In each Of the Georgia an
the Fifth North Carolina districts 21 still
were destroyed.
The actual number and class OF special tax
layers in the United States on June 30, 1884
is given as follows: Retail liquor dealers. 2l5,
4l9; rectifiers, l,494; wholesale liquor dealers
1866; manufacturers OF stills. 26; brewers
1905: retail dealers in malt liquors, 12.61s
wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 5.5l5; manu-
facturers OF oleomargarine, 81: retail dealer
in oleomargarine, 400; wholesale dealers 1
oleomargarine, 217. Total, 249. 1877, which is
decrease for the fiscal year Of 1.456.
The number OF distilleries operated durin
the year was 5,l4s. OF this number 81 wer
for grain, twelve for molasses and 1886 70
fruit. The quantity of grain used for the pro
duction of spirits during the year was l9,116
sls bushels, a decrease OF 9,313, sol bushel.
The yield of spirits from each bushel of graf
was 4.i2 gallons, as against 4.24 gallons for 1876
and IS for 1893. The report shows the numbe
of cattle fed at grain distilleries during tn
year was 62 ,l23; hogs, 25,554.
The kinds and quantities of spirits produce
and deposited in distilling warehouses durin
the year is shown in gallons as follows: Boul
bon whisky, 15,5iS, 349; rye whisky. l0,026,5-
alcohol, 10.570.070: rum, 1,s64, sos; gin. Isl, 81
highwines, 126,5s0; pure. neutral or cologn
spirits, 35,S7,1l5; miscellaneous. 1i,43 ,336.
SPIRITS
The amounts of the leading kinds of spirit
Withdrawn from warehouses during the yea
are given in gallons as follows: Bourbo
whisky, 9,Ts2.97s rye, 9,512 03s: alcohol, 10
30, 4a6; cologne spirits. 81 .474 .2S5; miscellant
Gus, IS, 474,2 35. Total, 81, Os7, 613.
The amount OF distilled spirits withdrawn Il
export during the year 1894 was 6,ll4.417 ga
Ions, as against 3, az, 231 exported in 1898. TIL
amount Of spirits in warehouses on June 8
1894, was 1877 ,903, 075 gallons.
During the fiscal year, ended June so, 1879
6,349 licenses were issued to domestic suga
producers intending to claim bounty on the
product, and Sl2. iOO, 205, net, after deduc'
ing refundments, were disbursed by this o.
fee, in payment Of approved bount
claims. During the fiscal years ende
June 30, 1892, and June 80, 1893, S7,34s.07 an
S9,375 100. respectively, were disbursed {
bounty on sugar. making, with last year
bounty, a total disbursement of S2s,sl7, AIS. e,
elusive OF administrative expense incurred
executing the bounty law.
SUGAR BOUNTY
The following shows the amount OF the var
GUS kinds OF sugar returned, bounty paid (cen
omittcd), ETC.. during the fiscal year 1894:
Cane sugar officially returned, Gil 1892 n
bounty paid. 81 1859; claims involved, 1924
Beet sugar officially returned, SOL .296; n
bounty paid, $50, ia; claims involved sixt.
two.
Sorghum sugar officially returned, 1,30i.32
net bounty paid. sl7.31a; claims involved, ten.
Maple sugar of1cially returned, 1865, COS: n
bounty paid, SIG 12l; claims involved. 4,6as.
Total sugar officially returned, 665. 236, Isl: n
bounty paid, s12, o ,a0S: claims involved, 10
Onicial returns and bounty claims on hal
show that the following amounts Of bounty
sugar produced during the existence Of Il
bounty law were unpaid at the time Of the r.
peal Of this law, on August q, 1891 (cen
omitted):
On maple sugar, Sl2s, 1872; beet sugar, &c.,
cane sugar, S31 ,232; sorghum sugar, s43d. Tot;
a sa41,1s2.
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