Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-06
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.

| Receipts From the Several Sources During
the Last Fiscal Year--States Which Con.
tribute the Largest ACCOMPLISHMENTS
and Glass of Special Tax-Payers--Spirite
Withdrawn Disbursements OF Sugar
Bounties.
WASHINGTON, Nov 30--The annual report OF
J. S. Miller, commissioner of internal revenue,
shows the total receipts from all sources for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1894 to have
been SLIT 16S 449. decrease for the year OF S13,-
5000. The 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. 259 .252: decrease, S., 461 0OS.
Tobacco. S,S. 617S9S; decrease, S3271 .S13.
Fermented liquors, SS1 Ala 7ss; decrease, ST.
| l34,195.
Oleomargarine, 81 723 .47s; increase, s5s,s36
Banks and bankers, g. 26: change.
Miscellaneous. S147 1885, 49; decrease, sl3,-
| 1885, $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 1898, are given as follows:
Spirits. distilled from apples, peaches and
grapes. 1.43O,553 gallons: decrease 256,sss.
Distilled from other materials, s7,sa6,ss4 gal
| Ions; decrease. 10, ,514.
Fermented liquors. 80, as4 ,7s3 barrels; de-
crease, 1,219534
Number Of cigars, cheroots and cigarettes,
weighing over pounds per 1000, 1905, 917 ,4S3;
decrease, "a, 279 ,6S4
Cigarettes, weighing not over pounds per
1000, 3,1S3, 573, go: increase, 6, SSI 900.
Cigarettes, weighing over pounds per 600,
$40: increase, 203 $40.
Snuff, II ,627 ,092 pounds: decrease 2s5, sc2.
Chewing and smoking tobacco, 235, 451 s05
pounds; decrease, 16,947 944.
Oleomargarine, 66, ~, 800 pounds; increase,
1866, I25.
OF the receipts by states, Illinois is at the
head of the list with $50 s4a ,2as, Kentucky next
with s24 S0s $50, New York next with Sls 922 Ill,
Ohio with S12,454,S 9s, Pennsylvania with &12,
49, 1876. The cost of collecting the internal
enue during the last year was g 975. 9O6 10
per cent of the collections.
The total number of Chinese registration GER
tificates applied for under the act OF November
3, 1888 was lO6,S11 at cost up to June 30, 1924,
Of ,s99.
VIOLATIONS OF LAW.
The estimated expenses OF the internal rev.
enue service for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1896, are given as "a ,S59, $40.
The report shows the work of the bureau is
IN excellent condition, both in the Office of the
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 the
year; 6S2 persons were arrested: property to
the value of ,191 was reported for seizure
and S4O,271 for assessment for underpaid taxes
and penalties. OF the 1Ol6 illicit stills seized,
90S were DESTROYED and 108 removed. an increase
for the year Of 210 In each of the Georgia and
the Fifth North Carolina districts 231 stills
were destroyed.
The actual number and class of special tax
payers in the United States June so. 1894,
is given as follows: Retail liquor dealers. 215,-
419: rectitiers, 1874: wholesale liquor dealers,
4,o6o: manufacturers of stills. %; brewers,
1906: retail dealers in malt liquors, l2.61s;
wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 5,515; manu-
facturers of oleomargarine, 81: retail dealers
in oleomargarine, 74O0; wholesale dealers in
oleomargarine. 217 Total, 249.137, which is
decrease for the fiscal year of 1456.
The number of distilleries operated during
the year was 5,14s. OF this number 1.541 were
for grain, twelve for molaSSeS and $685. for
fruit. The quantity of grain used for the pro-
duction Of spirits during the year was 49, 49,
S1S bushels. q decrease of 9.313591 bushels.
The yield of spirits from each bushel Of grain
was 4i2 gallons, against 4.24 gallons for 1892
and 4.35 for 1893. The report shows the number
| of cattle fed at grain distilleries during the
year was 62,123; hogs, %. 554.
The kinds and quantities of spirits produced
and deposited in distilling warehouses during
| the year is shown in gallons follows: Bour-
| bon whisky, 15,51s,349; rye whisky. 10,026544:
alcohol 10.570070; rum, 1854, $685. GIN ,2s7 977;
| highwines, 126.5s0; pure, neutral or cologne
spirits, 35,377,115; miscellaneous, IL, 434 1856.
SPIRITS WITHDRAWN.
The amounts Of the leading kinds OF spirits
withdrawn from warehouses during the year
are given in gallons as follows: Bourbon
WHISKY, SS,1o2,S'o, rye, S,0I2U5S: alcOhOl, H.
1926; cologne spirits 81 474 ,235; miscellane-
| Gus, IS. ,235. Total, 81 ,0s7, 6l3.
The amount of distilled spirits withdrawn for
export during the year 1894 was 6,l14,417 gall
| Ions, against 1852 ,231 exported in 1893. The
amount of spirits in warehouses on June 30
| 1894, 1877 903 .O7S gallons.
During the fiscal year, ended June 30, 1894,
| 6,3i9 licenses were issued to domestic sugar
producers intending to claim bounty on their
| product. and S12, EOS, net, after deduct
| ing refundments. were disbursed by this Of
| fee, in payment of approved bounty
claims. During the fiscal years ended
June 80 1892 and June 80 $685. S7342. OF and
S9,375, $780, respectively, were disbursed as
bounty on sugar, making, with last years
bounty, total disbursement Of $3.50 AIS. ex-
elusive of administrative expense incurred in
executing the bounty law.
SUGAR BOUNTY.
The following shows the amount of the vari-
GUS kinds of sugar returned, bounty paid Gents
omitted), etc, during the fiscal year 1884,
! Cane sugar officially returned, Gil 1862; net
bounty paid, 81 ia 500; claims involved, 3,246
| Beet sugar officially returned. 1871 296; net
| bounty paid, SS25,174; claims involved sixty
| two.
Sorghum sugar officially returned, 1,3o4,sa5;
| net bounty paid s17.312 claims involved, ten.
| Maple sugar officially returned, 1868, $685. net
| bounty paid, S116.12l; claims involved. 4,62S
Total sugar officially returned 665. 236 ISL: net
| bounty paid, $l2 100. 208; claims involved. 1916
Oficial returns and bounty 'claims on hand
| show that the following amounts OF bounty on
| sugar produced during the existence Of the
| bounty law we're unpaid at the time of the re-
peal OF this law, on August q, 1894 Gents
| omitted):
| On maple sugar 1922 .732: beet sugar. $50 7Sa;
cane sugar, s3l ,aa2; sorghum sugar, s436. Total,
&24llS2.