The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29

WASHINGTON, D. O., NoH 2S.-The
annual report OF Joseph s. Miller, the
commissioner OF internal revenue,
shows the total receipts from all sources
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1894
to have been sl47. .16s, ,440, decrease fol
the year of 13,SS6,54O. The following
table shows the receipts from the sew
eral sources during the last fiscal year
and the increase or decrease as com
pared with the year next preceding:
Spirits $SG,259,2 ,252, decrease S9,46l,-
oOS; tobacco s2S,6l7, ,ssS, decrease sS,97l.'
Sl3; fermentei liquors $Sl, ,4l4,7SS; de-
crease sl,l34,l95.
oleomargarine sl,72S,47o, increase
S52, $50; banks and bankers 81 20, nc
change; miscellaneous $l47, l6S, ,449, de-
crease SIS, S,s36,5S9.
The quantity OF spirits, ETC.. on which
tax was paid during the last fiscal year
with the increase or decrease as COM
pared with the fiscal year 1893 are given
as follows:
Spirits distilled from apples, peaches
and grapes, 1,430, ,553 gallons, decrease
25e, 1888; spirits distilled from materials
other than apples, peaches and grapes,
| S7,346,S34 gallons, decrease 10, lll,5l4
fermented liquors, 39.334, 1888 barrels,
decrease 1,2l9,534; number OF cigars,
cheroots and cigarettes weighing over
three pounds per thousand, 4,066,9l7,-
49s, decrease 747,27S,6S4; cigarettes
weighing not over three pounds per
thousand, 3, ,1S3, ,573, 700, increase 6,SS1, !
600; cigarettes weighing over three
pounds per thousand. 2Os,S79, increase
2O3,37o; snuff, ll,627092 pounds, de-
crease 2S5,S02; chewing and smoking
tobacco. 235, l.SO5 pounds, decrease
| 16,9i7,944 oleomRrgArine, 66.427, 800
pounds, increase 1.S68,125 OF the re:
ceipts BY states, Illinois is at tho head
OF the list with S3o,942. .233; Kentucky
| next with S24, $3.50; New York next
with SlS,922. Ohio with Sl2, ,454, $685.
Pennsylvania Sl2, ,l51, 1856.
The cost OF collecting the internal
revenue during the last year was
S3,975, ,904, or 80 per cent OF the COL
| lections. The total number OF Chinese
registered on certificates applied for
under the act OF November 3, 1898, was
| 106,Sl1 at cost up to June 80, 1894. oi
| S42,399. The estimated expenses oi
the internal revenue service for the
year ending June 30, 1895. are given as
s4,S54,S70. The report shows the work
| OF the bureau is in excellent condition,
both in the office OF the Commissioners
and in the field. Two thousand seven
hundred and twenty-nine violations oi
! internal revenue laws have been re-
ported by the bureau agents during the
year; 692 persons were arrested. prop
erty to the value OF $247, ,19l was report
ed for seizure, and S40,27l for assess
ments for unpaid taxes and penalties.
| OF the 1,0l6 illicit stills seized, 90S were
destroyed and l03 removed, an increase
for the year OF 2l0. In each OF the
Georgia and the Fifth North Carolina
districts 231 stills were destroyed
| There were no casualties whatever to
officers or employees in the discharge
Of their duties during the year. The
actual number and class OF special tax
PAYERS in the United States on June
| 80, 1894, is given as follows:
Retail liquor dealers, 2l5,4l9: recti'
fers, 1,494; wholesale liquor dealers, A.
565; manufacturers OF stills, 26: brew
ers, 1906; retail dealers in malt liquors,
| 526lS; wholesale liquor dealers In malt
liquors, 5,5lS; manufacturers OF oleo'
margarine, 81 retail dealers in oleomar'
garine, 7,400; wholesale dealers In oleo'
margarine, 27l. Total 249, 1877, which is
n decrease for the fiscal year OF l,45B.
| LaH ~ ItatilInrina nnafltnH
during the year was 5,l4S. vi this
number 1,54l we're for grain. II tor mo-
lasses and 1886 for fruit. The quantity
OF grain used for the production Of
spirits during the year was 19,7l6,Sls
bushels, a decrease for the year OF 9,Sl3.-
sol bushels. The yield OF spirits from
each bushel Of grain was AL gallons, as
against 4.24 gallons for 1892 and 4.35 for
| 1888. The report shows the number OF
cattle fed at grain distilleries during the
year was 62, 1913; hogs, 25,554.
The kinds and quantities OF spirits
produced aud deposited in distillinG
warehouses during the year is shown in
gallons as follows:
Bourbon whisky 15,5lS,349; rye
whisky lO,028.544; alcohol 10,57O, 1910;
rum 1,oO4,OUOi kDl liSoiIV'tt "'H"
wines 12G,5GO; pure neutral or cologne
spirits 35,377, ll5r miscellaneous IA, l3i, :
$50. The amounts OF the Leading kinds
OF spirits withdrawn from ware
houses during the year are given In
gallons as follows:
Bourbon whisky 2,7S2,O7S; rye 0,5l2,.
OBS: alcahol lO.0S4, 1926; cologne spirits
3l,474,235; miscellaneous l3,474,235.
Total, S70S7,6lS.
The amount OF Gistillcd Spirits with
drawn for export during the year 1894,
was G, l14,4l7 gallons, as against 3,1G2,'
23l exported in 1898.
The amount OF spirits in warehouses
on June 80, 1904, was lS0,0OS,OIS gal
| Ions.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1894, $3.50 licenses were issued to
domestic sugar producers intending to
claim bounty on their product, and Sl2.'
lOO,2O7 net, after doducting refund.
ments, were disbnrsed BY this Office in
payment of approved bounty clause,
During tho fiscal years ondod June so
1892, and June 80, 1893, NS7,Sl2,077 and
S0,375, 1870, respectively, were disbursed
as bounty on sugar, making, with tho
last years bounty. q total disbursement
OF S2s. .Sl7,4l7, exclusive OF administers