Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
INTERNAL REVENUE INCOME
The Commissioners Preliminary
Report Shows Increase
The Governments Income From'in's'
Source Has Grown Scvera '
Millions OF Dollars w
Last Year

washington, July 81.-The commis~
sioner of Internal revenue has just SUD
to Secretary Carlisle a prenh-
mary report of the operations or ms pu-
reau for the fiscal year ended june o".
AZ shows that the receipts from an
eo"rces OF Internal revenue for the yehr
assresa,ed sias.s30, SIS, an increase os
>S'oss'off over the receipts of the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The expense approx
mated $4.044,3 $40, and tho percentage of
cost OF collection will be 2. 10. a reduction
OF Is as compared with the preceding
fiscal year. The exact cost cannot be
definitely stated until all the accounts
have been received. 3
For spirits the receipts were $50, $40, 070h
al increase Of 1907, 543. The largest item
of increase under this head was from
fruit spirits, the receipts of $1,5S4,879 be-
Ing $4S8, 1853 In excess of last years. Re-
tail liquor taxes Increased by $221 ole;
rectifiersi taxes, $40. 45s. and the whole
sale liquor dealers special taxes. s46,243.
The only decreases noted were trihing.
Tobacco brought In a revenue of $780,
III, $40, or 81. 066, 721 more than was de-
rived from this source in the preceding
year. This was a general Increase In alt
the items under this head. the largest
DtlUR III ClkdTelltS uilutI thiNt PvphNA
per /, 200. where the receipts were $2,Ol5.-
1911, or 1857, 493 more than In the preced.
ing year. Chewing and smoking tobac-
co brought In SIS, 220. 02s, $323,s49 more
than In the preceding year. Cigars and
cheroots over three pounds per 1'Ooe
realized $12, 7i3. 267, an increase of $72l,-
800, and snuff afforded a revenue oil
1852, 915. an increase OF $103,O27.
From fermented liquors there was de"
rived taxes aggregating s33,7s4,235, or
3 2 ,144,61 more han during the preced-
ing year. Ale, beer Inc similar liquors
brought in s33, 139, 14l, an increase Of
2 1894, S26. There was a falling on OF
s1s9, 77S in the taxes realized from oieo'
margarine, the revenue from whicp
amounted to 81. 219, 432.
The decrease was general In all the
Items under this head, the largest Item
being SIP, ST. In the direct tax on cleo
margarine, while retail dealers taxes
shrunk $57, 215 and wholesale dealers
taxes s26.520.
The miscellaneous receipts dimlnished
1882, 900 during the year. the largest Item
being 1922, $40 decrease in receipts from
playing cards, which were only $259. SGD
During the past year 81, 039, $40 gallons
OF spirits distilled from other materials
than fruit were Withdrawn from con-
sumption, a decrease Of 7,413, 129 gallons
as compared with the preceding year.
Cigarettes to the number of 4,o42. 39l $40
were drawn out, which was ia, 9S7 SEC
more than were consumed during the
preceding year. The number of cigars
and cheroots Withdrawn were 4,237. 1885,.
943, an increase of 1878, SOB. Chewing
and smoking tobacco was taken out to
the amoun of 253, SCI. 1877 pounds, an in
crease of 5.397. 499 pounds. /,
Illinois returned more internal reve-
nue. taxes than any other state, the total
collections there being s31. 1887, 1873. New
York came mex in order with s21 $40. 47O.
Kentucky stood third with 81, 1903 Ito
Ohio and Pennsylvania were close to-
gether with 81. 947. 724 and si1 Jas. 54s re-
spectively. indian had 1888, 154; Mis-
souri,, $6.95S 1915; Maryland, $500. 069. and
Wisconsin. $5.O12,077 None of the re-
naming states reached the $1,000, 600
mark In the returns.