Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
They we're 1854, 537 More than
Last Year-WiSConsin'S
Good Showing.

Washington, d. c., July 30.-The com
missioner of internal revenue has just
submitted to Secretary Carlisle a pre-
liminary report of the operations of his
bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30.
1t shows that the receipts from all
sources of. internal revenue for the year
So. 5S4, 537 over the receipts of the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The expenses APP
proXimated $3,044.351, and the percent
age OF cost of collection will be 20. 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.
From spirits the receipts were $50
670.O7O, an increase of $807, 443. The
largest item of increase under this head
was from fruit spirits, the receipts, ST.
5S4,S79, being $4S8,863 in excess of
last years. Retail liquor taxes in
creased by 1921 ,106, rectifers' taxes $49,-
special taxes, $40, 243. The only de-
creases noted were trifing.
Tobacco brought III revenue OF SoO,-
I'll ,629, or $1,OO6, 721 more than was
derived from this source in the preceding
year. This was a general increase IN all
the items under this head, the largest be-
ing in cigarettes under three pounds per
w
or 1857 ,493 more than in the preceding
year. Chewing and smoking tobacco
brought in $15, 220,028, 1923, $40 more
than in the preceding year. Cigars and
cherooJs eoversthrees pounds per 1900 re-
allied $12713, 267, an increase of $221,-
300, and snuff afforded, q revenue of
S752,915, an increase of $1O3,O21.
From fermented liquors there was de-
rived taxes aggregs ting $3333, 7S4, 235, or
So 143. 611 more than during the preceding
year. Ale, beer and similar liquors
brought in $33, 1914 an increase of
$2,094, S26. There was a falling off of
$1S9,798 in the taxes realized from cleo
amounted to $1,219,432. The decrease
was general in all the items under this
head, the largest item being $112,817 in
the direct tax on oleOmargarine, while
retail dealers taxes shrunk $57, 215 and
wholesale dealers tax $26,520.
The miscellaneous receipts diminished
$4,000 during the year, the largest
ceipt from playing cards, which were
only 1888, 1858. During the past year
67,039,910 gallons of spirits distilled
from other materials than fruit were
withdrawn for consumption, a decrease
of 7,413, 129 gallons as compared with
the preceding year. Cigarettes to the
number of 4.042,391 $40 were drawn out,
winch was IIf,Jol ,OOU more Lndu were
consumed during the preceding year.
The number of cigars and cheroots with
drawn were 4,237, 755, 943, an increase
of 1878, 5O3. Chewing and smoking
tobacco was taken out to the amount
of 253,667, 137 pounds, an increase of
5,397, 400 pounds.
Illinois returned more internal revenue
taxes than any other state, the total
collections there being $31, 973, 1873. New
York came next in order with sd 800,
9O3, 10; Ohio and Pennsylvania were
close together with 81, 947, 724 and SILL
145, 548 respectively. Indiana had ST.,
500, 154: Missouri, $6,959, 915; Maryland,
So, 96S, $50, and Wisconsin, $5,012, OFT.
None Of the remaining states reached
the So, 100000 mark in the returns.