The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-31
REVENUE REPORT
Some Interesting Statistics Con
tained in the Commissioners
Recapitulation.
Increased Consumption in Ali
Lines Except Spirits Other
Than From Fruits.
Illinois Returns Most Revenue,
With New York a Fair
Second.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The commits
sioner Of internal revenue has just sub
mitted to Secretary Carlisle q prelim-
mary report of the operations Of his
bureau for the fiscal year ended June
80. 1t shows that the receipts from all
sources of internal revenue for the year
aggregated $146, $50, ,6l5, an increase of
$3, ,5S4 ,537 over the receipts of the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The expenses ap-
proximated "a, 044 1851, and the percent
age of cost Of collection will be 2.7O,
reduction of .1S as compared with the
preceding fiscal year.
Some Of the Receipts.
From spirits, the receipts were $780,
67O,O7O, an increase of $S07, ,443. The
largest item of increase under this head
was from fruit spirits, the receipts of
81 ,5S4, ,s79 being $4s9,s63 in excess of
last years. Retail liquor taxes, in
creased by 1921, ,lO6; rectifer's taxes
$49, ,458, and the wholesale liquor deal
ers special taxes, $46,242. The only
decreases noted were trifiing. Tobacco
brought in revenue Of $50, I'll ,629, or
81 ,OO8, 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 being in
cigarettes, under three pounds per
thousand, where the receipts were
81, ,O21, 1876, or $357, ,493 more than in the
preceding year.
From fermented liquors, there was
derived taxes aggregating $33, 7S4, ,235,
or 81, 1857 more than during the pre-
ceding year. Ale, beer and similar
liquors brought in $33, ,1S9,l4l, an in
crease Of 81 2,OO4,s26. There was fall
ing off of $lS9, 778 in the taxes realized
from oleomargarine, the revenue from
which amounted to $1,el9,482. The
decrease was general in all the items
under this head, the largest item being
| $ll2,Sl7 in the direct tax on oleomarga-
rine, while retail dealers taxes shrunk
$57, ,215, and wholesale dealers tax $780,
$40. sa... a@ ---..
Increase In Consumption Of Tobacco.
The miscellaneous receipts diminished
S1S2, 900 during the year, the largest
item being $l22, 448 decrease in the re-
ceipts from playing cards, which were
only .$249,5 During the past year
81, ,O63, 1858 gallons of spirits distilled
from other materials than fruit were
withdrawn for consumption, decrease
Of 7,413,l29 gallons, as compared with
the preceding year, Cigarettes to the
number of 4,O42 1901, $40 were drawn
out, which was ia, 1887 500. more than
were consumed during the preceding
year. The number of cigars and cheroots
withdrawn were 4,237, ,755, ,943, an
increase of 1888 ,503. Chewing and
smoking tobacco was taken ont to the
amount of 25S, ,667, 1877 pounds, an in.
crease of 5,397 ,499 pounds. Illinois re.
turned more internal revenue taxes than
any other state, the total collections
there being $3l ,973,133. New York
came next in order with $2l, ,62O, ,47O.
Kentucky stood third with $l4,9O3, 10,
Ohio and Pennsylvania were close to.
gether with $ll ,947,72 and S11,l45, ,54s
respectively Indiana had 1888, 154,
Missouri 90, ,O59,915, Maryland S5 $685..
895, and Wisconsin S5,012,077. None
of the remaining states reached the five
million mark in the returns.
Cut iiescuers' Wages.
| WnKEsBARRE, Pa, July 3l.-The
Newton Coal company, which operates
the in-fated Twin shaft at Pittston,
where the SO men were imprisoned by
the cavein, have given notice to the
men employed in digging for the bodies
that in future they viii be paid only
$1.9O for days work. They have been
| receiving 1925. The shifts were also
cut down from seven men to four men.
Come Of the men refused to accept the
lreduction and did not go into the mine.