Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-06
OUR INTERNAL REVENUE
Report Of the Bureau for the
Last Fiscal Year.
GENERAL INCREASE EONTo6ACco

The Receipts Show a Trivial Increase
over the Preceding Year-Some Of
the Items approximate Expense.
Washington, Aug. 4.-The commits.
sioner of internal revenue has submit.
ted to Secretary Carlisle the prelimin-
ary report of his bureau for the year
ending June 80. 1t shows that the re.
ceipts of internal revenue for the year
aggregated $146, S3O,61O, an increase
of So, 1884, 545 over the receipts of the
preceding fiscal year. The expense is
approximated at 4,044,31O. The per-
centage of the cost of collection will be
2.7, reduction of /. as compared with
the preceding year.
From spirits, the receipts were $780,
67O,07O, an increase of $S03, III. The
largest item of increase under this head
was from fruit spirits, the receipts of
$l,5S4,S being $4SS,S63 increase of
last year. Retail liquor taxes in
creased by $221,1O recitfiers' taxes
$40, ,4S5 and wholesale liquor dealers
special taxes $46,243. The only de.
crease noted were trifing.
Tobacco brought in a revenue of
$50, I'll, ,629, or 81 ,OO6, ,721 more than
was derived from this source in the
preceding year. There was a general
increase in all items under this head,
the largest being in cigarettes under
three pounds per thousand, the receipts
from which were S2,021,1 or $374,-
576 more than in the preceding year.
Chewing and smoking tobacco brought
in $15,220, OPS, or 1923, S94 more than
IN the preceding year. Cigars and
cheroots, over three pounds per thou
sand, realized $l2, 713,267, or an in.
crease of $22l,S 800, and snuff afforded
a revenue of $752,5l an increase of
$103,O27.
From fermented liquors there was
derived taxes aggregating $3S, 7S4,3 ,325,
or ~. l44,617 more than during the
preceding year. All beers and similar
liquors brought in $33. 1S9, ,1S1, an in.
crease of 50, ,094. .S26.
There was falling off of $1S9, 77s
in the taxes realized from oleomar.
garine, the revenue from which
amounted to $1,2l9,430 The decrease
was general in all the items under this
head, the largest being $l12,S17 in the
direct tax on oleomargarine. while re.
tail dealers taxes shrunk $57,2l5, and
the wholesale dealers taxes S26, 500.
The miscellaneous receipts dimin.
ished $1S2,600 during the year, the
largest item being Sl22, $40 decrease
from playing cards, from which only
1858, ,S39 was received.
During the past year, $1,000, 91O
gallons of spirits were distilled from
other materials than from fruit, a de-
crease of 7,413, 1919 gallons as compared
with the preceding year. Cigarettes
to the number of 4,042, ,391 $40 were
drawn out, which was IA, S97, $50 more
than were consumed during the preced.
ing year. The number of cigars and
cheroots withdrawn were 4,237, ,755,.
943, an increase of 1878, ,5O3. Chew.
ing and smoking tobacco were taken
out to the amount of 253. .667,137
pounds, an increase of 5,397, 400
pounds.
Illinois returned more internal reve-
nue. than any other state. the total COL
lections there being $Sl, ,973,193 New
York came next in order with 80 l., ,6aO,.
40. Ohio and Pennsylvania were
close together with s11,974,74o and
s11, ,l45. 54S respectively. Indiana had
$7,692,2 Missouri, $6.953,9l5
Maryland. S5,96S, 069, and Wisconsin,
IS O12,077.
Nine of the remaining states reached
the IS, 900, 900 mark in the returns.