Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-24
INCREASED RECEIPTS
Report of the Internal Revenue Com
missioner.
GROWTH OF ILLICIT DISTILLlNG
Association to Prevent Collection
of Taxes.
OLEOMARGARINE PRODUCT

The report OF Commissioner Scott Of the
Internal revenue bureau for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1898. has been made. The
report covers every feature of the opera
lions of the bureau and makes large vol
ume. Mr.. Scott says:
1T was estimated in the last annual re-
port of the commissioner of internal rev.
enue that the receipts from all sources of
internal revenue would reach the sum of
s155,0o0Ooo. 1t affords me pleasure to say
that the actual receipts were $40. sea. $685.
exceeding the estimate by 81. sec. s19.36.
'"Tha aggregate receipts for the months
of July. August and September, 1S9S. from
all sources of internal revenue, were ST.
$50 1871. For the same months in 1897 the
receipts were s43 1872 1862 a comparison
showing an increase of SOS, 1876, 90 in IA
vor Of the first three months of the current
fiscal year.
This large increase however. is abnor-
NAL. and may be regarded arising from
the large collections incident to carrying
into effect the new lines of taxation pro-
vided for in the act of June 13, 1898. There
fore I am Of the opinion that any estimate
based upon the above figures should be
very carefully considered. and great weight
should be given to such reduction In the
receipts as may be reasonably anticipated
during the remaining nine months or the
current fiscal year. In view of these con-
ditions. / do not deem 1t wise to FIX the
estimate for the receipts from all sources
Of internal revenue for the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1899. higher than 500. 1000. 600.
The percentage of cost of collection IS
90 per cent. The expenses for the pre-
vious fiscal year were 50 S+s. i69. 40. or 2.62
per cent of the collections for that year.
The percentage of cost indicated above is
The smallest that has been reached in the
history of this bureau in the admiHistra-
tion Of the internal revenue laws"
hr TINA aS n
Internal revenue service for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1900, at A9S1,2JO.
Illicit Disabling.
The number of Illicit stills seized during
the year was 2,391: the number of officers
killed, two. and wounded. seven. Illicit dis
filling IL rather on the increase than de-
crease in certain sections of the country.
The commissioner says:
Il desire to call attention TO the fact that
in comm Inities where this Illicit distnling
prevails II has been found that the violators
Of law are not confined to the unregistered
Illicit diStillerS alone, but embrace in many
sections a large number of registered dis
u'lers. both grain and fruit. who are driven
to this course in self-prOtectiOn to meet
the competition forced upon them by the
Illicit dis sillers who do not register or make
any pretanse of complying with the law.
In many sections they have gone far
to band together to render 1t impossible
of law taxes which have been prop
erly and Law fully assessed
Tobacco Statistics.
Some interesting tobacco statistics are
given, as follows:
The total quantity of leaf tobacco used
in making cigars weighing more than three
pounds per thousand was ~ 49, III pounds
The total quantity used in making cigars
Weighing not more than three pounds per
thousand was 1,2s3. 800 pounds.
The total quantity used in making ciga-
rettes was II. Al. 402 pounds.
The states in which the largest number of
cigars were made We're Pennsylvania and
New York.
Cigarettes were made mostly IN New
York. Virginia and North Carolina.
There was an increase in the quantity of
leaf and scrap tobacco used of 1892, O33
pounds. and an increase in all other ma
teTials used.
in the quantity of snuff manufactured and
of 1914 .210 pounds of smoking tobacco, and
an increase in the quantity OF plug and
fine cut manufactured, as follows: Pug
tobacco, 80 332, 4SS pounds; fine-cut tobacco
3GJ.5Ts pounds.
The states in which the largest quantities
of chewing and smoking tobacco were man.
ufactured are Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia
North Carolina, Michigan and Ohio as fol-
lows: