The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-02
WHAT WE ARE
PAYING FOR WAR
internal Revenue Receipts f)r the
Fiscal Year Over a Hundred Mil
lion Over Last Year.

WASHINGTON, August This annual
preliminary report of the Commissioner
oi Internal Revenue for the fiscal year
ended June 30. 1893 shows that The re-
ccipts from AN sources of internal reve-
nue, for the year aggregated }2'5.4Si,5s2,
which amount included &A&3 tax on
money orders turned over 10y the POST
master General 20 the collector for the
district of Maryland, and for which mo-
expense for collection was incurred, max
ing am increase of SlO26 6lL163 over the re-
ccipts for the fiscal year ended june 80,
ISyS.
The receipts from the several sources
OF revenue and the increase or decrease
in each of the vars as compared with
the year 1895, are given as follows:
THE COMPARISON.
Spirits. 500 &3.543. ncrease, 50 6s5s5i3' to-
-bacco, S52.493. 301. increase, yic261 o>5. fer
mented Uquors. s.6l4 SOS. increase. S2y,-
l2sl88. oloomargariho, $l96.6lH, increase
s64O. .S3S: filled cheese. 2lNW>. Increase.
H5l9: mixed -four, 1910 Qaw not In enect
last year). special taxes under war rcNe-
me net not elsewhere enumerated, ST.
q3i 5p: legacies and disirioutyc shares
of personal property. Sl235. tS5. schedule
A and b (stamp taxi. $43.Sl7,sls. misCel-
laneous. sl.0S5 SGs; total Nl3, 5Sz
Among the war revenue receipts Include
ed I'm the above are the fonowings:
Bankers. (capital not exceeding S2o.o0O,
stfs 7o2. bankers. Capital exceeding &3j.-
OoN. $780,. 23i: billiard rooms, &oI0t4;
brokers. (stock and bond. etc). 357lol:
commercial brokers, SlNl. .9l9' custom
house brokers ~.lW. pawnbrokers. Sl'-
522: bowling alleys S6l.5i9, clrcuses, SlN-
253. theatres. exhibitions. etc, SIG
playing cards. NI,27S' penalties. Slo5 TO
OTHER ARTICLES.
The quantities OF distilled spirits. fer
mented lauors. manufactured tobacco.
SNUFF. cigars. cigarettes ole0mar-
garine and filled cheese on which
The tax was paid during the
last fiscal year. with the in-
crease or decrease IN each case as COM
pared with the fiscal year lNS are given
as follows:
Spirits distilled from fruit 1.scG2lS gal
Ions. decrease 1890; spirits distilled from
grain Ss.Sl9.M4 gallons Increase 5,io0el3
fermented liquors (beer). 265Sl.li bar
rels decrease 121s2; cigars Weighing
more than three pound per 1OoO. i5Z9.-
2SOl increase 2ieli.7S7; cigars weigh
ing not morCs shan three pounds per 1000
5414l5590 increase ~ .3S.6io: cigarettes
weighing not more than three pounds
per thousand. 2SO2. zoe. $40. decrease 9iS..
gSt 22i. cigarettes weighing more than
three pounds per thousand 962S i64 IN
crease il1052 snun, l4627l0G pounds. In
crease sos O3S. tobacco, chewing and
smoking. 23Il82 nO pounds. decrease 81.
COS, 2o8; oIe0margarine. 50 fS5 62s pounds
increase p los 90l. filled cheese. l.6SSGn
pounds. increase 275.7lS
The statement OF the collections In
States showing receipts above SicoOOo0
contains the following. cents omitted.
Louisiana, including Mississippi So
254 49, Maryland. including Delaware.
District OF Columbia and two counties
I'm Virginia. sSlsO.+9: Now York s4s-
s3i $50 North Carolina, s4,szi, ole; Tennes-
see s2.l73ss5: Texas s.. 81. .Sss: virginia
A,Sl5s5l West Virginia. N,lSOl LOG.