The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
BIGINCREASE
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS
swELLED by THE WAR ACT.
Total for the Fiscal Year Ended June
617,763 over 1898.
INDIANA PAID $17,2i3,07O
COMMISSIONER WILSON'S ANNUAL RE-
PORT To SECRETARY GAGE.
Percentage of Cost of Collection Re-
duced from 2.29 Last Year to LES
for the Year just Closed.
ROOT NOW "MR. SECRETARY"
PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE WAR
DEPARTMENT., VICE ALGER.
Latter Present at the swearing-In
Ceremony-Monthly Statement of
the Treasury Department.
Percentage Of Cost of Collection Re-
duced from 2. ID Last Year to 1.6S
for the Year Just Closed.
ROOT NOW "MR. SECRETARY
PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE WAR
DEPARTMENT., VICE ALGER.
Latter Present at the swearing-In
Ceremony-Monthly Statement of
the Treasury Department.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue Wilson to-day made
preliminary report to Secretary Gage on
the collection OF internal revenue and the
condition of the service. He says: The
receipts from all sources Of internal revenue
for the year aggregated sz73, 4S4,5s2. which
amount included $274.s53 tax on money or
ders turned over by the postmaster general
to the collector for the district OF Maryland
and for which no expense for collection was
incurred. making an increase OF s102, Gil, 76S
over the receipts for the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1898. The expenses of this bureau
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1889. will
approximate A.5s4.145. and the percentage
Of cost OF collection, predicated on these fig
ures, less tax on money orders, as above
stated, win be LES. a reduction OF 81 in
the percentage Of cost of collection as COM
pared with the preceding fiscal year, when
the percentage OF cost was 2.29. In this
connection Ii may be stated that the amount
expended for the collection OF internal rev.
enue cannot be exactly ascertained until
all accounts OF collectors for the fiscal year
have been received and adjusted
The aggregate collections in Indiana dur
ing the past fiscal year amounted to ST.
21307o, OF which amount So, 234. sos were col
Iected by David w. Henry in the Seventh
Indiana district and s4.s7s.2s7 by Ambrose
Z. Newlin in the Sixth district.
The receipts from the several sources Of
revenue and the increase or decrease in
each for the year, as compared with the year
1888 are given as follows: Spirits. ss9, 2S3, 54s
an increase Of S. 736,543 tobacco, $50. 4s3, 207,
an increase of $16. 2s2. SIS; fermented liquors,
Ss,s44, 55s an increase OF s29, 49, 37; oleo-
81 of
filled cheese. s1s09s. an increase Of $1,579;
mixed flour. $3.50 claw not in effect last
year,; special taxes under war revenue act.
not elsewhere enumerated. 1892, 5s3; legacies
and distributive shares of personal property.
81. 235, ass; schedules A and B STAMP taxi,
$4s.S SIS: miscellaneous. si,0s5, s6s; total,
sz73 4S4. $50.
Among the war revenue receipts included
In the above are the following: Bankers
Capital not exceeding s25,0O0), $44s, 7O2; bank
ers Capital exceeding $4,000. 1902 134: bill
Hard rooms, 1907 074; brokers Stocks and
bonds. etc.). 7.O1o: commercial brokers'.
SIS. s1s; pawnbrokers, s5o.522; bowling alleys,
ISL 80; circuses, SIS 233; theaters exhibitions,
ETC.. sl2s.51; playing cards. s271. 27s; pen
alties. $16s,576
The quantities Of distilled spirits, fer
mcnted liquors. manufactured tobacco,
snuffs. cigars, cigarettes, oleomargarine and
filed cheese on which tax was paid during
the fiscal year. with the increase or de-
crease In each case as compared with the
fiscal year 1898, are given as follows: Spirits,
distilled from fruit, 1.3O6. 21s gallons, a de-
crease Of 05.2a0; spirits distilled from grain,
g. 34 gallons, increase of s. 1861 13; fer
mented liquors (beer). S6591,114 barrels, a
decrease Of 12.1s2; cigars weighing more
than three pounds thousand, 4529, ST. 304
an increase OF "a, 81, 7s7; cigars weighing not
more than three pounds a thousand, 547, 49,
b20 an Increase OF 141, 73S, $40; cigarettes
Weighing not more than three pounds a
thousand. 2so2, 5o2. 573 a decrease of s4s.s A.
"a; cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds a thousand. 2.62s164, an increase Of
17.053: snuff. IA. .106 pounds. decrease of
tes.o2s. tobacco. chewing and smoking, 237,-
1s2. 40 pounds. decrease of 81, OBS ,2e3; oleo-
margarine. S.ls5.62s pounds. an increase of
2s.lo6sso1; filled cheese, 1.sss.64 pounds. an
ircrease OF 275.71S.
The statement of the collections in each
Of the several States shows receipts above
100000 as follows. cents omitted: Cali
fornia, including Nevada, si34s, 6ss; Colo
rado. including Wyoming. s.24s.135: Con-
necticut. Including Rhode Island, 81 $40, 75s;
Illinois. SAL .52s; Indiana. 81, 2l3o70; Iowa
$2ooS.265; Kentucky, 22.215. 234: Louisiana
including Mississippi. s2.24, 173; Maryland
including Delaware. District of Columbia
and two counties In Virginia. $3.50. 4o9;
Massachusetts,. ss.153.s2o; Michigan, 4,s43,-
7s5: Minnesota. SIS .sSs: Missouri, SIG. &c.,
o75; Nebraska. including North and South
Dakota. $3.42s.079; New Hampshire, includ-
Ing Maine and Vermont. 1874, Oss; New Jer-
sey. ss.os4.2s1; New York. SIG. ss4 $50; North
Carolina. A.s2l.o1s; Ohio, 50. sl. Oe5; Oregon.
including Washington and Alaska, N.074.-
s2l; Pennsylvania. ses sss55. 573: Tennessee. 81
17s.ss5; Texas. N.577.sas; Virginia, A.a5. 1851;
West Virginia. 81. $50 log; Wisconsin, s.. 49,
os5.