Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-10
Notable Reduction in Internal
Receipts during the Past
Fiscal Year,
MORE LIQUOR DEALERS
Nearly 500 Licenses for All Classes
only J1f Under PrOh ibitiOu-nrOp-
ping of spanish War Taxes Causes
Decrease in observation-disclosures
for Vermont Cigar Factories.

Washington, Dec. G.-Nermont is one OF
the wee, wee States of the Union i'll the
opinion Of Commissioner of Internal Rev
ouue John W. Yerkes. That is when he
is talking about the amount Of internal
revenue which the Green Mountain State
yields annually tn the Golfers of Uncle
samuel For the last fiscal year it was
only $l9,S'-j.53. lie has just made the hg-
ur"s public IN his annual report.
The falling oil is quite noticeable. The
previous year Vermont yielded tho fed
"rll government >loo 5000 in Internal rev
onue But that year some of the spanish
War taxes wcio still in force. which made
quite a difference. New Hampshire. winch
with Maine il N the same collection dis
trict AZ Vermont, had marked falling
off, but New Hampshires internal revenue
collections for tho last nscal year We're
Si>z36l.1, as against $40 iS2.So. 50 that the
decrease was less than Onc-half. Ine fig
ur-s for Maine for the last fiscal year
were S,A,7H1.Gu as against sl5i.52j 81.
There were 10 special taxpayers in Yer
mont during the last fiscal year OF whom
one was rcctilicr, Al wero retail liquor
dealers and 30 retail dealers in malt lQ-
Ors Six were wholesale liquor dealers
and % were wholesale dealers ir malt liQ-
ors, total of 713 in all classes Then
thore Was one dealer in OleOmargarl ne
Artiticially Colored in imitation OF uut-
ter. This was A big increase in liquor
dealers, although the number OF special
aXpayers in the State for the previous
fiscal year was l.2j7 many OF them. how
over. under the war taxes. There We're
81 special taxpayers that year, for in
stance who purchased licenses from IN"
! federal government for billiard tables and
| bowling alleys. But that year there were
only 10 retail liquor dealers no Who'll
| ,dlers and one re,tiuer in Vermont, and
| only 80 retailers of malt liquors and 10
| Wholesalers in malt liquors. a total of J'i
when the prohlbitory law was In force.
| COMPARED WITH OTHER STATES.
The special taxpayers IN New Hamp-
| hire last year We're So more than twice
| as many as in Vermont New Hampshire
| mad during the last fiscal year l,-6l retail
| liquor dealers l. wholesalers, bye brew
| rs. 100 retailers and - wholesalers In
malt liquors. Maine, State almost twice
| ~ populous AS Vermont. had one rectlier,
| IS retail and II wholesale liquor dealers
,hrce brewers ioN retailers and 81 whole
! ~alers in malt liquor.
Vermont was naturally frGc from much
litigation over internal revenue suits.
| There were two of those during the fiscal
year settled by compromise Eight Grim
| NAL suits were instituted in j. months
No fines were imposed by the courts.
FIGURES ON CIGARS.
During the last calendar year there
were 40 cigar factories in Vermont, each
Of which kept a separate account with
| the treasury department, through Coil"c-
| -or James \. wood At Portsmouth. These
used - 90 pounds Of tobacco, which W"r"
made into 2.So3iG7 cigars. Nermonterr
like q big smoke and therefore all th"s'
,lsars were of the larger variety. known
as cigars wciehmg more than three
pounds per thousand. A. There W"r'
manufactured during the calendar \"dl