The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-01
Y[RK[s MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT
Internal Revenue Receipts for.
Year Aggregate Over
$23o,ooo,ooo.
SHOWING MADE BY VIRGINIA 'v[
This State Produced Greatest
Number Of Little Cigars.
Oleolnargarine Laws.
SHOWING MADE BY VIRGINIA
tl,rom our Regular correspondent.)

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public to-day. shows that the receipts OF the
bureau for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1901,
were s2s2 9o4 ooa.63. being an excess OF 81 l6S.-
O7a Al over the collections for the preceding
) year The report says
."The cost OF collection for the rast year Is
1eS per cent. while the cost OF collection
for the fiscal year 1908 was 2.oi per cent? and
tho average cost of collection since the forl11a-
ton OF the bureau is asa per cent.
'.The receipts for the first three months OF
tho curren, fiscal year show small decrease
In collections as compared with the SAM
that the receipts from all sources OF lntern 10
revenue for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1905 will aggregate $3.50 100000.
..'rne objects Of internal revenue taxation.
prod,icin} the largest amount Of revenue are
distilled lsprits. being spirits distllied I'm
including beer, ale. porter. and other similar ~
fermented liquors. and tobacco Including
cigars, cigarettes snuff chewing ana s'noK''' '
tobacco. -
..DurInE the past fiscal year there was !, col 20
on on tobacco s4t,s55. sos.75
Receipts in Large Tax-Paying
Districts.
1.-THE leading States in the payment of
1nos Fsysaas 1879 Ne eSF YORK. s
Indiana se4,l02,371.SS; Kentucky 81. ~, !33 %
q Ohio. sci 4l63l; Pennsylvania, SIS, s74 $40 ~
are arkansas. idaho. Maine North and South
Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming
eoleston districts in = tho %, terri srna
( revenue laws. the Fifth District OF limos
Z reported the largest collections. the reccp pts
The district of Hawaii is tho lowest in point
4 Of - Collections It's receipts amounting to s4i,-
es..s ss'lee'lO''s :
nr,t s AS COS sT5 raiions: in 1901 sos IA
spIInns Ma n 1ss in round numbers, 14oo 900
E., 'ons ~ M op hera has been DECREASE
IN i iSvs' irn vn ~ ,ohacco nI mnnufacursd. and
m ~, inc I'm snuff anuaetured There was
four sass hnynS d ta Se peo
tx 500 enuT ,cntckv ssoo,l62 gallons;
1ns M o. SsS sas salons ohio i3 537 gal
ions The swo collection districts having the
ias, ~ ,er,d,,ct;on ~ distilled spirits are
,h tf,, T,ist rct r Illinois al SIS gallons
and the First District Of Ohio, 1s,02s, $50 GAL
lon MS, =. ~, =, ,r,,,,ced tbe Ia 70 cst
~ iour tr,,entnd iia1nrs are New York
~ col sss barre1s." PENNSYLVANIA, 6le3es6 bar
Ie as5 9as hnrreis The two districts which
,,rod%oed tha inrrest quantity Of fermented
liquor liquor are, the Third District Of New York.
1iIino,s : ao7 15s barrels. -
PrOduCtlOn OF lOOdCCO.
80 Hlhe Jour Stateb producing ny 81
onds p 81 thausanu and the production Of
,,,,,a,1a - sa7 ~, 6as. New York i All b35 24S:
4 fihio GS,; 81 54S and New Jersey 4o6 0sl s7s .
.1. 80 AZ. .,t. shoy,,nfr tha Ia rt,est nr-o-
I've MN 1 pennsvIvanIa
TsiNo1 s,e. ava ,a MIRA New YORK 73a III iii
az me ne reaest nroduc
zion ~ lila Cigars I,ycirhing less than
d - ,,a tho.ands are TirrInia eas 75o:
sNa,.1arrI tet sso ooo. No,,. 'Torh Ike s,7 ss1
ra rs1,o NV dstr,cs Is M
4. siSth 5Dstrict If VIRGINIA. liz os1 o50: Second
nis,rct nf New yorl. lis. oa3 Isl. i =
Sta. ~ oi - ~. rde ,n,ad shnxu
@ a , ; -, , ca rett S Eh
ing less than ; bounds Dor Thousand. New
nssp Z, nv oo "a 5no Eortb - oss
a5o Ths two dIstrcts showing the greatest
,oy, ne IVY ~, ~. s,onnnd
" y, t.le z, asS ess ~ ,h
.onnd Mie" ,,rodncsd - ose 90
Vnrr s,a,a nradured NE
hummer 0. ds rG e. SHOWING o.,
ton Of Seioses OF Whlch m, h na D,a Ssis9
MsIs ~ - Ny liz ~. nv
I.i.S,4eS IN the s aS p's s IVY.
STATES q assouf
.usk' ahd aars'',,a, ,m .e hot ha,,,,r
and and smoking tob "a Inc First ,,; missouri
District produced quantity o. ne ne, ne
turns showing ths manuiae,ure o. so7ss s;
, III. Fifth !, Kentucky. which produced $685.
sos poun1 POUNDS,
81
49, r..ort 49,. e., n,;,,,n ~. a.. ,.r
ne report says mat %!.n!n me past icW
montns. Two importan. aec,sehs nave peen
rendered by the supreme court OF the United
4 states, Affirming construction given py THIS
o stls 70 the oieoniacgafane act May =
1so1 whlch ac1 became etectiVe July ISL OF
the same year
DECISIONS nave aeintey aetermlnea
the rlEhtfulness OF the construction given by
9se to h .nf the ocs
reaching In some instances large sums against
the manufacturers OF oleomarsar!ne who. i'll
producing The same. had used palm oil as
an ingredient come OF which assessments had
been paid either In fun or In part by compro-
mise, the final adjudication OF the question
was most desirable.
There has been n marked decrease In the
amount OF oeomargarlne produced and tax
paid since the passage OF the amendment TO
the original law Of 1886 and which law be-
came effective July 1.a19o2.
Under the amendment the rate OF tax
changed from . cents per pound to 10
cents per pound, provided. however. that when
oleomargarine was free from artificial coora-
lion that caused 1t to look like buffer of
any shade OF yellow, the tax should be one
I fourth OF a cent per pound
During the fiscal year which closed juno
30. 1901? the last year we operated under the
original law. there were produced and tax