The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-07
QUARTER Or BILLION = =: !.
IN INTERNAL REVENUE
ANNUAL REPORT OF coMMts'
SlOMER YERkES-TEM Bill
BfONS or CIGARETTES
MADE.

Yerkcs, Of the internal Revenue Blu
reau. Treasury Department, shows
that the receipts OF the bureau for the
year ended June 80. 1906. we're 1894.
l7s,976, an excess OF $1,2s4.l35 over
The collections for the fiscal year OF
1904. Using as basis the collections
tor tho f1rst three months OF the cur.
rent fiscal year the Commissioner es.
Inmates that the receipts from all In.
.oFnal revenue sources for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1905, will aggror
gate s342. 100000. or nearly $4,000. 900
In excess OF those for tho last fiscal
year. During the last fiscal year there
was collected from the tax on dis
titled .ptrisa. .1.9.5t2,G28: on Torment
Il ltasoro. s4s.4ss.439. and on tobao-
%. s45.os5.s1t
The leading States In tho payment
of I1tsrnM revenue taxes for the past
year FRO: IIlInnts, $sl.S9..7et; New
York. s.7.ssl.57:: Indiana, $s4.ese.-
s44: KENTUCKY. $2i.7s4.aso: Ohio.
t1e.7si.s15; Pennsylvania. ,t1e.13a,.
Tao. AAsng tho States paying tao
sualloah amounts are idaho. Maine.
MlsstsBtpst. Nevada, North Dakota.
Vermont and wyoming. In 1894 tho
totd production OF distilled spirits
was 1as.sss.stt gallons: In lSss. 1885,,
ISL. So SALONS.
In 1904. II round numbers. 49,
~, ~ sAlloas OF tax-paid spirits were
withdrawn: In 1906. 1l7.7oo.o0s. There
hxs beon IN Increase in the amount of
tobacco and snuff manufactured and
In tho production of beer.
The amount Of colorod oleomar.
sArino produced shows an Increase
over 1904. the amount on which tax
was paid during the fiscal year 1905
being 49.sS0,9S3 pounds. the tax col
lected aggregattng s444.975.
Commissioner Yerkes discussed the
free work" done by his bureau. such
as gauglng OF spirits at rectifying
houses. the free stamps used, clerk
hire, etc, and recommends legisla.
ton fixing q charge OF 20 cents per
stamp for each stamp issued to recti.
aers or wholesale liquor dealers for
use upon packages prepared and sent
out by them. From this source the
Commissioner estimates that an 10.
creased revenue Of from $750'00o to
100000 would be produced.
The Commissioner also recommends
that a tax of Is cents per gallon be
imposed on all sweet wines fortified
through the use OF grape brandy. The
cost OF collecting the internal rev
enue last year was $4,705,2 9G. and the
Commissioner estimates that the cos,
for the next fiscal year will be re-
duced to $4Cs9,120. The cost Is
stated to have been POI per cent. the
past year, as against an average
since the creation of the bureau, of
esq per cent.
The internal revenue receipts for
tho last fiscal year are given as fol-
lows:
From spirits. $l35,95S,513. an In
crease over 1901 Of s14s,497; tobacco,
s45,659,910; increase. s1.004.10l.
Fermentcd liquors, $50.3G0.55s: In.
crease, $6.227,094.
Oleomargarine, sso5.47S; increase,
s1a1,3 s1
Mixed flour, $t.G4s; increase. ss2.S1,
Adultcra,ed butter. s",o3S; increase,
s.O"3.
Process or renovated butter. $780,
80; increase. $l5.M1
Miscellaneous. At1.t9S; decrease.
sl-->t .3n4,
There was I'M increase of 5,iaaTI.9ot
pounds in he quantity OF leaf tobacco
used in the manufacture Of TAXABLE
tobacco products, anil an increase of
%"%,nna,17 pounds and a decrease of
1854 ,G::3 pounds, respectively. in the
quantity of domestic leaf exported
and foreign leaf import ed. and an in
crease of 4o,4Sa3a pounds in The
quantity of domestic leaf tobacco pro.
luceI. as compared with the previous
year,
The duties and taxes collected from
tobacco during tho fiscal year ended
June 80, 1905, amounted tn $6S,349,-
5os.
The duty collected upon imported
leaf unmanufactured amounted to-
s1S,A9C.a40 and that collected upon
imported tobacco manufactures en-
tered for consumption amounted to
$3.Ia2.i77o The quantity of tobacco
manufactured during tic. last year is
.r;vtn as follows;