Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-04
internal REVENUE REPORT
Collections for Fiscal Year Estimated at
$242, 0o,000
ILLINOIS PAYS Tne LARGEST AMOUNT
New York il Second, Indiana Third
and Kentucky FOurth-rax
On spirits Biggest
Item.


WASHINGTON. Dec. 3-The annual re-
port of Commissioner John w. Yerkes of
the city revenue bureau. Treasury depart
ment. shows that the receipts Of the bureau
for the year ending June 30. 1905, were
$s34, 17S976, an excess of 1.2S4.195 over the
collections for the fiscal year of 1904. Using
as a basis the collections for the first
three months of the current fiscal year,
the commissioner estimates that the re-
ceipts from all city revenue sources for
the fiscal year ending June 30 1906, will
aggregate $242, 100000. or nearly ss.00O.0O0 in
excess OF those for the last fiscal year.
During the last fiscal year there col
lected from the tax on distilled spirits
s1295l2.62S; On fermented liquors. sac, 40, $50,
and on tobacco. S45,6599iO.
The leading states IN the payment of
internal revenue taxes for the past year
are Illinois, s5l, $50, 7oS; New York $27,9sl,-
I $40; Indiana $2I,652, Pa Kentucky, S2l754,
500; Ohio. $40, 7S2.6l5; PENNSYLVANIA, Nsl96,-
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! Among the states paying the smallest
amounts are Idaho. Maine Mississippi,
Nevada, North Dakota, Vermont and
! Wyoming. In 1904 the total production Of
distilled spirits was 1855, IA gallons; in
! 1905, 153, 259379 gallons In 1904 in round
numbers, 1lSlOO,OOO gallons of tax paid Sc
| curities were withdrawn: in 1905, 11E1O0O0O
| gallons. There has been an increase in
the amount of tobacco and snuff, manu-
featured and i'm the production of beer.
The amounN of colored oleomargarine
produced shows an Increase over 1904. the
amount ON which tax was paid during
the fiscal year 1895 being i9,sSO9s3 pounds,
the tax collected aggregating sl44,975
Would Abolish Gree work.
Commissioner Yerkes discussed the free
work done by his bureau, such as gauging
of spirits at rectifying houses; the free
stamps used; clerk hire, etc, and recon-
mends legislation fixing charge of %
cents per stamp for each stamp issued to
rectihers or wholesale liquor dealers for
use upon packages prepared and sent out
by them. From this source the commits
sionsy estimates that an increased revenue
of from $4,000 to $4,000 would be pro-
duced. The commissioner also recommeH. 4
that tax of % cents per gallon be an
posed on all sweet wines fortified tn .6ugl
the use Of grape brandy. The cost 81 col
lecting the Internal revenue last car wa
47O5, 1906, and the commissioner estimate
that the cost for the next fiscl4 year Wi
be reduced TO S.6s9t20. The est is state
to have. been 2.Ol per cent the past yea
as against an average sire the creatio
, of the bureau of 2SS per cent.
The internal revenue feceipts Cor the as
, cal year are given as louows
From spirits, 1889 5is an increase owe
1894 Of Sl4S.is7; toba 6co, S45,65s0lO, increas,
> Fermented LIQUORS. s5O,sso.S5S; increas,
81. 227. GA,
Oleomargarin'H sGO5. AS; increase 1921, sSl.
$ Mixed -four, H.6lS: Increase, SS2Sl.
E ! Adulterated butter. S}.S3S; increase, &, O2
0 Process o. renovated butter, $i5s'iS5; II
Miseella heous. sl.44l, 1875: decrease. si,2si
There was an increase of 5,I57,9O4 pound
in tho quantity OF leaf tobacco used in n
manufacture OF taxable tobacco product
aiSi an increase OF a3,OO5773 pounds and
decrease Of 22S4,6S3 pounds. respectively
the quantity OF domestic leaf exported ar
foreign leaf imported and an increase
iOlSS,S5l pounds In the quantity OF dome
tic leaf tobacco produced. as compared wit
the previous year.
The duties and taxes collected from L
baeco during the fiscal year ended Jul
30. 1905, amount ed to S6s. S4s.522
The duty coll kcted upon imported leaf IA
manufactured amounted TO SlS.S96,94O. al
that collected upon imported tobacco man
facturers entered for consumption amour
ed to $S,TS26e2, the quantity of tobac
manufactured during the last year is Civ
as follows;
Plug. leB.S9,27O pounds; twist. s,7sS.i
pounds; fine cut chewing, l215l,OOS pound
smoking tobacco, l49.l5l,69O pounds. II
number vi cigarettes manufactured W
about 100000. The quantity of packag
OF grain used FOR the production OF splri
during the last fiscal year was y, I
bushels, which is an increase of 2.2SSl
= eushelz over the year 1904. The yield
spirits from each bushel OF grain was 4
gallOBs. The yield for the next precedi
year was A46 gallons per bushel. 9fhe qua
tits OF molasses used for the production
spirits was IS SS7, so gallons producing /
ESQ S29 gallons OF spirits.