Evening journal., 1906-11-26
25O SALOONS PAY
STATE $SS,575
Auditor Dick Reports on Ii
CenSe Revenue For Year
1905
Special to The EvouInr Journal

DOVER. Nov. 2s-The report OF State
Auditor George H. Dick for the year
9O5 is probably the most complete
work. OF It's kind ever published by
Delaware official.
Every cent OF money which has been
naid into the State or any Of the
ountles from a corporation to a circus.
S exhibited ana every cent that has
seen paid out, from a Judge to a black
smith. is entered with equal promin-
once. The cost Of maintaining the
courts, the payment OF Witnesses ard
iuries. the cost Of mendlnR the small-
sst piece OF road. the exact return OF
every collector and the amount he stili
owes and for which his bondsmen are
responsihlc-all appears IN attractive
and readable form.
Mr. Dick has been able to compile
The Information in his own office. after
visits and Investigations Ia AN counties
and close scrutiny OF an the books. ana
In preparing the statement he uses
modern typewrlters. 4rithmometcrs.
adding machines and etploys an Of
ice force az his State House Office
every day in the week.
In former years it was ths custom
OF Delaware auditors 10 hunt up some
experienced printer give him some
scrap memoranda and an account book
or two. and then get him 10 print his
annual report"
State Auditor Dick who win retire
from office next month has rcvolu-
tionized the methods Of the State audi
tors office.
The official figures Of the receipts
from the liquor business ln an ifs
branches, so far as the State revenue
is concerned, shows that last year, the
state received tSS.575 revenue from tho
liquor sellers.
OF these receipts, the preponderanca
OF revenues came from New Castle
county. mat county phid into state
treasury S6S3S0.
Kent county shows "a payment OF only
$4,000. while Sussex county, though
twice as large and very much dryer
because OF It's sandy condition. than
either county, shows the payment Of
only SS,U5.
The small payments from Kent and
Sussex counties is accounted for be-
cause Of the temperance sentiment pre-
vaillng there. and. M addition TO that.
because there are distllleries situated
at nearly every cross roads. most Of
them licensed stills" but others ill-
icit and as yet undetected. These dls-
tillories are a source Of very little
revenue TO the State IN comparison TO
the large payments from the hotels
but many OF them, particularly corn
mashers,' sell liquor In almost any
quantity. Some are lawabiding and
prompt I'm payments of license and
compliance with regulations.
The liquor receipts IN detail as
furnished to-day by Auditor OF Ac-
counts George II. Dick are as fol-
lows:
From New Castle County License fees
for inn or tavern. s6S.iO0; special inn or
tavern. S6, 300 retailer TO sell liquor
80 300; special retailer 10 sell liquor
$500; druggist, $500; paid to State treas
urer (disillers), $500. Total, $50 =
2co
From Kent County-Licenses receiv-
ed from inn or tavern $4,000; from
special inn or tavern. Si75; from drug
gists to sell liquor, $780, Total S5195.
From Sussex County-Licenses from
inn or tavern, $si00; special inn or
tavern. 1915. Total. S3,775. Grand
total. sSS,575.
Number Of saloons-Kent %; Sussex.
i6' New Castle, 220-wilhout "speci-
ais"