The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-28
BEER SOURCE
OF BIGGEST
REVENUE
Total Receipts for Fiscal
Year S6,474,l79, According
to Local Compilation.

According to figures compiled by at
taches of the Internal Revenue Office
In this city the total receipts for this
district for the fiscal year ending June
80 were Sc. 474, III. "a. against $3.50, 417.46
for the previous year, a gain of s134,-
760.4S.
According to the preliminary report
of John G. Capers. United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, issued
a few days ago, the total receipts of
the Internal Revenue Department for
the fiscal year ending June 30 were
$3.50, 664, O22.S5 against $249. 1o2. 73S for
the previous year. This collection dis
trict, of which DR.. Herman G. II. Her
old is the collector, ranks fourteenth
districts in the country, the same posi-
ton occupied last year.
While this district ranks fourteenth
in point of total collections, it is the
largest snuff-producing district in the
country. and from snu ffalone 1884,
724.52 was collected in taxes. This is a
decrease of $4,016.7 II against last year.
There are six snuff mills in this district
and four of this number are in Middle
sex County. These are the American
Snuff Company, of Helmetta; the Devoe
Snuff Company, of Spotswood, and
Skinner & Co., of S~potswood, and the
]. M. Parsons Company, OF Midtown.
The Allen Red Mill Tobacco Company,
of Railway, and F. H. Goetz & Brother
Company, of Jersey City. are the other
mills. The American Snuff Company,
of Helmetta, is by far the largest pro-
Queer and in all probability the largest
snuff plant in the country, according to
fgures on file at the office of the col
lector in this city.
Beer is by far the largest revenue-bear
ing industry in this district, and during
the fiscal year just closed, according to
the figures sent to Washington in Collector
Herold's report, $2,9S5, 1852 was collected
from the thlrty-siX breweries in the dis
trict. The figures last year were S2,S5l,sf2,
showing a gain of $1Ss,S2O during the
twelve months. OF the thirty-six breweries
in the district eighteen are located within
the corporate limits of this city. Paterson
ranks second, with eight hop-rendering
plants. There are only forty-three brew
cries in the State, so that all but seven
are in this district. which comprises the
eleven northern counties In the State, In
Guiding Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union,
Morris, Sussex, Warren, Bergen, Hunter
don, Somerset and Middlesex.
Manufactured tobacco, exclusive of
cigars, also proved to be Il large revenue
PRODUCER in this district, the receipts from
this product for the year being 81 asa, 026.07,
against 81, 511, III. 05 last year. showing a de-
crease of $50, 9S4. IS for the year. The re-
ceipts for this class of revenue bearing
products can from fifty manufacturers
located in various pacts Of the district.
During the year over 700 cigar manu-
facturers IN the district paid in 81, 262, 012.1 10,
against $l,22f, SOB. So for the previous year,
an increase OF $36. 40S.36. In the manufao.
ture of cigars Middlesex County also leads
the district, the largest cigar factory in the
State being located in New Brunswick.
The four industries mentioned are not the
only sources from which revenue are col
lected. There are n number of distilleries
In the district, from which small amounts
are collected each month. Several of then
are located In Orange and one is In Pas
sale.
One Of the largest sources Of revenue.
and the one causing by far the most work
in the local office, Is the special revenue
tax on retail liquor dealers. Eaach re-
taller Of spirituous and malt liquors must
pay the internal revenue department a
tax of s25. This is good only to the per-
son to whom issued, and should a trans
fer of the State or municipal permit take
place the new owner OF the latter license
must take out a new governmental IL
cense to sell. For this reason it was i'm
possible to ascertain the numbe Of sa-
looms In the district, but 1t is understood
that there were more than 10000 of these
permits Issued last year.
In addition to this there are fines and
penalties imposed on vlolators Of the law.
and all this goes in to swell the receipts
of the Noffice. However. there we're not
so many violators of the rules Of the de-
partment last year as have occurred in
previous years, so the revenue from these
sources fell far below the average.