The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-04
GREAT JUMP in
LIQUOR RECEIPTS.
Tan Payments in December
Showed Increase Of 100
Per Cent.
SIX MONTHS EXCEED YEAR
Eleven Distillcl-ies in Eastern
Virginia Break All Former
Records.

2 Eleven =, eve ID, aistilleries operating in
months have broken all records for
the quantity OF spirits produced III that
l.eriod according to figures secured
Yesterday from tho Office of Collector
inent shows that the whiskey business
has flourished beyond the expectations
OF experts employed to protect the
governments interest in collecting
taxes.
December collections on spirits es-
tablished a new high mark in statistics
In the collectors Office. surprising the
amount a., ,l !, collected any previous month
thousands of dollars. Unoh.cially. It
IS said that the unprecedented showing
made here is due mainly to the fact
that the distilleries. since last January.
nave been enlarged. which has been
necessary to satisfy unlocked for de-
mands. 5l5 n
General Increase In Taxes.
There ara three large distilleries
around Richmond, each of which re-
officers. because the capacity Is more
than 100 gallons per day. All dis
tilleries operating at a capacity OF
more than forty. gallons require the
gaugcr There are connected with the
collectors office six men In the sepa-
rate capacity of guagers, whose duty
It It Is to look after rectifying plants.
lnond and three in Norfolk
Ihe'e are thirty wholesale liquor
dealers in the district. who, under the
governments license, are permitted to
snip Whiskey in quantities over five
reports of oil transactions to the
Collector OF internal Revenue Since
Mr. Lowry assumed control of the Of
nce !. In September 1905. the receipts
greatly increased but on spirits. in
the past six months, the figures indi-s
cate u more remarkable advance than
on any class of taxable property
The sales of tobacco stamps are con
tinually on the increase. while special
licenses issued for retail liauor and
malt dealers remain about the same.
Inc oleomarsaline business, as evil
uenced by the amount of special
licenses taken out by retail dealers
has increased very materially Cigars
and cigarettes are on the increase. In
TACT, there is probably not an office in
the United States in which receipts
have increased more regularly thar in
Mr.. Lowry's.
Enormous Advance shown.
The territory represented by the loca,
office includes the following counties.
a majority of which are governed by
local option: Amelia, Appomattox,
Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline.
Charles City, Charlotte Chesterfield,
Cumberland, pinwiddie. Elizabeth CITY.
Essex: Fluvanna, Gloucester. Goochiand,
y orfolk, Northumberland. NottoIay.
a Irr.esnnesyille, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of
Sing George, King William, Lancaster
Louisa, Lunenbprg, Matthews, Middle
sex. Nansemond, New Kent. Powhatan.
FRINGE Edward, Princess Anne Rich
lnond, Stafford. Southampton, Spotsyl-
vania, Surry, Sussex. Warwick, Vest
lnoreland and York.
While collections for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1903. We're approxi-
SIX months was so,468. Ss5.61. which In
dicates that the collections for the
year ending next June may reach the
So,OOO.000 mark.
Receipt. for SIX Months.
Following are the total collections
,or the last six months in 1909:
MY ....'.,- ............. S41S,372 is !
augns. -. .-............... 4sl,3S9 g.
ssePlenlpcr ................i... 3694S4 Is |
october .....-s..g........ 4OG909 04 |
These totals include collections on
cigarettes, cigars, tobacco. beer, play
ing cards. spirits and other kinds Of |
! no the licenses paid by distilers and /
retail and wholesale liquor dealers.
Collected on Whiskey.
inc following table shows the |
July .'.......... sss,e1o 81
August .-.............. 2S,046 90 |
September 24,763 SO |
october 5000. .......... 1890 O3
November Observation-Disclosures. 6o.495 50 !
december ....,....-.f...s 97,103 40 |
The collections on cigarettes and |
sigars aggregated sL393,627.22 In tho
past six months while the taxes on
obacco amounted to s721.217.42. De-
'pite these remarkably high figures, [
he proportionate increase on these
articles has been nothing like that on
on which the receipts have
payments on spirits for d ecember rep I
'esent an output Of SS,275.9 gallons. J.
nNnrrn AhAnnHrInI