The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-17


The receipts for the year just closed
considerably exceed those ~ any proceed
ing year except ieO7 Is,ng the revenues
as guide tn quantity consumed there
appears 10 have been an mcrelse ~ about
~ per cent in the last ten years. 4
part ~ this has been in the production
~ spirits used as beverages and part IN
distillation for commercial and scientific
,Tss- hut details yet available are insult
ficient Tor "a determination 81 percentage
81 increafA for those purposes. The in
dIcations are that a large part u It has
been in the line % beverages The re-
ported consumption of domestic spirits.
including the product of fruits AS well as
of grains. IL for led ~, SsI .ssS gallons. and
for 1910 i2s sS7 10 In the same time the
imports % spirits have increased from
l. rs tss gallons 70 4. ?a2. a7i gallons
Consumption of fluids Classed "a fer
mented liquors has increased from 30 $50
$40 barrels IN 1900 TO se.ts5ii7 in 1910.
81 per osnt. The average harrel content
IL about thirty gallons Details for 1910
ar. not yet ready. but the returns for
1919 show q total production Of "a. SO3. .s7
barrels. with New York State as the pro-
Queer Of u. s7S.7 iS barrels: Pennsy lvania,
1850 7o2: Illinois. 5.S25, as: Wisconsin
milwaukee included. 100 asI; Ohio.
i.Oei 30. and Missouri S.7Is55i. Com
pared with domestic production of about
!. 80 .0oo ON gallons. imports ~ 7.OOO. on
gallons are only a drop in the bucket
The revenue from the tar on domestic
fermented liquors las, year was $40 572. %
80 The report shows the payment Of
t2i IT'S. tSs on the production of y SO OSO. | a.
domestic cigars. a. compared with n
production ~ 598S. ITO. Ssi in 1000 This
indicates not only an increase in total
production and consumption % cigars
but as we'll an increase Of about 10 per
cent. In per capita consumption.
More rema rka BILE than the increase in
the use of cigars has been the increased
use Of ciga rettes. snun. and pipe and chew
ing tobacco. The cigarette business il
the most striking % all. Ten years ago
the American people smoked two cigar
To one cigarette: to-day the number 81
each consumed 10 about The same. The
record % cigarette production in 1870
shows the use Of $50. soc Tsi. while the
record % 1910 sh COWS ~ $40 s2s Ct "a ret tes
as compared with s.iss. oso. Ia cigars
We are evidently becoming a nation Of
cigarette smokers. The demand for snun
has increased from iaei7 us pounds in
1919 to 81 ,eos.ill pounds in 1910. The
greater part % this 10 used m the South
and the Southwest, where the habit ~
dipping appears tn he increasing The
che~ers and the pipe smokers are IN
Guided IN a single group. and their con
sumption 81 tobacco has increased from
77s S77 0aS pounds IN lSn 10 "a eOs sSs
pounds in 1910. The total internal revenue
from tobacco Last year was So sSs S5I.
and the revenue from the imported weed
vas not far from SIS OOo.OO. Internal
revenue receipts from all sources amounted
TO $3.50 72sOIi This includes the excise
tar on corporations. which amounted TO
sso. csc 7sS collected prior 60 the close Of
the fiscal year A little more than " 600.
go has been collected since that date
Comparison Of the present total internal
revenue With the total Of i9OO cannot he
made With fairness. because 81 the i'm
position - the special war taxes now
removed Such q showing as this will
afford little satisfaction to orr good friends
Of the W. e. 7. 4. and similar orgsnila-
tons