The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-29
AS Shown by the Report of
the Internal Revenue
Commissioner.

1 50, 600 in the last year; while the
lnufol5er OF dlstiIIerfes in operation is
3SS less than year ago; and while
ithe number Of rbrewers and dealers In
malt liquors has largely decreased. II
e SHOWN by the annual report of the
Com missioner OF internal Revenue,
that the spirituous LIQUORS produced
during the last fiscal year exceeded
those produced In the preceding year
by more than 100000 gallons, or
about a Quart to every man, woman
and child In the country; and that
the production Of fermented liquors,
such as beer and ale, increased more
than 5000, 900 barrels. or more than
gallon, for every person In the
United states.
The percentage OF increase In the
production of both sptrituOus and
malt IIquo~s is greater than the per-
centage o growth in population as
estimated from the census returns so
| far received, and the inevitable de-
duction Is that the use OF alcoholic
liquors is Increasing in the United
states.
Royal E. Cabem. commissioner OF
Internal revenue, in his report calls
special attention to this increased
consumption. saying:
while the enactment of statewide
| prohfbftory laws in same states and
of local option laws in other states
has greatly reduced the number Of
| dstilIeries of the smaller classes, and
l. in some districts has reduced the
nunber of recuners and wholesale Ii
quor dealers, the production and with
drawaI for consumption OF distilled
spirits has greatly increased during
the last fiscal year"
The production of tobacco, cigars,
cigarettes, and snum also increased
largely in the last year, the increase
in taxes paid the government on these
articles being more than $4,000, 600:
The production of oleomargarine
also shows a larger increase, the pro-
duction for the last year being greater
than for the preceding year by more
than 100000 pounds.
The production of playing cards
shows a large increase. The revenue
from this source in the last fiscal year
is shown by the report to have been
$685., IS 2f.34. AS the tax is but two
cents a pack, this indicates that theI
total number of playing cards manu-
factured in the United states in the
las; year was more than 100000
packs. whether bridge whist OF
DOReT mas uOLLe ~ SAuSC S4AAS I
Increased consumption of cards the
report does not state.
This is the first annual report which !
has dealt with the new tax on cor
porations. 1t shows that 262,49Oi
CORPORATIONS have been found liable |
to the provisions or this tax and thatl
in the fiscal year ended June 80, 1910.
the total collections from this source |
were $50, 959. 1S3.74- When the bill
for the tax on qprporatiOns was pend |
ing it was estimated that it would in !
crease the revenues OF the country
fully 100000 a year. The report
states that up to October /, 1910, the |
total collections from this tax have
been $26, SIC, 27O.26. more than nth
oc the amount having been collected |
since the end of the fiscal year.
The total internal revenue collec- |
tons for the fiscal year 1870 accord |
inq, to the report, were 1885,, 20 Ole |
an Increase over the preceding year OF
St3,744.SOo.9I Among the items
SPIRITS ,311 "a, an increased
cf s1S,161, 2T7.42; tax on tobacco-l
s5S.1lS, 457.O3. an increase of IS. 2S1.-
27S.99; tax on fermented liquors.
$50, 572, 2SS.54. an increase of SO, 15,-
S7T.l2; and corporation tax $50, 959,-
1874 The tax collected on oleo-
margarine was about $1.OO0,O0O.
The states having the largest pro-
duction OF distilled spirits in the last
year are Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana
and California.
The states producing the greatest
quantity OF fermented liquors are
New York. Pennsylvania. Illinois and
wisconsin.
The states producing the greatest
1.u r1ber of cigars Weighing more than
three pounds to the thousand are
Pennsylvania. New York, Ohio, New
Jersey.
In the little cigars, Virginia, Mary
land ana New York lead.
In cigarette production the rank Is
New York. virginia, Louisiana, Penn
syIvania, California and Massachus-
cts.
The relative rank in smoking and
chewing tobacco is North Carolina,
Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky Virginia
and New Jersey.
| The states yielding the largest corr
poraton tax are New York. Pennsyl-
vlnia Illinois land Ohio. New York
| paid $3.50. s33g3S; pennsylvania $3.-
F., PA. $3.50: Illinois .S2,11,s65.5
Ohio $500, l27.1O.
Curing the fiscal year 1910 there
yynre setzed and desFroyed 1911 dis