New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-13
Increase of $500, 900 in CoIIec-
lions Chiefly Due to Larger
Output Of Factories.
TRADE IN OPIUM CUT DOWN
increase of More than 25 Per
Cent in Penalties Means
Successful Enforce
ment of the Law.
IRON The Tribune Bureau

Washington, oct. l2.-Progress and
,,osperity in the Philippines under the
demonstration OF the United States are
..seeted in the annual report of William
r Noting. Collector OF Internal Revenue
a. the islands. for the last fiscal year.
rbs report was made public by the Bu-
r.au OF Insular Affairs to-day.
gor the year ended June so last Col
,.,Aor Noting reports total collections Of
n, 2a sS2 9S an increase of $500, 29S 80. or
\. ner cent. over the preceding year. or
ia increase. nearly $4,000 was due to a
I,rrer output by manufactures of taxable
,r,lcles and to a stricter enforcement OF
he laws imposing taxes.
The amount named includes the land
,,x Ss2. rs 90. in the City of Manila.
vbch has a population Of approximately
moo OF internal revenue proper the
az collected on alcoholic and tobacco
,roducts was A.OiO,6lS 81; on dealers.
s.sIG and on imported articles of this
sature. s333,996.
The Internal Revenue Bureau collects
,ot only the taxes on liquors and tobacco,
hut also the cedula. or poll tax. the per
,srtage tax on sales OF merchandise and
All occupation taxes. These are TO some
extent Of a local nature. the cedula being
entirely so. and while collected by the
agents Of the central office, are later ap-
portioned 10 the provinces and municipali-
ties. In other words, the practice which
obtains in many states of having taxes
nald 10 the state and then apportioned
among the counties is extended i'm the
Philippines so as to include the towns or
municipalities.
SURPRISING Opium Trade.
zone item Of decreased receipts is very
r-atifying." says the Bureau of Insular
Affairs. the amount of penalties collected
under the opium law. ii being less than
1900. or a decrease of more than . per
cent The Philippine government having
been the pioneer in the recent Worldwide
movement for the suppression Of opium
and having taken the successive steps OF
licensing. medical treatment and PROM
hilton. with the rigid enforcement of pun
tive laws. may now look forward TO the
Early completion OF the task taken up OF
enectually eradicaupg the opium eNh
among the Chinese residents, as it has
already among the Filipinos.
The objectionable taxes amounted 10
Ti4..7S pesos, or half that many dollars
-oluding the regular Cedula, or poll, tax
Of 81. 071.5sl, which was divided equally
btween the municipalities and provinces
The extra cedula tax voted by the various
p-ovincial boards, amounting TO nearly as
much. having gone 70 the provinces for
road and bridge purposes. The munich
palities received license taxes 10 the eN-
tent Of more than 10000. while the other
collections Of sl,5S2pil were divided equal
" between the municipalities ana prov
noes
The central. or insular. government re-
eelved 4.7il6g7 from the apportonaoie
,aves and about $4,000 from certain
special sources.
One phase Of Mr.. Nolting's report
throws an interesting bit of light on the
working out Of the policy OF reducing
ihe number of Americans In the Phllip-
pine service as rapidly as quallhed FIN
p,pos became available The Bureau OF
Internal Revenue began the year with $50
regular and temporary employees OF
whom eighty-hve were Americans Whiie
On June 90 the number Of Americans had
been reduced to forty-eight. In the
process OF reorganization the collector
substituted Filpinos in several oniceS
heretofore occupied by Americans eXclu-
sYely and he has found, with fe" eA-
,eptions. that the results have been pet
ter than hoped for, the new force OF
agents assistants especially rendering eX-
0lent service
The bureau plays an active part in the
enforcement Of several laws, ana Jus ~
bursements represent more than the mere
cost Of collecting taxes, but THIS was oo,ie
at an expense Of 26i per cent Oh inc
money received.