The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-03
LARGE SHR|NKAGE
IN TAX ON SPIRITS
Revenue Receipts From Distillery
Products on Decrease
Since May.
QUARTERLY LOSS is $4,000
Deficit Kept Down by Large Gain
i'll Receipts From Cigars
and Cigarettes.

Large decreases in the tax paid on
manufactured chewing tobaccos and
distilled spirits caused a shrinkaEe of
approximately $4,000 in the internal
revenues collected by the local office
during the past quarter as compared
with the receipts of the corresponding
three months last year The quarter
which ended March 81 showed a col
lection total of Si,6l2S4970. During
the same period in 1912 tho Office col
lccted S1,6G1 .97I.T4.
Various reasons arc assigned by To-
cal authorities for the decline in revo-
nue. from manufactured spirits. Daily
reports from the several distillcries
in the district show that there has
been comparatively little shrinkage in
output. as compared with last year.
The discrepancy in tax collections is
partly accounted for Jy the fact that
an immense quantity Of spirits has
been deposited In the general bonded
warehouse There is now on storage
there more than $4,000 gallons-thc
largest quantity i'll the history of the
warehouse None OF it will be avail
able Tor taxation until released.
curtuiiment or Demand.
The unusually large quantity on
storage would indicate also a curtail-
ment of demand, traced by some to
lighter export sales and. to certain
extent, TO an increased consurnption
other states The local revenue office
has experienced II steady decline In re-
ceipts from taxes on spirits ever since
last May. In December only. the re-
ceipts were approximately the same az
the receipts for December. 1911 Taxes
on spirits during March. 1913. yield
cd $65.4a4.55 The receipts from the
same source in March. 1912, were Slu6,-
09I.37
To lesser degree than in the case
OF spirits, there has taken place a
shrinkage in the taxes received from
chewing tobacco. The situation is in
Dictated from tho figures for March.
isla, which show total collection
from this source of s93924.9S During
the corresponding month in 1879, the
COLLECTIONS were st36.19S.74.
For the past several months there
has been steady increase in receipts
from this source-not large enough.
however. TO wipe out tho deficit caused
last summer by the removal from the
city OF the large enterprises operated
by the pattersons and other interests
me situation Is slowly Improving Re.
cent announcements OF new enterprises
In this branch Of tobacco manufacture
promise 10 restore former conditions.
Cigarettes looming.
The deficit in revenue rcccipts for
the quarter just ended would have
bcen much larger than $4,000 had IL
not been partly offset by the steadily
increasing receipts from taxes on cI-
sarS ana cigarettes. Richmond still
retains its mold on Irst place as Il
centre for the manufacture OF smokes
Cigars and cigarettes yielded In
taNes during the month of March. 1918.
SJf ,i4o.SS. From the same source
lhere was collected during the cores
pondinS month OF the preceding wear
oh!y S23o,3Sl.36. The entrance of sew
1i"i new companies recently into this
branch of the tobacco enthusiastically
business promises to increase still
further the revenue receipts from this
division