Mexico Missouri message., 1914-11-05
,rE,s ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO
NATIONS TREASURY CON.
rINuEs TO GROW.
NEXT YEAR TO SHOW GAIN
-. m Beer Has Increased so Per
Cent and Income Tax Dodgers
Will Be Compelled to
Come Across.
jefferson City

Year By year the amount Missouri
r,vs into the United States treasury
ss internal revenue increases, a fact
which emphatically demonstrates
chat the state is continually progress
inc as commercial and manufactur-
ing commonwealth. Information just
furnished the bureau of labor Stats
Tics by Commissioner John r. Fftz-
patrick reveals that in the fiscal year
which closed June 80, 1914, Missouri
+urned into Uncle Sans Golfers $13,-
23151S. compared to $12,470,712 for
tbe fiscal year of 1928 and $12,-
Os9S21 for 1912, all Of which goes
10 meet the costs Of a government
which is so great that Its annual ex-
penses exceed $1,00O,00O,0O0.
Uncle Sans Missouri collections
for the fiscal year just closed break
all past records, a condition partly
due TO the new individual income tax,
wealthy citizens and others of this
state who have an income exceeding
$4,000 year for single men and
$4,000 for married men having paid to
the United States in the IL months
ending June 80, last, $657,05S.
The revenue from Missouri brew
cries on beer manufactured during
the last half of 1918 and the first half
Of 1914, at 81 a barrel, was nearly
$3.50 900. During the fiscal year
lgl4.15 the sum turned over from this
source will be considerably augment
ed the European war having raised
this tax to $3.50 a barrel, which will
cause the brewers to pay nearly
s6375O00
The information, prepared by Super
visor of Statistics A. T. Edmonston,
states Missouri Is divided by the fed
eral authorities into two revenue dis
trcts, the first having st. Louis as
healuIarters and the sixth district
with Kansas City as the headquarters.
Most Of Missouri's annual federal
revenue comes from the eastern dis
trcl, there having been collected
from here during 1914 $11,S43,711.
Manipulating, banks and breweries,
disiiMeiies, mercantile and other mer-
camille corporations and citizens sub
feet to the income tax, of the western
district, paid in during the same pc
Rod $l,9S7,S 07.
A future bulletin will give details as
10 the number of wholesale and retail
liquor dealers there are, 19l4-15, in
Missouri, including, for the retail por-
tion fraternal, commercial and social
clubs. which, until day or two ago.
sold liquors to members and their
guests without state, city or county
tax but each did pay Uncle Sam $50
annually for the privilege. The latest
figures on this subject will not be
available for a few weeks, but those
covering the fiscal year which closed
June so, 1913. throw light on how far
reaching the supreme court ruling is
Then there were 9,672 federal tax
paying wholesale and retail liquor
and beer dealers, rectifiers and brew
ers in Missouri. Those solely licensed
as retail dispensers of wet goods
numbered 1851. At that time ther'
were $500 state-licensed saloons ant
dramshops, leaving 1881 retailer
holding licenses from Uncle Sam, t.
represent organizations with bars II
their clubrooms, "lid-lifting" clubs
dining cars with buffets, operatin
without either state. city or county i
Censas