The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-01
LARGER DUsu6||
|. THAN EVER D[fIl'
Al FEDERAL OFF|C
Uncle Sam Institutions bu1
and Prosperous During
Year 1913.
RECEIPTS NOT CUT
BY REDUCED TARIFF
Customs Collections Showed
Slight Gain During Three
Months Though Decreased
Before Rates Were
Lowered.

Lowered.
Larger business than ever befoSo
was done In Uncle SANS Richm0nA
institutions during the year tEat enueo
last midnight.
| Postal receipts were larger, Internal
revenue receipts were larger and cuSs
toms house receipts were larger.
The volume Of business done In the
local postoffice, with the addition ~ !
the parcel pest systems bulk to tns
mail matter handled In precedtne
years, has been such that tho presenf
federal building, In which the mortar
| is barely more than cold. appears 49,
most inadequate in size.
/ The amont of the work done DUR
| ing the year in the Office Of the Gals
lector OF Internal revenue. especta84
during the last thfee months. since tho
passage OF the new tariff bill with Ter
income tax feature, and that which
must be done during the coming yeaxS
| is such that the new year promises
an even greater gain In rec6tpts fOEs
the government than the gain made
! in 1913 over 1912.
Beginning today, reports will b.
received at the office OF Collector NJ
X. Lowry of internal revenue. on tbs
incomes received by persons living In
the Eastern collection district. A. AtI
these reports must be in tho once On
or before March LIST, the next two
months will be busy ones.
Z! The postal business has 30 In.
creased, because of the first year o.
the operation of the parcel post sya~
tenn which ended with midnight. that
the postal receipts at the Richmond
ONCE exceed the receipts OF the pre-
ceding year That the coming year
will bring even larger receiptA In the.
postal service Is assured by the COINS
into effect today of the new rate and
weight scale on such matter. The de-
crease in the postage rates will ~
more than Offset by the increase In
the size Of tho packages, the total cost
of mailing II which will, in thousAnd4
OF cases. be larger. ss "
The new tariff. which took duty ~
burlap, the largest single item In the
Iimportations through Richmond. Apw
pears to have had little effect In total
collections OF customs. While tharo8
was falling of in the last aix montkng
OF 1919 from the showing made in The
last six months Of 1914. the cuntoma
receipts for the three months under
the reduced schedules were larger.
This condition shows plainly there
has been an increase iE tbs quantities
OF other importationn through Hto1s
mond and indicates that busin1ss oen.
ditions locally, which wars mot ~
bright In the earlier months u 1S11
IN they were In the same months az
,1si2. are much better. Tho tncreoA1
In customs receipts. due to larger ~.
lportations. is taken - an unfatlt14
sign of the awakening OF . prosp1f1t1
that for time seemed dormant.
Showing the steadily increasing In.
lportance of Richmond - port ax9
the collections Of customs here dur.
ing the last twelve months. CollANe
tons for the calendar year. .e13. weeo
$s5.S74-s9 larger than for the ca1~
endar year 1919.
Though tha customs service year be-
gins July Isl and ends June seth, and
at the close OF business on June 3efh
each year report OF work done dur
Ing the fiscal year 10 reported to III
treasury department the monthly cox
Ilections for each OF tho twelve months
in 1919 were totaled up yesterday
afternoon to show what the work ~
the closing calendar year mas been.
The collections for December, 1915
showed a remarkable gain over thu
, same month OF 1914. They were A.
most doubled. The collections lAG1
month were tss.S07.54, as aSainae
s5S. 062.i2 year ago. ss
Collections for the quarters endan3
December 81, 1913, the first quaTxSt
the new tarfn. showed an 1EcfeAse 04
more than $4,000, In spite OF the fAn4
that one of the items placed On th8
: free list, buriap, 10 one OF Richmon4q
largest importations. The figures 10t
the last quarter are $1il.7b2.bs. -
for the same quarter year ago, 9S04.x
007.o8.
The last six months OF 1919. tho ART
. half OF the present federal fiscal yeAr,
1854. show q slight decrease In coli
lections from the record figures Of the
; same six months In 1914. The 08ur46
for the last six months are $e38.e34.le
: and for the same period last yeAEs
$552. 42S.6s.
J The total collections for the calsn-
dar year are $l.020.3b5.sS. and Tor
; the calendar year Of 1914. tsSA-
4S0.sS.
} Postal and Internal Reyenue,
J The internal revenue recel1ts for the
calendar year will also show IN IN
crease over those OF 1914. The tota1e
have not yet been compiled. the leG6a
. once having mot yet received totals
| receipts como TO the Richmond 011ong
Another local branch OF goveFns
ment business. that Of the posto0leey
: will show . big gain, one that putt
: the Richmond once in the mtllton d6l-
: lar class With nearly sveFx month S&
, the year 1919 showing tncreaeee QyNg
corresponding months In 1911. M
ceeding that Of any previous m1ath IL
the history OF the local oAlce. az
showing win be . splendid cnA.
} with reports incomplete ye4ta414~
, afternoon II WAS learned at tho IN
! nee Of the cashier Of the NacAmol4
postofYics that receipts In DecernheS
totaled sss.14l4+. Of which approxx
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