The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-30
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lmGeEm@I Revenue 1NHE United States commissioner
 0 of internal revenue reports re- ceipts of $512, ,723, ,267 for the fiscal
 year ending June 30, gain of $97,-
 042, ,263 as compared with collections
 in 1915. This showing reflects the
 prosperity in an especial degree, for
 a large part of the increase was de-
 rived from the income and corpora
 tion taxes The amount received from tax on incomes of over $20, ,000 to $50,- 900 showed an increase of about 50
 per cent. The commissioner esti-
 mates that the total revenue for the
 current year will yield $687, ,000, 900,
 including about $124,000,000 that will
 come from the emergency war tax.
 In the fiscal year just gone New York paid one-fourth of all the cor lporation income taxes-twice as much as Pennsylvania, nearly three times as much as Illinois, and about six times as much as Massachusetts. Also the Empire State was credited with the largest production of fermented liquors and the largest production of cigarettes. There was a phenomenal increase in the output of cigarettes in the United States over the previous year, and in spite of this country's extensive "dry" area there was an in- crease of 80 per cent in the produc- tion of distilled spirits in the year ending last June as compared with the quantity produced in the year ending June, 1915 This is accounted for largely by the fact that beer, ow- ing to it's bulk, is "losing out" in pro- hibition territory. In other words, whisky gains at the expense of the malt beverages.
 As prosperity is scheduled for several years to come there will be no danger of Uncle Sam's internal reve- nue falling off during President Will sons continuing administration. The defense in the Tom Watson case of men" do not understand Latin. The man who can translate "E pluribus unum" thinks he's something of scholar
 | St. Louis authorities swooped down on ''-The World of Pleasure" and made the chorus girlies in that show put on more clothes than they have worn on the stage in months.
 It may be possible to reduce the high cost of living by eating rice, but the citi- zen who sits down to a bowl of rice for dinner does not feel like asking the blessing
 People can always find something to quarrel about. Whether it should be "aviatrice' or 'aviatrix' is now bone of contention.
 MT. Hughes will derive large income from his law practice, but the salary he had set his heart on is, to be exact, s75,OOO year.
 There won't be enough disturbance along the border to prevent Uncle Sam's soldiers from enjoying their turkey to- day.
 An Englishman would rather watch a Zeppelin descend in flames than see the finest display of fireworks ever devised.
 Advised to do his Christmas shopping early, the bibulous man in Alabama points out that two quarts every two weeks Is all the law allows him. * * * Champ Clark advises people to eat more corn products but doesn't say anything about drinking them The ovarapa London diSpatch is pOSpei truth, compared to the sort of news" we get from Mexico.
 ambassador will not celebrate Christmas in the U s. A.
 | Tammany has a way of refusing to stay dead long enough for the obsequies to be performed.
 This country will forget the war in Eu- rope, while today's grdiron battles are being fought.
 | Birminghams reformers seem deter mined to keep the motion picture people guessing.
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