The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-09
Sims Report Shows Total ReUenue From Licenses
 Collected For 1917-18

! licenses directly into the state treasury Building and loan associatio '; total of S2,94T22; news companies. 4; total of s399: six oil companies, total of $22,- 499.93; one express company, $4000; one sleeping car company, $6000; two tele- graph companies, s6219.40; 26 local and long distance telephone companies, $9750.46 four trading stamp companies S329S.40: total of $54,514.41.
 The report says of Group F of the license act: Under this heading is con- sidered such licenses. except auto li- censes, as are paid into the probate courts in the several counties. There are 100 schedules in this group. seven of which produced $45,756.74; IA others produced $47,501.02; 15 others produced S25,19123, and AS produced s15,201 while nine were unproductive. The total amount produced for the state was $263, ,591.S4.
 An analysis of Group F shows inter- esting statistics. The complete report of this group follows:
 GROUP F
 Cigarette dealers, s46s0; paid. s45,- S17.O3; ITO auto and auto accessories dealers $26,92S39; 555 Billiard and poo tables S19,366.50; 66 public utilities s11, 1,7S2.43; 150 moving pictures etc. $11,695; shotguns, rifles, etc, $10,S52.50 total of $129.941.S5.
 One hundred and twenty-seven pot tiers, s9s14S3; restaurants, 125l sS7S3.2 26: 1925 physicians and surgeons sS39O15; 11S cotton oil mills. S7909; Zol auto garages, $5S59.50; 20 pawnbrokers S5000; total, S45,756.74.
 Fifty-six money lenders s47OO; 2S4 peddlers, $4612.50; S43 soda fountains s4450.50; SS3 attorneys -at-law, S43l4't4 42S concerts and exhibitions, S4oS5.5S 145 junk dealers, $3S93,75; 50 fertilizer factories, $3S4620; 442 coffln oealers : s373250; 1S7 horse dealers SSoSz.9V seven emigrant agents, S35oO; 9s aao | ing machines, etc, s3443.73 2S4 req estate agents, s3169; total of SAT 7,5o1,o2 | One hundred and seventy-three ware houses s2,779.37; 101 sewing machine agents s2.3S750; 213 coal and cok' dealers. s2.3O5.50; 439 dentists, s2'Z5l' | IA: 117 hotels, etc, $1,S91.49; loz piuIflp CTS and gasfitters. $1,77O; 69 ice lac, tories, s1.7o6.25; 174 delivering sewins
 machines, s1,69750; 195 slot machlies 2,
 s1,664; 67 cotton buyers. S1,6l2.so; % O.
 circuses, s1,511; IT piano dealers, $l,ooV
 113 card dealers, $l,l25; zzS IT ful
 stands, s1,0o9.98; total of S25,l9l'-".
 NUMBER PAYING LICENSES
 subgroup 5 of group F contains th'
 following information of the numpel
 of companies paying ncense' 'i'
 amount being eliminated:
 Cotton compress, 16; fireworks, Ill
 devices, AS; collecting, commerclai o
 oercantile agencies, &; bicycles ah'
 motorcycles for hire, 7o eyeglasses
 134; merchandise brokers and com mission merchants, 34; witness scfli dealers, 25; construction companies % abstract companies, 31; opticians. ocu lists etc. 94: itinerant drug peddlers | 13. shooting galleries, 65; veterinar! | surgeons, S8; monument dealers, ! Ii laundries. Al; amusement parks, | fortune tellers. 10; stock ana DOH
 dealers. g. auctioneers. "A; public halis
 22. biIlposters 37; toll bridges or ler-
 ries. 19; news stands, 1O7; bowling al
 levs. 10; elders, 5; actuary account
 ants. architects, adjusters, 97; supp
 cars 3: bankrupt sales, 2 skatlh
 rinks. 10; flying jennies, Al; cold stor age 3: transfer companies, 5; clrcu parades, 5; travelling photographer 29. bondmakers, 2; real estate oedle' E1. civil service engineers, etc, lS dc tectiye agencies, }; baseball parks, : making directories, l; legerdemalii' nig iron storage, 9; stoves and ranges I. hook agents, l. osteopath. l. Subgroup of Group F paid oni s15,2o1 into the treasury the repoi shows.
 The following are classed as noa productive in 1918; Dog, horse an nony shows. feather renovators, mana gerie. lightning rod agents, paten rights. picture enlargers, racetfack railroad ticket brokers, peddlers ffo' ] wagons.