Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — INCREASE IN REVENUE. [ARTICLE]

INCREASE IN REVENUE.

Internal Collection* Show a Large Increase for May. The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that th* May collections amounted to $14,008,117, an increase over May last year of $3,281,225. The receipts from the several sources of revenue and the increases, as compared with Mny, 1897, are given as follows: Spirits, $7,096,460; increase, sl,988,057; tobacco, $3,754,062; increase, sl,013,759; fermented liquors, $3,131,505; increase, $247,887; oleomargarine, SBB,014; increase, $23,712; miscellaneous, $28,074; increase, $4,962. The net increase in the receipts during the last eleven months was $19,938,808.