Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1891 — INTERNAL REVENUE. [ARTICLE]

INTERNAL REVENUE.

Figures for the Fignrers and Statistics for the Statistical. Oyer Six and a Hair Millions I’ald by Indiana in a Year—Sugar Production and Consumption, Monday Internal Revenue Commissioner Mason made publieffns report for the fiscal year ended tTune 30 last. In Indiana the collections of internal revenue amounted to $6,524,722. Cigar manufacturers’ accounts were reported to the number of 62£ and they consumed 1,305,102 pounds of tobacco, manufacturing 62,390,017 cigars and 840,340 cigarettes. There were seized 330 gallons of illicitly distilled spirits, valued at S3BO. There were presented 1,458 claims for tobacco rebates by Indiana dealers and 1,152 of these were allowed and paid, aggregating $37,510. During the year there were begun sixty-six prosecutions for vio latious of the retail liquor license law and one for violation of the oleomargarine law. There are now pending twenty-three i prosecutions. of the Internal Revenue Bureau for the year were $145,036,415. The Commissioner estimates the receipts for the current fiscal year at $150,000,000. Receipts from taxes on spirits during the past fiscal year were $83,3351963; from tobacco and its manufactures, $32,796,270; from fermented liquors, $28,560,129; from oleomargarine, $1,077,924, and from miscellaneous sources, $260,127. The cost of the dollection of these revenues was $4,210,604. During tho past year a total of 715 illicit stills were seized or removed. The quantity of grain used in the production of spirits during the past year was 26,347,641 bushels, an increase or 1,144,720 over the amount used in the preceding year. Tho number of gallons of spirits produced from grain during the year wa914,178,077, an increase of 6,557,957 gallons over tho product of the preceding year. During tho year 1,784,312 gallons of rum weredistiliedfrommolasses, making the total product of spirits distilled during the year 115,662,388. The Commissioner reports that 730 per. sons in the. United States intend to manufacture sugar from sugar cane during the present fiscal ?year, under the provisions of the bounty act which made the bounty payable on sugar produced on and after July 1.1891. These producers estimate tho production for the year at 572,106,880 pounds on about 220,009 acres of land. Beet sugar producers estimate a production or 29,210,000 pounds on 12,140 acres planted, and sorghum producers estimate a production of 2.500,000 pounds from 5.000 acres of cane. The Commissioner estimates the production this year by licensed producers as follows: Cane sugar, 65,000,000 pounds; beet sugar 25,000,000 pounds: sorghum sugar, 2,000,000 pounds; maple sugar, 10,000,000 pounds; total estimated production 102,000,000 pounds. His estimateof the bounty to bo paid during the year is as follows; On cane sugar, $8,912,590; on beet sugar, $500,000; on sorghum sugar, $40,000; on maple sugar, $176,250, a total of 89,638,750. Commissioner Mason embodies in his report a great deal es interesting information in the way of statistics, respecting the production, consumption and sugar revenues in this and’other countries. By these tables it is shown that the United State 8 is a large consumer of sugar, tho people using more per capita than any other country except England. The annual per capita consumption in the United . States is 62 2-5 against 77 4-5 pounds in England. In the last fiscal year wo imported 3,483,442,325 pounds of sugar,valued at5105,661,431, and produced 512,261,530 pounds, or about one-eighth of the amount con-;. ~ •