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Total revenue receipts of United States from all sources for 1912 were $691,000,000 In which is included from import duties 311,000,000 In 1913 the objects of taxation which produced the most amount of revenue were: Distilled Spirits....$157,000,000 Fermented Liquors 65,000,000 222,000,000 Tobacco 76,000,000 Total $298,000,000 Thus, during the past fiscal year, distilled spirits and fermented liquors furnished nearly %of the total revenue of the U. S. government. Or, put it another way, distilled spirits and fermented liquors paid %of the expense of maintaining our army and navy. Or the entire cost of pensions and of the care of our Indians and the interest on our public debt, besides contributing nearly $30,000 for miscellaneous expenses. INCOME TAX. Estimated Income Tax, 1914..$ 87,000,000 Estimated receipts from fermented liquors and distilled spirits 228,000,000 Income Tax would have to be increased 2% times to yield same total. NEW YORK STATE. Direct revenue from liquor traffic derived by New York state is nearly $20,- 000,000 while that received by the Tnited States government from New York state is about $23,000,000. This does not include the tax on real and personal property connected with and owned by those engaged in the various branches of the liquor traffic. The labor displacement, depreciation of real estate, and destruction of personal property consequent upon prohibition would be enormous. The report of the Census Bureau Department of Commerce and Labor, for 1909, gives this information regarding the brewing industry of the United States: Number of officials and clerks 11,500 Number of wage earners employed 54,579 Bottlers (including clerks and wage earners) 10,519 Yearly cost of materials used in bottling industry.. 10,002,292 Brewing industry paid in wages, 1909 $64,010,000 Bottling industry pays in wages, annually 6,837,350 Cost of material
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