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r PAGE TWO. THE NEWS ftCUaiT MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1920. Income and Profit Taxes Yield Most of Huge Gain In Year's Revenue Total WASHINGTON. Oct 11. (By the Associated "Press.) America' tax bill for the fiscal year ending June SO amounted to $5,408 075,468. ap proximately a billion and a half dol lars more than was paid Into the federal treasury In the previous 12 months. Final figure for the year were contained in the preliminary report Electioneers For Wets In Scotland of the commissioner of internal reve- '" ?- nue. It shows that from Income and I j t'f'j, -y profits taxcn the government re- I - f f V j, celved approximately three-fourth , 4 , i J , of all Its le venue. In these two j t -4 AV' Items there was an Increase of $1.- :. J fA " JS6.000.000 over the fiscal year of v V ' "v. AW ! If i J 11, receipts for the two ycsrs being 120. 3.867.70t,000; 131'J, $2,600,000, ' 000. From multifarious sources of 'mis cellaneous'' taxation, the levy pro duced $1,450,174,000, an Increane over the previous year of $201,000,000. In the first full year of the prohi bition era. there was a net reduction of $S4S,000 000 in taxes on distilled and fermented liquors, the report shows. From distilled spirits the government received $97,807,000 In the last fiscal year, while the taxes from the same source in 191 were $365,211,000. Taxes on fermented liquors for the Inst fiscal year ag gregated $41,965,000 nnd for the fis- cal year of 1919, $117,837,000. Comparison With 190&. The report slso shows compara tive revenue for the fiscal years of . 109 and 1920. The former date was X the last full year In which the gov- emment derived Its principal reve nues from three, sources, distilled Spirits, fermented liquors and to facco. Taxes produced on the three Items In 1909 amounted to $244,211. , 000. while this revenue In Ihe year "Just ended was $435,718,000. In 1909 these taxes constituted PP.! per cent of the nation's revenues, while last year they were only 8.06 per cent of the total taxes. Although there was a blsr decrease In taxes on liquors between the two years shown, there waa a correspondingly greater in crease In the revenue from tobacco, in all of Its forms. In 1909. the to bacco tax amounted to only $M 887. 000, while in 1120 It wns $.95,845,000, the report showed. The transportation tax. which had been estimated to produce shout $275,000,000 annually; reached $307, 08,000 for the last fiscal year. This included taxes on freight, passenger, express, telephone and telegraph and ' transfer of oil by pipe line. Excise and special taxes including the "luxury tax" brought about $373, 000.000 into the treasury. One of the chief Items In this lint waa the tax on motor cars which netted $144. 000.000. Taxes on Jewelry, cosmetlca and other so-called "luxuries" pro , duced another $56.000,0!0. The spe cial corporation tax on the value of Its stock yielded $93,009,000. Withdrawals from bonded ware houses of distilled spirits for Indus trial and other nonbeverage purposes Increased from 11,000,000 to more than 28.000.000 gallons from 191$ to 1920. the report disclosed. But in withdrawals from bond of distilled 'spirits which were labeled for bev erage use. there was a decrease from 72.500.000 gallons In 1919 to 200.000 rations In the last fiscal year. t Tobacco Consumption Grows. The 1911 consumption of cigars Waa 7.110.000,000, and in the fiscal year of 1930 ranged slightly over 8,- 200.000,000. Cigarets also are being" consumed in vastly increased amounts. The re port showed taxes had been paid on S6.950.000.000 in 1918: 38.100.000,000 In 191. and 50.400,000.000 in the fiscal year ended June 80. ! , Commissioner Williams reported the year's expenditures of the bureau of Internal revenue at $27,700,060. This included -an expenditure of $$, 100.000 for enforcement of prohibi tion, $465,000 for enforcement of the narcotic laws, and $90,000 used In en forcing the lawa against child labor. The actual cost of tax collection, Mr. ' Williams estimated at .50 cents on each $100 collected. , an expenditure of about one per cent more than in 11. Internal revenue receipts for 13 'months by states and territories In clude: ; 'Alabama, $18,435,953; Arkansas, IIJ.556,172; . 'Florida, $15,623,811; Georgia, $43,264.1563; Illinois. $443, 725.596; Kentucky, . $49,689 812: Louisiana.... $51,324,996: Massachu setts. $352,023,252; Mississippi. $11,-' 786.386: New York. $1,418,332,651; North Carolina, $162,667,820; Ohio. $374,512,953; Oklahoma. $26,289,102; Pennsylvania, $557,008,972; South Carolina, $27,074,436; Tennessee, $36, 622,992; Texas. $105,097,940; Virginia, t.T6U2Tr..Wesr. Virginia, Hi.iii,- - : - STEAMER REFLOATED. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 11 The American steamer Abangarex. whloh went ashore off here recently, has been floated. The vessel waa not damaged.- - FOR -ITCHING TORTURE Use Antiseptic Liquid Zemo There it one remedy that seldom (till to atop itching torture and relieve lion irritation and that makes the (kin toft, clear and healthy. Any druggist can supply you with Zemo, which generally overcomes skin diseases. Eczema, itch, pimples, rashes, blackheads, in most cases give way to Zemo. Frequently, minor blemishes disappear overnight. Itching usually Stops instantly. Zemo is s safe, anti septic liquid, clean, easy to use and aepencBrble. It costs only 35c; an extra Urge bottle, S 1.00. It will not stain, is not greasy or sticky and is positively safe lor tender, sensitive skins. Tbt E. W. Rom Co.. Cleve 'and, Q .aice p your com lexion seriously Are your pores enlarged or clogged with waste matter t Is youriklnroufh, unusually oily, blotched, or red? Don't neglect the treatment of these defects when Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap usually overcome toch troubles quickly and easily. Rwlnol Ointment soothes sad heals the skin while Resj. nol Soap cleanses and refreshes It TOO MANY ESCAPES, THIS JAILER RESIGNS TATLORVTIXE. m.. Oct' ll. (By International News Service.) After seven prisoners had escaped from the house gow In aa many days Jailer John Mlcenhelmer resigned his Job. Relatives who brought saws, ham mers and other Implements of assist ance In jail breaking to Inmates were blamed lor the wholesale escapes by the Jailer. Bituminous Output Declines Sharply WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. A sharn reduction In the production of bitu minous coal was registered In the week ending Oct. 2, according to re ports to the United States geological survey. The total output for the week was 11.348.000 tons, or 506.000 tons less than the preceding week. The survey's reports did not explain the cause of the decrease. Produc tion todute till year la 61,000,000 tons ahead of 1919. ORGANIZER DIES. CHARLOTTE. N. C, Oct. 11. Miss Lllla Gardner, of Carlisle. Ky., organ- tier for the National Council of Mothers' and Tarent-Teacher associ ations, died here yesterday after a brief illness. MRS. MINONA JONE8. Mrs, Mlnona ' Jones, president of the Race Betterment league, of Chi cago, has gone to Boot land to take an active part in the great wet and dry fight new being waged in that country. She is defending the liquor Interests, and was called to Scotland to offset the Influence of "Pussyfoot" Johnson, who la campaigning for the drya. Which, In turn, leads us to muse on why a motor ear does not " walk, or "Co." or "Mint." Why, we continue te muse, does it alwavs "run." And Ole Chris Slnnahautth. who has Just stripped a gear, Interposes that it aoean i. Motor l.ne. INVEST! GATltJNS SHOW' LOW) FARMING PROFITS WASHINGTON. Oct 11. Results of Investigations covering seven year in two irming communities ana n years In fa third, aa made by the de partment of agriculture, snow mai comparatively few fanners made large nroflts In the years preceding 1919. despite higher prioee for farm producAa. The average return on farm investment, the department found, increasing from about 4 to 7 per cent and yet most of the fanners made, less than $500 cash yearly over and above the things the farm lur nlshed toward the family living. The three groups of farms studied were in Washington couaty, O.I Clinton county, Ind, and Dane coun ty, Wash. BRONCHO RIDER NOW MOTOR COP KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Oct 11. (By International News Service.) It's a far cry from riding a broncho with the Texaa Rangers on the border to t.strolllnir the streets of Kansas City on a motorcycle as a member of the uollce force, but that was the Jump made by George E. McGee, 32 years old. who has been added to tne mo torcvele sauad. McGee also Is a linguist of no mean ability. He sDeaks and writea the Chinese and Spanish languages. He enlisted In the army in June, 1S17, ana wsni overseas wun me r uny- So Snug! So Warm! KRAUS Cleans Blankets and you will notice Right sway, how sweet, fluffy and like new they will be. KRAUS experience and KRAUS equipment Insures your blankets being perfectly cleaned. Free Parcel Post Service i I JUST PHONE 150 FOR A WHITE CAP MAX SI l ga m a ' 3BT ' meef the requirements ofsawtoofh construction exactly Climb up and takea look at a Carey roof which we have applied to a saw-tooth building. It makes no difference how long the roof has been on. , If it is a Carey roof you will find that it has not "run." There are no bare spots where the surfacing material has washed off or the body material has run away. The gutters are not clogged with material that belongs elsewhere on the roof. 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"SON, YOU'LL be runnln. ON FOUR flat Urea. IF YOU don't hurrr. AND WRAP yourself arooad. THE ONLY cigarette. THEY Satisfy" rjotMng elee to weQ de scribes Chesterfields' mildness, their mel lowness, their delicacy of aroma and smooth, even "body." It took the finest varieties of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos to do U and the highest order of skill ia blending them. Yea, the Chesterfield blend is a secret. It art I -aw am jm aa am sajgaaBr . V am I S ,nrs. Im Atsii eESINol 16-39