Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-20 | Page 10 | More Booze Sold; Revenue Decreases

MORE BOOZE SOLD REVENUE DECREASES Tho The effects erects of prohibition in tho the United States In Ia the revenue to tho the government go Is well shown sho in the tho annual report of oC tho tim United States collector of ot internal revenue In Washington D D. C. C a 0 prelimInary preliminary nary copy of oC which was wa received this morning by Chief Clerk Evans of the tho th local office It I Is shown that there thero has been an nn enormous increase In tho the amount of wilsk wils- wils whis whis- k ky beer and other spirits manufactured and there has been additional rc from Cram tho time manufacturers but there thero has been a decrease of ot In the revenue revEnue rove reve revE- revE nue from saloons This shows that while the tho amount of liquor produced and consumed consumed con con- has greatly reaty increased man many sa saloons sa- sa loons have been put out of ot business and the time government therefore has hag ha lost 25 yearly carI license on each cacho It I is shown In the time report that saloons have havo been ben thrown out out The Time total revenue received by the government gov JOV from Crom all sources amounted to al as compared with 2 In 1909 an Increase of or For whisky an increase of 12 S1 Is shown while for Cor or beer the tho Increase Is shown to be bo In Utah the time recent report of oC the tho collector col col- col lector of internal revenue showed a Jr great groat at Increase In the output of or beer while the loss to the tho government from l ie saloon tax was wa lar large e. e Time The government report shows tho time same conditions to exist all allover allover over o tho the country countr al