Show Legal Liquor and Taxes It was was' only three years ago that the people of this country were debating the wisdom of ot repealing the Eighteenth amendment am Three years later we can look back and check the economic ad advantages ad ad- advantages vantages which have been en reaped as a result of ot Its repeal In Utah the bootlegger and the racketeer racketeer teer have not only been driven to more legitimate pursuits purs its but their profits have been diverted Into channels forthe for tor forthe the public good According to records available at the state capitol revenues from the sale of ot legal liquor alcohol permits licenses etc amounted to from June Junc first 1935 to June first 1936 From the net revenues derived ed from these sales the sum of ot has been paid Into the state treasury the sum of 28 to the state tax commission and paid out In salaries Moreover Moreo men and women have been kept In employ employ- employment employment ment during the period and the regula regula- regulation regulation tion and control of the liquor industry has been taken out of ot Irresponsible hands and placed under the direct sup sup- supervision supervision of the state sta e. e Here are more more startling figures as to the tax contributions made In the sev sev- several several several eral states and the nation as a II whole as gleaned from records which have been made In a nationwide survey 1 Taxes I.-Taxes i Taxes upon the liquor Industry now supply more than 12 per cent of the revenue of ot the Federal government government- aside from a large contribution In In Income in- in income income come taxes 2 Up up to April 1st this Industry Industry- which includes distilled spirits malt liquors and wine wine had had paid to state and federal governments since repeal well over two billion dollars 3 DurIng During the fiscal year ending June I the Industry will use more than I bushels of grain more grain more than third one-third as much as the governments government's AAA AM crop reduction program took out of ot production last year As a n reducer of ot grain surpluses the Industry thus takes rank as Farmers Farmer's Friend No 2 4 During 4 During fiscal 1935 production of ot distilled spirits alone will absorb ap approximately ap- ap approximately approximately proximately bushels of ot corn rye barley and other grains grains aside aside from sizeable for tor sugar Value of ot grain at current price levels 5 One One large distiller alone alone Schenley Schenley Products company patronized company patronized American farmers last year to the extent of ot more than worth of ot corn rye and barley malt malt to to say nothing of large for other grains fruits I sugar timber and other farm I I I 6 A 6 A widely quoted estimate for which we can offer no statistical basis credits repeal with the employment re-employment of ot more than one million persons Rec Ree- Records Records show that the above mentioned company alone directly and Indirectly I provides employment for tor more than 47 persons As As an example of ot the many com com- companies companes companies panes doing their part to hasten In Industrial In- In Industrial recovery this same firm paid out for all purposes taxes Included more than These purchases benefited at least 82 83 major American industries These dollars together with the thousands and millions of dollars of other distillers and affiliated Industries are at work at the patriotic task of ot creating mass purchasing power the power the very tery ry essence of ot Industrial recovery And ALL this added revenue re does docs not detract from other legitimate businesses but Is merely the result of ot wise diversion cf ot a river of gold from an illegal and uncontrollable source to a channel of ot I public good and for tor the benefit oft of i American citizens and taxpayers as a whole I |