Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-05

LICImCIhAs
1893 1884. 1895.
ss,s24, i7s4a, Si4s6ss7i. n96ss, col, Is.
INCOME.
1858. 1884 1865.
si55, 74l,2s, tl4;ple, ,97e,5s 2o,567, SAC, 20
:, This with Lioenee aud Schedule A. makes up
The annual list.
The tax upon the income Of 1862, assessed In
1853, Is mainly included In the receipts Of the
fiscal year 1884, less than haf million Of dollars
having been collected Ia 1888 and the receipts
for 1865 consists almost entirely OF the tax as
sessed in 1854 upon the income Of 1868,
Most Of the tax upon the income OF 1854 has
been collected since the commencement Of the
current fiscal year 1899, and will appear In the
next annual report from this ONCE. A small
part Of II is found in the receipts Of 1885.
or the amounts collected In 1858 4279, ,333 10
were returned at Ave per cent upon incomes above
4l0, 000 4lT2770.3 .35 at three per cent. upon In =
comes OF iess than $4,000, and sS,e37. is upon
incomes from United States securities.
OF that collected in 1891
sSls sss So S,a s. !, were returned "spor cent
S5s7sas :" tx
or that collected in 1896
so sSi 81, 81 % were returned at 70 per cent.
''Sss' fss '1ss9S 4ts9S " " *
The receipts from the ten per cent. tax were
all from taxes upon the income Of 1854. II can
not easily be determined precisely how much Of
The special tax Of ave per cent. upon all in
comes above six hundred dollars, as well as
from Banks, Railroads and Salaries, as from
other sources, brought into the Treasury s2s,-
929, la 81.
IRON AND srRsL IN THE VARIOUS FORMS sPB-
OFFICIALLY NAMED.
1883. 1854. 1885.
o., ,sS2, ,s2e.ss. 1904, ,les.4o. s0,2l9,7lSls.
RKrISRD PETROLEUM AND COAL OIL.
,s4s,sSs s 90. o. ass sSs sasso ssGas' lSSs 'sla H.
CIGARS AND cHBRoors.
s47s, $50. 20 q, as, "a 70. ss,Oss, lis. 81.
TOBACCO. CHEWING AND SMOKING.
1868. 1854. 1855.
s9,s76, 6,ssse7. sl7OSe6S474. slS,Ol6, ilo 7s
Plug and hne-eut tobacco was mainly taxed
The average annual taxable production Of the
Sept l, 1852, to June 30, 1885, was si2, 500, l6S
pounds; which at present rates would have pro-
PERMBSrED LIQUORS.
1868. 1884 1856
sl,ssS,Oss A. s2,2as,7is.7s. ss,ssS, ,col. Oe.
The number Of barrels upon which tax was
received, as nearly as can be ascertaihed, was
i,7sSs27 in 1858; s,4os, lls in 1884, and se57 Isl
DISTILLED SPIRITS.
1858. 1854. 1865
s. 22S, 900 70 2s, 4Si, ,7s7 So lS, os5, sss So
The receipts from distilled spirits In 1868 (ten
mohthsl were from 10, lay, So4 gallons; In 1854,
S6,295, ,3sl in 1885, l6,9s6, IT'S.
Average taxable production per year, from
September /, 1852, to June 80, 1855, 4O,637,37l
gallons.
From the fact that several of the elements In
yolyed are so uncertain and 1uctuating, It is
very difficult, Of course, to determine with con-
hdence how much the consumption is reduced by
the present tax, and what will certainly be re-
aliIed from this source Of revenue. The Revenue
Commission has given much attention to this
subject, and Its report, have no doubt, will be
full and exhaustive. It may not be amiss for me
10 state, however, that apprehend there is q
prevalent over estimate OF this reduction.
COST OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE.
The costs Of collecting the public revenue is
naturally matter Of no little solicitude to the
Secretary Of the Treasury as 1t is one Of vast i'm
portance to the country.
people heavily subjected to taxation will
carefully scrutinize the expenditures Of the Gov
ernment, especially so far as they relate to the
collection Of the revenue they are taxed to pro-
duce.
II may not be unsatisfactory to submit in this
connection tabular statement OF tho costs,
from time to time, Of collecting the revenues Of
Great Britain and ireland, taken largely from the
work Of J. r. McCulloeh, ESQ, upon Taxation
and Fun ding
The per eentsge cost OF collecting inland rev.
enue, after deduction Of drawbacks, In the fol-
lowing years, was lin the fl0O):
ls4o-4l.. 6s. Id upon f2o, ,23l ,ls2
lssS-sl. ssS al l...... ss,ss ~ ssSissSs SIs sss
The per centags cost Of collecting customs, ac-
cording to the same authority, before deducting
the draw wbecks, &c, In the following years was:
In lS40-l sc IS sgd upon f26, ,S4l, ,Sl3.
In 1901 Sc l5s 81 upon @, ,ol9,7S4.
In 1901 4f Is Sd upon %, 27S, $50.
The actual annual cost to our Government for
the collection Of Its customs for several years,
cannot be determined with accuracy, because
the expenses Of revenue cutters, perform ng the
duties Of vessels Of war, have been paid from the
appropriations for customs, as have other charges
with commercial intercourse, and
property, in insurrectionary districts
They will, however, It is believed, not fall
short Of three and one half per centum Of the re-
ceipts "a per centAge not above the average for
many years past, in this country, and. as It will
be observed, much below the costs In the United
Kingdom, for either Of the years above given.
ESTIMATE OF RECEIPTS FOR CURRENT YEAR.
As bearing upon the probable amount Of rev.
enue for the current fiscal year, 1906 l present
herewith a statement Of the receipts Of which
certificates Of deposit reached this oiice during
July, August and September Of 1868, 1854 and
1865, respectively:
1858. 1894 1855
July s5 29s 967 is Sl6S67O 54s 80 S2l 693 47O 70
Aug. 1904 ,20l.35 l5,7l2,066 81 "a OS7, $3.50 90
Sept. :. 6,l36,10543 l6,sl6,7 ,77072 37,s39, ,4l6.s2