, 1866-03-08
THE WHISKEY TAX,

Report Of D. i. Wells, Esq, of tile
Revenue Commissioned Reduction
or tile Tax 10 One Dollar Strongly
Kteommended-E Of Illicit Pro-
duct-Thc Present Tax a Premium
on Fraud.
WAsurxoToS, March 5.-The srecia1 report or.Le
United Statee Rev enue Commission on DISTILLED
mission, l. ready for transmis s,on to Congress it
Is Very iuQ and elaborate, and goes tnto the oucs-
y fppe %RsP,v gn
IN very exhaustive manner, The result Of their
Investigations t. a* hat been previously annornccd
10 Il per gallon. The Commission esy that in i'd
xance OF their Investigation they were opposed to
cen. md nleo mRny OF the leading dealers and rec.
lf5er.. sDa the report significantly adds: sAnd on
the Ea1t oi many, perhaps majority Of the lesdin.
als'fle, o. nc county a. opinion strongly sd
h1s been expressed
Ofthe lsauus pespctzated In the manufacture. the
rays that II commenced when The tn vac onIy
twenty CENTS per Eatinr and that, be The tax what
1t nay, frauds will be pcspetrated under the law
inspection. The e,tdence shows that there Is IN
Immense number Of small! stIsall over the country,
Wnif1 my Se sS ;,st IN s1e.t Sr DIX
The Ee!ephe of6cct., noet Of whom, owing 10 The
limited requirements Of the law, never inspect TIC
there ie quantity On hand tor 1n.pection. ,srre
number nj fnses hare hem djsrnvanad ,,.ithir tha
past yeaz IN the Western StAte-, where the Govern
tht rasraty Of ttt.t1lfers and Tho nrp,irTrc ~ X
specfus:
duc:San OF the Tax at length, he coENissioa esy;
That these Arguments art weighty, and cannot be
denied. aud in the outset Of he1 investigations
siye. DeepJy Impressed. however. with he cn1s.
siclon that thorough inquiry Ioto this whole sub
ject. vas Of ths utmost t1npctt.ncc' to the whole
opnens Ct s;snS IL he no Sap f aa in
pistial disenaIEe Of the,r duties, they Instituted
soasb I'D and af9
ssss II as
es,nc ditiIer, rceticrs md dealers IN sp,r.s In ii
the country, the representatives Of the
various bzanshcs Of AIact1can pharmacy md
a. eo1stsnent. and hare also sought to acquaint
M themselves " c9neepondcnce and otherwise, with
the history snd detail Of foreign experience and leg
The result Of lhss inquiry has led to reser.a OF
their Original opinions and induces them TO believe
TT y y Il ana moral 2.
@ ss,e o. eae1te 2. Il PEI Gallon on o!sued spsrate.
so6 70 ute therefor lower tate OF Il pe2sooi
or ha eogeip.en r. si ts 1s ,1e.e sns t,x ~
distilled S2iss n Gsat Britain Is from tve to rs
+,,sx soa y @ .1mes inei9 asst t While - VI.
eoEt; thst Il h.s been established thas whenever
tak eqnlsaent 70 one hundred PEI q she AVERAGE
Gel y! y llnpeseo upoa r. 2Nnal nas oeeh
i Socn 1c Inc 10 pao'aoas o. tae Law
r. r. snG1ent !os s eSeeatioa. 1 N proportion as
n,d3ns sws .acura H. ts ~ nara.o "
sai .,,1 E..i, sos u 1Sn"e1tu ueces-
innrrmrn1 IN ev,ae nr res,e3 1ha "nsse ne
nntHas tno n,nS ~ " Se!. lne lAw oe-
eumss LIES c,Cp aoo poAe1u. 70 aomt o. restraint
tht ~ ,,,ns ,;,. S...r2 49, taat a. M ~ sa5us ~
t...ce atwosn oecas. NJ anetG q! Ihs ail.
ai1honoh Ihav ~ ~ a4na.t apu ~, aua IuaI
81 n Htii 1r,:ten, ~ f,sUt Hn ,ar L. FL 70
ihst n n1,t n+een si+a33f es ~ te. ssusulne
,inn ~ ~. ,st tn -. LINT Ms tae opera
III, LIE IL ia"' as M psonl o. Niieit dssflla-
. uua! WIZ =. ,no "a. ~ taoV pa ea!!on Non'd not
ae =, ~ r,.a4 y os r. r1sy Genis R1 eallons
q n "a 4 H ncr asion 10 mu@G oT ason n
nfr1,s Snr III nrno ,f1i-r ~. -. c.t n;o "
.yernres fFonp fort1.iwn TO forsy.aFr miii.nns Il
rfIfms mr. snnnn nilnn mo thn Thoia eTrisa - ~
enjicred Il wnnif amnnnt r. inn, n,nTtvf' ~ -
ninety m,Ii,ons n esoD In, IN .jcT ~ ~. ,. ~
rnerienre md the; nf S3rcot Hrtnin rn,bi 1tn 1fa
siat amonni en- lr coller;eI On ,he Iu othe, S.nd
WITH The Tednctjon Of the az to 81 % ncr 1aon I
me Co1nulEe1on beaeve that the nr1rccate h;na1c
tiou and cousuu pilon throreh nn increasei eie-
mana for industrial purposes would amount 10
sixty millions OF eaors PER annum and ~ u lax Of
81 D per gallon il conceded by all parties 10 be moi
unreasonable il texus nrobAbtc fnat pifb At, ef
fcctfyr law an 1mmedIa + rryen,,e n At i-rst IN
tsH1100 mieht hr rn1ec;rd ut;h snhserneni .nnT
ii 1nrrtsse "'>"' ~i1~4' "''D1'
The Conmfss ion then nroeeed IN cons,arr .he
bfsrjnn nf Ibis nnrstinn n, innn Strfnj creon,eot