, 1866-03-13

TUESDAY. MAECH II, 1855.
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W A0 80 AeuueAton !"
P'1ee' - % =" natet " Aueeas tAtso 70 every
tux payer as question Of political economy,
and ia pSery coz.surnez of dtsttl}ed snsxita n
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ta1 to lessen the consumption Of highwincs
n,d IN spc,casc smper7fnr and Illicit dis4flTa.
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therf. ,s vcTr nnch To he aa{d m 1,otb xtdee
Tho 1,a,cn,,e com,n7ss1on' IN 3he,rr ,re,,o,, T.,
4"e ne'euae eoAA4oo'on .,1. IL A1e4 41pot ~
favor q the rsductlon, present. elabosAte1y
and will, pp1,arept jmpartjnllty. a wide arrav
~ fac.s md no{nts m e1thcr eide of Tho yru5n
ones,,on. 1naeea. they stats that their own
r;cws verc prir;nn13y Ia fayor Of continnfnp
the rnesrnt sa'f1o tx. hut we're chann,cd IN
The course of their investigation. The Com
mission assume in advance that Distilled sp,r-
tn si,on1d 1r subjected to the highest tar
thew will bear .gtthout too largely encourag-
;nc aticfnpts at evasion of payment f,r thr
sumr,,ocr 1117c1t dtstj11cr and refnf1er.,s II ia
sinr1,lnr Tint vhfre1he Commission Inv down
th,s ss the fundamental nropositfon Of tbeir
rcnort tler ,tata In reference IN smu~cl,nr
tha, u h rnc,, less thnn Is nonu,or3y s,7.
noscd and that tle onant,tg snnor1cd I. l,as
nj i'm. f,r 1cco sufi1cirntlx 1arce In m,tcr;-
.1,, aff,ct o,r rerenu.
Tn.r stota o,sr, that-
..on ,he rart of manv-.od ncrh.ns . m,so,,,v-
Of The ieaalns istil,nrs Of the connt, 20 opinion
tt.onGss saFesss 70 sey. .Nesa.son no q ine nsetent
il updoab;edIy coucutsed in Sy must @ Of id Ieye.
nue. officials. hs many Of the leading dealers md
tfesSeas f. a aod & p nearly an who ate considered
point Of siew; ia iact dc general Judgment Of lie
so1nt.!. 60 fas ss The conmissioa haxe been able
ucsFs to he n ,sxap Y thu Ie,;,Gn m asnp np
nsnce 81 the " On dlsts*d spirits Il ths:pretcn,
1ate o. Two aoltafe per proo' cei"n.
u oc lfnc 1na1 Inc 4eaahe olstii!efs laSor
Inc tax, anu saeh 1as tenas 10 increase
illicit distilling and retailing, then the inter
ests o. the leading distillers and Of The Illicit
distillers must be Identical whereas VIC had
supposed them 10 ee directly in conflict" The
isadane oissaiie1s Who bare saoc6e On hand
haEe m interest opposed 10 the reduction, TO
Tue extent Of q gallon on their stocks On
hand. bat me commission DO not inform ua
whether Their interest IN opposing the reduc'
ton arises out Of their stock on hand, Of
afosd nny. clue to the EXPLAIN
ton OF the singular fact thai
the interests Of the leading distiller1
and Of the Illicit distf1lerB are identical, MOI
do they explain why either Of these partie,
should favor ta1 which dfscouRagges illicit
dhsi1lation, Unless they seek the opportunity
10 make money b5 such Illicit distlilatioo
IN which case 1t does not seem that illicit dis
tillation would be stopped by reducing it,
profits from e TO 81 gallon. The report O
the Commission Is moro successful In showing
that The lower tax realizes the larger rereupe
With tax Of 20 cents per gallon Tor The Yeal
ending june 20, 1bds' the revenue amounted
TO S'a9,o91. With q tax Of 20 cents from
June u, 1863, TO March :, 1854, and OF q
cents for the remainder Of the hacal year end.
Ing June ~, 1e64, the revenue amounted to
S,4Sl, IDS.
WITH tax ot SIXTY cents from June 3otb,
1sC4, to July Isl, 1864 Of 81 so pei proof gal
Ion from that date to January, 1865, aud Of
s1.W per proof gallon from that date to June
Soih, 1876, the reEenue amounted, at the three
rates, to sl5,95, 7Ul.0. The Commissioners
link, however, that these figures form nj
sumelen1 data from Which 10 Judge Of the
permanent eAect Of Inc dlncfeUL T&teS OF tax