New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-02
WASHIEGTON.
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,onor o, internal Revenue an Independent depart,
ment BY this 1 do not mean dg tpd Under
the usage of the Government be invited TO te lTt
Councils Of the President but enc, rather ke sctaTy
but Commissioner The provisions "hlGn I IU,O Ne de-
datey after tins viii make on poG 10 tie Commits
Ioner of Internal Revenue, In order hOt ofabty for
ana see9re a own Of an affairs in the Depart
Inent but 10 enable nm, under inc hodirotps for
h aSd whose conduct also we intend nc slas U9 al
The fullest degree Responsible go anal way the working OF
our Internal Revenue system system that the great,
been forced TO the conSaLu r which we Tabor
SSd that when contributes most to defeat me S2eeIoh
Oi our nd when remedies for these are sought the
fmposslbty Of finding anyOouy ~ iinPr cnudnct In
% there h no head to the establishment or perhaps IL
would be more true to Wy baEe the President Secretary
~ tho Treasury and the COnlmlssiOher Ol A'shhnt
T t 70 look to- all and EACH in fact neither OF them
acknowledgng full responsibility. WHAT 10 lne +
nnencei Taxpayers commit frauds olncers eolNC ae
si@aiipr that Is going on. Complaints are made the
Commissioner replies that he has no p0we 0vc e
officers to the thieves ana appoe str ni
because selections made through the IL
the Treasury and the President dng hTt a3yise
appealed to, explains that ne can 40 noins Uov The
t6e President, and shelters hlmseI III tlSt
President inerPoses both tIe and the simple re-
anil of il all is that the whole country Is LOOKING on le
H eig % and the scoEndrels holder and holder from
aay 10 day until the whole aggregate OF eVl rs aIpas
WbebnS ts proper constitutional authorities gangs Of
tobacco thieves and whisky ring = MT schemes WenS
ON 10 say that writer in The Nee YORK Eceihg Iost u
sharged that the Committee on Ways ana Meals auu ~
chairman, assuming to be king ~ ES Tba
great powers 10 the Commissioner OF lheIha m
writer illustrated his argument by reference 20 SeCo
Ina T on pe Of the sections copied existing
law If House should refuse 10 corner lls ~ W. %
The Commissioners then he would ask the House 10 confer
n an the Secetary of the Treasury without the lleNh
iion of the Commissioner. or on the FIesiueit
Intervention Of either the secretary OF tue F boi
Or somebody who would he held TO account l0r ~at s
and for what omitted ~ ma vrb 80 rand and
robbery. There was in fact no mead nov scre+ar Of
ie Treasury and the Commissioner And another ele-
ment of division of was the necessity OF procuring
Beiween the President Secretary Of the Treasury
aud the Commissioner there was suGh ubvsUn a VI he
SecTe''Es re anu was another body in the Senate
Where fault might exist or not, acting on
the Recommendation made through the proper ehahheo
He did not say it was so but he said that from the d.
there no proper officers 10 coieet the d t ns
Tae the proposition that the country had an osaosd
men without Responsible neau anu until The system
be executed or the taxes coIeee1 nt III Tb Soy
was reduced a concentrated responsibility Inc COIu-
way TO GET the taxes collected to impose respons
bilty officer strongly empowered ana ainee for
eyefythDg he shall do under such circumstance la al
public observations and all watehfuness OF ne Ia" ma,
Sc concentrated upon him. He admitted that great
mower was conferred by the bill on an executive oceI
not much n t gre@ ceiecoT of Customs at York
IN was great power TO be conferred on any OceI ana
If would be found in the different PROVISIONS OF the
h the Committee had taken great care TO hOd me CO
missioner TO the srctest accountaDny MT Sch S
proceeded show what the enect OF tne Uli NOu
on the cost Of collection and said that the OIL PROPOSED
TO abolish M tne sses and manufacturers and 10 have
their duty performed by sOrekeepeTs 10 DE pu by e
op he Estimated at ses997O The Committee had ma
tnred system Of supervision Instead OF sPecl9 agents
tbe committee propose that In every judicial district
there Should he Supervisor Of Internal Revenue But,
Instead Of being wandering officer he SHOULD DC .
rosDonsil,le man paid by the government
sa11r yed ONCE and whose duty it should be to su
Pervse look after attend TO- and report upon d con
Even he however would have to refer the case Tor ha
action 10 the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and
Department downward was 20 De maiuialheu ar 10
manufactures he said that the policy OF me C3nIntee
accorded with the general policy indicated p congress
In the passage Of the act OF March 81 last ana MIN e
fourth resolution in the Chicago platform. ihat act
however exempted breadstufs and unmanuiactured
lumber but he gave his trends .ho nom nS All
factures were be treated not with reference 10 me
rpSnitS which they employ what they do with IL, and
how much they succeed IN producing anu otsp1sdng oi
tody Of manufactures 18TH Of per cent AS 10 tne eX
emPoRs that were Re TO De To m hereaer Follow
ING out an idea contained III resolution reported ny the
Commits Con tIe COMMITTEES had exempted from the
general tax the Oneffth OF one per cent on
Sne confectionery. Those charged ll6h OF per
cent on al $500. Ornamental Jewery inc com,
mitee had charged one per cent on an over $1 anu
on gold and silver ware, firearms and pianos the com
adj charged
playing the Committee had charged per cent on
e amount manufactured The idea OF the Committee was
that while they apOped the general system OF paclg
tax on sales on manufactures very low, certain articles
nsed only By those who are wealthy ought 10 Dear
heavier tax; and those articles the committee 1ad
placed more than the ordinary manufactures oil the
country. In regard TO special tax the special TAX on no.
House the Fifth Avenue and Wizards Hotels SHOULD ne
taxed much larger in proportion thah sildI Hoels. III
of Gentlemen who come from Europeand who take rooms
s fbe Aston House. Metropolitan Hotel or some otner
lntal In
Where fIcy can be taxed who, with samples, negO
tlate for the sale Of millions of property These men nave
fore provided measure Of protection 10 inc regular
dealers of country That while commercial STohs
seca tax of these foreign commercial brokers' VINO
keep Office or place Of business anu WHO JSsaPs
and shal be nut INTO the Penentiary II they are found
eTSrcisg fbtir vocation without paying the tax. now
titled spirits. We have provided that retailers sa De
classified aud shall pay according to the amount OF Their
licenses; aud we have defined retail dealer 10 dc not
one who sells certain amount Of liquor, but who sells
liquor III quantities less than one quart ana
who sells TO be drank on the premises;
Wholesale liquor dealers pay at this time one-tenth VI
one per all sales above $4,000 We propose that
wholesale liquor dealers shall pay "a per cent 20 mes as
much and shall pay all sales $1,000 instead OF
over $50CoO. / have made estimate that from this
source we obtain about $20OOOO Judging from the
statistics Of tle trade come Ineh 10 lhe sPecai tA luz
posed the distier himself. We have made tlOO and
u on each barrel pr"daCeL We nave also aded Inns TINS
system OF taxation OF sales We have also added 10 mat
tax upon capacity. We provide that there shall DC
mashes aud feeats 100 barrels or les ana an adutOha
% day each additional 100 bushels mashed and fer
mented Now al this part Of system, part OF the
machinery 10 reference Z" the revenue 10 ne ueIINe9 IrOln
distilled spirits aHd although NJ Is found under Inherent
heads, ana IA different parts OF the DILL u must DC ali In
some degree connected together We lave retained the
tax Of " gallon direct tax ON whisky but
take occasion 70 say here that IL Is not the expecta
ton, believe even Of the Committee, that that amount
OF direct tax Wa be retained by the House. OF by Con-
gfesS III We hal let be known four months ago that
Sgad hye t four TS ~ OK 70 S Genas giion, we
u exNino padu