Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-12-24

that the gain on distilled spirits during the
period Of comparison IS 81, 67s, 429, on to-
baceo, $4,76s, s44; on fermented liquors,
S9I ,I74i on incomes. 50, ,0SS, 757, on stamps,
$850,5l5, from gas companies SIS4, 6s7;
from banks and bankers, $l3S,69S. The
only articles on which loss vas sustained
are legacies, SUGGESTIONS and penalties,
special taxes not included under spirits, &c.
These aggregate only $500, 1872. Receipts
from same general seources for the six
months ending September Both, 1868 and
1869 from April to September, 1869, ia
elusive $lo2, ,86l. $50 Twenty six districts
for this period not returned, are estimated
at $I,5l6,oO0. Total amount for this
period, $l04, 377, $50 From April to
September, 1869, inclusive, $50, ,543. .0S2.
The aggregate receipts for the present
year will he increased BY returns from the
t#enty-six districts, amounting, it is esti-
mated, to $l,5l6, COO Total gain, not in-
cluling receipts from those districts, $22,
3IS,ts6 If the receipts from the unrepcrt-
ed districts equal the above estimates the
gain viii be $2S. .sS4, 500, or 291 per cent.
During this period the gain on spirits is
Sl,100, l5,l3; tobacco, $50. .0S5,30 on
sales, Sll,0l6,0I on incomes, $27, ,T29, II
on stamps, $7,04S, 90 from baak and bank
ers, 3,274,33.
The gain on spirits during this six months
/ of comparison is not so large by nearly So
600, 600 as it was for the six months ending
the 50th of June last. This is accounted
for by the circumstances that the old spirits
in bonded warehouse on the 30th of Au-
gust, 1868, when the new law went into ef-
feet, we're all by operation Of law to be with
! drawn from bond and the tax to be paid
prior to July lst, 1863 1t is a fact, how
ever, that the gain on tobacco for this pc
riod Of comparison exceeded that for the
six months ending June 30th 1868, BY So
100000, showing steady and continuous
increase from this source.
The gains on stamps, incomes and sales
correspond very nearly with the gains on
those articles for the six months Of compari-
son ending June 30th, 1863
Referring to gains Cd spirits and tobacco
for these periods it seems proper to say
there is every cause for congratulation that
the law Of July 10Th 1868, taxing these arti.
clss. was enacted
SPIRITs.-In considering the increase ol
revenue from distilled spirits for the last
six months Of the fiscal year ending June
Both, 1869, the subjoined facts should be
remembered. There were in the bonded
warehouses on the lst Of July, 1868, as
shown by the accounts kept in this Office,
q, ,27S. 420 gallons Of spirits This included
all claims for leakage then outstanding, and
a large quantity claimed to have been de-
stroyed by the burning Of revenue bonded
warehouses, as well as certain amounts
which had been previously withdrawn upon
| fraudulent bonds, and still unaccounted for.
Under the provisions of the act Of July 10Th,
| 1868, as amended, al spirits in bonded ware
houses at the time Of the passage Of the act,
were required to be Withdrawn and the tax
paid thereon prior to July lst, 1869, aud BY
this requirement 24,3S3,95l gallons o
spirits were necessarily forced upon the mar
ket during the fiscal year, aud served to that
extent to increase the returns from thi:
source, while on the first Of July, 1869,
there remained in bonded warehouses, Of
the new product, only I6,6G3, SIS gallons.
It thus appears that the quantity of spirits
in bond to be Withdrawn and the tax to be
paid during the fiscal year, ending June so.
1870, less by nearly eight millions of gal
Ions, than the quantity which was compelled
to be withdrawn and the tax paid for the
fscaFyear, ending June 30th, 1869
The following statement exhibiting the
movements in distilled spirits is made from
statistics furnished by the division IL charge
of the subject in this bureau, and although
the figures may not be absolutely acurate,
they approximate so nearly as to be deemed
reliable Number of gallons Withdrawn
from bonded warehouses from July lst,
1868, to June S0th, 1869, produced prior to
July lst 1865, at fifty cents per gallon, p
383, 95I produced prior to July lst 1865, on
which tax was paid at 50 per gallon, SO, ,96l.
Total gallons Of distilled spirits, old product,
"a, 1852 Number of gallons Of apple
brandy produced prior to July lst 1868, and
tax paid after that date at 81 per gallon,
81, ,I22. Total gallons, 24,5l7,634 Num-
Der of gallons, spirits produced from July
10Th 1868, to June 80, 1869, on which tax
was collected at 50 cents per gallon 80, ,704,
046 Number Of gallons of grape and ap
pie brandy, tax paid at so cents per gallon,
ST., ,737. Total gallons, S5,578,S54 Total
amount on which tax was collected, 1902
All. Number of gallons Withdrawn for
consumption and export from July lst 1867,
to June 30th 1868, 0,93G.647; of this was
exported with payment of tax, 452, 707 on
which tax was collected for the fiscal year
1868, 6. 706, $40 from which il appears that
the amount for which the tax was collected
for 1863, exceeded that for 1868, 55, $50, SIC
gallons. There was produced during the
year and in bond July lst, 1868, 5,459, 704
gallons Itwould appear also, if the records
Of this Office exhibit fully all the spirits that
we're consumed and exported during the two
years, that for the year 1869 the consump-
ton and expectation exceeded that of 1878
to the extent of 81, ,I55, T70 gellons. These
figures are presented not for the rurpo=e Of
showing the true amount of production and
consumption Of distilled spirits, but to ex.
hibit the fact that prior to the law of June
30th 1868, the Government did not collect
a tenth part af its tax on distilled spirits
The total amount collected on the annual
list Of incomes in 1867 was $67, AZ ,757 for
1868, $23, $50, $40. for 1863, up 10 Novem-
Der 25th 1928, $50 This last sum viii be
increased 10 an amount OF over $26, ,000,0 600.
As this tax expires with the assessment foE
! 1870 it will be for Congress to determine
| whether we can part entirely with the re