, 1870-09-18

Court in Ohio for tue recovery Of SI,0o0,-
0tN, taxes and penalties against disti1lcrs,
will attract universal attention, from the
fact that they are sxisl to 10 the beginning
of general systa1n Of suits for the reeov-
cry oi taxes unlawfnlly withheld in 1St;f;,
leG7. aud 1$Ge. Tie amount of whiskey
upon which taxes were paid in 1s';9 was
about Gn, ,uc0, 0GD gallons. Assuming that
she same nn,unnt WIS mntle annually in iSGl;,
1861, and 1SEs, the total atnonnt was $780,
G50, GN gallons, the tax on which amounted
10 ::stu, ,thA., NOD. For those three ycars, the
sctnnl receipts Of tux amounted to S7l, ,a13,-
:;:0, leaving taxes to tho amount Of $.s9.-
GOO, ,Otn uncollected. 1t is, we suppose,
not an extravagaut estimate 10 assume that
the listillers paid an average Of ii cents
gallon to the revenue officers for their
conniyance iu the frauds. The :S:N;O, ,Mm,-
NM of tax was distributed about rs follows:
To the United States, S7l ,MH', 900; 10 the
revenue officers, high and low, SCI, 'Nn. 900;
10 general expenses of counsel, ju1ical
proceedings, parslpns, aud to Congressman,
s1O,Oio,tMt'. Total paid, S14i,000, 700.
Retained Ly the distillers, s:l6, 400.
The amount paid by the tlistil1ers including
ta1cs, blaelmail, aud corruption ind
was about e1ual to 81 cents on the galloh,
enabling them 10 sell whiskey III $1.::o per
gallon, the lawful tax on which was 81.
It wo,ld he herculean task, Mt this day,
to hunt to their lairs the pezsuns who thus
rlunaered the National Treasury, hut,
wherever it can be done, the pnbiic will
sustain the Federal officers in their efforts.
These cases in Ohio are the transactions OF
a single district, and TINT ontsido Of Gin
cinnati. II one district IN Ohio eau be
.naae to diagorge seven millions Of dollars
and like measures are taken III othel
States, it is possible TINT large portion ol
the money may bs recovered. The pnbtis
knowledge on the subject is like that in tht
smuggling districts in England; ever.
person knows the smugglets, and know,
those who have shared tho profits, Int th'
Legal proof necessary to convict is not :,
easily obtained.
While the Revcnue Department is thus
credital,ly engaged in bringing 10 M ac
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