The New York herald., 1870-01-16

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II viii be seen rom these III vnres that the largest
collection made in either year ssS ~ aa4 'ae "a
month Of August, 1885, or this Nnouut eoSooos o.
was tax received from whiskey.
THE COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR.
The collections received this year al sIrom tooacco,
wS axes on licenses sales, succession autle bank
dividends bank deposits, bank capital anu gross
receipts which appnes 70 r exprs.s and broRers
In the district is heavy item. For MAY last u
amounted TO no less than $o73o9 os and THIS lnae-
pendent or the special tax received from merchants,
auctioneers and OTHERS. Wnskey does not appear as
all the warehouse spirits were required TO DC WIZ
az once ps sompea a9 WITH n and s the liquor then IN
bond was removed from the warehouse, Win tne
exception OF eighteen barrels. It is this removal
lower than those for 1858. Whiskey arriving now In
the market from the West and elsewhere has got to
be stamped and the tax paid, 30 as to avoid the ne
eeSsity Of transferring from one bonded warehouse
oa- -sE DISPOSITION OF SEIZED wHIsKEY
rno nr,v Alng the officers have now TO do with
hne on,s y .. ske arrest and detention when 1t is
nt nronar,v stau Ned There Is pretty good lot OF
Illicit whiskey in the "srkst aI the present moment
and revenue officials ooK ont r for t. Havs When
seizure is made the whs sxey Is sold at auction
by the United states N. vsnai @ TO tne ne. ngn, nigh
est es;a Oddsr rSe who' whske1 M sSa required to
nav the tax before he can remove MS purchase.
This is done Dy procuring the NICE In ts
respect difficulty arose IN carrying os. & me isa
tiols OF the law When the warehouses were closed
I'm June the Collector not deeming that there would
be any further use for tax.pad stamps and having
been ordered TO issue none 70 the Marshal sent ms
STOCK on hand back to washington mnen sns , auc.
ton sales OF whiskey were commenced ne l0ung
himself without the necessary stamps, ana there
was great dirficulty experienced IN collecting the
tax. The assessor was obliged to make an assess.
ment which ne returned for collection to the Col
lector and it was in this manner business was trans
acted until MIR. Bailey received authority to procure
more stamps, and SINCE then he has Kept supply
on hand in case of need.
THE AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON.
1he M authorities a. nsaoauarters az at W. washington
laws strictly and with benefit TO the country but 1t
to 0utsders that they sometimes overstep the
marx in their requirements. For instance they
have made one cnange1 in the manner OF keeping &C.
counts OF rectlfers. New blanks and forms have
been prepared which require too much. The lnten-
ton good but the carrying OF 1t out s too ntrl
cate; for 1t aimed at than could well be accom-
plshed. These papers require men who intend to
whiskey they intend to make out OF stated guam.
tity Of pure spirits They cannot DO this correctly,
aa yet ns suq Is % % gauge @
the aforesaid papers. This causes an immensely
OF trouble but the object sought to be OBTAINED is
changing OF packages until the new packages are
properly stamped. The recCiner Is bound to give
notice OF his intention recufy. This notice du-
the other to the Assessor who is to see that proper
returns are made OF the work done.
SEIZURES or wHISKEY.
In relation to the seizure Of wniskey by the United
States Marshal 1t would be well to state that the
sce the ist Of September amounts ony to the sum
Of So M 90 There were In all fourteen seizures, OF
the following value$314, S20S $685. 1892 60 81 465,
Sios.. The recent seizures BY Collector Bailey are
not included In this statement.
TUE TOBACCO TRADE.
"a In ~ dc a.
ticle, the business done ID tobacco in the Thirty
second district is immense, and yet matters are
there so well managed tnat since the st OF May there
have been but seventy seizures made In the district
The greater proportion OF these were for n0n-stamp
ing OF the cigars and the tobacco; but the reve ue
merchants and others viii noS now buy tnless the
articles are properly staciped. A r11nor gained
ground In Washington some time ago that immense
TOBACCO branch or the Internal Revenue Depart
ment but the most careful investigation In this city
showed that no such thing existed here and that
regards New YORK city, the report was false and
groundless There has been some trouble in Virginia
about the tobacco. but not to the extent that
sensationalists would have appear for as the
greater portion OF the Virginia crop passes through
the Thirty-second district OF New York there could
not oe much I'm fact none at all) fraud committed
without being detected by the officers OF the district
The tobacco crop this year was unusually large and
was, therefore, the more carefully watched, and as
tempted evasion Of he law could be at once easlI,
detected.
REsEMR OF SEIZURES.
or the seizures made in the Thirty second distric
since May l, 1861, the following list gives the de
tails:-
Distilled spirits seized, gallons ............ 45eo
Manufactured tobacco, pounds. ............... $3.50
.2nuiI zoV'
Cigarettes. ~. ........................ 7000
Premises 'A liquor dealers and cigar manufac-
Iureis, @ith stills, machinery, &c..........
Inc III .ternal revenue regulations require that al
cases seizure be Immediately reported both 10 tn
tomn fssoner and to the United States Distric
Attor 1ey.
- OUTSIDE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IHwoud be well here TO make one correction o
Eplanatlon. In the Thirty second district MIR
Lalley makes but one kind OF outside collections ant
tnat Ii on the stamping OF whlsKey. The gauger
are furnished with certain quantity OF stamps
l which they put on the whiskey and at the end Q
each month clerk Is sent out from the once col
lect the value OF these stamps. This s done becaus
1t saves much trouble ana brings the accounts ali VI
square to q specified date. Every person usin
stamps Is charged twenty cents for afnxing eac
stamp; this constitutes what Is known as s'gaugers
fees,u and 1t Is IN this way that the Sci
vices OF the gauger are paid tor. AltnonQ