Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-09-12
GRANTS BEEF-EATERS.
What it Costs to Collect the In
ternal Revenue.
Gross Extravaganza and Bare
faced Swindling.
What Civil Service Reform Means,
as Practiced by the Grant
Administrations
ling Figures.

The New York World has been print
ing series of articles, from day to day,
exposing the gross frauds and extrava-
gance practiced by the Grant office
holding machine in the collection of
internal revenue. We have collated
these articles, and present them to our
readers, in the order in which they ap-
peared in the World. They certainly
exhibit a most startling and infamous
system of stealage, and ful nish highly
interesting chapter of reading for those
who profess to believe that the present
Administration is not the most corrupt
and incompetent that ever cursed q
civilized people:
GRANTS BEEF-EATERs IN MAINE.
The monarchs of England in the good cid
times indulged in a regiment of what were
called Beef-eaters. The functions of these
people were not exactly defined ali that is
clearly known of them is that they were the
personal machines of the monarch We can
conclusively show that our President has also
his Beef-eaters in almost every State of the
Union. We will give to-day the cost of the
Beef-eaters in Maine. who are kept for no
other purpose than to aid IN political jobs.
By the recent repeal of certain internal
taxes there are now only four articles that
really require the supervision of assessors and
collectors, viz, spirits, fermented liquors,
tobacco, and banks. There are five districts
in Maine, and we give below the actual re-
ceipts of revenue from these four articles in
four out of the five districts, with the cost of
their collection:
Revenue collected
Second District. in 1871.
From spirits SZ,o44.l4
From tobacco Observation-Disclosures. 6,658. 81
From fermented liquors. ....... 279.83
From banks .............. 6,013.9s
Total. .................... s15,296 46
Amount appropriated in 1928
for collecting the above 100000
Third District Revenue collected
(Mr Blaine's). in 1871.
From spirits. .............. $6,O1622
From tobacco. z, 364 ~
Flon1 fermented liquors. 2o0. 90
From banks. ..-.-..--.... o,u4o.Io
Amount appropriated in 1s7a-78
for collecting the above. ....... 100000
Revenue collected
Fourth District in 1871.
From spirits. s............... $5,s77.56
From tobacco ................ 1,977. 80
From fermented liquors. Nothing
From banks . NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8,150.07
Total ....................... $16,OO5O1
Amount appropriated in 1S71-73
for collecting the above. -. 100000
Revenue collected
Fifth District. in 1871.
From spirits $2.713.75
From tobacco 28S9 SO
From fermented liquors ~ 10000
From banks. Observation-Disclosures. 2,989.12
Total .......... ..... $s, ,699.sO
Amount appropriated in 1s72-7s
for collecting the above ...... 100000
For the convenience of the Maine electors,
the amount of this sinecure swindle can be
gathered from the following condensed table:
U., IAmounts
,1 collect ms op III ~ T1a-cap+oga of cost for
OIsIhICrs. in HTIootsu ~ Sct;IG -
1871. TGt9t nIsgS-ss ~
SecondI SIS 29o 46 5000 Nearly 5SX per cent.
Third........ Is 629. .22 .S,O00lOver IS per cent.