The New York herald., 1872-09-30
The New Law In Operation To-MOrrGW
and the Effect Thereof. q
Lager Beer Interest in the United
States.
tnesme Gas and Insurance Tx Repsaled-Pres-
ent and Prospective Internal Revenue in
New York-Stamp, Imposts Almost
Entirely AnnuUsd- Consolidation
and Reduction Of Districts.

Congress at its last session passed an act June 8,
is72) that did away with number Of internal reve
nue. taxes. II relieves, the people to some extent
or several very Irritating and OnerOus burdens
which the financial condition Of the country in no
wise required to betcontinued. The tax on Incomes
expired by limitation with the assessment on m
comes fer the calendar year 1871. The new tariff
on tobacco which reduced the tax on chewing
from thirty-two cents to twenty cents per pound
and raised it EOn smoking from sixteen cents to
twenty CENTS went into operation on the lst OF
July last. The repeal Of the tax gas took effect
August /, and on the same day the tax on spirits
was reduced to seventy cents per gallon On and
after tho 1et OF October ttOmOrrow) the only gov
ernmens stamps necessary to be used will be for
tobacco fermented liquors, proprietary medicines,
matches and for checks. In fact, internal revenue
business will be hereafter strictly confined to col
Iecting licenses and taxes and selling stamps for
the manufacture and sale Of tobacco, liquors, and
mposts on banks and bankers. There are cOnsid-
rable amounts yet to be paid on incomes and
on kgacies and SUGGESTIONS under the willis OF per-
sons who died subsequent to october, 1870 The
collectors do not supply proprietary medicine anu
match stamps. These are obtained directly from
the government in large amounts, and the pur-
chasers are allowed discount Of ten per cent
The business OF the department has been greatly
reduced, and there is q corresponding diminutiOn
j
few days since the officers OF the five Internal
Revenue districts into which this city is divided,
with the view Of obtaining Information as to the
working Of the new law. The impression seemed
TO be that several OF the districts would be dis
continued and the entire number consolidated into
two before the end OF 1872. 1t appears that there
ls not dstlllery in operation and has not been
for over year. The reason OF this Is that Western
manufacturers can obtain grain at much lower
rates than 1t can be had In New York. There are,
however, several distlleres in good condition that
could be put in operation in a brief time. The fol-
lowing is the information our reporter was enabled
THIRrYsECoND DISTRICT.
This district comprises the First Second and
Fourth wards of the city. The principal re venue
lactnre Of leaf tobacco is carried on to large
tent and wholesale liquor % dealers and rectifeIs as
for for S the fiscal year ending July i, 1872, % was
Ss.a25,0OO. The amount cOllectabe on articles
under the saving clauses Of the @ act ct Of June IS
for the current year viii be large, because OF taxes
to be paid accrued prior to the passage OF the law
mentioned, but subsequently II will fall consider
ably below the average receipts. There are large
quantities of tobacco manufactured In other DIS
which the tax is only collected when the commodity
ls placed in the market for sale. The crowded
pent OF dstlleries within It. There are, however,
Two large breweries in operation. During the year
the present monthly produce is about three and
half millions The following are further statis-
companies, o. rectifiers, 81; Leaf tobacco dealers,
l4e; tobacco maufacturers, II; cigar manufactu,
Ha wholesale 1s se anor nn6 % 2S retail
the average number OF gallons gauged monthly In
che district is as7 ,OOo The Collector is NJ. B. Blake
gauged during the past year was 81, $780, 500 gallons
SECOND DISTRICT.
This district Is bounded by Liberty street on the
south, North River on the west, Twentvsixth
street on the north, and Broadway on the east.
well Collector. The amount OF business transacted
in the territory described is most extensive, and
Curing se a
fiscal year was s2so05 sos but there Will be con-
siderable falling of during the ensuing twelve
months. There are some necessary arrears for
taxes on incomes and on SUGGESTIONS and egacies,
which are daily coming in, but in other respects
the lead in the number Of retail liquor stores there
being no less than 2,492 within its boundaries
savings sh The breweres muster muster IL, % and pro,
duce $1,000 barrels monthly. There are
1900 COO monthly and last year 1000 900 pounds of
tobacco were manufactured in the district. There
are 81 wholesale liquor dealers and 1870 rectiaers.
She average amount OF liquor gaugcd monthly s
22o, 600 gallons, the number OF gaugers employed
being
The Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Seventeenth wards constitute the
Third district. Like the two preceding there are
no dstllleries In It,. However, the tobacco in
terest ourshes and In this respect 1t Is the largest
been made almost uniform there will not be much
decrease in the revenue collected on the east side,
were 100 900 cigars manufactured in the district
last year, yielding to the government on this
sssa6snments H G are re'VC constantly % opening The
tax on cigars is IS per 1000 without regard
sT or haDe d @ e
ers in leaf tobacco exceed 80, and there are man.
nlactories OF the commodity one OF which Is con-
Quoted on most extensive scale. The following |
shows the statistics OF the other branches OF busi-
ness subject to internal revenue aws:-Banks of |
deposit, o.; sayings banks, s; brewers, %; recti-
aers 20; wholesale liquor dealers As; retail liquor
dealers, l,a52. The liquor trade, or, at least, that
States gangcr, is comparatively small, being only
about 40, 900 gallons monthly. The amount OF tax
collected during ; the sSa S year WAS o ~
than $500 600 for lsI273 which Is considerably be-
low that In other districts This is accounted for
ufacture, which the German residents on the east
side adapt themselves to with facility and success.
sam.
EIorTH DISTRICT. r .,
wards thst form this district. are In great meas
@ sf and 3 taef afes me HS Ills fS eason
gas, ana as the law imposing tax on the former,
which has always been an obnoxious one, las ex-
pred py Limitation ana tna m S on gas Is no longer en-.
ish. The amount collected for the last fiscal year
was s2,ltsoso. TO give some Idea Of the large
sums paid for income IL may be stated that In July,
1871, there was received seO2 s2l, ana during tile
last four months there was paid to the Collec-
tor as follows May, 1872, sl56,6Cs; June,
$Coe,24s; July, s2e5.i53 and last month, |
August $112,627. These amounts were mainly
tn liquidation OF income tax. There |
is considerable yet due from citizens who have de-
tayed, nom one cause another to settle with the
ggpVed,nment but the Indebtedness is every day
growing smaller. There was paid, few days since, |
tax on legacy OF $500 900, which fell TO two sons,
an. and is dd not include the real estate that they
also inherit from their father. There will be, per-
Japs greater falling OF in receipts In this district
Iurlng Tue current year than any other in the city,
The Collector Is Colonel Chas r. Coster; Assessor
a Ford. ~ appears by the books OF the ONCE that
there are banks OF deposit, 5 savings banks
2 breweres, IL rectifers, 10 Wholesale lIuuor
Dealers, 1,051 retail liquor dealers, 24s cigar manu-