The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

report it appears that for the last fiscal veal
there was allowed out Of the State Treasury K
county officers for auditing, collecting, ap
portioning and paying State taxes, the sun
of $20l, 1926 04-divided as follows:
assessors .$63 ,256 81
auditors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 ,029 8;
Tax Collectors. Observation-Disclosures. 40 ,366 g.
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 1921 1926 O.
This is six and one quarter per cent of tn,
gross receipts from State taxation. The cos
is very excessive now that the State is calling
for upwards of three millions year by tax.
alton. On so large sum as that the Sar
Francisco Bulletin thinks percentage Of cost
of collection ought not to be more than three
per cent at the most.
French silk Production.
Advices from the silk-growing districts in
France report that the harvest being yet hardly
finished, it is almost too soon to estimate the
result properly, it having varied much in diff.
ferent districts The most important point
appears to be the success which has attended
the cultivation of the yellow worms, while
the Japanese species, under the influence of
too high temperature, have had q shorter
existence, and have generally produced lightly
clusion that the epidemic which commenced
in 1852 has almost disappeared. In both
Italy and France it is anticipated that the
yield will be less than last year and of lower
quality; but in some departments, and in
Tuscany. etc., where the yellow breed is in the
ascendant, the crop will be very satisfactory
both as to quality and quantity.
Results of tho Conference Of Whisky Deal
louisville Courier-Journal, 4th inst
Honest whisky dealers of all political
opinions are on better terms with the Treas
ury Department than at any previous time,
perhaps, since the whisky trade has become
largely identified with the public revenue sys-
tenn. Since the first imposition of tax on
distilled spirits it has been unpleasantly
manifest to honest distillers and deal
ers that they were paying large tribute
to the dishonest members of their trade, as
well as duty to the government Whenever
one class of frauds was hedged out by legal
safeguards, another class would arise in some
unexpected quarter, and as the system of
prevention and detection was gradually i'm
proved, its advantages have been largely
nulli6ed by faults Of administration - by
negligence, incompetency, Indifference to
official duty, and, perhaps, in many instances
other grave defects at the headquarters of the
revenue system. Milliens of dollars have
!. been lost to the public service. and as much
more to the honest members of the trade, by
fraud and delinquency, and the offenders
have escaped unnoticed by the sworn
guardians of the laws, or have laughed at the
futile efforts made to bring them to punish
ment
II = generally believed that the present
admi. .stration of the Treasury Department
is to be more vigorous, efficient and honest
than any Of its late predecessors and that the
activity in indicating the violated law dis
played few weeks ago was not sham. We
learn that an earnest effort is making in all
branches of the revenue service to reform the
system thoroughly in all its parts The most
experienced practical dealers, men of inteli-
gence and probty, are consulted on all ques-
lions with regard to which practice and OBJ
servation could have made their judgment
valuable to the administrators Of the law, and
in adopting such suggestions as are found to
be practicable, the Department is giving
sx1e best assurance of good faith and intelli-
gence. For these are the men who lose most
by violations and evasions Of the law.
The delegation of whisky men from Louis |
vile and other Western cities to Washington |
last week, for the purpose Of presenting |
the resolutions Of the Cincinnati meeting, |
were we'll pleased with their reception by the |
Department authorities, and satisfied with |
their visit, though not wholly successful in |
accomplishing all that they attempted.
We have had an interview with Major w. |
Fl. Thomas, of the house of Newcomb, Bu-
chanan l. Co., who was one of the delegation,
and as we recall the facts from memory the
points of the formal conference can be
summed up as follows:
It was proposed that gaugers be inter-
changed between revenue districts and States
every sixty days, 80 as to avoid the formation
of entangling alliances, the transfers to be
made without any rule publicly known, SO as
to keep them in ignorance of their future
movements. To this it was answered that the
revenueauthorities had the matter under con-
and would probably adopt the
plan substantially as proposed.
It was recommended that, in shipping whis-
Ky, the barrels should be inclosed in larger
barrels, so as to prevent persons who have &C.
cess to them in transit from tapping the pack
ages and drawing off their contents. This
was urged mainly for the protection of deal
ers in hne WHISTLES, who sometimes lose in
this way eight or ten gallons from barrel
4 special stamp was recommended for the
outer casks referred to, but it was found that
lt would be impracticable to provide the re-
quisite stamps, as no appropriation of money
bad been made for that purpose by Congress,
md unless some lawful authority can be found
10 make the expenditure, the suggestion will
not be acted on. :
It was recommended that when a package,
after. keeping some time, is found to be of
higher proof than when inspected, in the
lbsence Of suspicious circumstances, it be al.
owed to add enough whisky of the same
yrade Is will reduce the proof to the original 7
iegree. This change of proof results from
he evaporation Of water contained in the ?
whisky. and the process proposed would par S
tally, II not wholly, refill the barrel No L
objection was raised by the revenue bureau !,
,eople, and the suggestion will probably re- :,
,eive favorable consideration.
It was alse recommended that an order be
made allowing barrels in which leakages have
occurred in store, to be refilled, under proper
but this suggestion was not
evorably entertained, as it was feared that it
Tould give occasion to fraud.
Tho foregoing are the main points of the I
and, as We learn, the suggestions
'hich the delegates regarded - most impor-
mt viii probably be adopted. liz
The new device fof the stamp on barrels is
pgarded by vhiaky man with great favor.
Sie6y Described, the coming afsmp differs