The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-17

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Louisiana -. 583, ISL Ve,mont.... 5o,25i
Maryland. -. 2,755,s Washington, 2,,146
Massachusetts, 1910, 49l w: Virginia, 528,684
Michigan 1880, 500 Wisconsin 2,72O,6 68
Minnesota M;Ia9s 29s, S62 Wyoming. 1882
The number of distil!eries registered
during the year is 4,736, and the number
operated AGES. OF the number operated
856 we're grain distilleries, molasses dis
tilleries.and 3,845 fruit distiIleries.
The commissioner says public attention
has been often called, within the past
few months, to the extensive frauds COM
mitted in certain localities upon the rev.
enue by distillers and rectifiers of distill.
ed spirits. The documentary evidence in
this office has warranted the seizure of
twenty.four d!stilleries and thirty.seven
rectifyi4g houses, and implicated over
fifty fl U: S. gaugers and storekeepers.
This evidence also shows an issue between
July LIST, 1874, and May lst, 1875, of
fraudulent spirits by duplication of 20 600
packages containing probably twelve hun
dred thousand proof gallons, and by aid
of the false gauging to an additional
amount of 100000 proofgallons. This,
of course, is but portion of the fraud
actually committed, but in itself ind cates
the loss Of tax to the government in
ten months to the amount of not less
than $l,650,000.
The receipts from all sources relating
to fermented liquors for the fiscal year is
1914, 004, decrease of $l60,075 as com.
pared with 1874. The number of brew
ers manufacturing fermented liquors is
1884. The Commissioner expresses full
confidence IN the stamp system for the
collection of the revenue. The number
of cases compromised during the year is
744, and the amount received by the COM
promises, $l56,566. A recommendation
is made that deserving guagcrs receive So
per day, and that in some instances the
office Of guager aud storekeeper be consol.
idated, by which 100000 can be saved
in expenses.
The recei pts from tobacco were $751;.
3O3, 46l, an increase over 1874 of $4,000.
$50, and an increase over any previous
fiscal year Of $2,917,l58. The total
amount of tax collected on tobacco and
! snuff from Sept. LIST, 1862, to June 3Oth.
1878, is 1905, 356,2l0. The total collec.
I1oAo vi NISnISs CucIOOtS ana Gig.
arettes the same time is $68,233, 2O6. It
is expected that during the current year
the assessments of tax on tobacco will be
largely increased. The whole amount Of
taxes assessed during the year was 49,.
100000, an increase over the previous
year of 1884,, 435.
The commissioner says the force of
revenue agents is inadequate, and recon-
mends the passage of law authorizing
fifteen more. He thinks further con.
solidation of collection districts can be
made without affecting the revenue. and
that the plan Of gauging wholesale liquor
dealers packages by United States ea,.g-
ers can be dispensed with, and a simple
system OF checks by stamps substituted,
winch Will prevent over.issuc. He &c.
commends making violations of the law
relating to friction matches criminal
ohence, punishable by fine and imprson
nlent. tie also desires that internal rev.
enue agents be empowered to demand and
OBTAIN the inspection Of books and pa pers
OF dlstlliers, rectifers, brewers, wholesale
liquor dealers and manufacturers of to.
bacco, snlffs and cigars.
The commissioners estimates the colled
lions for the present fiscal year from all
sources ofinternal revenue at $l22,O00,,
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