Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-25

StOrekeeper, Gauger and employe who Is con.
nected with distillery where fraud is perpe
trated becomes pensioner upon the distiller
II, therefore, distillers be kept under such
strict surveillance that the amount OF money
gained by fraud is not sufficient TO pay large
corps OF officers and workmen in necessary
cOllus1on with them to consummate fraud
they VIII, as matter Of policy, be honest
AS an indication OF the extent Of the frauds
above described the Commissioner reports
that documentary evidence Is IN possession
OF his Office which has warranted the seizure
OF "a distilleries and 81 rectifying- houses,
and implicated over 80 United States Gaugers
and Storekeepers. This evidence also shows
the Issue between July /, 1874, and May /,
1873, OF fraudulent spirits, by duplication, of
2O,UO packages, containing probably 200, 600
| proof gallons, and by aid of false gauging to
the additional amount Of 100000 proof gal
Ions. This, he says, is but portion of the
fraud actually committed, but In itself iDdi
Gates the loss OF tax to Government in ten
months OF an amount not less than 81 $50 U0.
FERNENTED LIQUORS.
The receipts from all sources relating to
fermented liquors for the fiscal year were
~, IA OO4, a decrease Of $3.50, 67j as compared
with 1874 The number Of brewers manu-
| featuring fermented liquors Is 2, 7S4.
The Commissioner expresses full conf
dence In the stamp system for the collection
| Of revenue.
| The number OF cases compromised during
| the year is TIA, and the amount received by
compromise sl56,576.
TOBACCO
The total receipts from tobacco were S37-
1903, 46l, an increase over 1874 of .Sf,O6O, $50,
| ana an Increase over any previous fiscal year
| of S2,9l7, 1873. The total amount Of tax col.
| lected on tobacco and snuffs from Sept l.
| 1862, to June 80, 1875, is 1925 1856, 2l9 The
| total collections on cigars, cheroots and Gig.
! urpffps inns IL
| pected that during the current year the as
| sessments of tax on tobacco will be largely
| increased. The whole amount of taxes as
| sessed during the year was IS, 230,003; in
crease over the previous year, 1914, 435.
| OTHER STATISTICS.
| The quantity Of distilled spirits in ware
house July l, 1874, was 1855 1850 gallons,
distilled spirits produced during the year,
60 ,80,425 gallons; total, 7S,6S6, 39i; total
| withdrawn, 65,3l9, 141, leaving ia bond June
80, 1875, 13,357, 253. Spirits removed from
warehouse for export for the year ending
June 80, 1874, 4,06O,1O6 gallons, while only
| 5S7,4l3 gallons were thus removed during the
| last fiscal year.
| The quantity OF tobacco removed for ex-
| portation in bond without paying the taxes,
9,lD,3l5 pounds, decrease of 162l Gil
| pounds.
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
The Commissioner says the force of rev.
silut agents Is inadequate ana recommends
the passage of u law authorizing tif-
teen more He thinks further consolidation of
collection districts can be made without af-
| fectng the revenue, and that the system of
gauging wholesale liquor dealers packages
by United States Gaugers can be dispensed
with and simple system OF checks by stamps
substituted, which will prevent overssue.
He recommends making the violation of
| the law relating to friction matches crimi-
nal oiiense, punishable by fine and imprison-
ment. He also desires that internal revenue
agents be empowered to demand and obtain
the inspection of books and papers OF dstill-
ers, rectliers, brewers, wholesale liquor
and cigars.
The Commissioner estimates the collections
of the present fiscal year from all sources of
internal revenue at Sl22, 600 600