The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-12
Report Of the COmInissiOner OF In
ternRi Revenue.


very yoluminous Tue Commissioner
says it may be some consolation lor such
Of our population Of 42,OOO,0OO, or more,
who consume the articles taxed by our IN
ternal revenue laws, to know that the
British public, Numbering less than one
fourth Of our people, PAID uhder
excise laws, during the year end
ing March 81, 1875, IN taxes,
of measured gold, to the | nited States,
the amount of SlS3,962, 100, gam oi
$llO G45, l54, paid in currency by the
people of this country during the fiscal
YEAR ending June 80 1919. The report
shows that the actual amount paid INTO
the treasury from all sources from and
after June 80, 1861, to June 80,
1874, exclusive OF loans and
treasury notes, was as follows;
Customs, $l,975, ,7l0,SG7i internal rev.
enuc, sl,9j6,3 ,323, 725; direct tax, $l@,-
5l0.IS9; public lands, 81, ljl, ,9jo; mis-
celIaneous, S236,Oo 4,2o2. Totai-S4,3 395,-
63S, ,S4l.
The collections for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1874, were SlO2, ,64i, li6i
and for the year ending June 30, 1873,
$nU,5I5,lji. The increase during the
last fiscal year Is owing, IN part,
10 the increase OF duties
levied by the act OF March 3, 1915, upon
distilled spirits, manufactured tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes and in part the
taxes collected under laws repealed cN~
traordlnary efforts having been put forth
to collect delinquent taxes due from
banks and brokers, railroad and other
corporations and taxes due on income
legacIcs and sucCcssloas. y statement l.
gwen showing the receipts under act ol
March 3, 1875 up and inclusive 10 June
30, 1873 from different articles subject 10
increased tax showing total tax reievied
S3,2O3,SlS. The tax returned upon dis.
titled spirits was Sl,GJ, 1875 and the
Commissioner SAWS regarding IT, that II
will doubtless be u matter OF surprise that
the increased amount realized from dis
titled spirits during that period, from
MarcL ). 1873, 10 June 80, 1919, WAS 50
small. The explanation, however, l.
found in fact that 1t became known,
through the proceedings IN Congress,
that un increase III the rate OF tax would
probably be- made and the dlstIllcrs
in order to realize the benefit Of
the increase withdrew from the bonded
warehouses upon the payment OF duties
ut ~ cents gallon, D, ,i3O,O2l gallons IN
the month Of January ana the enormous
quantity of ll,jO4,356 gallons IN
February fol owing, leaving stIl! IN the
bonded warehouses over 100000 gallons
ofspirits on March &d, 1919, the day the
increase tax from 20 TO 80 cents per gal
ion Wa, made by Congress. BY law their
spirits were allowed after bond was given,
to remain in the distiiling warehouse,
one wear before withdrawal and
these spirits have been, and
still continue to be placed on tho mar
kct subject only to former duty, 1Occnts
per galLon. The net amount of receipts
from all source. OF internal revenue, dur
ing the last fiscal year, in the several
States is given: Alabama, $lll,Sl5i
ArIzonn. !lU.2G3' Arkansas, SIl ,S2"i
California, S2@s3, 80; Colorado, SO, ,53li :
Connecticut, S622 ,225; Dakota, sl,OiOi
Delaware, $3.50 33l; District ot Columbia,
Slll.o27; Florida, Slol,547; Georgia,
S3s7lj4; Idaho, ?l9, l36; Illinois, 81 Tt2I-
6Gs; lndlanu 81, $50, ,NS5; lowa,9 ,Olo Ooi;
Kansas. Sl3&.5S5; Kentucky, 9O22,G"Gi
Louisiana $5s3l5I; Maine, SlO1,2jl;
MARYLAND. -, 2,7j5,Sl5; Massachusetts, ~
G7U i9I, Michigan, 81, ,93O.jO6i Minnesota,
$22s, 30; Mississippi, 93OSai Missouri
"a 45gl. .sjG; Montana. S23,GG6; Nebr"s Ia,
S2g2 l43: Nevada, SOB IA; New lamp
shire. sos, ,sl2; New Jersey, S2,632, 49,
New Mexico, y, l65; New York, Sl1,-
O.s99: North Carolina, 81 62J 96li ONO,
$l4 GO6. 255: Oregon. 81, 7,939; Pennsylva-
MIA. St,I599ji; Rhode Island. S2@l IOE
South Carolina, $l20SlS; Tennessee,
$SjS9l0; Texas, S2jI, ,iiS; Utah, S"i ,oioi
Vermont, $5S,2jl; Virginia, 7,G59 ,Gd9;
Washington Territory, $2l,l4G; West
Virginia, sos, ,GS+; Wisconsin, -, 20
SG5; Wyoming sll,952.
An uct was also passed increasing the
rate OF taxation to meet the principal and
interest OF any sum that may be bor-
rowcd.
The number of distillercs registered
during the wear was /, 73G, and the num-
bar operated 1. 600. OF the number ope-
rated G5G were grain dlstillcries; mo.
lassos disti,lcrics, and &,945 fruit distl!-
lcries. The Commissioner says the pub
lie attention has been often called within
the past few months to the extensive
frauds committed in certoin localities up
on the revenue by DIS tillers and rectiii"rN
OF distilled spirits. He gives an account,
First OF the checks. guards, and pro-
tcctions against frauds protected by law
Sccond-Of the manner in which.
frauds 50 called, lately exposed, were
perprtratcd upon the government.
T'hird-The extent Of these iraqd.,
to prevent the recurrence of the same.
Fnh-Suggcsts legislation which, in
nj, opinion. is necessary to insure fuller
collection in the future Of the raXes upon
distilled spirits.
The Commissioner says that additional
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