The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-11-19
Report or the CosNss tsstesser or Ia
fermai RerenWe.


The Comm fAioner OF Internal Revenue
has completed his report for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1875. The document is very
voluminous
The Commissioner says Il may be some
consolation to know that, grievous as are the
burdens laid upon such OF our population,
AZ, 600 900, or more, as consume the articles
taxed by our revenue laws, the British pub
lie, near one-fourth to three-fourths less than
our people, paid under their excise laws
during the year ending March 81, 1875, taxes
measured by the gold Of the United States,
TO the amount Of sls3.962,75d against
Sl1O,545,l54, paid in currency by the people
of this country during the fiscal year ended
June so, 1875.
The report shows that the actual amount
of receipts into the Treasury from all
sources, from and after June 80, 1861, 10
June 80, 1874, inclusive of loans and Treas
ury notes was Us follows; Customs, 81 ,973,-
| IOS,67O; internal revenue, VI 1856. 1873 ,725
direct tax, 81, ,4s2 ,09s public lands, S22 l5l, :
95s miscellaneous, 1886, ,0s4, ,9s2; premium
total, $4,p5, ,63s,3il. The collections for the
fiscal wear ended June 80, 1874, were $l02,-
6i<, ,7i6 for the year ended June 80, 1875,
$40, ,l5I. The increase during the last
/ fiscal year is owing in part, to the increase
of duties laid by act OF March 8, 1875, upon
| distilled spirits, manufactured tobacco,
cigars, cigarettes, and In part to taxes col
lected under laws repealed, extraordinary ef'
forts having been made TO collect delinquent
| taxes due from banks aud bankers, railroad
and other corporations, and taxes due on
incomes, legacies, etc.
| A statement is given showing the receipts
under the act Of March 3, 1870, up to and
! inclusive of June, 80, 1875, from the diff
/ ferent articles subject to the increased tax,
showing the total tax returned, ", ,203, SIS
/ The tax returned upon distilled spirits was
| 81, ,7Ts, ,99s, and the Commissioner says, re-
garding il, that il will doubtless be matter
Of surprise that the increased amount re-
allied from distilled spirits during that pc
riod. March 8, 1875, TO June 80, 1875, was Sc
small. The explanation, however, is found
In the fact that Il became generally known
through the proceedings in Congress that
an increase In the rate Of tax would prob
ably be made, and distillers, In order 10 re
alEe the benefit Of the increase, withdrew
from bonded warehouses, upon payment ol
tax At 20 cents gallon, 5i3,O2i gallons In th'
month of January, 1874, and the enormou'
quantity of n, ,5Oi, ,S56 gallons In the febru
AIRY following, leaving still in the bonded
warehouses over 1900 600 gallons OF spirit
on March 8, 1875, the day when the inereas'
tax from 10 TO sO cents per gallon was mad'
Z bN 'ohkIteH. ny 10" hNsN 'fh'N
allowed, after bond being given, 10 remain
in the distillery warehouse one year befor'
Withdrawal, and these spirits have b.en
aud still continue 10 be, placed on the mar
ket, subject only 70 the forSer duty Of Y
cents per gallon. ~
The net amount Of receipts from all source
oflnternal Revenue daring the last fiscal yea
in the several states is given as follows Ala
bama, Slli ,6l6; Arizona, slO,zoSi Arkansas
S27l ,s2y; California, s2,9s5,t93i Colorado
$40. .bSi Connecticut, s622, ,225; Dakota, slo
OlO; Delaware, $500, ,S3l District Of Colunl
bis, slii,O Florida, slsi, ,5i1 GeoTgls
sSs7 ,l54; Idaho, sislS Illinois, sil'ozi s
DDS Indiana, 81, sos Iowa, sl,OioO6i