Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-12
Internal Revenue,

cheerful, and DR.. Baxter still thinks he is
rapidly convalescing.
Internal Revenue.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER.
The report of the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue for the fiscal year ending on the 3Oth
of June last has been prepared. 1t shows
that the people of this country between 1861
and 1873 have paid in round numbers
FOUR BILLION AND A HALF OF DOLLARS
through the channel of the Revenue Bureau
FOR The fiscal year of lSIl-'I5 the payments
through all sources were one hundred and
ten million five hundred and fOrty-five thou
sand one hundred and firty-four dollars OF
which tle District of Columbia contributed
Sill ,92l 81, which exceeds the amounts paid
by each of the following named states: Ar
kansas, Delaware, Maine, MiSSissippi, Ne
yada Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, and
the territories Of Arizona, Colorado Dakota
Idaho, Montana New Mexico Utah Wash
ingtOn, and Wyoming
The Commissioner deyOteS 4 great portion
OF his rel OIt 20
THE WHISKY FRAUDS.
Inc way they were perpetrated, and how they
may he prevented in the future. He sets
forth that if The system OF checks devised by
The government TO prevent frauds were hon
estly adhered TO by distillers and enforced by
honest revenue agents, they are ample to
protect the government from loss. He thinks
that the only law necessary 10 prevent illi-
cit dlstillation of spirits Is one that shall
MAKE The requirements as stringent and the
defrauding the government as severe in the
case of the rectiher as they now are i'm the
case of the distiller. The rectifier shouii be
required 20 give bond n AN amount equal
To the tax represented by all the spirits ne
can possibly rectify each month. The house
and tract OF land upon which the establish
mept is located should be forfeited u, the
United STATES in case of fraud. He should
mol be allowed to handle any spirits al mis-
rectifying house except those he purchases
for rectihcation and sells under rectirers'
stamps. The Commissioner also thinks that
The laws now in force in regard TO returns To
haf
some legislation is needed to enforce the reg
ulatiOns OF the Commissioner. Documentars
evidence is in possession of the internal rev
enue Office, which has warranted the saIzur,
of twenty -four distilleries and thirty seven
rectify ing houses, and implicated over forty
United states saugers and storekeepers.
BREWERIES
The report shows that the number OF brew
ers engaged in the manufacture of farnna 1tAd
liquors during the last fiscal year was 27SI
OF which the District of Columbia contrib
utes -.
CROOKED WHISKY.
IN the Ten months ending III May last there
were thirteen million gallons of crooked
whisky put on The market, and the loss u
the government was about one million aid
half Of dollars.
Mr.. Pratt recommends that the practice
OF gauging at the wholesale liquor dealers
snail be abolished, ard that in place Of il
collectors shall issue stamps to such dealers
under such checks as he describes; also, that
diStiJlers, rectifers and dealers should he re-
their books, a work that now devolves upon
the government officers.
TOBACCO.
The total receipts from tobacco were
SO. 500 46I, showing an increase. as com pared
with the year ending June 80, 1874, OF
S4,0G0.5S5, and an increase over any previous
in the manufacture of tobacco. snuff. ano
cigars 125, I9e persons, and in the sale and
distribution of the same 32i,9il persons or
firms, making an aggregate of Isl ,439 persons
fjrrp irQp " m hrap cf, ~
national industry.
From these figures Mr.. Pratt makes cal
culation showing that there are in this
country eighty million chewers, smokers
and snrffers who use tax-paid tobacco and
the yearly average to each person is an aver
age of fifteen pounds of tobacco, or 2is cigars
and cigarettes.
THE REPoT OF THE PAYMAsTERG GENERAL
of The Army has been for warded to the Sec
rotary Of War. II shows that there has been
disbnrsed TO the army So, 272 1925, and TO
military academy S2l2 236Ni The mn mbeT
of desertions during the year was 2,52I
against 4, COG last year. The re-enlistmsnt,
aggregated 1,9S6, as against 699 the year pre-
vious. This Gen. Alvord atduces as an aryu-
melt that there has been no diminutiof 10
the rank and file this year. Gen. AIvord
recommends the repeal of the act of Feb
mary 2. 1872, providing for the payment of
duplicate checks of disbursing officers.
THE REPORT ON U. s. NAVY YARps.-The
board of naval constructors who have been
inspecting the navy yards of the country
from Kit:ery, Me-, to Brooklyn, N. Y, will
report that their investi CATION shows q lack
Ofsysiem in the management OF navy yards
and the necessity of reorganization TO make
them effective in case of emergency. The
board will recommend that all the yards be
placed under general regulations, and not
permitted To be governed according to the
caprice OF the officers in charge. They will
also recommend the complete restoration of
the principal yards to their original plans,
and the discOntinuance of the smaller ards
A Col. SELLERS IN THE POST OFFICE
DEPARTMENTAL enthusiastic individual
was at the Post Office department to-day
with q specimen OF ammonia In the form of
small Jumps OF what looked like Jumps OF
which he said was found in large Quantities
at q certain point on the Pacific coast. He
had been appointed agent to sell sixty seven
at 3 IOO, 600 share, and, was anxious that the
clerks should take at least a couple of shares
There was money-fn fact millions in IL, and
immense dividends that he would be able to
retire from the service of Uncle Sam and
live in luxurious affiuence for the balance of
bis natural born days Some Of the clerks
price per share was q little too high for thsir
means. The ammonia man finally found out
that he had made MISTAKE, and that the
price was only $4,000 instead OF 100000 per
Share. The clerks thereupon cheerfuily SUB
scribed for several shares, and when TIE
STAR repo ter left IL looked As though the
stock would all be taken In o short time
POLITICAL NorEs--The prohibition partv
of New Hampshire met In convention At
Concord yesterday aud nominated A. g.
Kendall for governor. LAT the municipal
election in Providence, 3: L, Wednesday,
republican nominee for mayor. Was elected
for the tenth time. receiving 2,3a votes.
Thomas Davis, democractic candidate, re-
ITen million dollars counterfeit green
backs were burned ct the BrookIyn, N Y
navy yard yesterday, by order OF the g,vsrn-