The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-26

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has completed his report for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1875. The dOcu-
ment is very voluminOus. The commits
siOner says that as grievous as are our
burdens laid upon such Of our popula-
tion-42, 100000 or more-as consume
the articles taxed by our revenue laws,
the English public, nearly three to our
one, paw a fourth more than our people
pay. Under their excise laws during
the year ending March 81, 1875, their
taxes measured as gold in the United
States, amounted to SlS3, ,962, 756, against
Sl10, 0,545, 154 paid in currency by the
people of this country during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1875. The report
shows that the actual amount of receipts
into the treasury from all sources from
and after June 80, 1861 to June 80, 1874,
inclusive of bonds and treasury notes,
was as follows: Customs, 81, ,973, 1896 /;
internal revenue, 81, $50, 1923, ,725; direct
taxes, 81, ,482,09S; public land, $22, ,151,-
95S; miscellaneous, 1896, ,084 1882; pre-
miums on loans and sales of gold coin,
! $l92,557 III total, 81, S95, ,638, ,341. The
collections for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1874, were S102, GA ,746; for the year
ending June 80, 1875, $110,545,1 ,154.
The increase during the last fiscal year
is owing in part to the increase of duties
laid by the act of March 8, 1875, upon
distilled spirits, manufactured tobacco,
| cigars, cigarettes, etc, and in part to
taxes collected under the laws repealed.
Extraordinary efforts having been put
/ forth to collect the delinquent taxes due
/ from banks and bankers, railroad and
/ other corporations, and taxes due on iu-
comes, legacies, etc. A statement is
! given showing the receipts under the act
/ of March 3, 1875, up to and inclusive of
/ June 80, 1875, from the different articles
subject to increased tax, showing the
| total tax returned to be s., ,203, ,8lS tax
returned upon distilled spirits, $1,779,-
| 998; and the commissioner says, regard
| ing it, that it will doubtless be a matter
| of surprise that the increased amount
realized from distilled spirits during that
! period March 8, 1875, to June 80, 1879,
was so small. The explanation, however,
| is found in the fact that it became gen.
orally known through the proceedings in
! congress that an increase in the rate of
| tax would probably be made, and dis
/ tillers, in order to realize the benefit of
/ the increase, withdrew from the bonded
warehouses, upon payment of the tax at
! 20 cents per gallon, 543,021 gallons in
! the month of January, 1874, and an
/ enormous quantity-11, ,504 1866 gallons -
in February following, leaving still in
| the bonded warehouses over a million
| gallons of spirits on March 3, 1875, the
! day when the increase of the tax from 20
/ to 80 cents per gallon was made by con-
gress. By law these spirits were allowed,
after bond was given, to remain in the
distillery warehouses one year before
withdrawal, and these spirits have been,
and still continue to be placed on the
market, subject only to the former tax of
20 cents per gallon.
The net amount received from all
sources of internal revenue during the
last fiscal year in the several states are
given as follows: Alabama, one hundred
and eleven thousand eight hundred and
sixteen dollars Arizona, ten thousand
two hundred and sixty-three dollars;
Arkansas, two hundred and seventy-one
! thousand eight hundred and twenty
| three dollars; California, two millions
nine hundred and eighty-three thousand
/ five hundred and ninety-five dollars;
| Colorado, seventy thousand five hundred
and thirty-One dollars; Connecticut, SIX
| hundred and twenty-five thousand two
| hundred and twenty-five dollars; Dakota,
ten thousand and forty dollars; Delaware.
| three hundred and sixty thousand three
! hundred and thirty-One dollars; District
of Columbia, one hundred and eleven
| thousand and twenty-seven dollars; Flor
| ida, eighteen thousand four hundred and
| fifty-seven dollars; Georgia, three humid
red and eighty-seven thousand one humid
red and fitty-four dollars; Idaho, nine
| teen thousand one hundred and sixteen
! dollars Illinois, one million seven hund-
| red and twenty-seYen thousand one
] hundred and sixty-eight dollars; Indiana,
| four millions six hundred and fifty thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-three
! dollars; Iowa, one million and forty
| thousand and sixty-four dollars; Kansas,
one hundred and thirty-three thousand
| five hundred and thiTty-five dollars:
! Kentucky. nine millions twenty-five
! thousand six hundred and thirty-siX
| dollars; Louisiana, five hundred and
eighty-three thousand one hundred and
! fifty-one dollars Maine, one hundred
and seven thousand two hundred and six
ty-one dollars; Maryland, two millions
seven hundred and fifty-five thousand
four hundred and fifty-five dollars; Mas
sachusetts, two millions six hundred and
seventy thousand four hundred and nine
ty-one dollars Michigan, one million
nine hundred and thirty thousand five
hundred and six dollars; Minnesota, two
hundred and twenty-eight thousand three
hundred and siXty-twO dollars; Missis-
sippi nine thousand six hundred and
eighty-five dollars Missouri, four mil
lions five hundred and ninety-One thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-six; Mon
tana, twenty-three thousand six hundred
and sixty-six dollars; Nebraska, two
hundred and ninety-two thousand four
hundred and seventy-two dollars; Ne
vada, fifty-three thousand one hundred
and fOrty-seven dollars; New Hampshire,
two hundred and ninety-eight thousand
eight hundred and twelve dollars; New
| jersey, two millions three hundred and
I,sixty-tNvo thousand four hundred and
| seventy-eight dollars New Mexico,
! twentv-one thousand nine hundred and
| siXty-hve dollars; New York, fifteen
millions two hundred thousand eight
hundred end ninety-eight dollars; North
Carolina, one million six hundred and
tNentv-nine thousand nine hundred and
ninetv-four dollars; Ohio, fourteen mil
lions six hundred and fifty-six thousand
| two hundred and ninety-fve dollars; Or
egon, forty-seven thousand nine hundred
and thirty-nine dollars: Pennsylvania,
six millions one hundred and forty-nine
thousand nine hundred and fifty-four
dollars; Rhode Island, two hundred and
thirty-one thousand seven hundred and
sixty seven dollars; South Carolina, one
hundred and twenty thousand eight
hundred and eighteen dollars; Tennessee,
eight hundred and fifty-eight thousand
nine hundred and ten dollars; Texas, two
hundred and fifty seven thousand four
hundred and forty-eight dollars; Utah,
thirty-one thousand five hundred and
forty-fve dollars; Vermont, fifty-eight
thousand two hundred and fifty-one dol
lars; Virginia, seven millions six humid
red and fifty-nine thousand six hundred
and thirty-nine dollars; Washington Ter
ritory, twepty-one thousand one hundred
and forty-six dollars West Virginia, five
hundred and eight thousand six hundred
and eighty-f)ur dollars; Wisconsin, two
millions six hundred and seventy thou
sand six hundred and eighty-six dollars
Wyoming, eleven thousand nine hundred
and forty-two dollars.
The number of distilleries registered