The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-16

revenue with suggestions of notifications of the
law deemed essential to more certain collection of
gress is invited especially to that feature of the re-
port. The recommendations made therein for
ton Of ike frauds in future, are concurrsd in by
the Secretary, and commended to the consideration
Of Congrsssss;; ~ 80 long a. It a is nsGeisary ns 70 MAINTAIN 1lsi6 n IN
three or four times the cost OF production, i may
% Ss sHp sf ,Se t ina. the g grh Iea se% = part Of tic fS S prSia Psgl
will excite the cupidity of producers and that every
Ion of spirits that escape payment OF tax increases
by SO much the profit of the producer. 1t can not
be denied that a tax imposedtor revenue purposes is
regarded by many persons as a harsh exaction from
the citizen, to be thwarted II possible, or that viola
'tions of the punitive provisions Of revenue statutes
are locked upon by many as yenial onenses.
When recently it became known that the Govern
ment was losing a large part of the revenue due from
distilled spirits il was found extremely difficult to
obtain exact and satisfactory information as to the
method of perpetratins the frauds, or to ascertain
ties. It was obvious that frauds on the revenue
were being extensively p%racticed, and i was equally
clear that this could not he successfully done under
existing provisions oilaw without gu lily conniyance
or participation by inferior officers, and at least
~culpable negligence on the part OF others OF higher
In the opinion of the Secretary the circumstances
seemed not only to ] stify but require, a resort to
means other than those in ordinary use for detection
by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
A considerable number of officers of internal reve-
nue. have been found to be in guilty collision with
distillers and ~rectiiers in fraudulent practices,
evidence thus acquired having been reported to the
proper district attorneys, has resulted in u large
lumber of prosecutions for conspiracy, duplicate use
of stamps and ether ofenses. So far as these prose;
cutiOns have been completed, they have with lew ana
comIaratIyely nn arnp nnmhaf e0 1f distiIiers' rectife ~
and subordinate officers of internal revenue have
pleaded. guilty to indictments against them, thus
upon the mercy of the court:
collection of the revenue that all parties engaged in
persistent and systematic frauds shall be visited
with the severest penalties of the law.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The comparative value of the exports and imports
of the United States for the last fiscal year, in coin,
appears, from official returns to the Bureau of Sta.
tfscics, to be as follows:
Exports of foreign H,laS,6ll
Total
Imports of S3,OOD,4S
For the fiscal year ending june %. 1874, the excess
OF exports over imports was slS,S1b,69S.
Exports of specie aud bHllion ,l32,l II
Imports of specie and Dullion..-.----.---- @,Wo,7l
Excess ofexports over mports...--....ys7l ,23l,4
Total excess ofexports of goods, specie and
pb Set totai 0 exp CITATION i specie and bullion va
greater than that for the preceding year sand by $50 \,
Importations have decreased to the amount Of 81
400, 800 as comp .red With those OF the preceding asca
year, and of 500, 024. l03 as compared with the hsca
''"' coMasRcE AND NAVIGATION.
There is little change in the proportion of tn
foreign carrying trade transacted in foreign vessels
about "A per cent. of imports and exports, during tn
last fiscal year, having been carried in ioreig
vessels, as against about q per cent. for the proceed
ing year, and Is per cent. for the fiscal year ls72.
pa une Of fe sasseis O. Of fn The ef United S STATES to be i,ss5, q
| tone, an increase of s.. 0SO IONS over that of the fsca
year ended June 30, 1874, exclusive of the canal boa
tonnage, amounting TO rbout 5000. tons, eXemp
from enrolment and license under the act of Con
gress approved April Is, 1874.
~-lhlt-- @--lOtJ---
Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons.
Registered-.-..-. 2,72S l,42s,923 2,gSl 153,S2
Enrolled & licensed 29 ,75s 3,37I,729 29,30i $685.
To'al .............-32, $50 4,sOO,652 32,2S5 4,SD,7s
The Secretary gratefully acknowledges his in
debte iness to the officers of the Department gene
| rally for the zeal and fidelity with which they hav
discharged their duties.
Secretary of the Treasury.
To the Honorable the Speaker of the House Of ReI
resentatiyes-