The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-25


ami Projections against The frauds establish
60 by law; second, a the manner in which
the whisky frauds, so called, lately exposed,
were perpetrIted upon the Government I;
ihlrd, the extent Of these frauds; fourth,
the checks recently established 70 prevent a
occurrences eftbes4Ine: and ffth- Suggests
the legislation which, in hi opinion, i nee
essary to insure a fuller collection in future
OF the taxes upondist HE'D spirits. r. r -
dhe Commissioner SAYS, with regard tothe
additional legislation. required to -enfQrce
honesty IN the c6llectiou OK ~the tax on dis
| titled spirits; u give il a. my opinion that
the only law necessary i ono that shall make
] the reqeirenaents as stTineent. and The pen
1 aliies for defrauding the Government as Sc
we're, i'm the case Of rectifiers as they now
are in the case. Of distillerss The Tectiher
| should dc Required to give ! bond in an
amount equal to the tax represented by all
1 the spirits be can possibly rectify each
month. The house and tract of land upon
which the establishment is located should be
| forfeited 40 The iUniteds States in. caseeof
| fraud. He shouldhot be allowed 70 handle
any spirits at his rectifying house except
| those he purchases for rectification and sells
under reetifiers' stamps
LAS an indication of the extent of the
| frauds above described, l have the honor to
report that dorunlentaTy evidence Is i'm the
pOssessi Of this Office which has warranted
the seizure Of twenty-four distilleFies and
! thirty-seYen rectmying houses, and impli-
Gated over Fifty United States sgaugers and
stOre-keepers- rtis evidence alse-shows
the issue between, July l 1874, and May l.,
1870, Of fraudulent spirits. by duplication,
/ ,2O0, 900 proof gallons, and, by means Of
false gauging. to the additional amount Of
| 1 900, 600 proof gallons. This. of course, is
but portion OF the fraud actually commit
ted, but, in Itself, indicates loss Of tax to
The Government in ten months 10 an@nOunt
not less than 81. 6j0. 600. = ar
Receipts from all sources relating to fer
menied liquors for the fiscal year, -, l44, =
004; decrease, Sl60, 67j~as compared with
| 1874. Number of brewers manufacturing
feflnented liquors, 2, 1874.
Il sThe, Commissioner expresses full conf
denee in The stamp system for the collection
of reYenlIc fi iEUliW III l-.iF t.i.
The number OF cases compromised during
the year was IA, and the amount received
bycOmpromise slot, 54G-- r --
The total receipts for tobacco were S37, :
303, 46l, an Increase over 1874 of 81 ,O60, $50,
and an increase over any previous fiscal year
of - ,917. 15s. The total amount of tax col
lected on tobacco and snuff from September
l, 1862, TO juno 30, ISIS, is S225 800, 2l9.
The total collections on cigars, cherOOts and
cigarettes for the same time was SOS, De, BOG.
IA is expected that during the current year
The assessments of tax on tobacco will be
largely Increased. The whole amount of
taxes assessed during the year was $, 230, :
003. an increase over the previous year of
$3, AZ 1856. ''
The quantity of distilled spirits in ware
house, July 1, 1874, was II, 755, $50 gallons.
Distilled spirits produced during the year,
90, $50, 425 gallons. Total, IS, $50, S94 gall
Ions. Total withdrawn, 60, 3l9, III gallons,
leaving in bond June 80, 1870 10 1851, :1l5S
Gallons : Spirits removed from warehouses
Tor pyDort for the wear ending June 30. 1874
4 900, log gallons, while only 5S7, 4l3 gallons
were thus removed during the last fiscal
year. The quantity of tobacco removed for
eNpOrtatiOni in bond without paying taxes,
~, 1889 :: decrease. S1,621. ELL 2 -
The Commissioner estimates the collections
for the present fiscal year, from all sources
of internal revenue, at S122, 600 900. 4sysFr