Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-12-05
Report of the Commissioner Of Interna
Revenue.

WASHINGTON, Nov. rs.
The annual report of the Com missioner of In
ternal Revenue which has Just been completed,
predicts that the receipts from Internal Revenue
taxes will, during the present fiscal year, reach
the sum of @ll0 ,000O0J.
During the year ended June 80, 1879 $ll3, ,449 62l
Internal Revenue taxes were collected and paid
into the Treasury. The receipts from distilled
spirits for the year 1879 as compared with lstSi
with 1878, the increased production of spirits
during the fiscal year 1873 was l5,1S9,56S
factured tobacco the last fiscal year was 1895
S2l pounds; of the number of cigars and cigar
cites, 917719. The report ls very yolumlnous,
and contains a large number of tabulated state
ments.
Sixty-three hundred and sixty-three persons
have been arrested for illicit distilllng. and
twenty-seven officers and employees killed and
forty-eight wounded while engaged in enforcing
the internal revenue laws; In this connection
the Commissioner says; II Is clear TO my mind
siderable time to come reliance canuOt be
placed upon State courts for Furnishing cltl-
zens who commit murder or assaults to murder
upon our officers while employed in the per-
fOrmance of their duties. IL seems to me of the
utmos importance that the United States should.
under ito own laws and through it's own courts,
undertake the trial and punishment of persons
who are guilty of murder and assault to murder
of officers while engaged in, or on account of the
performances OF their official duties, and have
the honor of renewing the Recommendation made
IN my last report OF the passage of such law by
Congress-.
Inc increase III lne numbers OF legal ulbblllcf-
les he says will materially augment the expense
for storekeepers and gaugers, and will make il
necessary that deficiency appropriation be made
| for the present fiscal year of S2OO0Ol.
There were during the year 5,i4S distilleries
| registered and 5347 operated.
During the four months of the present fiscal
| year the decrease in receipts from tobacco and
| snuff, as compared with the corresponding period
last year, was ~, SS6 599. These figures indicate
reduction for The yea5 S6 N hL receipts from this
| peTity of the country which has given so favora
BILE an impulse to all business has largely bene-
| fted the tobacco trade and receipts have in con
sequence not suffered so heavily as was antici,
pated. Experience has shown that no matsrial
| advantage has Injured TO the consumers in a re
| duction Of price by reason OF reduction of tax
During the fiscal year ending June 81, 1879
| there were imported and withdrawn for con
SUMPTION 40 666 ,5lS cigars. decrease during the
year 1879, Of l,6Si,iS2. The total amount of do
mestic leaf tobacco accounted for during tn,
| fiscal year of 1873 is 4H pounds, as fol
lows; Manufactured in the United States, geo,
ported leaf manufactured in the United States
6.21 .662 pounds. The amount OF manufacturer
snuff and tobacco removed from bond durlnI
the fiscal year of 1879 for expectation, was l6l
1877 pounds, being an increase over the previous
year of 459.207 pounds; and the number of cigar
and cigarettes removed for expectation was ",
The total amount of collections from tobacco
in all its forms incldding Internal Revenue taJ
| on imported tobacco, snuff and cigars, and spe
eial taxes paid by manufacturers OF and dealer
| in leaf and manufactured tobacco for the hsoa
year ended june SO 1879, was s40,l35,0O2. A
compared with the total receipts from the sam
source for the preceding fiscal year, this show
an increase OF $4S2i7. Considering the disturbei
condition of trade for a considerable portion o
the year. consequent upon the discussion of tn
tax question by Congress, and the reduced rat
| of tax on manufactured tobacco and snuff pro
yided by the act of March !, 1879, which wen
into operation May following, this result i
highly satisfactory.
Accompanying the report i detailed state
ment showing the amount collected in each dis
trict, from which it appears that the larRes
amount was collected in the First Ohio Distric
$40, So, ass. The first Illinois contributed Ss
270,94s. The Fifth Illinois. $6;930,l7n. 1h
smallest amount, 5000, was collected in tn
Third Texas district.
During the past three fiscal years $9i9 O99 ,OO
of internal revenue taxes were collected and pai
into the Treasury, The average cost Of oolleC