The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
commissioner Kaum's Annual Report.
The following is an abstract of the
annual report of United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Raum:


The following is an abstract of the
annual report of United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Raum:
There has been an increase in receipts from
Internal revenue during last year, put IL Is
small in comparison with the increase IN
revenues from customs, The reduction OF
the tobacco tax caused loss of over $751;
900 during the three months II was in force,
which would indicate decrease OF about
s7.O0nOOO on this account during the year. Il
Twelve million pounds more of tobacco
were produced in this country last year than
during 1873; 19o000,OOO more cigars were
manufactured, while the importation OF
cigars fell of l,250,O0O. The total amount of
collections from tobacco in all its forms, in.
Guiding internal revenue tax on imported
tobacco snuff and cigars, and special taxes
Maid by manufacturers of and dealers in leaf
and manufactured tobacco Tor the 1Scal year
ended June 30, 1873. was S40.l35,OR. As COM
pared with the total receipts from the same
source for the preceding nseal year, his
shows an increase of SfS24,.
There was a large increase during the year
Of production of spirits, the aggregate amount
produced in 1879 being over 100000 gallons
more than in 1875 The increase in the amount
of spirits imported was also large, being over
p000,OD0 gallons in excess OF exports in
1878. The bulk of the spirits exported in both
fiscal wears tlS7S and 1879 was alcohol produced
in the northern part of Illinois, shipped on
fOreign-bound vessels at New York, and con-
signed to Marseilles, France. In the exporta-
ton of spirits having really trebbhd in
amount during the year 1879, as compared with
the year 1878, it is apparent that the increase
in such expectations has kept pace With that
spirits withdrawn from distilery warehouses
for export during the year was Il, 49, gal
The receipts from distilled spirits for the
year 1879, as compared with 1873, show an in
crease of s., 149,45S.
1t is anticipated that the expectations of
such spirits during the current fiscal year viii
be still greater than those made during the
fiscal year ending June 81, 1873.
Regarding the production and movement
of distilled spirits during the first four months
of the present fiscal year, the report says:
- 1t shows that the foreign demand of last
year is steadily maintained, while the prOduc-
ton is 2, us gallons greater than for the
corresponding period Of last year, and the
withdrawal 2, SIS, $50 greater than for the same
period last year. II the business of these
[ four months is maintained during the balance
of the fiscal year, which is scarcely 10 he cred
tied. the production viii be over S2,H0OC0O sel'
Ions, and the amount OF tax received VIII be
over S45 5000
| from Internal Revenue taxes will during the
present fiscal year reach Sis 0Oe00. During
the year ended June %, 1879, Sll3.+49,62l of In
| ternal Revenue taxes were collected ana pald
into the Treasury.
There were during the year 5,4i8 distilleries
registered, and 5.31 operated. During the
special-taX year ended April 30, 1879, there
were AGA i2l proof gallons of spirits rectiied.
The quantity of spirits 19, 41O gallonS) actu-
ally remaining in warehouses June 80 1879 is
/ the quantity as shown by the original gauge OF
! each package.
Almost the entire increase ,354, 9S9 gailons)
in the quantity of spirits exported in 1873 con-
sisted OF those varieties which had been sub
jected TO several processes of distillfng, redis-
! tiIling purifying and refining before being
| deposited in the distiery warehouses The
| increased production of spirits is distributed
/ among all the different varieties known TO the
trade except highwines, which decreased
! L3193S gallons. The taxes paid on spirits
| withdrawn from warehouses during the year
| 1879 aggregate $40, as, 342. The receipts from
/ fermented liquors for the year 1873 are shown
/ to have increased S192,26S over those Of 1873.
During the last three years and four months,
BIZ Illicit distilleries have been seized, sos
| persons arrested for Illicit diStilling, and =
| officers and employees killed and 4S wounded
| while engaged in enforcing the Internal Reve
nue. laws. During the last sixteen months
3,2Sl persons have been arrested and LIZ
! stills seized, officers have been killed and %
/ wounded
The total cost of collecting the revenue foI
the year was S4,206,S3), being 40 per cent.
| upon the amount collected. Accompanying
! the report is detailed statement showing
] the amount collected in each district from
which it appears that the largest amount was
i collected in the First Ohio District, SlO,S2,-
/ $50. The First Illinois contributed SS,2SO,9IS;
| the Fifth Illinois, S6,g 0,l10. The smallest
1 amount, 81 020, WAS collected in the Third
| Texas District. During the past three fiscal
years, S343, $4,000 Internal Revenue taxes
were collected and paid into the Treasury.
| The average cost of collecting, including sal
aries and the expenses OF the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau, was 81 per cent. -
| The total amount expended through Col
! lectors of Internal Revenue for information
leading to the discovery of frauds and punish
ment of guilty persons was S95,5J6. During
the year thirty-five revenue agents have been
employed, and their total expenses have been
a detailed statement Of their work shows
| the value of property seized on information OF
revenue agents TO be s2s0,944, The amount OF
uncollected taxes and penalties reported to
| collectors by revenue agents was S0S0,6j0.
The total amount realized by tax on capital
and deposits of banks and bankers during the
fiscal year ended June 30 was SO, 4SO9l3, and
for the fiscal year of 1873 S3,lS4,9t9, decrease
of 1905 1874. 4 statement of capital and de
| posits of savings banks and banks and bankers
| other than National banks, showsan aggregate
| of 1896. 2e0, 5l3 invested in Government bonds
against Sl5S, S., 800 reported last year. The
total value of property seized during the yeal
for violation of the Internal Revenuelaws was
S524, 146. The total number of suits pending
July !, 1879, for violation of the Internal
| Revenue laws was 1920 During the yeal
1900 suits have been settled, decided, or dis
missed, and the amount recovered by the Gov
| eminent on judgments and from compromises
accepted has been SS02.5tS. The total value OF
Internal Revenue stamps issued during the
year, 1929, G35. The table of assessments
made during the year 1879 shows Il total O1
s. 2S5,75S, a decrease since 1878 of S510,5j0.
| The expenses for the next fiscal year are
estimated at 81, S2S,000, being an increase OF
SZS,OUO over the past year. fOf sdldlles VI
officers, clerks and employees of the bureau:
proper, aggregating 1873 persons, an approprla
ton of S253,330 is recommended-the same a.
last year-the Commissioner adding that il
will be wholly impracticable to reduce the
force in any particular without material in
jury to the public service. a..
In addition to the bureau proper there an
connected with the various districts through
out the United States 126 collectors, 69deputJ
collectors, l79 clerks. messengers and janitOrs
693 gaugers, 1903 storekeepers and 81 tobacct
inspectors. --