Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04

| OuI1nS tuo paSt C0Iee years O,cOo poKeOut
have been arrested for illicit dlstilling, and
twenty .seven officers and empl.yes Killed
and forty eight wounded while engaged in
enforcing the internal revenue laws. In
this CONNIE ctiOn the commissioner saws:
ut is clear to my mind that in some por'
tions of tht country, for conslderatle time
10 o0me, reliance cannot be placed upon
state cogrts for punlshing citizens who com
NIT mur.ter or assaults to murder upon OFF
GERS while engaged in the peri rmsnce oI
| heir duties. 1t seems to me of the u,mos,
Importance that the United States Courts
undertake the trial ana punishment of per
sons Who are guilty OF assaults to murde,
officers while engaged in or on account oi
the performance Of their special duties, and
| would recommend the passage Of such q
law by congress-"
The increase in the number of legal dis
tilleries, he says, will materially augmen,
expense for storekeepers and gaugers, and
will make it nece sary that = de6cienry
appropriation be made for the present fiscal
year Of 500, 1000. 1t is recommended that
where spirit. are withdrawn in good faith
for expectation, and due diligence is exer
cised in their transportation, and losses
occur by evaporation or accident, that nc
that provision be made for the expectation
Of alcohol in metallic cans of ten gallon,
and upward.
A com ps rison of the receipts from sew
ersl sources of revenue for the first four
months of the current fiscal year, as com
pared with the corresponding period in
1878, show an increase of t1,27S, ,652. The
quantity of spirits (7l, ,S92 1921 gallons) pro.
1uced and deposited in distillery ware.
houses during the fiscal year was greater
than the quantity produced during any 9th
or year. The closest approximation 10 this
product was that Of the year ended June
production of the fiscal year 1870 wss obvi-
ously excessive, as it fell to 64776, ,646 gal.
Ions in 1871, and it mi"ht be apprehended
that the product of the year would fall be.
low that of 1879, but when it is considered
that 14,S37,5sl gallons of spirits were ex.
por. ed during the year 1879, and that the
foreign demand is unabated, it seems
probable that the large product of the early
! portion of this year will be continued
during the year.
Regaruing the production and movement
of distilled spirits during the first four
months OF the present fiscal year. the report
lit shows that the foreign demand of last
year is steadily M aintained, while the pro-
duction is 1884, ,148 gallons greater than for
the corresponding period of last year, and
the withdrawal 2,9:8 $50 gallons greater
than for the same period last year. If the
business of these four months is maintained
during the balance of the fiscal year, which
is scarcely to be credited, the production
will be over 100000 gallons, and the
amount Of tax received will be over 345,'
$4,000.
Al the princip increased demand for
American spirits has been in those foreign
parts in which they are best k0own, and a.
hey have, during the years 1873 and 1879,
become known in all parts of the world, it il
anticipated that the expectations of such
spirits during the current fiscal year will be
still greater than those made during the is
| cal year ending June 80, 1879.
Almost the entire iucrea>e 1885,. .989 gal
lona) in the quantity of spirits exported in
1879 consisted of those varieties which had
b. en- sub ected to several processes of dis
tilling, re.distilling, purifying and refining
before being deposited in the distiller,
spirits is distributed among all the difsren
varieties known to the trade except high
wines, which decreased 1875, 1888 gallons
The taxes paid on spiri,s withdrawn from
warehouse during the year 1879 aggregat
| SAC 778,342 The receipts from termente'
| LIQUORS tor tho year 1879 are shown to hav
increased $792, ,268 over those of 1878.
TOBACCO.
During the tour months of the preseo
fiscal year the decrease in receipts rom t.
bacco and snuff, az compared nth the col
responding period last year, was $2,336. .59s
These figures indicate reduction for tn
year in receipts from. this source of we
81, 100000. The increasing prosperity q
The country which has given so favorabl
an impulse to all business has larg ly 6ent
l ~ I'D. to hov
IN consequence, not suffered 30 heavily q
vas anticipated. Experience has show
! that no material advantage has resulted
consumers in . reduction Of the price b
! reason of the reduction OF the tx.
During the fiscal year ending June 8
1879. there were imported and Withdraw
for consump ion a. .666. .5I8 cigars, q decrea,
, during the year 1879 of 1884 49, The tot
amount Of domestic leaf tobacco acc"untt
. for during th, fiscal year of 1879 is 622. 81:
/ 474 pounds, as follows: Msuuf c,ured
!. the United States, 20O, ,233,9 ,9l4 pounds; e:
ported, s22,27e, $40 pounds: imported I'd, 'e e.
pounds. The amour of manufactured III U
3 and tobacco removed from bond during II
D fiscal year 1879, for expectation, vi
J. 1925, 1877 pounds; being an increase ov'
+ the previous year of 453,207 pounds; ar
q the number Of cigars and cigMe tes J
moved for export was % 537 ,0bO, The tot
: amount of collections from tobacco in I
y its forms. INCLUDING internal revenue Il
d on imported tobacco, snuff and cigar, q
+ special.taxes paid by manufacturers Of u
:. dealers in leaf and manufactured tobac
t for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1879, y
a $40, ,135, ,002. nAs compared with the tot
- receipts from the same sourse for the p1
ceding fiscal year, this shows an increase
q $43,247. Considering the disturbed con-
% ton OF. trade for q considerable portion
o the year, consequent upon the discussi
Il Of the tax question by congress and ,
duced rate OF tax on manufactured tobac
and snuff provided by the act Of March
d" 1879. which y ont into operation May
lowing, this result il highly satisfactory.
- Statements showing the increase and
ic crease of revenue from each Parttcu
source of tobacco tax for the last fiscal ye
nj az compared with tho same source for
IA preceding year, are given, showing that
x loss in urevenue from 1manufactured toba|
q land snuff resulting from the causes abt
4: Istated were made mp By increased coll
tions from cigars, which IL found to
= The total cost of collecting tho reven
~ for the year was S4,206,8S0, being 7.l0 ]
;, cent upon the amount collected. Acct
!, panying the report il . detailed staten
NJ sho wing the amount collected In each
- trict, from which it appears that the larg
=; amount was collected in the First Ohio I
49, trict; $lO, ,S32, ,A53. The First Illinois con
sa.l,buted . $S,27O,978. Il The Fifth Him
B. f$6. .93o.l7O.,l The smallest amount,si ~
ssskwes collected in the Third Texae distl
e.fIDuripx the past three fiscal years, $343, Q
lis fO00 informal revenue taxes were collee
and paid into. the treasury The ave!
Z. /; s1penses Of the internal trevenasl burt
selves SApeEcsnts 0y4a. EksNIx.s lsa
"a 10 THE DlsCoyRHY oys1RAUpA
~ Thestotolf amount expond ded through
~ ot034 81 1nfernGl Yev6nu6 TOR lnf0rma'
10 1ltadink TO the discovery Of frauds and p
1i.hnsat q guilty psFeas ~ 9ea