Daily Republican., 1879-04-19
m. TILDkN AND MIS- nEDICINEs
Hfs Patent MsAfaineS Sent Ost by
the Ton without Paying the Rev.
onuo Tax.

o"e 0A0WhOhWoD - DOuB V0t .,
the Ton without Paying the Rev
esue Tax.
| A special dispatch to the "Tribune'
from Washington says:
Ex-senator Barnum has been earnest
y at work during the past week OH
deavoring to extrioats ex-Govsrno,
Samnel J. Tildsn and the firm of which
he is reputed to be member, from thei,
embarrassing complications with the
Internal Revenue Bureau.
About ten days ago information was
telegraphed to Washington that large
quantities CT the Tilden remedies, man
ufactured in New York City, had been
discovered and seized at various points
in Illinois because the boxes and bot
ties contained no revenue stamps, with
out which it was unlawful to place
them on the market. Upon receiving
this information the Department tele.
graphed TO its detective agencies in diff.
ferent sections OF the country, and fur
ther examination showed that this
omission to stamp the goods sold by the
firm was general and widespread.
This firm is reported to have sent
hundreds Of tons of its medical dscoc.
tions into every part Of the country.
The law requires one cent stamp on
every box or bottle which is to be re-
tailed at the rate Of Is cents, 2 cents on
one to be sold at SO cents, and a 4 cent
stamp on one which il to be rstsiled
At 81. The CAGES or boxes thus far
seized in the possession Of the drug.
gists at Chicago, St. Louis, New Or
leans, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Boston were found to have . few stamps
on the top layer of small boxes or
phials, whilo those beneath and out of
sight in each package had none.
The nephew Of Samuel J. Tilden, whs
is also member of the firm. met ex-
Senator Barnum at the Arlington Hotel
early in the morning recently, and
having secured the services Of Repub-
lican Congressman, they together Wis
tied Commissioner Raum. The defence
set up by young Mr.. Tilden was that
his firm had purchased and issued .
sufficient number Of stamps for all the
separate parcels it had sent out, but
that his package clerk had stolen them.
This explanation is far from satisfacto-
ry to the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, and Mr.. Tilden has been re-
quired to furnish the Department with
the place and date where and when
these stamps were purchased, and the
amount of each purchase.
1t has frequently been subject of
remark in the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau that a firm manufacturing and
placing upon the market such large
quantities of preparations as the Til |
dens have done, has never procured
special proprietary stamp of its own, a.
is the custom with other dealers in
medicinal specifics whose business is
much smaller. The use of ordinary
stamps, purchased as postage stamps
may be, of collectors Of internal revs-
nue and at banks, may make impossi-
BILE to trace up and verify the firm Of
having actually paid tho tax. At the
same time the penalties incurred by
the firm are the same whether tho ex.
cuse proves to be correct one or not, |
and no little trouble will probably be
experienced before the matter is settled
Great pains have been taken BY all
Interested to prevent the publication Of
any Of the details of this scandal, and
young Mr.. Tilden during his visit to
Washington was careful not to register
his name at the hotel at which be stop
ped.
1t may be said here that tho Govern
lnent proposes to prosecute at once to
Judgment the suit against Mr.. Tilden
based upon his alleged evasion Of his
income tax prior to 1870.