Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-26
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The annual report of

WARRINGTON, NOV. 25.-Ihe annual report OF
the commissioner Of internal revenue, which
has just been completed. predicts that receipts
from internal revenue taxes will during the
present fiscal year reach $l55, DOC, 600.
Daring the last three years, three thousand
one hundred and seventeen illicit distilleries
have been seized. In order to provide an
ample force to suppress illicit distilling, Cen
eral ksem recommends an appropriation of
300, GOO as deficiency to be used during the
present fiscal year. Durir z the year ended
June 80. 1873, 5lls, AS. 62l Of internal revenue
treasury. The receipts from distilled
spirits for the year 1879, as compared with
1878, show an increase of %, l49, 468, as com.
pared with 1878. The increased production of
spirits during the fiscal year 1879 was Is, 1885,
56S gallons. The increase of production Of
manufactured tobacco the last fiscal year was
IL, 026.S2l pounds: of the number of cigars
and cigarettes 1874, l77,7l9.
The report is very voluminous and contains
large number of tabulated statements
Sixty-three hundred and sixty four persons
have been arrested for illicit distilling, and
TIVE MY. seven officers and employees killed and
forty-eight wounded while engaged in enforc-
ing internal revenue laws. s. ~
In this connection the commissioner says
1T Is clear to my mind that in some portions
of the country, for considerable time to come,
reliance cannot be placed upon the State
courts for Furnishing citizens who commit
murder. or assault to murder, upon our officers
while engaged in the performance of their
duties. 1t seems to me of the utmost impor-
lance that the United States should, under its
own laws and through its own courts, under
take the trial and punishment of persons who
are guilty of assault to murder officers while
engaged In, or on account of, the performance
of their special duties, and have the honor to
renew the recommendation made in my last
Cf - Ar>f oh I. H..
gress."
The increase in tho number of legal distil-
leriss, he says. will materially augment the
expense for storekeepers and gaugers, and will
make it necessary that deficiency appropr;a-
ton DO made for the preoent fiscal year OF
| 5000, 900.
It ia recommended that where spirits arc
withdrawn in good faith for expectation, and
diligence ia exercised in their TRANSPORTATION
and losses occur by evaporation CT accident
l that no tax shall be levied for any such loss
| and that provision of law be made for the ex
portation OF alcohol in metallic cans of ten gal
Ions and upwards.
| sources of revenue for the first four months Of
! the current fiscal year, "a compared with q cor
| responding period in 1873. shows an increase q
81 ,27S, $50. The quantity of spirits (7l,892,
| GIL galIons) produced and deposited in distii
| lery warehouses during the fiscal year, wal
| 51e"'oA IAsan VIC 4uAutAty p1OuuCeQ curing any
| other year. The CLOSEST approximation to thi
product was that Of the year ending June 80
1870, which was 1881, COS gallons. The pro
| duction of the fiscal year Is @ was obviousl,
| excessive. as it fell to 54,776, 546 GALLON
| in 1871, and it might be apprehended that tn,
product of the year would fall far below tina
of 1879, bat when it is considered that II, e37.
58s gallons of spirits were exported during tn,
| year Of 1879, and that the foreign demand il
| undated, it seems probable that the largo pro
| duct OF the early portion of thla year viii b,
continued during the year.
Regarding the production and movement o.
| distilled spirits during the first four month";
of The present fiscal year, the report says:
! shows that the foreign demand of last year i,
| steadily maintained, while the production il
1884 ,469 gallons greater thans for the cores
ponding period Last year. aud tn,
withdrawal of 2,95S,95O gallon, CREATE
| than for the same period last year. If tn,
! business of these four months is maintained
during the balance of the fiscal year, which il
scarcely to be credited, the production will b,
over 81, oO0, 900 gallons, and the amount of ia,
received will be over $45 $50, 00O. Their,
were during the year 5,44S distilleries regis
tered and 5,347 operated.
| During tho special tax year ended April 80
1870 there were AZ, 464, AL proof gallons o
spirits rectifed. The quantity of spirits, 10,
2l2, 40 gallons actually remaining in the ware
houses June so, 1879, is quantity as shown b,
the original gauge of each package. The guam
| tity Of spirits withdrawn from distillery ware
houses for export during the year WAS 1887,
| 73l gallons.
The following figures show the increase o
decrease as to the various kinds of spirit ex
ported in the year 1879, as compared with tn
year 1878: