The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10

'"Ihls large increase of reven1e is tincues-
donally due to prosperous times, and there
would seem 10 be no rear enable probab lity OF
a material diminuIlon thereof for several V ars
to come; hut, on the contrary. probability Of
gr dual increase, certainly upon ratio equal
TO the IN rease of population While the re-
eeipts ir'rm taxes are thus increasing in
amount, the demands upon the treasury
are being lessened by a reduction OF the
public debt and the annuaI interest CHI rged.
1t is probable, therefore, that Congress will
be disposed to relieve the people from
some OF the ternal-revenue taxes and
If such re III ton Is to lie made / respectfully
sugg' 81 The following list OF taxes collec I'd dur
ing the fiscal year 1851 for consideration of the
law-'naking power B nk-;lIt cks, 50, 27u 42I :
fri ion M tches. IS, 1861 800 patent medicin s
o. preparations If pc lumtTy, cosmetics, ETC.,
S1,85i,673; b nix d post, $2.347,5e3; saw
itlgsb MI deposits. 1882 Il; bank capital.
$SI1, 436; total 10 99i sos. In the event thatit
il dc, med advisable 10 take the tux off matches.
pttent medicines, etc, due consideration shou d
be had to the fact that Urge It, cks If these
articles, taX-pald, are low IN the ,nds of the
trade, and that very serious reduction in
th II value, especi lily OF MATCHES. would re-
suit If the were taken off sud ienlv, and
the articles manufactured free OF tax were
brought into competition with those upon
winch the existing. taxes had been p id liz
my opin on, an act abollshing these taxes
should not 20 into effect earlier than. say, thr
month, from its passage. The sdIn,. NAV be
SAID In regard 10 CHI OK stamps Cunsi leral 10
stocks of stamped cheeks are now in tue b nds
of individuals, banks and hunhers up N winch
the stamps have been imprinted. | think 1t
would be Wise th 1t tue operAto.I of the repeal
should be dei.yed at least three mouth. 20 as
to give Ii ne for using tn re stamps. When
ev the ntsr SIS of the Government will al ow
it, lhiuk 1t will be wise to contiue Internal
revenue taxation to spirits, m 1t liquors, to-
ba co, snuff. CIGARS and speci. taxes upon
manufacturers and dealers inslhese articles, |
am of opinion that reliaIce can be pls ced
upon receiving the sum of S1200Ol. 900
annually from thee sources, which
sum would gradually increase with the
increase of population, but would probably be
subjected to dlmlnuton ~ on recurrence of
hari tunes. In considering the question of
relieving atent medicines FROM iiIternalreve-
nue. taxes, it should be I'm erstOod that large
number OF the articles put on the MARKET and
taxed as medic nal bItters are used as bever-
age. Persons engaged in the sale of such
articles are not IT q Iired to pay special taxes
as retail dealers III iqu II, so that,
if the articles were relieved from taxation
medicinal bitters would be sold everywhere
without paying any internalrevenue tax what
ever. In passing upon the right of these vari-
ous medlcated blt Is to be taxed as SUCH and
sold without special tax ss retail liquor-dealers
the Office liz often rlOusly embarrassed to fild
the exact line bt tween medicinal bitters, Ii bic
TO stamp tax. and com POUND liquor, subject
to be sold only as a bever ge In nv OpIn-
ion, it would be wise to con hue the stamp tax
uponall indicated uiCters CONTAINING more than
20 per cent. proof spirits. In reference to the
tax upon savings banks, ] would say that, in
my judgment, these taxes should be removed
or the whole legislation upon the subject If
taxing savings banks should he modified and
made more equitable, and there would seem to
be no just grounds for cOntinu n the tax upon
the capital and deposits of banks and bankers
il it is found that revenues are sufficient with
Ous it.
During the last four years and four months
4.06l Illicit dlstlIleries have been seized, and
1889 persons have been arrested for illicit DIS
tIlllng. Twenty-clz officers and employees have
been killed and ffty-seven wounded in the, en-
forcement of the lnternal-revenue laws. During
the past sixteen months / 100 stills have Teen
seized, l ,265 persons arrested, and ten officers
wounded Ill the enforcement of the laws
While the numbtr of stills seized and pers ns
ane>ted since my last annual report Is very
large, am sati fed there Will be decrease
henceforward Ill the number of such seizures
and arrests"
asked for the collecting of taxes from these
distlll ries IL specially urged. Additional legls-
latlon for the protection OF the lives and per
sons of the officers Of the I'm ted States from
the unlawful assaults of those who resist their
autlIo' ity is also recommended.
Regarding the encouragement OF legal dSstlI-
leries, the report says
"In every county where legal distileries
have been established in any number Illicit
dlstllling has almost entirey ceased. Violent
resistance to law has become almost unknown,
and there has been large increase of reye-
nue."
The total cost of collecting the internal reve-
nue. for the fs cal year was $4,5U5, 842, Icing
1853 per cent of the total amount co lected.
TIE estimates for the expenses for the fiscal
YEAR ending June 81, 1882, are $4.895, $50
During the fiscal year Gil ,002,6l4 stamps
were issued, the value of Which was $134, 942,-
800