Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-30
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Points From tho Annual Report Of Com
missioner Raum.

missioner Raum.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-Internal Revenue
Commissioner Raum In his annual report re-
ports his Recommendation OF last year that
the tenure Of Office for collectors be fixed at
four years. The commissioner details work
done in connection with additional taxes due
from banks and shows that there has been al
ready ascertained to be due $722, ,705
from seventy banks In Chicago,
New York, Baltimore, Boston and Philadel-
phia, a considerable portion OF which has been
collected and paid into the treasury. Other
collectors have been instructed to examine
banks IN their respective districts in regard to
their reliability for the additional tax. The
commissioner says he is satisfied large addi-
tional sums are due the government from this
source.
The attention of congress is called to the
Idea Of individual stamps for cigars. "Such
a SYSTEM" Gen. Raum says, :swould, in my
opinion, materially add to the revenue of the
government"
The amount of distilled spirits in distillipg
warehouses, 8, ON the first of November, was
60, 600, 900 gallons; an increase of three quar-
ters of a million gallons over last year.
The great bulk of these apirits is held
In Kentucky, and is chiefly what is known as
s'sour mash" whistles. The amount in ware
houses July |, 1851, produced in the year 1879,
was 8, ,127 ,652 gallons, the tax upon which will
fall due during 1882.
Increase in the salaries OF the deputy COM
missioner and of the five heads of divisions is
recommended.
The total amount of collections from to-
bacco for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881,
was $42, ,S54 ,991. This amount includes the
collection of The internal revenue tax imposed
on imported manufactured tobacco, snuff and
cigars, and special taxes paid by manufactur-
ers of tobacco, snuff and cigars, and by deal
ers in leaf and manufactured tobacco, anc Is
more than the receipts from the same source
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, by
50, ,9s4 ,S57.
Commissioner Raum, In his civil service
suggestions, recommends a term Of four
years for subordinates, with graduated
pay, and when retired without
fault tosreceive on retiring pay equal to one
months pay for each year OF service.
A statement is submitted which shows
that the receipts of internal revenue for the
fiscal year 1879 were SILL 49, ,629; fiscal
year 1880 $123, 1881 ,9l6; fiscal year ended June
80, 1881 $135, ,229 ORR; and receipts of the first
four months of the present fiscal year $780,
$40, go being S70,6I7.2 % in excess of receipts.
OF corresponding months of the last fiscal
year. The commissioner says that If this in
crease should be maintained during the re.
naming eight months of the fiscal year the
receipts Tor 1889 WILL be fully Sl57 ,UOJ,UUU.
Relative to the reduction of internal revenue
taxes Commissioner Raum says: Whenever
the wants of the government will allow re-
duct on of internal taxation in my opinion
is that it will be wise to confne these taxes to
distilled spirits, malt liquors, tobacco and its
products, and to special taxes on msLufactur-
ers and dealers in these articles and to lx taxes
at such rates as will yield the amount Of rev.
enue necessary to be raised from these sources.
Immediately after the close of the past
fiscal year examination showed that collec-
tors had accounted for all public monies
which came into their hands. During the
past five fiscal years s602, ,31O, TIT has been col
lected, and the entire amount been paid into
the treasury without any loss to the govern
ment by defalcation. The entire
expense OF the past five years was
$21 ,979 ,0O2, being 37.l00 per cent.
upon the amount collected, and in
disbursements of this money there has been
no loss to the government. The pensioning
of the widows and orphans of officers killed
in service is advocated. The struggle main
tained the past five years for the suppression
of Illicit distilling has resulted in the killing
of twenty-eight and wounding of sixty -four
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