The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-01
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-. .s'oss v,,c nuiuieu n,iii,vn uvIiais
per ann0m. Any further reduction of in
tefnAl revenue than that proposed, IL Is
held, would compel the government TO rely
almost entirely upon import duties for the
necessary income, and would render any
ovs> II not impossible. The president is
firmly opposed to the adoption of any policy
that would create such contingency, and
will In his forthcoming message urge upon
congress the Importance OF an immediate
revision of the tariff with view to reduc-
Ing the aggregate income of the government
70 such an amount as Is absolutely required
to meet the interest on the public debt and
the current and ordinary expenses Of the
government.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The report Of Gen. Raum, commissioner
OF internal revenue, shows net receipts for
the fiscal year 1882 of $l38, 1884, 900 81. The
leading items are as follows: Distilled spir-
mented liquors, SIG, 1873, go; banks and
bankers, $5,2OS, III. OF the total Illinois
paid s2S, 25l 80, or 20 per cent, as follows:
Distilled spirits $23 947 S96; tobacco, 81, $685.
s75;, fermented liquors s997, 6O3; banks and
cent. of the spirits tax last year. The state
paid IS per cent. in 1876, the percentage fall
ing to 80 per cent. in 1879. Ohio contributed
last year 10, and Kentucky IL per cent. of
the spirits tax. OF the tobacco tax last
year illinois paid 9, New York 20, and Xir-
nois ranked fifth, New York paying 50,
Pennsylvania 10, Ohio o, Wisconsin z, and
Illinois g. per cent. In the tax on banks and
bankers Illinois ranked third, New York
per cent. The retail liquor tax mot the re-
tail beer taxi paid by II, 9l5 persons in
Illinois, Ill In Iowa, and $500 In Wiscon-
sin. In the spirits tax the state that comes
next after Illinois, Is Ohio which paid $l3,-
100000; but one Illinois district-tie Fourth
600, 600 of tobacco tax, and Illinois, with
little less than S29O0,000, followed that
state, and then Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Missouri. The gross revenue has
grown from $4l 900, 600 in 1868 to 1910 0O0, 900
In 1850, falling to SlO2, 600, 100, from which
1t rose to Sl46, O0o, 600. Less certain deduc-
tions last year, the aggregate amount of in
ternal revenue collected Is 81, 81, S23, $50. If
the figures for the distilled spirits are rel-
able the production fluctuates widely. The
manufacture appears to have risen rapidly
to Is, 0Oo, 900 gallons in lS70, and then fallen
to 50,0O0,000 gallons in 1878, since which
time 1t has risen to nearly q, OoO, 900 gallons
last year.
In cigars, cigarettes, and beer there is a
constant and remarkable rapid increase
The number OF cigars OH which tax was
paid fell from 800, 0O0, 900 in 1875 to $780,
0OO, 600 in 1877, and since then has risen rap
idly, the figures for the last four years be-
ing as follows 1879, 2,019 0O0, 600; 1880, 2 1857,
0OO, 600; 1881, 1853, 600 600; 1882, 1857 oOoOo.
The cigarette growth has increased even more
rapidly. In 1869 900 were reported. In 1878
40,O0J 900 were reported and the number in the
last four years are as follows: 1870 900;
1880, 4Os, OO0O0 1881, 567,0 900; 1882, $40 o.
600. This is the first case Of a reduction audit
is not large enough to be very encouraging
The fermented liquor output was 1l3,0oO,Oo0
gallons in 1865, 4l30OOOOO in 1880, 4f 100000 in
1881, and 525 600 in 1872.
A THUNDERBoLT.
A thunderbolt has fallen upon the star
route defendants, and the Government has
at last given undoubted evidence that it Is
very much in earnest in the prosecution
The President late Saturday afternoon Or
dered the summary dismissal from Office of
Henry, United States Marshal of the Dis
trict; Anger, Postmaster of Washington
Parker, Observation-Disclosures; Spencer,
Government Director; and Helm, foreman
of the Record at the Government Printing
Office. The reasons for these several re-
movals are set forth at length In the letters
of STRAIGHTFORWARD George Bliss and of At
torney- General Brewster to the President.
Briefly stated, the charges made by the Adj
ministration against these officials are
administration of justice in these cases,
either by direct aid or by public expressions
Of sympathy. AS to Marshal Henry, the
accusation is this: that, at an interview In
Cleveland during the progress of the star
route trial, he INDUCED in gross abuse of
Mr.. Bliss, special counsel for the United
States, and declared that the Government
had no case; that throughout the progress
of the trial he expressed sympathy with
some of the defendants, particularly with
Dorsey, who was a resident of his own sec
ton in Ohio, and that he, when the panel
from which the jury was drawn was eX-
hausted, so arranged it that talesman who
would be satisfactory to the defense were
chosen. AS to postmaster Anger, the
charge is that he, with Assistant Postmas-
ter Parker was impugned by two pOst-office
inspectors as to the certifcatiOn OF bogus
bonds in the star-route cases, and that
whether these acts were true or not the fact
that Mr.. Anger Is the proprietor of news
paper in Michigan, and that during the last
trial he wrote to his paper over his own sig
nature denOupcing the officers who had in
stituted the prosecution, and declaring that
the Government had no case, Is regarded
sufficient cause for his removal. AS to
Helm, the fact that he Is the business man
ager of the Critic, which has been virulent
in its abuse Of the Government prosecution,
and of all who approve it, is considered suf-
iicient cause for his removal from the posi-
ton of foreman of Government printing
Ex-senator Spencer'S refusal to obey the
summons of the court is assigned as the
cause for his removal. These removals, an
nounced just after dark, were great local
sensation the Star, which Is earnest in its
opposition to the star-route defense, print
ing an extra. The letter of George Bliss
and that of the Attorney-General were the
subject of discussion at the Cabinet meet
ings during the week. AT the meeting Sat
urday il was unanimously resolved that the
Attorney General should be sustained In the
position he had taken.
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