Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-14
Whlskey In Bond.
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WASHINGTON, June 6-The report re-
Gently prepared by Representative Car
Isle, Of Kentucky, and adopted bv the
Committee on Ways and Means, in re-
Spouse to the preamble and resolution in
troduced by Representative White, of
Kentucky, the 10th of April, the full text
OF which was published at the time, init
mating that undue haste was made in
passing through the House the bill to ex.
tend the bonded period for distilled spirits,
was submitted to the House to-day. The
report says: ''The measure referred to
was, in various FORMS pending before the
committee from the 18th day of February
until the Sd day of April, and was sub
jected to very careful examination, not
only in the committee itself, but by the
officers in charge of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. 1t was at once reported to the
House and recommitted in order that the
proposed changes might be thoroughly
examined and understood; and passed
almost unanimously under the suspension
OF the rules; and not only was the bill
placed in the hands of the internal reve-
nue. authorities for investigation, but the
head of that branch of the public service,
in obedience to the request of the COM
mittee, came before it in person and sug-
gested various changes and notifications
OF Its provisions, every one of which was
adopted by the committee and incorpo-
rated into the measure before it was finally
reported to the House" After detailing
THE HISTORY OF THE BILL
as shown by the records, the committees
report continues: Under these circum-
stances the committee might well be sur
prised to see it deliberately stated, with
out qualification or condition, in the infor-
NAL resolution offered in the House, that
the proposed law will divert millions of
the public money from its way into the
United States Treasury, and donate the
same to. large manufacturers and owners
OF distilled spirits in violation of the
agreement of the Republicans of the
House.
These statements are controverted
throughout the report. Mr.. Carlisle
quotes sections 1881 and 1886 to $3.50
of the Revised Statutes inclusive and con-
cludes as follows: TT thus appears,
whether there is warehouse bond or
not, the government has the following Sc
curity for the payment of the tax:
l. Possession of, and the right to sell
tax is due.
2. The joint and several personal liza
bilities Of every person interested in the
production OF spirits.
8. First lien from the time the spirits
are in existence in the distillery used in
distilling spirits, together with its machin-
cry and fixtures and the tract or lot of
land on which it is situated, including all
the buildings thereon.
4. Lien from the time when the assess
ment list is received by the collector upon
all property belonging to the person or
persons liable for the payment of the tax,
and this includes not only the goods,
chattels, and real estate, but also stocks,
securities, and evidences of debt.
But under the bill as reported by this
committee and passed by the House there
can never be moment when the govern
ment has not bond. If the warehouse
man fails to execute new bond as re-
quired by the bill, such failure of itself
constitutes breach of the condition in
the old bond and the sureties remain liza
BILE on that obligation. The bill lately
passed by the House does not increase the
maximum allowances in any case, but
merely extends the period for which they
may be made from three years to eight
years, and provides after that time no
allowance or deduction shall be made.
The committee consider it matter of
simple justice to the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue to say that he did not at
any time while the bill was pending make
any amendment or suggestion in relation
to it, except when called upon to do 50 by
the committee or its members, and that
in every instance the alterations or addi-
tons suggested by him and adopted by
the committee were made in the interest
of the government. He was consulted in
his official capacity alone, the object of
the committee being to secure his advice
and cooperation in the preparation of the
bill which would not in any manner i'm
pair the security Of the government for
afford what was believed to be q proper
measure of relief to taxpayers. The
committee therefore report the resolution
back to the House with the recommends
ton that it be laid upon the table.