Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-23
SPIRITS,
Not Those Which Rap From An
Unknown World,
But the Genuine Old Juice That Makes
Man Crazy When He I'm
bbes Too Freely.

WAsurScroS, July % Secretary Folger
returned from New York the middle OF the
week. He found upon his desk for the
first officially the opinion OF the Solicitor
General, indorsed by the Attorney General,
with reference TO the expectation Of ds-
titled domestic spirits, which has already
been published. Since the day Rsum left
the office Of Commissioner Of Internal Rev.
snue, Secretary Folger has been deter.
mined 10 enforce the collection OF ths tax
on distilled spirits now due without al.
lowing evasion Of any kind on the part of
distillers To this end, and possibly with
prearranged purpose, lac submitted TO The
Attorney General a series oil questions
which called forth the opinions de.
Cl&ring illegal the system Of export
aEiCh had been inauEurated by tue
DisiIIIers Of the Country.
After less than three days reflection the
secretary to-day took decided action to en-.
force the payment OF the tax. The Oppor.
tunily was presented by case which came
b. fore him from the Collector Of Customs
at New York. A large invoice OF domestic
sIirits which bad been sent TO foreign
rort was r.impDTted TO New York, and va,
placed in bonded storage warehouse there.
Under the opinion OF the Alt1fney.Gen.
Ial, and in the absence OF deiiaits instruc.
ions, Collector RDbertsOn was at n loss as
o lls duty in the premises. Accordingly,
lie submitted the question whether hs
kcnld collect tax npon the spirits eI Ia
That ni the iutrrn1! revenue tax, or
whether he should permit the goods 70 re-
ain in the wsrsh house the period Of three
y ars as
Exported Goods
re-impolt ted into the Unit d States. In this
case Secretary Folger transmitted letter
10 Collector Robertson, In which he takes
the ground that, as the spirits are already
in bond in New York, this particula lar In
voice can have the benefit OF the re.imDor.
,ation act on the assumption that the
owners acted in good faith in the original
expectation OF the goods. He treats this,
however, as an isolated case, because he
follows his instructions 20 Collector Rob
ertson with a letter in which be incloses
the opinion OF the Attorney General ia re.
gard to the expectation and return OF
spirits Of domestic manufacture, and de.
cidcs that on the return OF spirits hereafter
duty
Equal 20 the Interuai Rsvsaue rsH
must at once be paid, aud that neither
spirit nor ally other gooos OF American
manufacture are entitled 10 the privilege
of storsse 10 the customs bonded ware
house The meat of these instructions is
notice served 70 the distilling interest that
il they continue 10 export their goods they
can only be reimported upon the full pay.
ment O! the internal revenue tar upon
their landing at any point in the United
States. The distillers can keep on export.
ing, but when their goods sre landed at
any United States port they must pay the
internal revenue tax.
The Com mi issfoaeP or Internal .Reve-
Yesterday issued regulations concerning
the epaxing OF spirits in small packages
and Of abnormal temperatures. Casks of
packages not exceeding twenty gallons Ia
capacity are not to be allowed Q vsntage
of hslf gallon unless the vantage reaches
q full halt gallon The same rule is to
apply ~ TO allowing . vantage OF .
gallon. Wien the capacity OF packages Of
this class cannot be ascerisined from
their dimensions an actual wsntags IL 70
be SLOWED. When the capacity OF pack.
sges can not be ascertsined by the ordinary
method the gauger 10 to compute the cubic
contents In gallons and frscIions. Taey
are 10 decline TO gauge packages OF twenty
gallons con tsinipg spirits OF which the
temperature has been artificialiy changed
70 = point varying not more than l0'
Fahrenheit from the standard temperature
OF 6O' Fahrenheit, or . point varying nof
more than 50 from the existing tempers'
ture Of the open air.