Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-06

Saudu lent use such relaxation Of the law There
me ihod By which spirits are made unssceptsb
H. the sing OF q chemical substance with iheu,
VIII erel y they become distAstefuL There is a
sci, NH ic process which win eliminate the nethyl
use VI besides il Il process Of distllaiion which
could easily be put under the laws and regula
tians now existing for the supervision of that
Pr.p Ssitions are made to repeal the whole sys-
tenn OF internal revenue. As TO this, repeat my
poiiIica tacton indicating a desire on the part OF
tlxpav ug citizens 10 strike out this class OF taxes
m 9th er internal revenue taxes have been re-
pealed e. cept that on fermented liquors amount
ing as Is MATED TO 81. .9o0.oo, and on the circu-
iaiion OF n uional banks The repeal OF the tax on
mended A . the abolition of all internal revenue
taxes T. a DR. position which may be made and
pressed. som, da "a are here given The spirits IN
bonded warel lOTIse June 30, 1885, estimated
At more th6n ., 0o0o0o gallons The quantity OF
distilled spirits in the United States besides thai
1 customs boad ed warehouses. on Octobsr l. lSS3,
is estimated by le commissioner Of internal reTe-
nue. follovE:
In distii cry n I'd special bonded warehouses,
dealers Isl eY 4ss in hands of retail liquor-deal-
ers. Is 'isO. $50; toif /. lis, ,9is 2S5 gallons.
The quantity in bond upon which the tax is
payable between November il. isSS, and June %,
is l. is 81 e9.57os alons, the tax on which is sle,
The quantity VI 'on which the tax is payable
during the fiscal y 1ar ending June 80, 1855 Is ST.
l2S si7 gallons, the tax on which is SS3 59S, rs.
during the fiscal ear ending June 80 ls,6, is
Is 256 600 gallons IN tax on which is sl3 42.
Elsewhere herein Is given the quantity of dis
Tiled snirits in bon ided warehouse and which
under existing law, must pay tax before Il is re-
leased and ether dan OF that kind. On the guam
tity i the hands of dealers the tax enters into the
costs and value of il 40 them. 1t may be assumed
that neither the distll,T the owner Of spirits
in bo nd nor the dealer owning II. wishes complete
abolition of the tax upArn il. The community, in
its present temper will rot subnisS vely receive
law encouraging the manufacture of whisky un-
restricted in quantity.
A reduction of the tax ON whisky in bond TO
so cents q gallon would reduce the revenue about
ST. 800 600 for the current year were the reduction
TO take effect November H. 1885, and abont Sl3-
500 600 the year ending June % 1885.
In come .tiOn with this subject II is deemed
proper to call attention TO the fact that the total
nu her of gallons of distilled spirits produced in
the year ended June 3D. 1873 Is sestimated at 0l3.
3Os about O. 5000 less than al in bonded ware
house June 30 1888.
Owners OF aOirits in bond ded are themselves un-
able to meet nhe payment of taxes thereon as they
fall due. They have some ext ent eI poried them
rather than to pay tax II is likely that they will
again ask extension of the time of payment
of suoh taxes They may ask for a repeal or modi-
fcatfen of them.
The statistics given above are Git for attention. as
we'll apon the question of the probable surplus in
the treasury upon the need and propriety OF
legislative relief - the owners OF spirits |
Tho estimates of receipts from taxes distilled
spirits adopted in this report include the taxes
thereon falling due the current year. amounting
to nearly s2o.ooO,0oo