The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-28
LATEST TELEHRAMS
Internal Revenue Collections.

1nCcrnH1 IbCVenUc OOAcCbLOubs
Washington, DC, 27--The COM
missioner of internal revenue has
written letter to Secretary Fol-
ger in regard to the operation Of his
office, in which he says: 81 have
the honor to report that the offices
for all collections of internal re-
venue, 126 in number, were care
fully examined before the close of
the last fiscal year, ending June 80,
'S3, and entire collections of
internal revenue for that year,
amounting to $144,000,566, have
not only been accounted for, but
paid into the treasury Of the United
States. Ny predecessor, Hon. G.
3. Raum, in his report to you dated
July 20, 1882, made a statement
which it may not be improper to re-
peat. He said: at is further my
pleasant duty to report that during
the past six fiscal years some ST48,-
S3I OIL have been collected from in
ternal revenue taxation and paid
into The treasury without any loss
by defalcation. The expense of
collection to the last fiscal year,
including the expenses Of this Office,
will be found III the final adjustment
not TO exceed S5,l09,S0O, or less,
than SO per cent on the
amount collected. The expenses of
collection for six years have been
about $27,057, 800, or 3,6 percent
on the amount collected. This
sum has been disbursed without loss
to government. Notwithstanding
material changes made by Congress,
so large was the increase in taxes
received on distilled spirits, that
during the year ending June 80,
1880, there were collected $l44, 553,-
366 on internal revenue. The
collection Of this vast sum cost
government about SIS, 10000, per-
centage of 81, and the money was
discussed without any loss TO the
United States. 1t gives me pleasure
TO state that reports of collect
Ors of internal revenue agents
indicate not only a very
satisfactory condition of the service
as respects efficiency. bat also that
no combinations exist to defraud
governments of its internal revenues
nor is it believed any important
efforts are making for illicit manu-
faeture OF. whisky, tobacco or cigars.
Much praise is justly due officers in
the service for the zeal and etticl-
ency with which their very 1mpor-
tant duties are discharged. The
executive order of June 25sftue 1850
directing q consolidation of the
revenue districts is being ex-
| ecuted as rapidly as the greai
labor of doing so will permit. 1t Il
| to be hoped in a few days, or in
week at the most, the order will b'
made to take effect in the many dis
tricts affected by it. In some in
stances the matter will be neces
sarily delayed by the difficulties
incident to the execution Of tn
bonds required of each collector
DESIGNATED for the district as newl!
! constituted"
Washington, p. = Following
addressed to the commissioner o
internal revenue: Your attention
, 10 respectfully called TO the state
nent showing receipts from variou
sources of internal revenue durin
fhe past fiscal year, indicating a,
increase or a decrease as compare
, with the collection for the year 1885,
! The total receipts, as preViousl
! GIVEN. show decrease of $969, 81
&c compared with the receipts c
! 1880 The total receipts of the pre-!
emit year from spirits is SS4,Se6,77
being an increase Of 1896 So
Total receipts from green Tobacco