New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-10
1NTENNAI REVENUE AFFAIRS
srpoRr OF THE COMMISSIONER.
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~. r,..,r, fhe total tcse,p.s from al sources OF In
,,rna Revenue taxation for the year were 1921 oooo3'
ne corpafed with sNaSA Tor the yer 1883 Fl'of
s,s e7s for the year 1892 and siS5.22oeia Tor tnc
ttaf iesi II estimated that the sum OF ~ io'ooouVV
wil Ne collected during the present h'ehi Sef' lu
tatnent ~ the tax the large production OF tpii'
a. ice, ,cns tatrtin factor IN The collections during
ihs lac, ,eat The commissioners snys hnt me fnine
IN anticipated dutne the present ytnt VIII oioW ton
,be a,,urlshri uan'ity ~ Bourbon nrh fte whshits
tfohieea m iese Ur which 'he w WIZ MIXTURE
a,,,es ,be ttt,ent hsca tea, Aho.hcf tsusr tch
,,lNuus ~ me fegreiiun ~ ftetrts s w 'he ntrtly
,se,esssa e%paf,a,ian ~ s,iiis ~ h't ol vh'gh ~
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"lsase ri f6iBfii fnm iskes Nnder yepeal5a laws
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~ sesn @p sa eias' Carolina iss s3 There ago
Ion states inGs, ka"sHl shssoo6osoo -"
HOW rHR FXpRNsEs WE'RE DISTRIBUTED.
The cost Of collection for the year distributed
among the different items 81 appropriation was approx
mately as follows For salaries and expenses oil ooheot
ors Including pay OF deputy collectors clerks etc.,
s54as2 for salaries and expenses Of revenue agents
sesSsons q expense, s2iSsoo6 iThs item Includes
soo for y%"s Of si GSt weTs not paid
owing to the appropriation being exhan 1niei
saa be nsedea n For stamps, paper
forexpcnses of detecting and Pal.hs ~ ooers
clerks and employees in The Office OF Commissioner OF IA
with total cost OF collection for the year lsH? OF
$S,I05.957 Tie total expenses were httie less ''n
The ~ commissioner says thar the dminut tsH
gross receipts cOuld not proportionae ane, h
Gained. Tha dehciency appropriation Of $4,000 for
payment salaries of storekeepers and fees 81
Of these officers could be paid ony up to se for or
;Se las, hall Of the month Of June 1854 are now on
Ale unpaid amounting TO $046Oo ana u Is known nav
$4,000 viii need appropriated for this deficiency
OFFICIALS AND THEIE WORK
One thousand ana forty five violations OF in'eriSi
Revenue law reported by agents during the year
Il3 persons were arrested their information;
property to the value $52531 reported by them
for seizure, and for assessments Tor unpaid anes anu
penalties the OF Sl03.G62 was reported by tnen
fhe amount expended ior detection ana atnnal
Revenue laws S57337. During ihe year 81 o s.s
in illicit iistlstion The Commissioner says that strong
Representations made In vain TO congress a, is
tsSenue agents below the number Of thry-hve fixed
IN the lie, sed Statutes Only twenty can mo" d TT 'T
Washington and at least three others Engaged IN cxnm
ming hs osss aRS the Sener" conduct Of the System
throughout the country and detect or prevent IfaVas
upon the revenue. THIS leaves too macy avenues ior
fraud exposed and will result in much injury as II Is
daIcult ipr any ono man efficiently to do the work
sometimes three or states aud never loss than two
The total number OF ohe aeeeg g fe no%nt c i
nssessod penalty andEpeclc penalty accepted was
sa,ernaI III" REVENUE laws was ssiOG.5oo INC internal
yeyenue taxes collected from TOBACCO , nsst,s n
domestic and imported manus oigred tobacco shun
ogars and cigarettes and al special taxes pid Dy a o
e sources G"rs the a.c y yesr i s
% usl ne
sca nearly all under the rates OF tax prescIhed
Neal year ended JGntto issa were partly under those
rates OF tho tax and partly under the rates o. ,aN ro
Tse" ,car ended jane 90 1889. were uudor The rates
of tax m force prior 10 the time whom the Act OF March
y. 1883. took elect
rrFrcts on TuE TonACCO TAX REDUCTIONS
will be observed by comparing the receipts Tor to
last naonl ,oar those for Tho n.cal ycer immediately
preceding A. tim, the dccrca~cof revenue nom TOBACCO
rl0Otlsip. andby comparing those receipts WIN
The receipts Tor tho n.,al yonr ended June 10 ls'3 that
thn docicnso wna Ell, 3eH.oss III. las, comparison
nearly shows tho cioe OF NE reduction OF ne tai
lcc;ons OF those two fiscal yontr were ha1e d,f cue
different rate, OF "x t u s t9 ns pnrnncsp Of
tobacco, rnnh aud cigars for the last Mccall year sho"s
ended J,ns 10. l-s2. The decrease ~ receipts com
pared with the fiscal year 1853 Was ols.5'o' on
sG62GiI 10 on cigars aud sl7s 500 on cigarettes.
The amount paid IN settlement of claims for the sur
plus proceeds u direct tax sales TO July l. issi was
S2333oO. leaving on that date Tl666oe OF me ~ pro-
for rebate abatement and refundng OF October
j. lssi was as follows: For rebate, claims amounting
si250eJ; Tor rciunding. 40 claims amounting TO
during the year wa .20i OF which only lo7s we're
Sreai Year 1883 We're 1850 and ioe6 resi- oe,vey.
showing increase during the last fiscal year OF or
in the number operated The QUANTITY OF Praih Used
IN the production OF spirits during tne , n o year
above used IN the proceeding Sca year. put
is 5137.s97 bushels less than heaVeraSe I'r Inc as'
i've years.
THE PRODUCTION OF SPIRITS.
A corresponding increase appears in the number OF
GALLONS OF spirits produced from grain during the year.
7372I5sl gallons, which is excess OF l,is9,iO
gallons over the product for 1888 The quantity OF
moasses n.ed Sf the proaueSn o. rum @ aSn
from the quantity used III the year previous ana de5
crease 255 49, gallons from the average quantity used
during the last rve years Inc qushl1y oI
rum distilled trS coo moasses roS the nroct
Of the rear 1888 ana decrease Of 2O4 GA gallons
from tho average product OF the last i've years com
H. scs yraps ss and Shows that While there was
an Increase In The stock OF alcohol GIN high wines and
t he q iniitii SO held June so, 1883, Of
75So52 gallons, there an actual decrease
in othor grades OF spirits principally en- N
salons or net decrease Of i6997442 gallons OF the
tpints held in bond, june 80 ls94 nearly twothirds
gallons produced and deposited In ds;ery warehouses
during the fiscal ended June 80, 1851 Is sItdlcl
man The production "a gallons Of the 1883
by l422i3 gallons. The quantity Of spirits Os3i24I
gallons withdrawn from distlery warehouses during
The present year ended June 80, 1854 is greater than
the quantity Withdrawn 75tAl.0 $50 during the year
1883 b. 2.90l, 3s7 gallons.
SPIRITS REMOVED FOR EXPORT.
The number Of gallons Of each kind OF spirits removed
for export during the three months Of the present
fiscal year was 2s67 351, against 1884 gallons re-
moved. during a corresponding period Of the last
fiscal year. The quantity OF distilled spirits
nTin ~
fscal year 9.5s673o gallons, as against
5,326A57 gallons removed during the previous year
THE quantity alcohol Withdrawn free Of tax from
di, ery warehouses the Of colleges and other in
situations learning the preservation OF specimens "
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