Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-23
INTERNAL REVENUE SHOWING.

INTERNAL REVENUE SHOWING.
ON Distilled LiQuOrs-TObaccO
Makes a Slight Increase.
WASHINGTON, November 22.-The annus
report of the Commissioner of Inferno
Revenue shows the total receipts from inter
nal taxation for the fiscal year ended Jun
30th, 1856, were $112, 421, 121, as compare
with 2l,59O,0 39 for the previous year. l
was estimated the receipts for the last fisca
year would be about $115,0O0,OOO, and the
fell over $1,000, 900 short of the estimate re
sulting from seven months extension al
lowed for the expectation of distilled spirits
in bond, on which the tax was due Their
are now about 1000, 900 gallons of distilled
spirits abroad which, to find market,
WILL HAVE TO BE RE-IMPoRTED
This, with more than 1OOOO,OOO gallons tina
had, on June 30th last, been in bond fol
three years or longer under the sever
months extension, afforded ample maroir
for assuming that the receipts for the cur
rent fiscal year would aggregate at least
| 100000. A table giving the receipts
during the last two fiscal years shows that
there was decrease of So, 1874, III in the col
lections on spirits, and an increase of $145,.
1871 on fermented liquors and $24 ,55S from
banks and bankers. The total decrease was
| SO, ,919. The largest collections were
made in Illinois, amounting to S23,075, S65
Kentucky second, 81, s42,475; New York
third, $13, 1923 ,645; Ohio fourth, S12, 1865, SIG
Pennsylvania fifth, S7,3n, 2O9; Missouri
sixth, $6,376, 165. and Indiana seventh,
| 81, OBJ, 1855.
THE SMALLEST COLLECTION WAS MADE IN YER
MONT,
Amounting to $29,S9O. The total receipts
for the first quarter of the present fiscal
year were SIS, $500, 749, being an increase of
1866 over the collections during the cor
responding period of the previous fiscal
year.
The cost of collection for the present fis-
cal year was, $4,455,4 30, against $5,0O6, 914
for the previous fiscal year.
The total expenses of the service during
the past year were about 3.9 per cent of the
amount collected.
Six hundred and twenty-four violations of
the Internal Revenue law have been re-
ported by revenue agents during the year,
234 persons have been arrested on their in
formation, property to the value of $171,O52
has been reported for seizure, and $50, 1863 for
assessments for unpaid taxes and penalties
The Commissioner recommends an in
crease in the number of revenue agents.
THE REPORT OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
For the fiscal year shows gratifying results.
Not only has there been a small increase in
the amount of taxes collected, but there has
been an increase of manufactured products,
and an unusually large increase of the guam
tity of these products exported to foreign
countries. The number of grain distilleries
registered during the year was /, 195, of which
only 918 were operated.
The Commissioner invited special atten-
ton to the necessity of legislation having
for its object the taxing of all fractions of
gallons of distilled spirits, and says the oper-
alton of the present system of taxation has
resulted in a loss of a very appreciate
has been adopted at several large distilleries
of substituting packages of ten gallons
capacity and upwards in place of the spirit
barrel of ordinary size, for the sole purpose
apparently of obtaining the benefit of the
untaxed fraction as frequently as possible.
The Commissioner also recommends pro-
visions of the law under which grape brandy
products are permitted three years storage,
their product in the special bonded ware
house to be made applicable to distillers of
brandy from all fruits.
THE QUANTITY OF DISTILLED SPIRITS
In the United States, except what may be in
UQ6 SuSUOuS UOuQcQ WAREHOUSES;. Ou ouC 1AloO
day of October was 80, 1926 gallons, and
the average stock of each retail liquor dealer
in the United States is estimated at 150 gal
Ions. There was a decrease of 1,69O, OLA
assessments on distilled spirits made during
the past year from the amount assessed the
previous year, mainly because the produc-
ton of distilled spirits three years ago was
less than it was four years ago, and because
large quantities of spirits on which the tax
had become due were bonded for export and
suffered to remain in the warehouse without
payment or assessment of tax for period not
exceeding seven months. Abiding to the re-
importation of exported spirits, the Com
missioner says: Besides 100000 gallons of
domestic spirits on which the internal rev.
enue tax has never been paid, which re-
manned in store in foreign warehouses at the
close of the year, there then remained in
distillery warehouses 10,229,473 gallons Of
spirits, which had SO remained for period
exceeding three years from the date of entry
of deposit. 1t appears that under an opinion
of the Acknowledgement of December 24th,
1884, such spirits as are covered
by transportation bonds or exportatlon
bonds are allowed to remain in the dlstil-
lery warehouses during term reasonably
necessary in the process of expectation,
even after the expiration of the three years,
limit fixed by the warehousing bond. This
time was limited by my predecessor, with
the approval of the then Secretary OF the
Treasury, to seven months. Not being able
to see the necessity for SO long time to &C
complish the transportation of spirits to
port of export, have, with the approval OF
the present Secretary,
REDUCED THE TIME TO THIRTY DAYS.
And so limited the time within which such
bonds may be filed, as to collect the tax on
or before the expiration of the time (three
years. with which the spirits may remain In
the distilling-houses. The only time now
obtainable in excess of the three years is
that which occurs through necessary delay
in enforcing the payment of the tax.
EIectfon-A Flat Mani-
festO.
JuosJs,y, November 22.-Under the polling
the tendency ST tke borough
elections will become known Thursday, ana
the general result of the borough and county
elections ON Saturday, but the exact pc,
sition of the parties will not be determ!neo
until drawing to a close OF the elecIions
early in December Lord Salisbury Will ae-
liver the final Conservative manifesto at tne
dinner of the st. Stephens club to-morro"
evening. e,uan Aat
Most of the Liberal newspapers have passeo