The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-23
INTERNAL RtyeSUf.
THE COMMISSIONERS REPORT
for the Fiscal Year Eoding June Soth.
Falling en- i'm Recsipts--viols-
tlons of the Law-Ihs To-
bacco Industry--Rec-
ommeN datisns.



WASHINGTON, Nov. - iha annual
report of the commissioner of internal
revenue shows the total receipts fron,
tsrnal revenue tsXNion for the
Ssnsi year enrsd June 80, 1855, were
Sl12,f2l To-, rs compared with Sl2l $780,
tlS9 Z tha previous wear. H. WAS esti-
mAte3 that this recaipEs for tho LAYS
dical yaRr wCulc be- ahou' $ll5oG0 600
aad tnet they fell over SD, l00,000 sa1ri
ni the estimate resultluS from The
seven months extension allowed for
the expectation OF diStiilel spirits in
hnud on whics tine TAX was W.. Thsrt
axe now about 10000 gallons OF dis
lied spirits sbrosd, Shlck, il order
10 fud 4 market, will hgve to be ~
imported. This, with more than TO-
0Q00o) gallons thst had 10 Juns las
bssu in bond Tor three yeNs or longer,
uuless rho ssveu months extern
sien afforded ampe margin for
| assuming tba, the receipts Of the cur
rent iisosl yesr would sggregste at
leSstSll5,O)0,0e0
4 liable, giving the receipts during
tha last Two fiscal years, shows that
| there VAS decrasse az 50 $40 Z IN the
e0lle otionS on spilits and Az incff ass
Of 1914 ass or tobaacui an increase ui
Sl45 S27 un termenttH liquors, and pn
| oGuksrs. The tutai decrease Was
81, l6S qi9. The ~ gest collections wer,
naue in Illinois, amounting to S2S
90 S65; Ksntunky second, 0i,h si4 e
| $40 475; New York thirc, with si3S2S.-
6i5; oa}o fourth, with Sl2 sos SIG; Pesm
sylvsgiA ii IN, With S737l ,2G9; Missouri
skin, with Sc 276 1866, ara Indisna ssr-
sDtb, with S4,03l SIC TIE smallest COL
lection was ui&de in Vermont, smoun'-
ing to 500 500.
rse Total recaipts for chs fret quar-.
| ter the pressnt 6Sce, year ware $2lS,
SO 743. ucinS 81 Increase OF SOB SOS over
| the col scJions during the correspond.
| ing period OF the rsvious fiscal year.
| the cost OF cullecioQ for iOs present
| titoai & aar WAS 81, 455 43s, egsins $500
gl4 for tge previous tiscel y0ar. ihe
total expenses Of thg safvico durinl
the psst year we're about SO per cent.
OF lha aInnnnt collected,
Six hundred and tWsnty-fOnr viola
| tlons OF internal revenue law hav
been repcried by revenue @senta dur
ing sha year, sn6 2A persona h0v3 neeh
arressed on ihsir luformstinu.
| Pfopsrty 10 the vslse Q sl9l ,e52 has
been repurted for seizure and
S52,S69 for assessments for I'M
psid taxes snd penalties. Tao eom-
! missioner recnmm nds IA increase Ia
| this numhNr Of revenue agents.
the report OF the tobacco industry
for tho last tiseSl year shows CRAFTY
ing resulga. Nj only has there hseu
p small isorease in tie amount Of
| tsXCs collected, bgt there has neen 81
marked incrSSse # manufactured pro-
du1t9 sHd an uIrsaaliy lerge increase
o. the quantity of thsse products OK
| ported 30 f0reign countries.
The number Of grain distillerias reg
is'ered ouriDa the year wss !, 1876, of
which only 9lS were operated. The
commissioners invites special ct
| tSGtiOu TO tho necessity 81
legislation having for it
objects the taxiSg Of all frasti1ns of n
gallon of distilled spirits, auo says that
| the operation IF tso present system OF
taxation has rsAulted ia tho loss of %
very s2preciable amount of revenue
hs adds that tho plan has becn &C.
cSp'ed es several largo distillsrias Of
subttituting packages nf 10 gallons Gu
| paoity ana upwsrsis, in placs OF the
spirit barrel OF ordinary siEe Tor tho sole
plrpBse, apparently OF oDtsiuing the
| bSrs ut Of the untdxed fraction ~ irs-
| quently az possihla. The commissions
also recommends that provisions of
the law under which gr 10 brandy
| products ara psrmiut0--thrtc wears
| storage OF their product in special
| honde0 warehoUss-hS IA de applicn ble
20 disliller1 OF brandy from all fruits.
Tho qusntiiy Of distilled spirits ia
the United Stgtes, except Whit may bO
IN custom bond wsfehOusa, on the L.
of October, 1850, wss 9O,l07,o26 gallons
snd the average stock o. each retail
liquor dssler IN tho United
States is estimated ut 100
gsllons. There wss decrease
OF SlG9,04 Of tae assessments on dis
TILTED spirits made during the past
year from the G@ouut assessed In the
previous year, merely bscsuss the pro
duction OF distilled spirits two years
ago WAS less than It wRs four years
ngo, and because large qusnti.
ties of spirits on which
the tax had become due wsre bonded
for export and suffered 90 remain In
warehouse without payment on as.
sessment OF lax for period not ex-
ceedpg seven mouths.
| Aluding ~ the re- importation OF
exported spirits the cora missjoa ers
ssJ: "Bssidss .he 1000, GOO SALONS OF
uotncfttes spgils on which the
internsl revenue tax has never been
paid which remained IN stors In for
etsu warehouses - tho close OF the
year, there then renamed In dislillery
warehouses 10 30 41S gallons OF spirits
which had 30 remained for a period ex.
csedipg the three years from the
date Of tho entry for daposi.
II appears thai unasr tho opinion III
the attsrney-genersl OF December a.
1885,, such spirits no ara covered by
transportation b,pds or expor. s,iou
bonds are allowed to remain Ia distil.
lery warehouses during u time rsa-
sonAoly necessary IN the process OF
expectation, even alter tho expiration
lof the three years limit
fixed by the wsrsb,nsias
bond. This time was limited nv my
predecessor, With the approval OF Ia 4
secretary az tbs treasury, 10 ssvsp
months, not bSins abo 10 ees thu n.
cetsity for so long time ~ accom-.
rlish the transportation Of tho spirits
g che port OF export. hava.
with the eporovh ~ the
present. secretary, reduced ths time
u 30 DAYS and 40 limited tia ,ime
within which suoh bonds may be al. q
a. to collect the tax on or before the
expiration Of the time, three vpAfs,
within which spirits may remain IN
dt-tillery warehouses. The only tiEt
now obtsiushla In excess NJ three
yesrs IN ths which occurs tnrorsh the
ne, esasry delay In enforcing tn, pay.
ment OF the tax.
They Paid no Attention 10 n.
WAsHiSoroN, Nov.2i Reports from
spsciEl aeents of thu saroral land ~ a.