Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Receipts Tor the Last Fiscal Year.
s1i2.isi, l22-Cost OF Collection
sl.I55. 1870.
4 Decrease in Collections on Spirits. ana
an increase on Tobacco Sparks
Recommendations.


revenue shows that .the total receipts
from internal revenue taXation for the
fiscal wear ended June 30, 1885, were
lHll2I2l ,l22, as compared with SIP, l5O,-
O3q for the previous year. II was csit-
mated that the receipts for the last fiscal
year would be- about 5,00O,O00 but
they fell over a2,uOg,OOO short OF the
estimate, resulting from the seven
months extension allowed for the eXpor-
tation of distilled spirits in bond, on
which tax was due There are now
about seven million gallons of distilled
spirits abroad, which, in order to find a
market, will have to be imported.
4 table giving the receipts during the
| last two fiscal years shows that there was
u decrease ofs S9,3i7l77 in the collcc-
| lions on spirits and an increase of $751;
/ lSs ON tobacco, an irCrease OF Sllj,ls1
on fcrmcnted liquors and an increase of
s2l ,5js from banks and bankers, The
/ total decrease was S9,lGs,9l9 The largest
/ collections were ma lc in Illinois, amount
l Ing to S23 ,01j, $50; Kentucky second, with
! SIl,st2,47j: New York third, with Sl3,-
s23,Gfj: ohio fourth, with Sl2, jGj,jlG:
I Pennsylvania 9th, with S1,87l POS; Mis-
souri, sixth, with SG,27G, lGj, and Indiana
seventh, with S4,O3l,GSG. The smallest
collection was made in Vermont amount
ing TO SEQ $50. The total receipt, for the
first quarter OF the present fiscal year
were S2s,G10,l7g, being an increase OF
S2a, SOC over the collections during the
corresponding period OF the previous lis
cal year The cost of collection Tor the
present fiscal year was l,4jj, 1870 against
~5,01G,9l for the previous fiscal year.
The total expenses of the service during
. - ulAnnt Af
the amount collected. Six hundred and
tWcnly-four violations OF the internal
revenue Law have been reported By
revenue agents during the year, and
2$i persons have been arrested on their
information. Property TO the value OF
Slal 900 has been reported for seizure
and Sd, 2Gg for assessment for unpaid
taxes aud penalties. The commissioner
recommends an increase In the number of
revenue agents.
The report Of the tobacco industry for
the last fiscal year shows gratifying re
suits. Not only has there been a small
increase in the amount Of taxes collected,
but there has been marked increase OF
manufactured products, and an unusually
large increase of the quantity OF these
products exported TO foreign countries
The number OF grain distillcrics regis
tered during the year was ll95, of which
only 9ls were operated. The commissioner
invites special attention to the necessity Of
legislation having for its object the taN-
ing of all fractions of gallon of distilled
spirits, and says that the operation of
the present system OF taxation has re
suited in the loss of very appreciate
amount of revenue. lie adds that the
plan hns been accepted at several large
disiillcrics of substituting packages OF
ten gallons capacity and upwards in place
of the spirit barrel OF ordinary size, for
! the sole purpose, apparently, OF OBTAIN
/ Ing the benefit of the untaScd fraction as
/ frequently rs possible. The commits
| .ioncr also recommends that the pro-
| visions OF the law under winch grape
/ brandy producers are permitted the
years storage of the product in special
I bonded warehouse be made appiablc to
diStillcIS OF brandy from all fruits
The quantity of distilled spirits in the
| United States, except what may be in
custom bonded warehouses on the list
day Of October, 1855, was %, lO7 ,02G gal-
Ions, and the average stock OF each re-
tail liquor dealer in the United States Is
estimated at 90 gallons, There was a
decrease of SlG,90t in the assessments on
year from the amount assessed in the
previous year, mainly because the pro-
duction OF distilled spirits three years
ago was less than it was four years ago,
aud because large quantities Ct spirits
on which the tax had become due
were bonded for export and
suffered to remain in the warehouse with
out the payment of an assessment of
tax for period not exceeding seven
months
Abiding to the importation OF exported
spirits the commissioner says Besides
the 1000, 900 gallons OF domestic spirits
, on which the internal revenue tax has
never been paid which remained in for
cign warehouses ut the close of the wear,
there then remained in the distillcry
warehouses l,O29,2l9 gallons of spirits
which had so remained for period cX-
Cccdug the three years from the date of
entry tor deposit. It appears that under
an opinion of TIE attoney-gcn
crul of December 2S, 1854,
such spirits rs are received by
transportation bond or expectation bond
are allowed To remain in diStilcry ware
4 houses during time reasonably ncces.
,ary in the process of expectation, even
after the expiration of the three years
limit fixed by the WarehouSiug bond. This
time was limited by my predecessor with
the approval of the secretary of the
treasury to seven months. Not being
able to see the necessity Tor So long a
time TO accomplish the transportation ol
spirits TO ports of exports, | have, wish
the approval OF the present secretary, re-
duced the time To thirty days The only
time ohtainablc in excess OF three years
Is that which occurs through the ueces.
sary delay in enforcing the payment o
the tax
THE FIRE RECORD.