The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-23
Collections Amounting to More Than Four
Million DolIars-Work of the Bureau and
Suggestions of the Commissioner.
The Mugwump at the Capital, and the
Low Estimate Placed Upon Him.
Advice to Congressman Who Contemplate AS
sailing the Civil-Service Law-Unusually
Important Ruling as to Public Lands.
INTERNAL REVENUE.


Special to ne Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22-The annual report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows
that during the fiscal year ending June 80 last
there was collected by Horace Mckay, collector
of the Sixth Indiana district, $2 SIG 476, and by
Collector VIM. d. H. Hunter of the same dis
trict, $215. Csc. VIM. w. Carter, of the Seventh
district. coll ected $1.11O, 761, and Thomas M.
kirkpatrick, Of the Eleventh district, collected
$18S,970. The collections in the State amounted
to $4, OBJ, e66 during the year. Indiana was one
Of very few States wherein there were no seiz-
ures of property for violations of the internal
revenue laws
Indiana has 46S cigar manufactures, and dur
ing the year they used 1041 597 pounds of to-
bacco, which produced 1857, 100 cigars. No
cigarettes were made by them. There are eight
tobacco factories in the State, and during
the year they used r. 946 pounds of leaf tobacco,
11,030 pounds of scraps, 2616 pounds of licorice.
6,2S3 pounds of sugar and 3S7, ,4S9 pounds of 9TH
er materials. and have $780, 553 pounds of tobacco
in process Of manufacture. They produced 49,
3O2 pounds of plug tobacco, 44,385 pounds of
smoking tobacco and 1866 pounds of snuff, max
ing total of "A, 343 pounds.
Fifteen rectifers paid taxes in Indiana during
the year, and 5.9l5 retail liquor dealers, 78
wholesalers, 405 manufacturers of cigars, Ii
dealers in leaf tobacco Is dealers in leaf tobacco
not exceeding twenty yfve pounds, II, 260 dealers
in manufactured tobacco manufacturers of to-
bacco, 20 peddlers of tobacco, AZ brewers, 1G9 re-
tail dealers in malt liquor, wholesale dealers in
malt liquor, making total of "a, 0S7.
Indiana has 16 registered grain distilleries,
of which are operated, and 80 registered fruit
dsteries, all of which are operated. There
were 995, 63S bushels Of grain purchased at the
distleries, producing S97 240 gallons of spirits.
General Operations of the Bureau.
To the Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The annual report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows that
the total receipts from internal revenue taxation
for the fiscal year ended June 30 1885, were
$l12 421 1872 as compared with $121 500 O39 for
the same period last year.
There are now about 1000, 900 gallons of dis.
titled spirits abroad, which, in order to find
market, will have to be re-imported. This, with
more than 10, 600, 600 gallons that had, on June
80 last, been in bond for three years or longer,
less the seven months extension, afforded
ceipts for the current fiscal year would
aggregate at least $l15 900, 600. A table giving
the receipts during the last two fiscal years,
shows that there was decrease of SO. 394 1T in
the collections op spirits, and an increase Of
$344, ,688 on tobacco increase of $40 1927 on
fermented liquors. and increase of $24. 558
from banks and bankers. The total decrease
was SO, 16S 9l9. The largest collections we're
made in Illinois, amounting to $23 075 S65; Ken
lucky comes second. with $l4 S42 475; New York
third, with $l3 S23 645; Ohio fourth. with $12,-
565, $40; Pennsylvania fifth, with $7.371, 2O9;
Missouri sixth, with Sc 276 l65 and Indiana sew
enth, with $4,03l, 666. The smallest colec-
ton was made in Vermont, amounting to
500 800. The total receipts for the first quarter
of the present fiscal year were $28, go 749 being
an increase Of $23, S66 over the collections during
the corresponding period of the previous fiscal
year. The cost of collection for the present fis-
cal year was 81 455 430 against SIS 076 914 for the
previous fiscal year The total expenses of the
service during the past year were about 3 per
cent of the amount collected.
Six hundred and twenty-four violations of in
ternalrevenue laws have been reported during
the year, 234 persons have been arrested on the
information of special agents. property to the
value of $171 .052 has been reported for seizure
and $52, 500 for assessments for unpaid taxes and
penalties.
The commissioner recommends an increase in
the number of revenue agents
The report of the tobacco industry for the last
fiscal years shows gratifying results. Not only
has there been a small increase in the amount
of taxes collected, but there has been q
marked increase of manufactured products and
an unusually large increase of the quantity of
these products exported to foreign countries
The number of grain distlleries registered
during the year was 1,159, of which only 9I8
were operated. The Commissioner invites spe-
cia attention to the necessity of legislation hav
ing for its object the taxing of all fractions of a
gallon of distilled spirits, and says that
the operation of the present system of taxa
hoe faH in tha IF
appreciable amount of revenue. He adds that
the plan has been accepted at several large dis
tleries of substituting packages of ten gallons
capacity and upwards in place of the spirit barrel
of ordinary size for the sole purpose apparent
ly, of obtaining the benefit of the untaxed frac-
| ton. The Commissioner also recommends that
the provisions of the law under which grape
brandy manufacturers are permitted three years
storage of their product in specia-bonded ware
houses, be made applicable to distillers of
brandy from all fruits.
The quantity of distilled spirits in the United
States, except what may be in custom bonded
warehouses; on the 1st day of Oct. 1885.
go 107 026 gallons and the average stock of each
retail liquor dealer in the United States is est-
mated at $50 gallons.
There was a decrease of $l69, OLA of the assess
ments on distilled spirits made during the past
wear from the amount assessed in the previous
year, mainly because the production Of distilled
spirits three years ago was less than it 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 ware
| houses without payment or assessment Of tax
| for period not exceeding seven months. AL
| uding to the reimportation of exported spirits,
| the Commissioner says:
Besides the 1000 600 gallons of domestic
| spirits on which the internal revenue tax has
| never been paid which remained 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 re-
| NAMED for period exceeding the three years