The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-15
VOLUME XXXv,---NUMBER II,
COMMISSIONER MrLIERs REPORT.
Iuternal Revenue Statistics for the Past
Year Comparisons,

NeAF-COmpAFiAons,
| WASHINGTON, D, O., Nov, l4.-The
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has
submitted his annual report TO the secre-
taly Of the Treasury, It is an elaborate
document Of ll5 printed pages, and
gives q detailed account Of tho opera,
tions Of the Internal Revenue service dur,
ing the past fiscal year, as compared with
previous years, The total receipts from
all sources Of Internal Revenue taxation
for the hscal year ended June 80, 1885,
were sll69O2,S $40, as compared with sll2,-
42l, ,l2l for the year 1885, Sl2l, 500 0S0 for
1884, $l44,554,Sii for 1883, and $l4B. $685.
97S for the year Of 1882, A statement Of
Withdrawal for consumption during the
past year as compared with the preceding
year shows large increase in all articles
Of taxation, except snuff, Of which there
was q decrease Of $lO5,747. The prinCip BAL
increase was In cigars, cigarettes and
spirits distilled from grain,
The cost ot collecting during the year
was 81 ,20O, ,4S5, being about 5 g per cent. OF
the amount collected. The collections
during the previous year cost $,455, $50,
or about 39per cent, Of the amount col.
leCted, The receipts during the first three
months oi the present fiscal were SIS, ,O04,-
904, an increase Of $3.50, ,44l over last year.
The increase was mainly on tobacco and
ieImented liquors, although there was q
small increase In the receipts from spirits
distilled from apples, peaches or grapes.
The principal decrease WAS In the tax
on splrlts distilled from materials other
than apples, peaches or grapes, and in the
special retail liquor dealers tax,
It is estimated that the sum Of $llS0 000,.
600 will bs collected during the current
fiscal year from the various sources OF in.
teEnal revenue, 10 making this statement
Commissioner Miller says his office Is
much embarrassed by the presence OF a
new source Of revenue, ,oleomsrgarine, and
the entire absenGe Of any statistical infor-
matien as to the quantity manufactured,
the number oI factories engaged In Its
production, and the number OF persons,
or arms engaged In selling the same as
wholesale and retail dealers.
1t was estimated that the receipts for the
last fiscal year would not be less than
$ll5,0O0,0OO. The actual receipts exceed
that sun by $780,, 500,
Fight hundred and slxty.elsht viola.
tlons OF the Internal Revenue law have
been reported by revenue agents during
the year; 037 persona have been arrested
on this information, property to the value
Of Sl3B, ,805 has been reported by them for
seizure, and $l2l ,020 for assessments for
unpaid taxes and penalties.
The number Oi Illicit stills seized during
the year was 604, and the number OF per.
soma employed therein arrested was !, ,2l4.
The seizures were principally In Georgia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and
Virginia. The amount expended during
the year In detecting aud puulshing per-
sons for violations oi the International
revenue laws was $l2,60l.
Property to the value ot $3.50 0S2 was
seized during the year for violations ot
law.
The estimNted expenses for the next fls.
cal year amount 10 Si,238. .440, Of which
Sl,OO00O0 is for salaries and expenses OF
Revenue Agents, Surveyors, GaugerS,
Storekeepers, Ptc, and S2O6, ,44Oior salaried
officers and employer Of the Commission
er's Otlige. Tl1 estimates for salaries OF
collectors are basod on an estimate OF
their probable collections. The estimate
for the Oommislloner'so ffice includes an
appropriation for an additional Chief OF
Division and increase oil force rendered
necessary by the oleomargarine law. The |
number oi stsmps issued during the year
was 55O,OGl ,O29, and their value $685..
ll9.3l5.