Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
rHr GREAT AND VITAL QUESTION or
raR DAY.
what Shall be Done with the Surplus T.
Interesting Internsl-Revenue ris-
ures- Personal and Postal.
,.,ora nnr Rernlar Correspondent.l

oTI,cisl scratches his pate and wonders what
Is 10 he done. AS yet the commonplace
finkc,s have not fully rpized The situation,
or thousands OF schemes would DC on the
market. Bot the better sort OF politicians
and ,be few VITO have real claims TO being
regarded ~ statesmen have begun to think
out the problem. In his message, the
president made no specific recon-
mendalion. The Secretary OF the Urea
sury went further. but his plan has
no, vet received anything like the
nopolar approval which Is necessary TO In
sure adoption. The people think slowly on
economic questions, and sometimes they do
moi think at all. They leave their thinking,
unfortunately. TO = class OF men who are
interested individually in the solution.
There is lust now no learly.formulated,
incisiye programme OF action before the
public hy which the III that exists may DE
healed and ils recurrence prevented. IL
would be easy to paw out. II It we're known
that the surplus was 10 be distributed toany
particular enterprise the lobby would De
crow ded. "6iye us our share " would De
the general yociferaiion; but the nation IS
happily not In a wastcful mood. Republic
can work in that line was ample FOR gene
ration to conc.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
A study OF the annual report Of the Com.
mi.siouer Of internal Revenue brings out
some interesting facts. After one or two
general statements will devote some al
tention 10 the features OF local interest TO
Nirginians and North Carollnians.
The total receipts from oil sources OF ill.,
ternal revenue are, for the five years pre-
ceding and in, ludng the last fiscal year,
winch ended June so, 1886. as follows por
PURPOSES Of comparison, with view TO bet
ter make appear the reduction IN these
wears. let uS begin with the last menlioned):
For 1856, SllG.9O2. S69.44 for 1850, I'll H.
42lI2I.O7; fr 1854, Sl2l.j9O, O39.S3; Tor
1883. S144, j53.34l sc, aud for 1852, sliG''
523. 213.12.
The increase IN spirits over lSS1 was
SI.5SI .O55.S7; in tobacco and its products,
S1.jO0, 27i.0j IN fcrmented liquors. sl'ffo'-
g49 2G: in miscellaneous receipts there was
a decrease Of s2O,jS2.3l. The increase OF
aggregate receipts was s4.4Si,,4S 81.
The receipts by collection districts were
for Virginia and North Carolina as follows:
second Virginia, Andrew l.. Elicit, collec'
Tor. 81 $50. 2IO.50; Fourth Virginia, George
NJ. Helms, collector, S6j1, 1926; Sixth
Virgins. HAMILTON Sheppcrd, collector,
s7,5.O26 o.; Fourth North Carolina. Isaac
j. Young, collector. Sll,Si7.8; Fourth
Moth Caroliuq, William II. Marlborough,
collector, S50l, 1928; Fifth North Caro-
lima. Andrew j. BOYD. collector, SSH
SSl.g7: sixth North Carolina, Clemett
Dowd. collector. $3.50, 222.73. The aggre-
gate collections Of Virginia were In the last
fiscal wear a.. gS2, 127.10; Of North Carolina,
Sl,1if, 1922.
The genual internal tax receipts for the
first quarter Of 1887 compared with tue
first quarter Of the past fiscal wear a. fol-
lows: SpiritS-lSSG, S1j, So, 1Ol.6S: 1884,
s15.I33. POI. 19-a decrease OF 1924, 1899.
Tohacco. &c.-1SSG, S7,ll4.2S9.1O; 1851,
S137S. giG S7-an increase OF S26i, Gill.
Aggregate receipts, including mlseella-
neous. are SIS, gu .lG3.06 for 1856 and S2S,-
904. 1903. S2-an increase over lSSG OF $685.
44O.16.
The cost OF collection was for 1886 As
follows: For salaries and expenses OF COLI
lections, &C.. Sl,76i 22S.S7; for salaries
and Expenses Of agents, gaugers, &C.,
St.s34. 6SS.j4; for stamps, paper, and dies,
S409. 1881; for expenses OF detecting ana
furnishing violations OF internal-revenuc
laws. So. 1861 s.: for salaries OF officers,
&c, in Office Of commissioner, S2lS,Sl0O5.
The total expense OF collection last year,
s4.299.4S5 -. beng about 3.6 per cent. Of
the amount collected. The percentage OF
1885 was 80 per cent. Of the collections Of
that year.
ILLICIT STILLS.
OF the Illicit stills seized 80 were de-
siroyed in the Fourth virginia and l wa,
removed; 10 persons were arrested and
6mploy6 was wounded. In the Sixth Nir-
gInia still was seized and DESTROYED. In
ihe Fourth North Carolina : stills were
seized, destroyed. and Q persons were ar
rested. In the Fifth North Carolina 90
stills we're seized, : removed, aud b per-
sons arrested. In the Sixth North Caro-
linr ~ still> were seized, 10 were removed:
and persons arrested.
In The Fourth Virginia SSj9.90 was eX-
PENDED In collecting revenue in 1856 in
The Sixth virginia. $500; in the Fourth
North Carolina. $22S; in the Fifth North
Carolina. as: IN the SIKH North Carolina,
SlgS.
In Virgin a the seizures Of property for
violations Of revenue laws during the first
quarter OF the present fiscal wear have been:
Miscellaneous. SiG2 %; spirits, 96i gal
Ions. value SSU; tobacco, pounds, value
S2i
In North Carolina the seizures for the
same period have been: Miscellaneous,
SS3j.j0; spirits. 2,G0S gallons, value
$l,i76.90 tobacco, G9i pounds, value 800.
CIGARS.
The number Of cigar.mlnuiactOries in
Virginia, l12. using 1,l23,7f9 pounds Of
tobacco and manufacturing 40.33), 4Gi
cigars; i'm North Carolina, % factories,
using 232 LOG pounds Of tobacco aud making
2,2l3,jl5 cigars. No cigarettes were en-
tered. In North Carolina 5l,1UJ,2j0 were
made.
Virginia had during the calendar year
ended December 81, lSSJ. 2lS tOblccO-iIc-
tories, using q total Of material GO, l33,9Sj
pounds; North Carolina had POI factories.
materials used i'm which were 2l,43j,9lS
rounds. Of tobacco manufactured the to-
tai j. 1j,22G.ll0 pounds for Virginia and
1i,lGG.2 9S ior North Carolina. The stamp,
required respectively, 2,Gll,201.Si and
SaSo,4SO.40.
The grain disnlleTies registered IN Nir-
gina in 1856 were 43-operated 81; i'm
North Carolina, 3ll-Operated 800. The
fruit disti.lerie, registered in Virginia were
l.3li-op rated, 1882; in North Carolina.
l,NO-opentcd. l,S56. By districts the
number l. as follows: Fourth North Caro-
lima, II operated and registered, the daily
spint capacity Of which did not exceed
oN EANlN III tut J. Ul1 NuIlu ' hpllnt, ~
registered, 90 operated; in the sixth North
Carolina, 2jG registered, 800 operated; in
the Fourth Virginia, II registered, ope-
rated in the Sixth Virginia is registered.
10 operated. OF stills, the daily grain ca
pacity Of which did not exceed } bushels,
10 bushels, 81, the tables are too extensive
for Iecapitua,ion here. The Virginia to-
tai are l3 registered and operated for the
Fourth district, and 80 registered and -
operated for the Sixth district. The North
Carolina totals are r. registered and ope.
rated in the Fourth district, % registered
aud CO operated in The Fiiih district. and
256 registered and 229 operated IN the Sixth
district.
The quantities Of grain or other materials
used in the production Of distilled spxtS
Wa a. a. follows: Virginia. ,0SS bushels
in the Fourth district; 2I,12l in the sixth
district. NORTH Carolina Fourth district,
6,S52; Fifth district, 2S,7Gl; Sixth district,
IA, i9l.
N WAREHOUSES.
Quantity 81 taxable gallons Of spirits re.
manning m the warehouses North Caro-.
Tina, l2S,O3S, chiefly corn whiskey; 1871
greater part rye, and other bourbon 10 tue
Fourth Virginia, and 23s, 29j rye ia the
Sixth firginia.
hp us Withdrawn from warehouse dur
ring be last hscai year: Fourth North Ca
foina ll,221 gallons, mostly corn whiskey;
fiith North Carolina, "a ,G33 gallons, most
~ corn whiskev; Sixth North Carolina.
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