Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12
REVENUE.

Some Extracts from the Report Of .,
COMMUNICATING OF in tho Wv ~"
ceipts from Dealers in Spirits-Gro."
of tho Tobacco Trade Rccommen,'a
lions.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-The annus,
report of the Commissioner OF Internal Row
enue shows that the receipts of the bure,,
for the last fiscal year were SIP, 421, lel =
decrease of 50, 16s, 919 from those of las.
year and of over $4,000, 900 from the est.
mates. The largest collections were mada
in Illinois, amounting to sss, o75, s65, Ken.
lucky second, with s14, s42, AIS, New
York third, with Sl3, 1928, 845, Ohio
fourth, with S12, 565,516, Pennsylvania
fifth, with ST. 81, 900, Missouri sixth, with
S6,276, 1865, and Indiana seventh, with 81
OBJ, s66. The smallest collection was made
in Vermont, and amounted 10 $50, $40. The
IS, O76, GA for the previous fiscal year. Siy
hundred and twenty-four violations of in.
ternal revenue law were reported and two
hundred and thirty-four persons We're ar
rested. The Commissioner recommends al,
increase in the number of revenue agents. |
There has been a small increase in the
amour of taxes collected on tobacco, and
there has been marked increase in the man
u~facture of the weed and al unusually
large increase of the quantity of those
products exported to foreign countries.
The number of grain distilleries regis
tered during the year was 1,195, of which,
only 91S were operated. The Commission-j
or asks for legislation taxing all fractions5
OF a gallon OF distilled spirits, as several
large distillers have substituted pack
ages of ten gallons capacity and up
ward in the place of the orSnaryI
spirit barrel, in order to obtain the benefit
of the untaXed fraction as frequently
as possible. The Commissioner also reel
om,nends that the provision of the law UNI
der which g~rape-brandy products are perl
mitted three years. storage of their prod-3
ucts in special bonded warehouses be madei
applicable to distillers of brandy from alb
fruits.
The quantity of distilled spirits in thel
United States, except what may be in GUS
toms bonded warehouses October l, 1855,
was 80, 107,026 gallons, and the averaged
stock of each retail liquor dealer in the3
United States is estimated at 1901
gallons. There was a decrease of Sill
690.0l4 OF the assessments on dis
titled spirits made during the last
year from the amount assessed in the
RreVlOuS year, mainly because the produces
ton of distilled spirits three years ago was5
less than it was four years ago and becauses
large quantities of spirits, on which the taxi
had been due. were bonded for export and!
suffered to remain in the warehouse with
out payment or assessment of the tax for al
period not exceeding seven months.
Abiding to the reimportation of exported
spirits, the Commissioner says:
Resides the rAD0 On0 yolIons of 5omoe+Ioa
spirits on which the internal revenue tax has
never been paid, which remained in store I'M
foreign warehouses at the close OF the year,
there then remained in distillery warehouseSa
10 229,47 gallons of spirits, which had So
remained for 81 period exceeding the threae
years from the date OF tho entry foE&
deposit. 1t appears that under al opinionx
OF the Acknowledgement OF December 24,,s
1854, such spirits as are covered by transports
tatiOn bonds or expectation bonds are allowed
to remain in distlllcry warehouses during al
cEportation. even after the expiration of the!
three-years limit fixed by the warehousingS
bond This time was limited by my predeces-j
sor with the approval OF the then Secretary Of
the Treasury TO seven months. Not being able
to see the necessity for so long q time to ac-
complish the transportation of the spirits to
the port OF export, ] have, W tn the approval
OF TIE present Secretary, reduced the timc to
thirty days, and so limited the time within
which such bonds may be filed as to collect
the tax on or before the expiration of the time
three years, within winch spirits may remain
in dIstitlcry warehouses. The only time now
obtailabie in cNcess Of the three years is that
which occurs through the necessary delay iI
enforcing the payment OF the ta..