Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-15
COMMISSIONER MILLER
HIS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE BUREAU.
A Synopsis Of the Elaborate Report Of the Workings
Of the Department -OlsOmargarine Taxes
Observation-Disclosures Of
the Revenue Laws

| mas submitted MS annLll report 10 the
Secretary of the Treasury. 1t is an elabo-
rate document of 1l5 printe6 pages and
gives detailed account Of the operations
of the Internal Revenue Service during
the past fiscal year as compared with the
previous years. The total receipts from
all sources of the Internal Revenue taxa
tion for the fiscal year, ended June 30,
1886, were SIG, 6,902, 800, as compared
with SIP, ,42l, l21 for the year 1885, Sl21,
59O,O for 1854, $l44, for
the year 1888, and STAG, 523, 273
for the year of 1882. A statement Of
Withdrawals for consumption during the
present year as compared with the preced-
ing year shows large increase in all arti-
cles of taxation, except snuff, of which
there was a decrease of $l95, 747. The
principal increase was i'll cigars, cigarettes
and spirits distilled from grain. The cost
of collecting during the year was 81, ,299,-
AS, being about SO per cent of the
amount collected. The collections during
the previeus year cost 81, 455, 430, or about
). 9 per cent OF the amount collected. The
receipts during
THE FIRST THREE MONTHS
of the present fiscal year were S2S, ,9O4, 90i,
an increase of $3.50, AL over the receipts
during the corresponding period of last
year. The increase was mainly OH tobaC-
co and fermented liqnors, although there
was a small increase in The receipt from
spirits distilled from apples, peaches or
grapes. The principal decrease was in
the tax on spirits distilled from materials
other than apples, peaches or grapes, and
in the special retail liquor dealers tax.
1t is estimated that the sum of $llS, S,0OO,-
600 will be collected during the current
fiscal year from the various sources of in
ternal revenue.
In making this statement Commissioner
Miller says his Office is much embarrassed
by the presence of n new source of revenue
-oleomargerine-and the entire absence
of any statistical information as TO the
quantity manufactured, the number of
factories engaged in its production, and the
number of persons or firms engaged i'll
selling the same as wholesale and retail
dealers.
1t was estimated that the receipts for
the last fiscal year would be not less
than Sl5, GOO, 600. The actual receipts
exceed that sum by Sl,902, $50, eight
hundred and siXty-eight violations OF
Internal Revenue Laws have been reported
by rcuenue agents during the year; 6}7
persons have been arrested on their intOr-
nation; property to the amount of Sl36,-
S0j has been reported by them for seizure,
and Sl2i, 020, for assessments for unpaid
taxes and
PENALTIES.
The number of illicit stills seized during
the year was 56I and number of persons
employed therein arrested was l,2li.
The seizures were principally in Georgia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and
Virginia. The amOuht expended during
the year i'll detecting and Furnishing per-
sons for violation of Internal Revenue laws
was 81, sol.
Property to the value of S2S6,9S2 was
seized during the year for violations of the
law.
The estimated expenses for the fiscal
year amount to 5 ,23G. 440, of which 81,
500, 600 is for salaries and expenses of col
lectors. 81 $50, 600 for salaries and eXpcn-
SeS of revenue agents, surveyors, gaugcrS,
storckccpcrS, etc. and 1896, 40 for salaricd
officers, and employers of the Commission
er's Office. The estimate for salaries of
collectors are based on an
estimate of their probable collections.
The estimate for the Commissioners
Office includes an appropriation for IN al
ditiOnal Chief Of Division and increase OF
force, rendered necessary by the Oleomar-
garinc law.
The number of stamps issued during the
year was $50, ,0Gl ,029, and their value
Sl35, 1l2, 305.
TOBACCO.
The aggregate amOut of taxes collected
from tobacco during the last fiscal year
was S27. 9O7, ,36l. This includes Internal
Revenue taxes imposed upon imported
manufactured tobacco and snuff, and on
cigars and cigarettes. The increase Of
collections for the last fiscal year over
those for the previous year was
from manufactured tobacco, $sGj, ,O2j;
cigars and cigarettes, SJsl $50, special
$53, G9a. The production accounts show
an increase in manufactured Tobacco of
10. 19s, 2s6 pounds, in the number Of cigars
and cigarettes of ABB, j07, ,2i7, in tobacco
exported Of29, 359, 22O
Thenumber of cigars imported during the
fiscal year ended June 20, lss6, was 73,-
139,07s. The value of the manufactured
tobacco imported was So, ,939. The
amount of direct tax still due is g., 5Gs, ,959,
appOrtioned among the States as follows:
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia
and Washington Territory.
SPIRITS.
The number of distilleries registered
during the year was 6,2l2, and the num-
Der operated 6,034 OF this latter number
5O75 were fruit distilleries. The total
spirit producing capacity of grain and mo-
lasses distilleries in operation September
first, last was lS9,747 gallons per day.
The producing capacity Of similar distil-
leries operated September 1st, lSS0, was
2S2, 625 gallons a day. The number OF
grain distilleies registered during the year
was ,132 of which number $50 were Oper-
ated decrease OF 63 in the number regis
tered and An increase of 30 in the number
operated as compared with the previous
year. The decrease occurs in the class of
distilleries having the smaller capacities
for the production OF spirits, there having
| been a falling of Of seventy-four in the
number of distilleries Of the class regis
tered, and of FIVE in the number operated
In the larger distilleries there was an in
crease OF eleven in the number registered
and an increase Of thirty-seven in the
number operated. There were nine rum
distilleries registered and nine operated,
the same number reported for the previous
fiscal year. There were 500 fruit dis
tilleries registered and sos operated, an
increase of 500 in the number registered
and eighty-three in the number operated
during the previous year.
The quantity Of grain used in the pro-
duction of spirits during the year 10. 49,
332 bushels) is an increase Of 800, 1919
bushels over the amount used in the pre-
ceding fiscal year.
The number of gallons Of spirits pro-
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