Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-11-26
CARNEY AND M'AULIFFE.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
What the Internal Revenue Commis.
siouer,s Report Showa

WASHINGTON, November 25th.-Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue Miller has sub.
mitted his annual report for the fiscal yea,
to the Secretary of the Treasury. The
revenues from internal taxation during the
current fiscal year are estimated at S125,.
100000. The revenues for the year 1856
amounted 10 S124, ,326, ,475 80. as follows
Spirits, $50 306, ,166 Al, tobacco $50 662 431 so
fermented liquors S23,324 21S As, oleomar.
gerine 1854 ,1S9 SS, banks s., ,202 So, miscel.
laneous $165, ,316 As.
The aggregate of collections made in the
First California District was 81 ,S92. .647, and
in the Fourth California District S306.-
767 33. The total collections made for the
first three months or the current fiscal year
amount to S31, ,214 ,7lS 54. The cost of col.
lecting internal revenue taxes the last fiscal
year was S3,97S,2S 80. During the year
1,074 violations of the law have been re.
ported by Revenue Agents, 7s1 persons ar.
rested. and property of the value of Sl32..
744 35 reported for seizure. The estimated
expenses of the Bureau for the next fiscal
year are $4. 135. $50.
During the last fiscal year there were
manufactured IN California 1877, ,293, ,535
cigars and 4, $40 $50 cigarettes. There were
29.61T persons in California and Nevada
who paid special license taxes last wear
and there were.246 fruit distilleries in oper.
alton in California last year.
In reference to the proposition to abolish
the tax on brandy distilled from fruit, the
Commissioner says: at appears to be
probable that the relief of this article from
taxation would lead to the utilization of a
large number of different fruits for the
distillation of spirits, which might reason
able be expected to have an appreciable
effect upon the tax paid on grain and mo-
lasses spirits, with which it would come
in competition. Under the present law,
which practically confines brandy products
to the use of apples, peaches or grapes, and
despite the endeavor TO exercise as close
supervision as it has been found practicable
to apply to business carried on bv so
many individuals. and scattered over so
large an area, it is supposed that consid-
cradle percentage of the product escapes
taxation and even this amount is The
subject of complaint from distillers
of whisky, who declare that it is
perceptbly felt in some places If.
then, in addition to this fraudulent
quantity the Whole legitimate product OF
iruit brandy should be put upon the mar
ket tax free, and this should again be
swollen by the unrestricted use not only Of
apples, peaches and grapes. but of any and
all other fruits, under the inducement Of
fered for competition with whisky and
rum, loaded with a tax of 80 cents gallon.
believe that the grievance of the whisky
producers would prove not 10 be an imagin-
ary one. large quantity Of free fruit
brandy would surely be marketed in locali-
ties where the smaller grain distillers are
mainly situated. and could not fail to seri-
ously affect the business of the latter. The
reduction in revenue by the abolition of
the tax upon fruit brandy is not, therefore,
consider, to be measured by the sub,rac.