The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-03
BONDED WAREHOUSES.


An Alliance Argument Knocked Out By
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
No Governments Warehouses For Whisky.
In the campaign two years ago the
Farmers Alliance orators laid great
deal of stress upon the alleged fact that
the government built warehouses for
whisky and refused to do the same
thing for the products of the Tarm. a
great system of government ware
houses in which to store wheat, corn
and oats was then and is still one o1
the principal reforms advocated by the
alliance. The republicans explained
that these whisky warehouses were not
built by the government, but in spite
OF this the alliance orators succeeded IN
deceiving great many people, and the
rank and file of the alliance actually
believe to-day that they are being dis
criminated against in favor of the
whisky interest. The have lately
been sending petitions 90 senators in
support of this warehouse plan and de-
mandirg 20 know why the government
cannot do as much for them as it does
for the distillers- In order to show
them the utter absurdity OF their posi-
ton and to reveal to them the extent
to which they have been deceived by
| their leaders, some senator referred one
OF these petitions to Internal Revenue
Commissioner Mason and received the
following reply:
IN reply would say that the United States
| does not nov and never has built any ware
| houses for distilled spirits Thers is no law
| authorizing the expenditure OF public money
| for this purpose. All distilled spirits with the
| exception OF brandy distilled from apples,
| peaches and grapes. are deposited in a ware
| house provided by the distilier himself until
the tax has been paid Dis,illers OF brandy
/ from apples, peaches and grapes either pay
| taxes upon the spirits soon as produced or
| the spirits are deposited in q bonded warehouse
| erected bT private individual and stored there
| until the tax becomes due, nut in no case Is the
| government liable for any expenses incurred in
| the storing OF distilled spirits Of anv kind Be
| fore aay Iistiller commences ~ CperIta dis
| tillcry. he executes q bOu1, q condition OF
| which aEong other things i for the payment
| OF tax upon spirits produced b. him, and
| when spirits are p!acsd ia the warehouse. which
he IS required TO provide an additional bond.
| known US the warehouse bond is executed
for q payment Il tax upon n, said spirits.
Every alliance man in Kansas has
read In his party paper ana ha5 hearu
alliance orators tell of the enormous
amount of money spent b. the govern
ment in building the warehouses above
referred to. They will read this official
statement and then wonder whether
their leaders knew no better, or
whether they wilfuily practiced decep-
ton Every candid man is bound to
reach one of these conclusions, aud II
makes but little difference which one.
In either case he is likely to make W
his mind that the men who led him
into such gricvous error cannot safely
be followed. The farmers of Kansas
have learned good deal in the past
two years and the fellows who have
been preaching calamity will be over
whelmed with the genuine article
Emporia Republican.