St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-16
CREATE A DEFICIT.
Secretary Carlisle Objects to Pass
age of a Free Sugar Bill.

Secretary Carlisle objects to Pass.
age ola Free Sugar Bill.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Secretary
Carlisle has written letter to Senator
Harris, acting chairman OF the finance
committee, as follows:
Treasury Department, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, Aug. Is, 1894
Hon. lsham q. Harris, Acting Chair.
| man Finance Committee-Dear Sir:
Your letter advising me that the house
| OF representatives had passed and sent
to the senate bills putting sugar, coal.
iron ore and barDed wire on the free
list and requesting an official statement
from me as to the effect the passage
of these bills, or either of them, would
have upon the revenues of the govern
ment, Is received, and in response |
have the honor to say that, according TO
the most careful estimates that can be
made ON the proposed revenue legisla-
ton which has recently passed through
congress, the total receipts into the
treasury during the current fiscal wear
will be as follows:
Estimated revenues for the fiscal wear
ending June so, 1895: From duties on
imports, senate bill, including S43,0O0,-
00O on sugar, Sl79.030,000 from internal
O0O,O00; fermented liquors, S33, 900, 900: {:
income tax, SIS, ,000,0 900; oleomargarine,
Sl,SO0,0O0; playing cards. $1,000, 900;
miscellaneous, 100000: total internal
taxes, S179,000, 600; from sale of public
lands and other sources. 20.000, 900;
total estimated revenue. S37S, 700, 900.
The Estimated Receipts
for the present year from the proposed
tax on incomes and playing cards, and
the proposed additional tax of 20 cents
per gallon on distilled spirits are, it will
be observed, much less than is stated in
the various tabulated statements which
have heretofore been used in the dis
cusSion of these subjects, but am salts
fed the amounts here given are approx
imately correct.
The proposed income tax will not be
payable by the terms of the bill re-
Gently passed suutil ION or before" July
l, 1895 which is the close of the fiscal
year; and it is estimated by the COM
missioner of internal revenue that by
reason of the large stock on hand, the
receipts from the tax on playing cards
will not amount to more than 81, 900, 600
during this year. The estimated in.
crease OF receipts on account of the ad-
ditional tax on distilled spirits during
the present year has already been pre-
vented to great extent by the with
drawal of large quantities of goods from
the bonded warehouses and the pay
ment of tax thereon at 90 cents a gallon.
and this process is still going on. The
total expenditures during the current
fiscal year will be as follows:
Civil and miscellaneous, including de-
ficiency in postal revenues, 800, ,O0O, 900;
war. including rivers and harbors, S56,-
100000; navy. including new vessels
and armament, $50, 100000; Indians,
100000; pensions, Sl4S. 100000; in
terest, $30,500,000; total eXpendi,
lures, 1868, 100000. Estimated SUR
plus for year, S15,000,0OO. The
duty on sugar proposed In the re-
cent bill will, according to importations
of that article during the fiscal year
1898, yield an annual revenue OF S43,-
01S,59S, and the duties on the other arti.
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