St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-25
REVENUES NOW COMING IN
At a Rate That Relieves the
Department Of Further
Anxiety.
RECEIPTS FROM INCOME TAX
Promise to Exceed Estl-
mates---Sugar Revenues
Increasing.

WASHINGTON. Jan. q An eneOur-
aging report OF the prospects for an in
crease of the government revenues Is
given by Representative Mcmillan. Of
Tennessee. as the result of long talk
with Secretary Carlisle. His statement
is the first authentic information OF the
administrators view Of the outlook,
ald shows that the receipts from the in
come tax will greatly exceed the estI-
mate made by the department. Mr.. Nc
MILAN is chairman Of the subcommittee
of ways and means, to which the bill
TO double the tax on beer was referred,
and he called upon the secretary to ask
his opinion of the necessity for such a
law. When asked ABOUT the bill he
said
Oar committee has not yet acted on
the measure. spent good portion OF
the day lii conference with Secretary
Carlisle and Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Miller concerning the reyen ue
and the necessity for an increase OF rev
enue. l would not, of course. relate our
conversation. The secretary, may say,
however. is much encouraged by the
increase of revenue this month. lie
does not think the deficiency of reYe-
nue. will continue a great while. Com
missioner Miller has had an estimate
made by the collectors of internal rev.
enue as to the number of persons and
corporations who will pay an income
tax, frcm which it seems that there
will be much more collected than the
department estimated when the income
tax was under consideration. The
Revenues Are Picking Up.
During the fiscal year we have COL
lected from Internal revenue sources
IS, 100000 more money than during the
same period of last year. The sugar
tax has yielded but little revenue vet
because of the large stocks OF free
sugar on hand when the tariff law went
into effect. But from that source we
will from now on receive heavy TeVe-
nueS.
in answer to your first question. [
would say that | presume it viii not be
our policy to impose any additional tax
On any article unless we need additional
revenue. If we shOald need more 1t
will be the part Of policy ana WIS
dom to raise it by taxation, rather
IMAM DY increasing our DOllu IuutDLSU-
ness. What should be taxed additions
ally in the event of need for further
tax will be question for the committee
to determine"
''On what do you base your statement
that inquiries develop the probability
OF an increase from the income tax over
the estimates of the Department. was
asked. -
.On this: There are sixty-three col
lection districts i'll the United States.
Returns Of estimates have come i'll from
only thir[y-six of these, ana the esti-
mated number Of persons and corpora
lions that &ill be sssessable therein is
243, 80. and returns are not in yet from
many OF the heaviest districts, such as
San Francisco, Brooklyn, Pittsburg, St.
Louis and Philadelphia. The internal
revenue department, computing by the
census aud other returns. only esil-
mated that there would he So, 900 indi-
vidual income taxpayers in the country.
1t is true that this number embraces
both corporations and individuals. 1t
looks as though the worst Of the trouble
from depleted revenues was over"