The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
THEY WILL NOT ESCAPE
MEN WHO STOCKED UP TO GET
AHEAD OF THE NEW LAW.
Deputy Collectors of Internal Reve-
nue. Sent Ont to Gather in
the Taxes.

Assistant Deputy Revenue Collectors
Blankenship and Boone, appointed recently
yesterday reported for duty and they will
be sent out over the State working with
Deputy Collector Without among the deal
ers in tobacco and cigars in the collection
of the one-half increase assessment of
stock purchased from the factories between
April IA and June IA. When the new law be-
gan to be talked of tobacco dealers and
brewers Immediately began to take on stock
in order that they might partially escape
the higher revenue law which they knew
was coming. This was about April ID. The
government officials easily caught on to this
move, and the order is that all stock taken
between April IA and June IA, the day the
law went into effect, shall be assessed one
half of the increase of tax. The tobacco
dealers of Indiana are not complaining, it
is said, at the local revenue office, but
acting in really patriotic way. They go
so far even as to prepare invoices of their
stock when the collector is expected. These
invoices he compares with the stock and his
work is much expedited thereby. 1t is
stated that the brewers generally are not
showing this spirit. They complain that
while the tobacco dealers are assessed but
one-half of the increase on stock received
between the dates mentioned they (the
brewers) must pay the whole premium, 81
barrel.
Notices were sent out to the brewers of
the State yesterday morning calling upon
them to invoice beer in stock June IA and
get ready for the visits of the collectors
Saloon keepers even are not immune from
this provision. If the collectors find that
saloon keeper has on hand dozen barrels
of beer, or enough over his usual stock to
make it appear that he bought heavily in
order. to- somewhat escape the increase in
tax, he is made to pay the regulation 81
barrel on the surplus.
No new instructions or stamps have come
to the local revenue office, but copies of the
decisions of the Treasury Department.
They state: Special taxes on and after
July will be imposed as follows:
Bankers, graduated, minimum .............$50
brokers' ........'.'.....'.'.... 9U
HaWnDrokeFs ........................... ~
Commercial brokers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
custom house brokers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
ProprietorS of theaterS, etc ................. 100
Proprietors of circuses .....................10 100
Proprietors of shows for money ........... 10
Proprietors OF bowling alleys and billiard
rooms, for each alley or table ...........
Dealers in leaf tobacco graduated, mini
Dealers in tobacco whose sales exceed
oVVUU POUNDS IL
Manufacturers of tobacco, graduated,
HnlIlIihuHi 80. .......'..'
Manufacturers of cigars, graduated, mini
Manufacturers and packers of mixed
hour .......:..:. II
1.-THE latter tax is not imposed until sixty
days after passage of the act-that is, Aug.
IL, 1898. All persons engaged in the business
on that date are required to make return
before the end of August and pay the spe-
cial tax reckoned from Aug. l to the first
day of July following