Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-26
I STAMP LAW vI0LArERs.
Deputy Collector Kemble After TIL,
Express Companies.

Deputy Collector Kemblc After the
Express Companies.
Des Moines, Sept. 26.-The United
States internal revenue department and
the local officials of the express compa-
MES are having little set-to that bids
fair to be aired in the United States dis
trict court at its next session in Novem-
Der. Deputy Collector Kemble charges
that the companies have been violating
the revenue laws and says that he has
evidence of violations that he proposes
to submit to the next session of the
grand jury. The expressmen claim that
the violations were purely technical, if
there were any, and We're the result of
oversight on the part of employees,
whose duty it, was to see that receipt
books We're properly stamped.
Mr.. Kemble said yesterday: Some
weeks ago the agent of one of the COM
panies complained to me that employees
of another company were violating the
law by failure to stamp certain receipt
books and specified a particular book.
went to the express office and de-
manded to see 1t. and when it was
shown me l found that stamps We're
missing. l was asked where ] re-
ceived my information and told. This
agent then referred me to the receipt
books of firms on the East Side doing
business with my first informant's
|agent, and in going over them l found
a number of places where the stamps
had not been put on. j also ascertained
that in nearly every instance the cent
was collected for the revenue stamp.
reported the matter to the collector and
be rafa 10 hi
suit was a special agent for the ex-
press companies came out here and re-
ported that had made misrepresenta-
tions. This went to the department
and the matter came back to me again,
with the result that / have just con-
Guided most thorough examination
and have secured evidence that l claim
shows violations of the war revenue
measure by every express company do
ing business in the city. This l propose
to submit to the officers of the depart
ment of justice.
Il have found that in some instances
proprietary medicine or documentary
stamps We're used instead of those pro-
Ivided for express receipts, etc. / have
ialso found large number of express
receipt books that We're not stamped at
all, and altogether have great deal of
evidence to sustain my charges.
The revenue department has just
made a ruling to the effect that all doc
tors advertising as specialists must
stamp their medicines the same as man
ufacturers of proprietary medicines.
Deputy Collector kemble has received
a circular instructng him to that eff
fleet. 1t says: All mixtures or pre-
lscriptiors by whomsoever sold, the de-
mand for witch is created by circulars.
circular letters or public advertisement.
and which by reason of such solieita-
ition pass through the mails. OF express
Office. to the consumer. This includes;
preparations made by physicians or
! other, persons who seek patronage by
jpostoffiee or by printed circulars 81 ad-
/ vertisement or solicit the afflicted by
means Of classified lists of afflicted per-
sons
| The letter of Instructions continuing
4 says that this is to apply to all special
lists. etc. and that the tax must be
icoilected at the rate of 121s cents foi
ievery s. worth of medicines dispensed
lit is also held that the selling or retail
tprice OF the remedy shall include III,
slfee charged for the physicians service
4 Collector Kemble is engaged in notify
ling ali advertising specialists to comply
With this section, render an account q
lsales made and in TIE future TO STAMP
Hall medicines sold