Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-29
PUSH The THIEVES.
Energy of the Government Exerted to-
the Fullest to Punish the Cuban
Postal Thieves.
Porto Rico Promised Prosperity by the
New Regime Under Governor
chas. H. Allen.

New Regime 5U Under Governor
chas. H. Allen.
Excess Of Custom Receipts in Manila
and Hawaii Over All Previous
ID s5$ Records.
Washington, May 20. Washington
has not in many years seen as prompt
and vigorous official action as that
which followed the discovery of the
Cuban postal frauds. Every agency
Of the government has been set at
work to bring all the facts to the sur!
face and all the guilty parties to JUS
tice. The fact that the men who are
charged with these crimes were, when
selected, men whose integrity had
never been called in question does not
reduce in the slightest degree the vigor.
with which the investigation is being
pushed or the plans laid for the pun
! ~ =
ishment of every guilty man. +.
Senator Foraker had prepared an
elaborate document relative to the levy
and collection Of taxes in Puerto Rico.
translated in the division Of customs
and insular affairs, war department,
together with a translation Of the
Spanish Puerto. Rican tariff and a
statement Of the auditor for Puerto
Rico. The paper gives a. verbatim
copy of the tax schedule as levied by
the Spanish government, to be used as
a foundation for the collection Of re-.
eeipts. The yoluminous list provides
forEtaxes on everything and everybody
save educational and religious insti-5
tutions supported BY the state. s
The tariffs relating to the tax on in
dustry and commerce are i've in num-
Der, having as a basis the scale of pop
ulation Of the several cities and towns
of the island. s5t5 sss53 ss55'
An annual school tax Of 81 per cap
ita is imposed on various persons,
classified and specified in said orders
The taxes required to be paid by
means Of internal revenue stamps are
as follows: NJ *
On certificates issued by any Of the
bureaus, internal revenue offices, GUS
tom houses, and courts Of Justice, 50
each. ,]s# }7s
y s A tax Of one tenth of a cent is re-:
quired on each box Of matches.
tax OF 3 cents per liter Gin addi-5s
ton to the consump ption tax and 4 Ii
.censes required By, nunlcipalitie is
required Of manufacture Of brandy,
rum, or other alcoholic liquors. to be
paid By means Of. internal revenue
stamps, to be affixed to each bottle
vessel, or package containing the class
of liquor described.
Zss All mines pay b tariff according to
the class of metal extracted, gold pay
ing more chan copper, iron and other
metals.
yearly tax Of $40 was imposed for.
each salt claim composed of 150, 900
square meters; according to the law
OF 1895. the tax now imposed is s24
for 100, 900 square meters.
Under the general statutes (Spanish
laws, August 22l / 1884 a fee Of 10 30
pesos was required. ii stamp duty, for
each trade mark issued and registered.
The fee is now collected ID money
lS7 so ], the stamp duty tax stamped
paper) being disco ntinued
The metrical system Of weights and
measures revenue is derived from the
fine Of $40 imposed for any infra ction
of regula atoms issued by the secretary
8of finance, dated March 1S, 4 1S99.
There is q uniform consumption tax
OF z cents per pound on all oleonar-
garine imported into or manu- actured
In Puerto Rico For the collection OF
this tax the collectors Of customs are
appointed collectors Of internal reve-
nues, and il Is provided that the tax
on oleomargarine imported into the
island shall be collected at the GUS
tom houses at the time Of the importa-
lion. .8 5s8s
There Is 4 tax Of 20 cents on every
pack Of playing cards imported into
Puerto Rico, to be collected by llect-
ors Of customs acting III the capacity
Of Internal revenue collectors
The taxation Of lands on the island
is based upon various scultivations and
the uaIity of The land taxed. n ac-
cordance with the various cultiva-
tions, there are taxes on cane lands.
coffee lands, tobacco lands. pasture
lands, minor produce lands, and forest
lands. In accordance with the quail
j ity Of the land, there are taxes Of the
FIRST second, and third Glasses; the
first class comprising the best land.