. Financial history of the United States . he internal duties (as estimated in a report ofthe committee on ways and means, December 9, 1817) wereas follows : — Year Accrued Collected 1814181518161817 fo,262,i976,242,5044,,002,000 $1,910,9954,976,5305,281,1113,000,000 Total $17,140,500 $15,168,636 The annual cost of collection was high, varying from per cent. The most productive of the excise duties werethose on distilled spirits, the licenses for stills and retailers,and on auction sales. The system was not long enough inforce to become effective in its administration or to a
. Financial history of the United States . he internal duties (as estimated in a report ofthe committee on ways and means, December 9, 1817) wereas follows : — Year Accrued Collected 1814181518161817 fo,262,i976,242,5044,,002,000 $1,910,9954,976,5305,281,1113,000,000 Total $17,140,500 $15,168,636 The annual cost of collection was high, varying from per cent. The most productive of the excise duties werethose on distilled spirits, the licenses for stills and retailers,and on auction sales. The system was not long enough inforce to become effective in its administration or to afford thetreasury officers definite data for reliable estimates. Thislatter difficulty was increased by the fact that there was toolittle general information at that time in regard to public re-sources or industrial conditions. The three direct taxes imposed, with collections, were asfollows: — Year Imposed Collected )p3,ooo,ooo6,000,0003,000,000 ;?-?.= i>i,4i)72,162,673 4,aS3i635 1,834,187 $2,0000000 INDIANS WAR. $8,000000 E,000000 4,000000 2,000000 0 |. NAVY ^ x^ K / \ 1 ,/ >-n [\—1—T—T — r 1 1 1 1 1
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