The world: historical and actual . s-ury and the Treas-urer, and the varia-tion of a penny inthe account wouldbe detected at head-quarters and call foran explanation. During the latewar nearly everyconceivable methodof taxation was re-sorted to. Beforethat time the receiptsfrom customs or thetariff and from thesale of public landamply sufficed tomeet the demands ofthe government. Atone period the rev-enue was excessiveand Congress wassorely puzzled toknow what to do with the surplus. The exigenciesof war rendered necessary the creation of theBureau of Internal Revenue. Since the restor-ation o
The world: historical and actual . s-ury and the Treas-urer, and the varia-tion of a penny inthe account wouldbe detected at head-quarters and call foran explanation. During the latewar nearly everyconceivable methodof taxation was re-sorted to. Beforethat time the receiptsfrom customs or thetariff and from thesale of public landamply sufficed tomeet the demands ofthe government. Atone period the rev-enue was excessiveand Congress wassorely puzzled toknow what to do with the surplus. The exigenciesof war rendered necessary the creation of theBureau of Internal Revenue. Since the restor-ation of peace the domestic taxation has been great-ly reduced and simplified, until now it is almostwholly confined to spirits, distilled and brewed, amito tobacco. The tax on highwinen was 82 per gal-lon for several years and the temptation to defraudthe government was so great that the enormouscombination was formed known as the WhiskyRing. It was a case of spontaneous evil spread and seemed to lie incurable until it /-. was exposed, prosecuted and crushed during the twolast years of Grants last term of office. The in osicomplicated and elaborate feature of the TreasuryDepartment is the one having to do with the col-lection of duties ou imports. Nearly every Congress tinkers the tariff, and it takes a rare expert to bemaster of the subject in its practical workings. Theobjects of these levies are twofold, the raising of revenue and the fos-tering of domesticinterests, productiveand who insistthat a tariff shouldbe for revenue onlyare called free-trad-ers. As a rule, theprotective policy hasprevailed in thiscountry. The Secre-tary of the Treasuryhas no voice in de-termining the policyto be adopted; butthe rules and regu-lations promulgatedby him bear to thestatutes much thesame relation thatthe decisions of thecourts do to law ingeneral. This re-mark applies, onlyless conspicuously,to the other depart-ments. There is atax on the tonnage,or carrying
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