Taxation and Taxes in the United States Under the Internal Revenue System, 1791-1895; an Historical Sketch of the Organization, Development, and Later Modification of Direct and Excise Taxation Under the Constitution
Taxation and Taxes in the United States Under the Internal Revenue System, 1791-1895; an Historical Sketch of the Organization, Development, and Later Modification of Direct and Excise Taxation Under the Constitution
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...to be inferred that all of this product was for personal consumption.1 In the preparation of many patent medicines, it was utilized as the stock or body of the article; while so important was its use in the production of a certain burning fluid that it has been estimated that in 1860 over twenty-five million ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...to be inferred that all of this product was for personal consumption.1 In the preparation of many patent medicines, it was utilized as the stock or body of the article; while so important was its use in the production of a certain burning fluid that it has been estimated that in 1860 over twenty-five million gallons of alcohol were consumed in this way. The cheapness of the article made its use possible in a variety of domestic industries, while in the preparation of varnishes, imitation wines, perfumery, hair tonics, etc., it was a prime ingredient. 1 Vide "Finanz Archiv, 1887, Die Brantweinsteuer," Dr. J. Wolf, p. 320, in which the author gives the historical development of the tax, as well as the existing systems in various countries. 2 In 1801 the total receipts from the customs and the excise were $278,020,7112, the internal tax on whiskey producing $83,200,252 of this amount. One of the reasons why such commodities as distilled spirits, tobacco, and malt liquors find such favor in the eyes of financiers is what Professor Marshall calls the "inelasticity of their demand." Consumption does not vary with price, it is said, as it does in other commodities; for experience has shown that the demand remains about the same, no matter what the cost of production. In the case of other articles, a substitute usually presents itself, which more or less completely satisfies the want, while not infrequently the increase in the price effectually checks the demand. Not so in the luxuries under discussion, for as yet no substitute has been found for intoxicants or other harmful narcotics.1 This being assumed as true, the only problem which confronts the financier is an administrative one, --namely, the character and amount of the duty...
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