Mr. GARFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I am free to say, as I understand the nature of the business upon which this law rests and the purpose of the House in getting revenue from spirits, the section now under consideration is most vital to the cflicienc of the law. Unless we can have a thoroug system of inspection by which the Government may reach all distilled spirits we may abandon all hope of having complete returns of revenue from this source. We may, by making these provisions eflicient, greatly relieve many other industries of the country. We may, as they have done in England, make this one of the 6 articles to pay the entire revenues of the country. We may relieve the agricultural interest, the mechan ical, and other small industries of the country by laying the burden upon this article. This article has this peculiarity in comparison with every other on which we lay tax: on this, as the tax now stands, the Government owns 9 10ths interest in every gallon which is distilled, or near that. If one gallon ese apes the tax the distiller saves 9 10ths. It therefore becomes necessary to double and quad ruple provisions to prevent illicit distillation. It has been said it would be a troublesome arrangementtoputanins ector into everysmall distillery. Take a small istillery in Kentucky of 5 barrels a day, and that is a small distillery. 250 gallons a day would pay to the Government $500. Allow 300 working days in a year, and we have $150,000 revenue derived from one distillery of 5 barrels a day. Now, there are distilleries which, if honestly administered, will pay the Government $20,000 a day. Now, the owner of a 5 barrel still that pays to the Government $150,000 a year, most certainly can afford to put an inspector over it and ay $1,500 perannum for the performance of his duties. It has been found out in the progress of the operation of this law that these little copperdistilleries have manufactured a great quantity of spirits. They are scattered all over the country, and especially in the South. In a single collection district of Georgia there are 1500 such small stills. glHere the hammer fell.] Mr. ingERSOLL. Iwithdraw my amendment.