The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-07
CAPITAL NEWS.
THE DRAWBACK ON SUGAR.
The Treasury Department Creates New
Grades of sugar ami fixes the
EprhWhRek Thereon.


Drawback Thereon.
WASHINGTON, Sept 6.--The Secretary of
the Treasury issued the following this after
noon.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office Of Secretary,
Washington Sept. g. J
In the matter of the drawback on sugar
section 3o1o Of the Revised Statutes directs
that there shall be allowed on all Earticlss
wholly manufactured Of materials imported,
on which duties have been paid. when re-
exported. as drawback, the full amount paid
on each material and no more to be aseer-
tanned under such regulations as shall be
presented by the Secretary Of the Treasury
The ascertainment OF the proper rates Of
drawback on sugar has been extremely diff
cult from the changes made III the desc1ip-
ton of sugar imported, the rates OF duty Inn
posed by the law and the new inventions In
| machinery used In the process Of refining
sugar. These have made 1t necessary to
change the reg ulations for the drawback on
sugar from time to time. ! am entirely satis-
fled, by careful examination of the subject.
especially OF the reports made by the com
missions recently had In New York, Boston
and Baltimore, that the rates Of drawback.
| fixed by the regulations Of December IT, 1875,
are too high, and amount to more than the
duty paid by importers on the raw sugar used
in the manufactures and refineries, ana now
amount to bounty and an actual loss to the
government of q very large sum.
The chief difficulty growu of the elassi-
tieation Of sugars by the Dutch standard,
which fixes color rather than value as the
only element in determining the rate oi
duty, while, In fact sugars of darker color art
often more valuable than those Of lighter
color. This makes 1t the interest Of the pro
Queer either to give q darker color to sugar
In the process Of manufacture, or to arti
ficially color the sugar after the manufacture
| with view to obtain lower rates of duty il
drawback. This Is then fixed at SO much pc
: hundred.
The interest OF the refiner is to use the low
J est possible grade which will give the re
quired yield Of refined sugar and thus reeeiv
back from the government q greater sun
than has been paid for the importation Of tn
raw sugar. This difficulty thnnot be oh
. Waited except by change OF tho law and al
that the department can do Is to ascertain
from time to time, us nearly as practicable
the value paid on the raw sugar and fix th
, drawback at no more and no less than thi
sum.
= In the intrieaeies Of this duty, am satisfies
that the following rates Of drawback will d
= better than any general rule. The govern
: ment will refund the duties paid upon th
t raw sugar used, to wit: In loaf and loa
crushed, granulated and powdered refine'
| sugar, stove-dried, Or dried by other equal
effective process, entirely the product {
, foreign countries, duty paid sugar-s.tse pc
t pound. On refined white coffee sugar. Ill
! dried and above No. 20 Dutch standard G
| color entirely the product Of foreign eour
5 tries, duty paid sugar-2.5sc per pound.
On all grades Of refined coffee sugar {
No. 90 Dutch standard and below In color
entirely the product Of foreign countries
Q duty paid sugar. 21Sc per pound.
6 On syrup, resulting entirely from the refir
$ ing of foreign duty paid sugar, e1}4c per ga
! lon The allowances on sugar to be subject
the deduction of one per cent, and the allow
t arrees on syrup to the deduction Of ten pc
. cent. us prescribed by law. The rates {
drawback herein prescribed will take effect o
ard after October, 1877.
| JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary.