Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-23
Interesting News for Sweet
Wine Men.
Lack of Stamps Not to Cramp
Their Business.
New Small Treasury Notes Soon to
Be Issued.
Gold Medals Awarded to Gallant Life
Savers-Pension Agents Must
File New Bonds.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-One of the pro-
visions of the existing revenue law, is
that the makers Of sweet wines
shall be allowed the use of grape BRAN
dies free of tax for the purpose of for
tifying their wines. These wines, how
ever, are not to contain more than "a
per cent of alcohol after fortification.
The commissioner OF internal revenue is
charged with the duty OF transferring
brandy to a bonded warehouse or dis
tillery where it is made to wine. The
proper execution of this law re-
quires a large number of new stamps,
and the preparation Of new regulations,
but in view of the press of other work,
it is impossible to procure a supply OF
stamps until after the 1st of December
By that time the vintage season will be
past, and wine-makers will be precluded
this year from all the benefits intended
by the act. To provide against this, the
commissioner has instructed the collect
ors of San Francisco, New York and
elsewhere to notify persons interested
that he will consider applications
to refund taxes paid on all spirits
which may have been used in the forti-
fcation of sweet wines, provided spirits
so used and wines so fortified are such
that no tax need have been paid on the
spirits. The internal revenue officers
have been supplied with proper stamps
to attach to different packages. He has
further instructed collectors that they
may use special bonded warehouse
stamps properly altered, in lieu of the
regular stamps required by law, and
which are to be Issued hereafter.
Encouraging Reports.
Secretary Rusk said to reporter to-
day that he was receiving encouraging
reports of progress from J. H. Sanders,
special agent in Great Britain, relative
to the removal of British restrictions
upon the importation of American live
stock.
Aid for Agricultural Colleges.
Today the secretary of the interior
signed certificates for the amount Of
$4,000 each, appropriated under the
act of congress, approved August 30
1890, for the present year, in aid of agri-
cultural and mechanical colleges in the
following states Indiana, Kansas, Ohio,
New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts,, Delaware,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,
Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota,
Oregon, Wisconsin, New Hampshire,
Alabama, Idaho, North Dakota and the
territory of Mexico.
| Gold Medals Awarded.
The secretary of the treasury has
awarded gold medals to members of the
Evanston, Illinois, life-saving crew, for
heroism in rescuing shipwrecked sea-
men last year.
Small Treasury Notes.
Treasurer Huston said today that he
will have ready for issue by the 1st
proximc, a large supply of one, two and
tfve-dollar treasury notes, and that they
will be used in the purchase of silver
bullion, in order to meet as far as pos
sible the present demand for notes of
small denominations.
Must Give New Bonds.
The attorney-general of the interior
department has expressed the opinion
that all pension agents now in Office are
by the new pension law required to give
new bonds. Pension Agent Barclay, at
Pittsburg, has notified the department
that he will not file new bond, and
Secretary Noble says he will be dis
missed.
~ Silver Offerings.
The offerings of silver to the treasu ry
today, amounted to 1,274,00 ounces !;
the amount purchased Sic, 900 ounces, as
| follows: $4,000 ounces at $1.0925 !;
100, 1000 at $1.O939; 100000 at 81 .O940 !;
| 100000 at 81 .O943: 20O. 900 at 81 .O943 /:
200, 900 at $l.0944.