Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-23
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Decision Regarding Tariff Euties on
Steel Rails.
THE WINE FOgTIFICATION ACT.
New Treasury Notes Soon to be Is
sued-Funds for Agricult-
ural Colleges.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN.I
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE WINE FORTIFICATION ACT.
(sFEaAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN.I
FoRTIFICATION OF SWEET WINES.
Instructions to Internal Revenue Collec-
tors Regarding Crane Branlies

WASHINGTON, octoter 22d.-One of the provis-
ions of the existing tariff law is that makers of
sweet wines shall be allowed the use of grape
brandies free of tax for the purpose of fortify-
ing their wines. These wines, however, are not
to contain more than 81 per cent. of alcohol
after fortification. The Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue is charged with the duty of
transferring brandy to the bonded warehouse
or distillery where it is made into wine.
The proper execution of this law requires
large number of new stamps and the prepare
ton of new regulations, but in view of the
pressure of the work it is impossible to procure
a supply of stamps until after the LIST of Deem
Der. BY that time the vintage season will be
passed, and wire-makers Will be precluded
this year from all benefit intended by the Act.
To provide ag ainst this the Commissioner has
instructed the Collectors at San Francisco, New
York and elsewhere TO notify the persons in
terested that he will consider applications to
refund the taxes paid on all spirits which may
have been used in the fertilization of sweet
wines, provided the spirits SO used and the
wines so fortified are such that no tax has been
paid on the spirits
The Internal Revenue officers have been sup
piled with proper stamps to attach TO the differ
ent packages. He has further instructed the
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 used hereafter
INTERPRETATION BY COLLECTOR SEARS.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 22d.-Collector of the
Port ears yesterday gave the following I'M
portant information: 1 have Just received the
following dispatch from the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue:
Until further instructions you may Kermit
brandy distillers to pay tax on spirits produced
at their distileries, and 20 use such brandy in
certifying sweet wines produced by them under
limitations of Act of LIST inst and supervision
OF your officers, who will make and preserve q
full record OF the transactions. Applications
for refund should show whether tax became
due on the spirits so ued before, on or about
the list inst.
(oigned) JOHN W. MASON, Collector.
After careful consideration, construe this
telegram to mean as follows
First-That brandy produced by distillers may
now be used to fortify sweet wines.
Second-That tax must first be paid on all
such brandy, and it must be properly stamped
Thitd-That a refund of all money paid as
taxes on such brandy SO used in terrifying sweet
wine will be granted upon proper Claim beng
mace.
Founh-No refund will be allowed on brandy
produced and gagged previous to, or on, the lst
day of July, 1890.
Fifh-That if such brandy, used as specified
herein i'll sweet wines, was produced as gagged
after July l, 1890, then there is no question of
his right to refund the money paid as tax on
brandy used as stated
Sixth-Sueh brandy can only be used under
the supervision OF revenue officers.