The sun., 1891-06-08
THE BOUNTY ON RAW SUGAR.
FROM sIeoo0,00o TO sfS,Ooo,ooo TO
ME PAID WITHIN Il YEAR.
Tho Internal Revenue snresu Ersp.ri.s
Ruics and Regulations under Whioh the
1a,,rtv shall Rs Applied For and Paid.


r,. rnterr., Revenue Bnreau frepsries
y,,.. and Regulations Under which the
nn,nty shall Re Applied For and Fasd.
w,sp,yoroy. June 7-Wlthin a year from
,,,v I tho Treasury Department will nay to
s,,,,,s OF tho United States between s12.0O0.-
oon aud IjUOl 1000 as u bounty Tor raising
s,,,,,r. This INN will be disbursed In various
,or.ions OF tho country. Tho most oil II will 40
- J.ouisiana for he production OF cane sugar.
oycr 81 900. 900 W Il be paid to tho farmers In
Ssw England States. New York. Ohio. Illinois,
aod the Northwestern .,tates for the produc-
,,,n OF sugar from maple sap. large sum
nilI pc d, str buteI In Kansas. Nebraska Iowa,
md l'ai otnin. among those VINO make sugar
from beets and sorghum cane.
The d,str rbution OF such great sum OF
n,n,y among so many people so widely sepa-
,,t,j and the pains that must be taken to pre-
,,,, fraud upon The Govern ment will be IN
,,lertaking considerable magnitude Every
o,ncs the millions OF pounds OF sugar pro-
aucei must be weighed, auh samples OF 1t
,ss,si AMI inspected by Government lnspec.
tors. W 10 will be appointed Tor that purpose.
This work will be done under the direction OF
tia In or al l,ovenue Bui eau OF the Treasury
Dcpnrtment and viii be conducted with such
thor1ugnncss and systom rs TO prevent and
deic t fraud .
The tOuntv 10 De DV1u tOT no pTOuuCtIOu OI
American SUGAR Is au horizsJ BIZ the Tariff
law commonly known rs the Mckinley bill.
The law provides that the producers Of sugar
which tests 81 degrees by the polariscore shall
receive bounty OF cents per pound. and
III SO producing sugar testing less than 30 and
mot less than 80 degrees shall receive o bon nty
oi / ;, cen s per pound. The law ais, provides
regulations undet which tho bounty shall be
sFTi'l FTns II ;, step necessnry for n sugar pro-
durr It. no wSnss @ 10 aSIl h,msei Sc 81 ths
Lev.n,le OF the distr let wherein lie lives for u
license be- ore July /. The a. Collector will E,ye
nno,,i Of sugar expected to DO produced. the
icSa,ion q! tnt factory; and the kind Of ma
returned 10 The Collector. accom- panied by l.
lom re!GlnE The lroducar TO a faithful OBJ
ne aw s ani b9eGsH phs
o. .'s sugar RIO !" r. rriassd. Tie lowest ocnd viii
bond bon cn is 'xn c,ed to be reauiled has al
paae raS SeS Il epSu Is o s5oo and sss
PRODUCTION "i 5.0ou. 900 pounds of sugar. No
charge WI! te madS for ,he ,ssgsnss 9, Of u,
tue license before July l. in order to obtain
the bounty when the sugar is ready Tor market.
ami pIared III barrels ready for shipment to
The purchaser. the Government inspector will
to "HS lest I and Inspect it. and certify its strength
and value t" the Commissioner Of Internal
hs,enue who WI in turn ih f1rTard . the certii. Ger
approval, after when warrantfor the amount
OF the bounty will he issued.
Til. testing OF sugar to ascertain It's saccha-
line strength is an interesting operation. One
would think that the way TO discover how sweet
aber m !e1 oSi ,SOt The deSree o. swesnsss Is
demonstrated by the sense OF sight rather than
!he sense Of ia te such is the chse howeyer
cuar little instrument ami Discovers the
amount Of saccbarine matter in 1t. The in
What r sem bles a small tsIescope. and is about
eighteen INCHES iong and mounted on stand stand.
h ,a9y S tss5 smD
OF suenr is placed in n certain amount of water
aud allowed o dissolve Q until It becomes almost
Q long bolt .. which is naced in the instru-
pent. The inspector stands al, lighted lsmsg
looks through the Instrument 1t is seen that
the ray Of light from the lamp In passing
to sde al
angie. He moves one end Of the ola. iscope
pH hs of light iSe is
ysa seof the ses. scas %sses
s%ecbarins Strength r Of % % deeress TSs
nss, & hs aS M
where there Is :! !eat bulk Of sugar belonging
test every barrel or package. In that case the
producer will assort his product III three-barrel
lots. according to It's color. and the inspector |
vii! certify the three burrels upon the basis of
one sample taken at random.
The Internal Revenue Bureau IL very busy
mnking preparations to carry the bounty law |
in'"e1sct The chemist OF the bureau Is pre- |
Garing the weights and the graduated glass |
sc,pe The utmost care must b.. taken with |
tni| work. and nbsolu accuracy Is necessary. |
When the twelve inspectors are appointed |
thes must be instructed In the use Of the deli |
este instrument and It's care. The Bureau OF |
hngraving aud Printing. is preparing tho |
y rn.es TO be issued an the form Of the bonds.
Applications s are beginning to pour into the |
IN c, OF the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue |
FOR licenses. There Is every indication that |
IN" farmers OF the West who raise beets and
immense plantations of cane. and the farmers |
OF The North with their groves of maple trees |
are M ly alive to the tact that the Government |
Intends t. pay them for their Industry In ad- |
diton to the market price they will receive for |
their products. and they mean to get all they |
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