The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-07-28
THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

Collector OF Internal Revenue John c..
Quinn is having 4 large number Of
licenses for the manufacture Of sugar
during the year commencing tomorrow
filed out for prospective manufacturers.
They are TO insure the proper distrIbu-
ton OF bounties guaranteed by Congress,
which passed an act appropriating be-
tween $l2,000,000 and $15,000,00O for
that purpose.
In speaking OF the bounty and the
manner in which it is to be distributed,
Collector Quinn SAID: Z" intend giving a
blank form to each manufacturer, either
actual or prospective, to be filed up,
stating the amount Of sugar expected to
be produced, the location OF the factory,
and toe kind Of machinery to be used.
This statement must be returned, ac-
companied by bond pledging the pro-
Queer to a faithful observance Of the
regulations concerning the granting Of
the bounty. The amount of bond win
vary with the amount OF sugar to be
produced, the lowest to be not less than
$500, which will authorize the manufac-
turc Of 500 pounds OF sugar.
HEAVY BOND.
% We Go not expect to have rs heavy
bonds rs ether places-Louisiana for in
stance, where one bond OF $50, 600 has
been fled Tor authorization to produce
100000 pounds. No charges viii be
made for license, but it is absolutely ne
cessary that the license be issued by July
ist (to-morrow), i'll order 10 obtain the
bounty when the sugar is ready for the
market.
"When the sugar has been produced,
refined and placed in barrels ready for
shipment, Government inspector will
test and inspectit, and certify its strength
and value to the Commissioner OF Inter
mel Revenue, who will in turn forward
the certificate to the Secretary OF the
Treasury for his approval. A warrant
will then be issued for the bounty.
1.-THE testing OF the sugar to ascertain
its saccharine strength is an interesting
operation. The degree OF sweetness, con
trary TO the first method one wonld think
OF, is not ascertained by testing it, but it
is determined by the sense OF sightrather
than taste. The inspector examines the
sugar through a little instrument and
discovers the amount Of saccharine mat
ter in It. The instrument is the polari-
scope "a sort Of telescope, eighteen
inches in length. \ quantity OF sugar
IS dissolved in a certain amount OF wafer.
MAKING THE TEST.
The solution IS then put into an
oblong bottle and placed in the polaris-
cope, at one end of which is a lighted
lamp. He sees that the rays OF
light are refracted considerably to one
side. He moves one end of the polaris-
cope until the rays are Strengthened,
and this movement is registered on a
scale OF degrees. If the scale marks
ninety degrees the sugar contains ninety
degrees of saccharine strength. Such
sugars are entitled to a bounty Of 2
cents, and it is on this basis that all
bounty is to be paid.
This amount OF from twelve to fif-
teen millions will be paid out to citi-
zens during the next year by the Treas
ury Department. Most OF it will go to
louisiana for the production OF cane
sugar. Over 81 100000 will be paid to
farmers in the New England States,
New York, Ohio, Illinois and the North
western States for the production OF
sugar from maple sap. Another large
sum will come to California, Kansas,
Nebraska and Iowa for sugar from beets
and sorghum cane. The internal reve-
nue. is very busy on this scheme and the
farmers are awakening to the TACT that
the Government actually means to pro-
tect and foster one of their most paying
industries. S. f. Call.