Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-28

The General Public Not Well Posted on
the Sublect-No Bounty to BE Paid on
Sugar Manufactured Prior to July 1
Next-Ample Provision Made to Pre-
vent Fraud by the Producers.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-One is led to
the conclusion, from the flood of letters
being received at the treasury depart
ment. that people generally do not I'M
derstand much about the bounty which
is to be paid upon the production of
domestic sugar, Notwithstanding the
! numerous statements that have been
| published
The Regulations
In the first place. no bounty is to be
paid upon sugar produced in this coun-
try prior to July /, next. The sugar
section of the new tariff bill. or law
went into effect on the lst of April, but
only the features which make reductions
| i'll the duties and places certain grades
upon the free list have effect before July
L. AT the latter date there begins a
bounty Of two cents pound for all the
pure maple, beet or cane sugar produced
in the United States, provided the pro
ments No one will get ANYTHING for
the maple sugar produced this spring.
Soldiers, their widows, orphans or de-
pendent parties can not get a pension till
they meet certain requirements as to dis
ability. death on other basis of claims,
and so the bounty to be paid upon sugar
comes only after certain requirements as
to production are fulfilled.
r1,.,i Ia,
from maple trees, beets. sugar cane, or
sorghum. should write to the collector
of internal revenue of their districts and
ask for a sugarmaker's blank application
for license. Tho blank which will be
sent will give the name and address of
the applicant and the character Of sugar
to be manufactured,
The machinery will be described in
the application, methods, extent of pro
posed production, and so forth. If the
application meets the requirements the
collector Of internal revenue will for
ward a blank bond. which must be duly
executed Oath is made before any one
authorized to administer an oath for the
state The bondsmen are held in "A sum
which the collector estimates the apph-
cant expects to get annually in the way
to any honest citizen. The idea is to
make all who intend to do business with
the federal government and benefit from
its munifcence be responsible for their
representations.
The collector Of the internal revenue
is enabled to arrive at very fair
estimate of the amount Of sugar a com
munity is expected to produce, and can
III advance of the market day arrange
for the inspection. When the sugar is
made the producer will notify the collee-
tor of the internal revenue. who in turn
will require a sample of the product and
then some place will be designated, the
most convenient for the producer, to
have his sugar inspected Where the
production is large the inspector will
visit the place Of the producer. Where
the production is small the producers
will be required to bring their sugar to
some central place for inspection.
There will be twelve inspectors ap~
pointed soon and very little delay will
follow when a collector is notified that
there is sugar for inspection. When the
inspector has done his duty he will give
the producer a certificate showing that
he has produced so many pounds of such
and such a grade. Unless the sugar
shows certain degree of purity no
bounty is paid, and there are about three
grades of bounty, two cents pound be-
ing the bounty for the best. and one
and one-half cent IA pound for the lowest
grade.
The certificate to the producer is a
warrant. which he forwards here to the
commissioner of internal revenue. and
when it is audited draft is issued and
forwarded to the producer. The draft
can be cashed anywhere without dis
count. There will be as little delay as
possible in the work here and by the
collector of internal revenue in each dis
trict and also at the hands of the in
spectors. The department is determined
to make this bounty as muniticent rs
possible, and Of course it would be of
little benefit if unnecessary obstacles
were thrown i'll the way of anybody.
To Prevent Fraud.
Your correspondent asked the commits
siOner of internal revenue the other day
what provision was made to prevent
frauds, such as one producer, after draw
ing bounty upon his production, pass
ing it along to his neighbor and permit
ting him to draw bounty. I'VE have
ample regulations in the way of tagging
and keeping up community reports, and
besides. there is law which imposes a
very heavy fine with imprisonment for
fraud of any character i'll the sugar
bounty business said he.
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