The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-09
THE sIieAR RnlINTY-

| WAsHINGToN, June S-Within a year
| from July 10 the treasury department will
pay to citizens of the United States be-
! tween S12, 600, 900 and sl5 00O, 900 as bounty
! for raising sugar This sum will be dis
bursed in various portions of the country.
| The most OF it viii go TO Louisiana for the
production of cane sugar Over s, ,O0O.O0O
will be paid to the farmers in New Eng
/ land states, New York, Ohio, Illinois and
the northwestern states for the production
of sugar from maple sap. The largest sum
will be distributed in Kansas, Nebraska
Iowa and California among those who
make sugar from beets and sorghum cane.
The distribution of such great sum of
money among so many people so widely
separated. and the pains that must be
taken TO prevent fraud on the government,
will be an undertaking of considerable
magnitude Every ounce of the millions
Of pounds of sugar produced must be
weighed and samples of 1t tested and In
spected by government inspectors, who
will be appointed for that purpose. Thls
work will be done under the direction or
the internal revenue bureau of the treas
ury department and will be conducted
with such thoroughness as to prevent and
detect fraud. The bounty TO be paid for
the production of American sugar is au-
thoriZed by the tariff law commonly
known as the Mckinley bill. The law
provides that the producers of sugar which
tests 80 degrees by the polariscope shall
receive a bounty of &c per pound, and
those producing sugar testing less than ~
degrees and not less than SO degrees shall
receive bounty OF 194c per pound.
The law also provides regulations under
which bounty shall be applied for and
paid. The first step necessary for a sugar
producer, if he wishes TO avail himself Of
the bounty, IS TO apply to the collector OF
internal revenue of the district wherein he
lives for a license before July l. The col
lector will give him blank to be filed up,
stating the amount OF sugar expected to
be produced, the location of factory and
kind of machinery TO be used. This state
ment must be returned to the collector, ac-
companied by bond pledging the produc-
er TO n faithful observance of the law and
regulations concerning the granting of the
bounty. The amount of the bondrequlred
will vary with the amount OF sugar to be
produced The lowest bond will be 5000,
which will authorize the production
of 500 punds of sugar.
The internal revenue bureau is very
busy making preparations to carry the
bounty law into effect. The chemist of
the bureau is preparing the weights and
the graduated glass TASKS which are to be
used with the palariscope. The utmost
care must be taken with this work, and
absolute accuracy is necessary. When the
twelve inspectors are appointed they must
be instructed in the use Of the delicate in
strument and its care. The bureau OF
engraving and printing is preparing the
licenses to be issued and the form of the
bonds. Applications are beginning to
pour into the Office of the commissioner OF
internal revenue for licenses. There is
every indication that farmers who raise
beets and sorghum, the planters of the |
south with their immense plantations of
cane and the farmers of the north, with |
their groves of maple trees are fully alive
to the fact that the government intends TO |
pay them for their industry in addition to
the market prices they will receive for |
their product, and they mean to get all |
they can for their products.