The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-07-21
THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

Collector of Internal Revenue Johh "
Quinn is having a large NUMBER %
licenses for the manufacture OF suso-
during the year commencing to-uoi.o"
filed out for prospective manulactuI.IL
They are to insure the proper aistllou
tion of bonnties guaranteed by oong'Gso'
which passed an act approprlaatddlnlsS So
tween $12,000,000 and $l5,Ooo,oVo io'
that purpose.
In speaking of the bounty ana tue
manner in which it is to be disIr,uu1ou'
Collector Quinn said So intend giving
blank form to each manufacturer, ei'ne'
actual or prospective, to be niieu ap,
stating the amount of sugar eXpee'ou "
be produced, the location OF the iactoly'
and the kind of machinery TO DC useu.
This statement must be returneu, az
companied by bond pledging the pro
Queer to faithful observance OF Ihe
regulations concerning the grantine y. y,
the bounty. The amount OF bona VIII
vary with the amount OF sugar W po
| produced, the lowest to be not less 1sian
5000, which will authorize the manuiac-
| ture of 500 pounds OF sugar.
HEAVY BOND.
"We do not expect to have as neavy
bonds as other places-Louislana, LOT III
stance, where one bond of $5O,OoO mas
been filed for authorization to produce
5000, 900 pounds. No charges VIII DC
made for license, but it is absolutely ne
cessary that the license be issued Dy july
1st tomorrow, in order to obtain the
bounty when the sugar is ready torI
| market.
"When the sugar has been produced
refined and placed in barrels READY LOT ,,
shipment, Government inspector VIII
test and inspect it, and certify its strength
and value to the Commissioner OF Inter-
nal 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.
'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 thlnk
of, is not ascertained by testing it, but II
is determined by the sense OF sight rather
than taste. The inspector examines the
sugar through little instrument ano
discovers the amount of saccharlne mat
ter in 1T. The instrument is the POLAR
scope - a sort of telescope, eighteen
inches in length. A quantity OF sugar
is dissolved in a certain amount OF water
MAKING THE TEST.
'sThe solution is then put into al
oblong bottle and placed in the polaris
cope, at one end OF which is Lighted
lamp. He sees that the rays o
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
scale of degrees. Ii the scale mark
ninety degrees the sugar contains nlnet
degrees of saccharine strength. Sucl
sugars are entitled to bounty OF
cents, and it is on this basis that al
bounty is to be paid.
'This amount of from twelve to FL
teen millions will be paid out to .cit
zens during the next year by the Treas
:. ury Department. Most of it will go
Louisiana for the production of can
sugar. Over 81 100000 will be paid t
farmers in the New England States
New York, Ohio, Illinois and the NORTH
western States for the production {
sugar from maple sap. Another larg
sum will come to California, Kansa
Nebraska and Iowa for sugar from BEEF
i and sorghum cane. The internal rev
It nue. is very busy on this scheme and til
a farmers are awakening to the fact tia
l. the Government actually means to pr
h tect and foster one of their most payir
industries.-[S. f. Call.