St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-05-07

production of the works of the ap-
plicant. The notice should be in
duplicate and filed with the com
missioner of internal revenue of the
proper district on or before July 1
1891, who will retain one copy, and
forward the other to the commissoner
of internal revenue. A proper bond
must also be executed by every person
or firm of intention to manufacture
sugar, in order that we may be en-
titled to the benefits of the statute.
If the notice and application for
license and the bond are in proper
! form, license will be issued with the
understanding that 1T be conspicuous
ly displayed in the establishment
where the sugar is produced. Such
license cannot be transferred. Full
instructions are given in regard to
the books the sugar producers shall
keep. the manner of making returns,
the weighing of the sugar, etc.
Commissioner Mason says the act
makes what is called permanent
annual appropriation, and that the
bounty will be paid from year to
year out of the money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated. 1t is
not contemplated to establish any
new agencies for the payment of
bounty, and all local business will be
transacted through the regular in
ternal revenue collectors.
1t is estimated that fully $500
sugar places have been carried on in
Vermont alone this season, and that
fully 100000 pounds of sugar
and syrup has been made in that
state, of which it is probable fully
40 per cent was syrup. The amount
of key and tub sugar produced is
placed at 100000 pounds. The
quality of both syrup and sugar is
better than in any former season.
The market value Of the crop of 1891
will doubtless exceed 81, 100000.
Of the ten million pounds of sugar,
estimated product of this season,
probably fully three-fourths, or
100000 pounds, was of a quality
to have tested about 80 per cent by
the polariscope, and thus to have en-
titled the purchasers to receive the
government bounty of 1 - cent per
pound, if the law had been operative
this year. Thus the total amount of
bountieS on the above basis would
approximate $15O,OOO, in Vermont
alone. The bounty to be paid on
maple sugar, of ~ cents per pound,
for sugar which shall polarize 80 per
cent, or two cents per pound for
sugar which shall polarize 90 per
cent, that is which shall contain 80
or 90 per cent of sugar, makes the
question as to the character of the
maple sugar produced a matter of
much interest. 1t is hardly probable
that much of the sugar, as ordinarily
made, will come up to the 90 per
cent test, and it is more than likely
that the great bulk of the sugar
which receives the bounty will be at
at the rate of 112 cents per pound.
Of course, better methods will pre-
vail, a larger percentage of water
will be eliminated, and the whole in
dustry will be improved by the
prospect Of the bounty.
The regulations and forms prepared
by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, relative to the bounty on
sugar, have been issued, and can be
secured on application to him. The
regulations provide that all pro-
ducers of sugar who intend to apply
for the bounty on sugar produced
between July 1, 1891, and July, 1,
1892, in order to entitle themselves
thereto, must, prior to July 1, 1891,
file a notice, and make applica ton
for license. A bond must be eXecut-
ed by every person or firm intending
to manufacture or produce sugar un-
der the bounty provisions of this act,
prior to July 1 ,ofeach year. Sureties
will be required in each case. Those
of our readers who propose to make
maple sugar next Spring should not
neglect to go through the necessary
formalities between now and July 1
of this year.-[American Cultivator.