Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-23
P|NE-CANNERS
| ALLOWED REBATE

Collector E. r. Stackable furnishes
the letter printed below for the infor-
nation of all interested.
Pineapple Gamers are allowed a re-
bate on their products exported to for
eign countries equal to the duty, less
/ per cent. thereof. paid on the refined
sugar, made from imported raw sugar.
used in canning the pineapples, or, in
other words, 80 per cent of the duty
on such raw sugar is refunded to
them
As the canneries use some sugar
made from domestic raw sugar. to Sc
cure the rebate in question account mas
to be kept of the refined article usci
which is made from imported raw sug-
ar There being no rebate on. the pine
apples consumed in any part of the
United States, purely domestic sugar
can be- utilized without any sacrifice
for that portion of the pack which the
home market takes Therefore, the
Local canneries that have placed orders
for 1900 tons of the Honolulu Pianta-
tion Co.'s refined sugar lose nothing
by patronizing local industry to that
extent
+ AS will be seen by the letter, the
Hawaiian Pineapple CO. has been
availiLg itself of the rebate, and with
the increasing foreign market for pre-
served pineapples it willie be worth
while for all the other packing com
panies to do likewise. The rebate Will
be some protection against the nigh
duties on the article imposed by vari-
GUS countries, as was mentioned by M
Thomas in an interview a few days
ago Pineapples shipped to Germany,
as he stated. are put up without sugar
and recanned there, so that no Amer
lean refined sugar enters into the ac-
count with that country.
Following is the letter referred to:
Treasury Department
Office of the Secretary,
Washington, July s, 1912
The Collector of Customs, Homo
lulu, Hawaii.
Sir: In reply to your letter of
the 9th ultimo l have ito advise
you that T. d. 1892 of February s,
1892, provided for the allowance
of drawback on canned fruits in
strip, prepared by the San Jose
Fruit Packing Co. of San Jose,
Cal This decision was extended
in T. D. 1882 to cover fruits
canned by other firms. Thus
general rate was established which
was applicable to any Gamer
When T. d. 1885 was published,
these two decisions were omitted
from the schedule of drawbacks
afnsw t. asef1
sequently. following an opinion of
the attorney general dated July Is,
1898. the department in T. d. 1921
of July %, 1898, restored T. ID.
1882 and T. D. 1852.
| There is therefore at the present
| time a general rate for the allow
ance of drawback on fruits canned
| by any individual or company, and
I this drawback is allowable without
the establishment of an individual
rate. upon compliance with the
regulations. T. D. 1895 of June
| 16, 1911.
A separate rate of drawback was
| provided in T. d. 297S5 on canned
pineapple manufactured by the
Hawaiian Pineapple Co by reason
| of special circumstances which
arose at that time.
In the present case you should
verify the certificate of manufac-
ture as to the quantity of refined
sugar used. and if this refined
| sugar was manufactured from i'm.
/ ported raw sugar, the quantity of
raw sugar should be estimated in
accordance with T. d. 20174 of Oe-
| tober u. 1908. Respectfully,
(Signed) F. NJ HALSTEAD.
Chief. Division of Customs