| Show THE SUGAR BOUNTY mckinley McKi uley law provides for the payment of a bounty to american sugar gugar producers under certain stated condit condition ioup two cents per pound will be paid by the government to the producer of an article which shows a test teet of 90 degrees by the and for the article which tests testa between 80 and 90 degrees a bounty of it cents cente per pound will be paid the opening of the sugar bounty season takes place about july the lot consequently the internal revenue bureau is making preparations to carry the law into ef effect fiset weights and graduated glass flasks flacks are being prepared by the chemist of the bureau to be used for making the required tests it is estimated that within one year from july I 1 ast 1st st the treasury Dart department ment will pay to citizens of the united states between and as bounty for sugar raising most of this sum will go to louisiana where cane sugar le is produced kansas nebraska iowa and utah will receive a proportion of the bounty though the sugar in these places to is produced from beets beef and sorghum cane the now new england states mid and a few of the northwestern Northwest em states where sugar to is prod produced uewl from maple sap will atoo also receive a due portion of the bounty the work of testing besting and inspecting the sugar crop in the united states will prove an expensive and a difficult performance every ounce must be subjected to a test or else frauds will be perpetrated on the government it will require a large number of inspectors to carry out the provi provisions sious of the law but then if it brings cheap sugar and a sufficiency clency in home production the expense will not be entirely lost the bounty system was long since adopted in france and in other european countries and it seems to have worked well over there there is no reason why it should not succeed in ohp united states if properly and honestly applied |
