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The following communication was then read : 



LETTER FRO:Nr INDIANA. 



To Russell Bldkeley, President Minnesota State Amber Cane Associ- 

 ation, St. Paul, Minn., 



Dear Sir: Xot being able, as I had intended, to be with you 

 in convention, I take this method of wishing your Association, 

 in convention assembled, a prosperous and profitable session; 

 and wishing to assist the good cause all I can, I tender the Asso- 

 ciation the free use of the columns of the Sorghum G-rowers' Guide 

 in any way that will advance the interests of the sorghum indus- 

 try, for which we labor. You will notice by papers which I 

 send the Association, that the Indiana cane growers, at their 

 recent convention, adopted resolutions against glucose adultera- 

 tion, and also asking a government appropriation of 810,000 for 

 experiments in the interest of small sorghum manufacturers. 

 We would take the liberty of suggesting the same course to your 

 Association, as in the interest of the common cause. Inviting 

 you all to attend the next annual convention of the Indiana 

 Cane Growers Association, I am, 



Eespectfully, 



A. S. Chapman. 

 President Indiana Cane Growers Association. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INDIANA CANE GROWERS 

 ASSOCIATION AT INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DEC. 31. 1886. 



Whereas — The manufacture of sorghum molasses in this coun- 

 try is conducted mainly by farmers scattered throughout our 

 whole corn belt, employing an average individual capital of 

 $1,000 and aggregating in value several hundred thousand dol- 

 lars, producing annually a pure, wholesome molasses valued at 

 many millions. 



Owing to the adulteration, mixing and compounding of all 

 commercial syrups as practiced in our cities, we can not by our 

 present methods of manufacture produce an article sufficiently 

 low in cost and uniform in grade for successful comj)etition, 

 owing to our isolated condition, other interests in which most are 

 engaged and the lack of means, no considerable effort has been 

 made to develop the industry, our advance therefore during the 

 past twenty-five years has not kept pace with the^mprovement 

 in other lines of manufacture. 



