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By the death of Mr. Belcher, two years since, this industry 

 lost one of its warmest supporters. For my own part, I never 

 had sufficient liberty of action to engage myself in this business, 

 although I have constantly endeavored to interest people in a 

 matter which I consider of the utmost importance to this nation. 

 (Signed,) R. W. BENDER. 



I also annex extracts from a letter written by A. J. Cor 

 ning, a chemist and sugar refiner, who has been for several 

 years engaged in the Adams Sugar Refinery of Boston : 



NEW YORK, March 15, 18GG. 



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All my inquiries tend to convince me that beets can be 

 raised under $4 per ton, and from my experience in refineries 

 I should say that the sugar can be extracted easily at 3 cents 

 per pound. Assuming the yield of sugar to be 6 per cent., 

 which is much below the usual yield (a German who has 

 had charge of a manufactory in Germany told me that he 

 obtained 95 %, while a neighbor obtained 9! $), we would 

 have the following as the cost per pound of sugar : 



2240 Ibs. beets $4.00 



6 % sugar = 134 Ibs. (a) 3 cents 4.02 



Total cost per ton $8.02 



134 Ibs. sugar (a) 6 cents 8.04 



Giving the cost of producing at 6 cents per Ib. for sugar a 

 great deal better for refining than the sugar we import for 

 that purpose at from 9 to 12 cents per Ib. The sugar is what 

 refiners term "strong" (containing very little foreign mat 

 ter), and yields a larger percentage of refined sugar than that 

 of Cuba. 



The sugar of the beet is identical with that of the cane, and 

 possesses the same sweetening power. 



The manufacture of beet sugar in this country is deserv 

 ing of the highest consideration, both as regards the de 

 velopment of our agricultural, manufacturing, and commer 

 cial interests. 



(Signed,) A. J. CORNING. 



