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I also annex extracts from a letter written by Charles 

 Belcher, President of the Belcher Sugar Refining Company 

 of St. Louis. 



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To-day Mr. Holm had a short letter from Theodore Gen- 

 nert, who returned a fortnight since. He states that they 

 are still making sugar, and with satisfactory results, and will 

 continue to work their beets until it becomes necessary to 

 look after out of door work. He speaks well of the quality 

 of the juice. 



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From all I know or have heard, I would suppose $4 per 

 ton, $40 per acre, a very liberal estimate for the cost of rais- 

 ing and harvesting beets. Gennert told me he kept a pretty 

 accurate account of the cost of raising his crop of beets two 

 years since, and that $3 per ton would cover it. I would 

 think also that if properly prepared for the work, with suita- 

 ble buildings, machinery, apparatus, and fixtures, and with 

 well-informed and judicious management, the cost of mak- 

 ing sugar from the beets should not exceed $4 per ton of 

 beets. 



I cannot see any good reason why, with the right prepara- 

 tions and good management, about as good results cannot 

 be obtained from beet sugar making in this country as in 

 Europe. 



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Mr. Gennert was not properly prepared for working his 

 beets advantageously and profitably; he has made mistakes 

 in his calculations and arrangements, and his business this 

 year will not be a success ; but he seems to have shown us 

 that beets can be raised in sufficient quantity, and we have 

 evidence that they have sugar in them that would pay well 

 for the working in Europe. 



I have felt that it would be a great advantage to this coun- 

 try if the manufacture of beet sugar could be successfully 

 introduced, and we have assisted Gennert's enterprise by 

 loaning him machinery and subscribing to his company, to 



