obtained are by no means encouraging, notwithstand- 

 ing overwhelming promises ; and these will be all that 

 the interested capitalists will receive for their money. 

 We beg to recall a few past sayings : * " Complete suc- 

 cess has attended the experiments on this subject in 

 Delaware, and leaves no room to doubt the fact that if 

 the stalk is permitted to mature, and without suffering 

 the ear to form, the saccharine matter is three times as 

 great as in the beet, and equal to the cane ; and it will 

 amply repay the manufacture into sugar." 



We have not seen any analysis of cornstalks then 

 grown, but, when compared with those of to-day, we 

 fail to realize that therein three times the sugar is to be 

 found that exists in an ordinary beet. But we would 

 say, whatever it be in the latter case, it may be 

 extracted ; the same cannot be said of the former, 

 judging from present existing results and methods. 

 In 1843 Mr. Webb, of Wilmington, speaking of his 

 experiments, stated : " We had ten gallons of syrup 

 evaporated in a broad, shallow vessel ; this crystallized 

 readily and made good sugar." The amount of the 

 latter is, however, not stated, hence we can draw no 

 conclusions ; for there can be no doubt that sugar 

 does exist, but in what quantities ? We know not. 

 These efforts continued, and one year later (see Patent 

 Office Report, 1843, P a g e 5 8) the opinion was ex- 

 pressed that the results from Indian corn were most 

 encouraging. The manufacture of sugar compared 

 with that from the beet offers many advantages. It is 

 more simple and less liable to fail ; the machinery is 

 less expensive, and the amount of fuel required is less 

 by one half. The amount of sugar produced upon 

 one acre of ground is greater, beside being of a 

 better quality ; we fail to appreciate what are the 



: See Patent Office Report, 1842, page 5. 

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