1884.] Sugar from the Juice of the Cane , &c. 51 y 
themselves, not exatfdy upon the reasons they advance, but 
upon the authority of a quoted name. Even nonsense ably 
put is very alluring to a great class of readers ; but strong 
vigorous ieasonmgs, even although the bases be hypothetical 
Snfn!t e, > ar + e a i UrC t0 ° §reat t0 be ne S le fted. Accept Mr. 
pencei s teachings m toto (as many do, and without the 
patient examination so necessary to understand his theses), 
then all which makes the sum of human intelligence and 
behind ” h ° Pe 18 ^ E “ and leaves not a wreck 
II. 1 HE EXTRACTION OF SUGAR FROM THE 
JUICE OF THE CANE AND THE 
JUICE OF THE BEET-ROOT, VIEWED IN 
ITS COMMERCIAL ASPECT. 
By Robert Galloway, M.R.I.A. 
JpHE present appears to be a very opportune time for 
considering the subject which the title of this paper 
indicates* ; for not only have the Technical Commis- 
sioneis selected the manufacture of beet-root sugar as an 
example of . an important industry benefiting, or rather 
owing its origin to, the scientific and technical trainin°- the 
industrial community receive in Germany and France^ but 
also the manufacture of beet-root sugar as an industry for 
England has been strongly recommended very recently bv 
two well-known chemists. By the way I would recommend 
those who have money to invest not to attach too much 
impoitance to the certificates of these gentlemen, as neither 
of them has had, I believe, any practical experience in the 
manufacture or refining of sugar, and sound knowledge on 
* This article was all but completed before I saw it announced that the 
“ Quarterly Review ” for this quarter would contain an article on “ The West 
Indies and Sugar Bounties.” I make this remark as it might be thought bv 
some that the title of that article had suggested the subject to me — R G * 
