306 Correspondence. 
printing was first practised in England and France, the © 
colours used were not deemed “fast,” and much prejudice was 
excited against the product of the new process. Hand- 
printed calicoes were eagerly sought after, and as the pro- 
cess of hand-printing could not be so accurate as that done 
by machinery, those who studied economy rather than show, 
sought eagerly, in their selection of calicoes, for evidences 
of faults, to make sure that they were getting the genuine 
article. The shrewd suppliers of our markets abroad soon 
ascertained the fact, and sent to this country imperfectly- 
printed goods, printed by machinery, to suit the queerly 
fastidious tastes of the purchasers in the American market. 
Labour-saving machinery, however, ultimately triumphed 
over old and slow processes, and the days of block-printing 
were numbered.—Paper-Trade Review. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
E are indebted to a subscriber to our journal for the 
following remarks on the article (which appeared 
in our last month’s impression), “Beet sugar and Cane 
sugar,” reproduced from “ Travers’s Circular.” (Ed. TECH- 
NOLOGIST.) | 
To the Editor of the TECHNOLOGIST. 
Sir,—I am surprised to see you have printed in the pages 
of the TECHNOLOGISTanarticle on “Beet and Cane sugar,” 
from, as is stated “ Travers’s Circular,” the same being full 
of mistatements. 
1. The condition of the weather in the tropics canzof be 
counted upon with certainty.—Rain to wit. | 
2. The crop of Beet Root sugar was much larger last 
year in France than it is this. 
3. The refuse of the cane is zo¢ full of sacchaaie matter. 
4. The refuse of the cane zs #zade useful; it boils and 
- evaporates, the juice and the ash is applied as manure. 
5. The Beet root will xot grow and thrive from John 
o’Groat’s house to the Land’s End. 
6. The scale of duties was zo¢ meant to protect certain 
Colonies. 
7. The scale of duties had ot the effect of lowering the 
