, 1876-08-12
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II the Editor ar tbs Tribune.
LARH FoARsr, Aug. r.-uuicas The rct1ncts
will comc out, under their own hand and seal,
and allirm To the contrary, then wo are justified
In the conclusion that they all use the acctata Of
lcal In refining their sugats. II they deny It,
then vo call on them to sthtn what chemicals
they arr In tho habit Of using. II they will do
so, they will confer On US great favor, as 1t will
save us much time md labor in hunting Up In
formation ca the subject; and what ls Of &noro
consequence, Will prevent us from making my
mistakes tn relation to the process. We arc In
qutrcrs, aa we'll ~ our readers; md in seeking
information from tho best eourccs that Chicago can
afford, wa may not In oil cases Ind 1t toiishle.
Therefore, we pray Jou hclP Us out Of our dn!cul.
ty. Bat VIC cauuot beitcvo that va hare gona very
far astrAy In our Investigations. In proof OF It.
have Just received letter from ofse who knows
whereof he speaks His statements condrm in tho
main my suppos'tlous Of the process Of manufac-
tare. lie also gives tho namos Of number OF
ehomlcals uaed. Dut ~ tho lotter IL confidential,
do not zeal at liberty 10 even make extracts from
It.. It u to be hoped that the aasircd permission
This statoment juatltes she remark Of confec.
t,onor, who said that, after melting 1 basrol of
found wo'e dg shO u tho bottom
boiling barrel ot ,ta dissolved Il hS fknmed
HahflHG 4lAE hGk C0H1GCNQfl6f& MQ nGe 0f1&n have
occAalon to make 6uclt EenllrAs, f0E they aFo too
we'll posted IN relation 10 those brands whlc1, arc
R0hghy chemtcatfzed 10 very often find any Of that
those which have ths loast annnnt Of chemicals Ii
tsm snd are se fen y
eugafa hncr Color. as women blue taoir clothes In
washing Some ot the reaners must Use 1t sreely,
rorhapa tbe confces!onor spoke somewhat Il raa.
eo y vs b s IS e ssy sys s;
a retail merchant called ~ attention to hts tin
ssas e. N r:ea hs's s,l s :so9P
short time. Another dealor said thai Tic mo%t
liz aiso sai that. Il tho 1coope xers taken fFoa,
thn barrel4, and laid IN tho drJ open ar for
og sae s4Fsr scoop woad thes
moist brown sugals Of former days would not have
such m effect. 1tls latter statomsHt proves that
es M vas y TT saa ;p y IT,
opinion why thoy are thus oxydlzcd than any one
etse Is It on account Of tho suIphuric and other
II IL not probable that oil brands Of cooo. sugars
would have that affect. W. hope and trust lint
there arc some Ec1nrrs who would not chemlcalizo
My resgeadsnt Of yu,y % 'ays that chalk - used
to nsutts!i;e the sulphu.io aetd. Nov, Y aftef
III ths snsat to feinoys liz In from the seoSps IN M
ahort period 10 whnt extent ust i o1ldiza the lin
Of thg vessel In which tho sugar y made before
naturalization. ife seatnE to think that the acid
ta.a!ng vessel" mi 4 thls probably soi Present
ad spso Of tin IN soe bsans @ i'os q oss 81
thnn our rcspoatent4 u willing to concedo. lfIt il
tho actd which thus oxtdizea the ttn neoops how
Of tho subject derived from what w csa tcarn of
ta9 ltoess" Of !asnufactnts would fully justify tho
fHnfHrfHf- ,3ft hH ~ Tia tfaNA
claaa of reaners who ha.e manufactured ths sugars
yc'! afy tas lesst shcnea!ized 4sve supposod t!at
for how can II 10 pps.!ble tllat men proias4ng t.
haye consctences would fer years uaanatectara
article II dsly n;s y e51seus ~
From furtasr investigation. I find that n,y In
fosmant was " error 9n one point, or that m!saP:
blood prueess bad iced sdandoaod BY iii Of thu ,
abandoned 4 y tho exclusive means u clarifying.
entirely abandoned sn error. ulood !. It'll used
egtsnt, I'd ony minority hs,s ontissiy q ab.n. s
doncd H. Thursfora W eau csttciss the feE1uas
slaas ony f95 aadimg nnwos.oms she%teas to
Wholesome process Of clarifying tsan by bioud
and boac .dust, and PERHAPS never VIII be. Let u
hops th,t Tug reng w Fxtssn 10 IT, ~hssssF
But ~ wl.olesaiu dea.urs have = responsibility
In relation tu this matter for they ars tyr betSr
II
hugas than the setai.rra. They afo all well aware
t.Ait son,o hsanls of sugar arc much poorer znd.
iposs chcmlc9ltzed than oshetu s,ts Il rxl.t for
10 lcsA dcn,oFali1cd article. ttmp,, becsu.e
thsy cat purchase Il from 20 cents 20
81 per bafrul cheapelt II the community
asl 10 polso,lca II ought TO b. ~ little possl+
h!e a. tas ~ theiF tnstInIaensai!ty II eonsorned
thsy sonlnea 70 h.nAle thc wors!, lMs:ssd Of Tho
eoasccnses will hu4 tls,a xalIles.. u coasun,ess
Mese well informed In relation tu tho characters OF
san,e sxeuss for ths WHOLESALE Leasrs send'ng uut
thH pootat s'ass. Il anpr.nciplea retall deaieI4
callsd Tor than, but II they afe not tIern IL q
norsi resting lhs shoulders of thu
aisfchaht which hseannot thitk. ThnF eonsc!cnces
bot's lip. Will thsir conssleuees eliow ihcln 10
scnd Into tho huuAchol1s of those who as ignorant
!ts chhlaeler the worst for1ns Of alimeJtsIy krt
t!cst Hut have they not further fesponslbtlityt
Ought they not " aale measures to demonstrate
more clearly and fully which the beat sud worst
II MNll4 yeE0 pfouer that Ii aLuuld b. bona In