, 1877-03-03
CORN-SUGAR.
How the Market for Corn Is Hurt by
tho Taxation Of Alcohol.
The Manufacture Of Sugar from Corn,
md lis Uses In the Arts.
The United States Discriminating Agains1
Farmers and Home Manufacturers.

7afbs Ettof n T1e TritHae.
CHICAGO, MArrh Any attention has been
called to an article which appcare. iii your val.
sicl paper of Feb. 10, III relation to tho pru1uc-
ton u sugar from maize, Or wi'at Is generally
known us uur ordinary Indian corn. This state
plcnt tn In part n corrcrt one. However, It Ia
liable 10 impress t!,c reader that what Is cum"
monty known ~ sugar can l,c prodncctl ilore
pro!ilahfy frun corn thau from tho stigar-ca,,c.
This not The faes, although corn, as we'll Ms the
cornstafk contain ca,N Or cryatatizAble sugar;
II Is, however, IN s,cb small per cent that tho
extraction ni It will not pay. The abatement
"tllat bushcl Of cDru will Yell Thirty pounds
Vi raw sngar,': leads me 10 think that It refers
u tho proti,act commercially known as "grapo
sugar,'' "potato sugar. "starch sugar." nr
knuwti 10 tho chemist as glucose or "acx.
trosc."
Tllis sugar occura In an unn-crystatlfzcf state4
and Is fouml II the vcgetabie Kingdom In snahy
sweet fruits,-e. e.. The strawberry, raspberry,
the pear apple, pcacI', cherry, grape, ctc. II
FORMS a1su tha solid crystalline b.a&y usually
seen III oId honey. It Is. however, obtained 1T
largc quantities from starch. dcxtrinc, ca0o
sugar, ur some VI The gums, b. means Of dias-
tase VI dute acias.
Grape sugar differs from cane sugar in not
being readily crvetali!zabte, not being rs soluble
IN water Or having tho lntcuso sweetness of
canu sugar. This latter fcaturu generally
creates tile erroneous impression th1t grippe
sugar "ts not pure saccllartnc," which crtor
arises from tho m[sibterpretation Of the word,
"Sugar" being by, general usage accepted to
signify seetines&, which, however, Is not the
fart, rs the lntcnsa sweet taste Of cane sugar Is
but physical property Of It, and adds nothing
tn Il YrIt y n RnfrfIA rnN
body.
III France and Germany, where large ouantF-
ties of grape sugar are annually manufactured
from lptato starrh. It Is extensively employed
for domestic purposes. and has altogether TRIMS
planted cane sugar III tho arts anl nanufac.
lures. sunle VI Its many uses are:
1u brewing OF ale aud bcrr, II posaesscs the
property Ut eliminating from tho "IMalt-wort y
the nttro.c.lous Or albumhoAa matter which,
through Lciicic,ey vi sacchArtne, would other
wise remain In The finished alo or beer, an.l
cause secondary foncntation, md thereby SOUR
Il.
Dr. Tall las introsIuccda 4 method OF improv-
Ing the 'smust" III wile-maklug, hv the aadi.
ton Ut grape Bl,yar to tIe tM,tlst,n which IL
pour In suerlariau aud rlch tn acid. The exeess
of tho acii Is thereby neutraifzc,. and the vine
gets the proper alcul,nllt strength.
The puurliess vi the must" III eacclarinc.
and rcllucss In acid, Is generally due to wet or
cloudy season, during whtct, there has been but
little warmth from the sun to rpcn thu grapes.
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