, 1880-03-08
GRAPE SUGAR.
Who Tnvented the Process Of Making
II from C0rn7

Who Invented tho Process Of Making
II from Corn7
DuFTAto, March 1.-EAftnr Hu6nh Exprres:
VIII tho ctl'tnr correct the truth Of history by
inserting fit his valuable paper the following;
Tho nrtcta IN your tdsne Of tho 18th ult.,
headed "Drnpo augnr," tnkcn frntn THh C'tt-
CA1o TntnuNE, written hy Henry q. ilrckcr, Is
untrue In mony particulars. Ifc claims TINT Il
fricIii sent from Frnnce n Bpecitncn Of glucose
.nade from stnrch, and hn experimcnted OIL II
and made Bir1Ip and showed II. and h0nIi
avail street waa III blnze," eor1 Firl1p WINS III.
&r,sdlccd. and its career opened t1' the United
stntes, and In tho year 1903 tho first factory WINS
bnlt In the United States.
Now know and will give the true history OF
tho Invention Of milking ETMpn suEae from corn.
know grape sugar was long beforu male from
potatoes In Europe, and oninc hcru mt a cost at
from 9 TO IL cents pound In gold when gold
WINS nj a premium Of 10 per cent. But sugar
from corn wns not then known. IN the year
1xGl r. W. GessilnR mud Lyman bradley, In tho
City Of BuiIalo, ithprprlscti srnail factory on
Green street. for experimenting, tn SEQ II grape
s,,gRr, glucose, and sirup could be fnudo from
corn. Although sncerctl Mt and ridiculcd by
their friends aa insane. they by their persistence
stlcccctle,i, and in Js64 they obtained patent
which may he socn on tho records at Washing-
in July. 1904, committee Of sugar manutact.
experts III ryrt IA ~ tho vni1c ~ tho invention.
They renlntrd several days, testing the I'rt'ccs.
They returnod, Ar.l others from New York tthk
thc!r plnees Tor tho same purrosc Ths ,s,r. PMt.
10 10 negntinte sale Of tho patent. Rtitl on the
10Th Of November, 1854, n sale wns made inf
fEOt.OO0. stock cnmpnI,y formed with capital
" 1,D0,ND, and stock Issued. HOffa. 0f which
tnny ho seen III 1luf1nlo bearing TINT t1ate.
From the supposed folly rf Ot.sellnG j. Hrnti-
Icy hRs grown up n business In which ncnr $sn,-
0J0.oW aro Invested. Grape sugnr bad been
H1nffH fF1ltY1 NtEss md lINCurtCu here 70 pE
used for ,nnkinH Wine, costing ncnr II cents PCT
pound. It being better than cnlie~auen: for TINT
purpose, II hurinE M taste but sweet II I'roper-
~ made. No grape NuHHr, nj glucose, no Airnp.
wlls utcr t.tlv mi this Continent Nr etsowhcrC
from curl until utter tho invention 80 Mnle BY
0cssllng l. Brn.lley, antl. II my credit due tu
any ono for. tnvcntlnE prccess which y
praIse belongs tu them. For how, instead Of
Importing nh inferior article 1t KrlJle auRnE
nude from potatoes nt cost os To Il cents u
pound, large quantities or grippe silHslr nude
from corr, arc exported at three centa Il pound
1nasuluch an this man II. q. f}eckur arrnxttcE
50 mitch 70 himself, l will say TO- him that he
may nvnil himself Of NIL tho Mppliancos Of ~
sny ne ,cannot from corn make n sir11p ~ To-
use. and whit little kunwedge he clhlma to hA "
he mtist hnvc received fr,ni the patent on rec
ord in Washington. Tho Ercnt reason why
neither he nor my corn snEnr-Ml!l cnn make I
| tlrst-rnte strip Ia bccauRu they have nut tbt
whole process necessary, us tho whole proecS. !
| not act forth In tho patent. As kH0W wheteN
| st6yo n sirup from corn lxttsr than any err
made In nnF corn aug1lr thCtNry md rs HDfd n
Etnnrts' "uotdcn BItup,' md much rlnrv plchB
| ant To tho taste. LfMAS uItAuLEr.