If the bounty can be retained it will have ten times the stimulating effect in pro-
moting the establishment of beet-sugar factories that the tariff of the same amount
•would.
We trust you may succeed in obtaining such legislation as will meet the wants of
the crying millions.
I am, with great respect,

H. A. Pierce.
Hon. W. A. Peffer,

U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.
Anaheim, Orange County, Gal., August ;?, 1S9S.
