56 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



sugar in France, notwithstanding it has an advantage 

 over the latter in the French ports of five francs the 

 hundred kilogrammes, or 4.3 mills per pound. 



M. De la Sagra gives the following figures, show 

 ing the amount of sugar produced to a " hand " upon 

 several of the best plantations in Cuba : 



La Ponina, . 4,238 Ibs. Flor de Cuba, 6,430 Ibs. 



Conchita, . 4,413 " Delta, . . 7,062 " 



St. Martin, . 4,512 " Las Canas, .13,327 " 



On some well-ordered estates, both in France and 

 in Germany, the production of sugar to a " hand" ex 

 ceeds 14,000 pounds. 



The production of sugar at Martinique in 1832 was 

 30,000 tons. In 1850, in consequence of emancipa 

 tion, it fell to 15,000 tons. In 1864, the production 

 again reached 30,000 tons. Emancipation produced 

 a similar result in Guadaloupe. In Reunion, by rea 

 son of immense importations of Coolie labor, produc 

 tion has increased fourfold since emancipation ; but 

 intelligent observers see that Coolie labor is but another 

 form of slavery, for which reason the supply must 

 cease. It does not, like slavery, reproduce laborers, 

 for ninety to ninety-five per cent, of the Coolies are 

 males. The increased production is also due to an 

 extended area of cultivation, and not, as in Mauri 

 tius, to improved methods of culture. In fact, some 

 of the most intelligent planters in several of the French 

 colonies have abandoned sugar cane, and cultivate 

 other crops. 



