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At 6 per cent., . . 73 per cent, profit. 



7 " . . 91 " " 



8 " . . 109 " " 



9 " . . 127 " " 



GENERAL ADVANTAGES OF BEET-SUGAR MANU 

 FACTURE. 



The "Journal des Fabricants de Sucre," in its issue 

 of December 8, 1864, says, "We find that the abo 

 lition, of slavery in America and the West India 

 Islands, which seems to us the inevitable result of 

 the America war, at the same time that it increases 

 the demand for sugar must diminish the supply about 

 500,000 tons. The production of Louisiana will be de 

 stroyed, that of Cuba diminished one half or one third, 

 and that of Brazil will be reduced. How is this defi 

 ciency to be supplied ? The consumption of the United 

 States is nearly as large as that of Great Britain, and 

 they will probably be driven by necessity to manufac 

 ture sugar from the beet, the processes for which they 

 can learn of Europe. As for France, Belgium, and 

 Germany, they can easily double or triple their pro 

 duction ; for it does not require long preparation of 

 the soil to produce beets. Capital is abundant for 

 such an enterprise ; and even at the present rate of 

 increase, production doubles every ten years." 



" England may fear that the manufacture of beet 

 sugar in Great Britain would prejudice her colonial 

 interests ; but some of her statesmen foresee its intro 

 duction." The editor predicts that the effect of the 

 change in the sources of supply would be to dimin- 



