2O BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



The price in April, 1866, was four and three fourths 

 cents per pound. 



The preceding table shows that the price of sugar 

 has constanly fallen since 1816. Yet production has 

 steadily increased. 



It will be seen that the price of sugars, exclusive of 

 duties, was in 1816 about three times greater than 

 at present. But this does not fully convey an idea of 

 the difference in the state of things existing then and 

 now. 



From 1816 to 1833 beet sugars were protected by a 

 duty on foreign sugars varying from five to eight cents 

 per pound. 



From 1833 to 1840 they had a protection of two 

 and one fourth to five and three fourth cents per 

 pound. 



From 1840 to 1860 they were protected by a duty 

 of from one to three and a half cents per pound on 

 foreign sugar. 



From 1860 to the present time, not only has there 

 been no protection as against foreign sugars, but sugars 

 of the French colonies have had an advantage over all 

 others of nearly half a cent per pound. 



In addition to constantly diminishing price, with 

 steadily decreasing protection, wages have doubled, 

 and it is to increased skill alone that beet-sugar manu- 

 facture owes its present existence. 



The following table shows the production of beet 

 sugar in France from 1828 to 1865 : 



