26 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



SUPPLY OF BEETS. 



Having given an account of the rise and progress 

 of the sugar industry in Europe, and demonstrated, 

 as I trust, that it rests upon a firm basis, I shall pro- 

 ceed to consider the feasibility of establishing it in this 

 country. 



In comparing the relative positions of the two coun- 

 tries, I shall draw my comparisons chiefly with 

 France, as the representative of Europe, the condi- 

 tions of trade there being more nearly akin to those 

 of the United States than in any other country ; reli- 

 able statistics in this department of industry are more 

 readily procured there than elsewhere in Europe, and 

 the spirit of enterprise is so great among Frenchmen, 

 that whatever improvement in the manufacture of su- 

 gar has been originated elsewhere, it has been seized 

 upon, improved, and perfected in France. 



And first as to the ability to procure in the United 

 States raw beets, of good saccharine properties, upon 

 reasonable terms. 



The experience of Europe shows that beet of rich 

 quality can be profitably cultivated from the Medi- 

 terranean to the North Sea, and from the Atlantic to 

 the heart of Russia. 



M. Mauny de Mornay says of the beet, that " all cli- 

 mates seem to suit it. It flourishes in the north and 

 in the south. Moisture favors its development, but 

 drought does not prevent its yielding good products. 

 It may be regarded as the only root cultivated in Pro- 



