CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



PAGE 



SUGAR. Supply of the United States. Manufacture of 

 Beet-root Sugar in Europe. Location favorable for its 

 Production in the United States. Value of Land and 

 of Coal. 7 



HISTORY OF BEET-ROOT SUGAR. Its Discovery. Early 

 Experiments. Extent of its Production and Use in 

 Europe. Production in France and in Germany. Prices 

 from 1816 to 1866. Consumption of Sugar in Europe. 

 Production of Sugar in the World. Quality of Beet-root 

 Sugar. Taxes 9-25 



SUPPLY OF BEETS. Extent and Cost of their Cultivation. 



Average Yield. Saccharine Contents. Profits of 

 Cultivation. Cost in France. Probable Cost in the 

 United States. Advantages of Beet Culture. . . . 26-39 



COST OF BEET-ROOT SUGAR IN FRANCE. Methods of Man- 

 ufacture. Detailed Cost of Manufacture. Yield of 

 Sugar. Cost of Labor 40-46 



PROFITS ON BEET-ROOT SUGAR. Estimated Profits in the 

 United States. Ability to Compete with other Countries. 



Recent Improvements in Europe 47-54 



PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. Relative 



Yield of the Cane and of the Beet 55, 56 



ATTEMPTS TO MANUFACTURE BEET-ROOT SUGAR IN THE 



UNITED STATES 57-63 



GENERAL ADVANTAGES OF BEET-ROOT SUGAR MANUFAC- 

 TURE. Effect produced in Europe by the Manufacture 

 of Beet-root Sugar. Probable Effect of its Introduction 

 into the United States. Opinions of Distinguished 

 Men. . 68-78 



