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in all countries where introduced. In fact it is not 

 one of these chance industries where success depends 

 a host of various circumstances. 



The sugar factory supplies a commodity which 

 is consumed in the very place of its production, and 

 which is used all over the world. This commodity 

 may be produced in Canada at as low a price as in 

 any other country, which now supplies it. Why 

 then give to others the profits on an article of con- 

 sumption, with which w r e can advantageously sup- 

 ply ourselves ? 



We now consume 80 millions of pounds of sugar, 

 which v-o receive from the West Indies, the United 

 States, England and France. When we have suc- 

 ceeded in manufacturing sufficient to supply our 

 consumption, which increases every year, we would 

 have in Canada one hundied factories which would 

 use up 1,500 millions of pounds of beets, or the yield 

 of 50,000 arpents, would give work in winter to 

 20.000 persons, and which would return a profit of 

 more than three millions to the manufacturers. 



A considerable revolution would be produced in 

 agriculture ; great and heathy emulation will have 

 started our farmers on the path of progress, and the 

 lands of Canada, instead of remaining nearly un- 

 productive by their unfitness for cultivation, will 

 have rewarded their labors by giving them comfort 

 and wealth. 



Several other industries would derive the great- 

 est advantages, which would also tend to increase 

 the general prosperity of the country. 



