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According to the same authority the total production of su¬ 
gar in the world is not far from two millions eight hundred 
thousand tons in the following proportions : 
Total production of sugar from all sources. 
Kind of sugar. 
1 
Percentage 
Amount. 
Sugar cane....... 
71.42 
22.50 
5.00 
1.08 
Tom. 
2,000,000 
630,000 
140,000 
30,000 
Palm..... 
Maple. 
100.00 
2,800,000 
Thus it will be seen that the beet furnishes nearly one quar¬ 
ter of the sugar produced in the world. 
A recent French writer thus observes 
“ This industry has not failed to perform the promises of its youth, and 
has justified by its rapid development the most enthusiastic hopes of its 
founders. France in the possession of the beet has become the fortunate 
rival of the most flourishing sugar colonies, which she has not only surpassed 
by the progress made in manufacture, but also in production, which is not in¬ 
ferior in importance to that of the island of Cuba.^’ 
The same author remarks that iu the large increase in the 
consumption of sugar is to be seen a solution of the difficulties 
which have existed so long between the cane and the beet-su¬ 
gar manufacturer, and the eventful harmonizing of these dis¬ 
cordant interests. This increase also betokens an advanced 
degree of comfort and a higher scale of living throughout the 
entire population. 
Political economists recommend the liberal use of this arti¬ 
cle, and by so doing throw their influence on the side of thci 
consumers, whose interest it is to effect the abolition or great 
diminution of the imposts and duties at present in force, the 
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