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is obtained from the infusion of dried beet, the beets being 
sliced and dried and sent in this condition to the manufactory. 
As an illustration of the proportions which a manufactory may 
assume when conducted under this system, we may cite the es> 
tablishment at Waghausel, near Oarlsruhe, in the Duchy of Ba¬ 
den, in which 3,000 people are employed, a eapital of 80,000,- 
000 francs ($16,000,000) invested, and twelve acres of land 
covered with buildings. 
The consumption of sugar in the Zollverein for the year 1867 
was 160,000 tons. 
Amtria .—The beneficial results producod by the introduc¬ 
tion of this new industry into Austria are shown by the fact 
that the amount of sugar consumed by each person has largely 
increased; that the manufacture supplies entirely the home 
market; that large quantities of sugar are annually exported, 
while at the same time the tax on the beets used in this man¬ 
ufacture is the source of a large revenue to the state. 
The following information in regard to the introduction and 
development of the manufacture of beet sugar in Austria was 
communicated to the department of state‘by P. Sidney Post, 
United States consul at Vienna: * 
\ 
“There is no industry of Austria which ought to interest the United States 
so much as the production of sugar from the beet root. The United States 
appears to be in every respect as well, and in many respects much better, 
adapted for its production than this country. 
“Beets containing a large amount of saccharine matter can be abundantly 
and cheaply raised in all the northern states, and especially in the north¬ 
west ; and if the great profit ot converting them into sugar was fully under¬ 
stood, there would be plenty of capital for the supply of the necessary ma¬ 
chinery. 
“The machinery is expensive, and it requires a large amount of capital to 
commence operations, but it is doubtful whether there is any branch of in¬ 
dustry which would so well repay capital and enterprise. The business can¬ 
not well be conducted on a small scale, and this disadvantage has, doubtless, 
hitherto prevented its being generally adopted in the United States. But 
when it shall have been given a fair trial, it rpust become a very important 
interest. 
* Tide Report on Commercial Relations, &c., for 1867, p. 510. 
