The Sugar Beet Including a History of the Beet Sugar Industry in Europe (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Sugar Beet: Including a History of the Beet Sugar Industry in Europe
A very ample Introduction leaves but little to be said by the author of this treatise by way of Preface. Suffice it to say, that the work of studying this subject, and preparing this book, has throughout been a pure labor of love, and has been undertaken with a view to contribute his portion towards a vast and vital measure for the wealth and industrial independence of his country.
The United States pays an annual tribute of $80,000,000 to foreign countries and foreign labor for sugar, and it is at once the most costly, and the most bulky single article which we import from abroad. There is no country in the world, and there never has been one, in which all of its people are or have been as thoroughly and completely employed as they should be, or would desire to be, and hence the supreme importance, by means of discrimination in that taxation which is necessary in every land, of naturalizing every possible industry, and thus adding to the employments of the people.
The beet would form a new and valuable addition to a proper rotation of crops in this country - a measure which must be practiced if our soil is to be rescued from that exhaustion which has steadily progressed since the settlement of America - and with its accompanying sugar industry would aid in that diversification of employments which must be established if the migratory tendencies of our people are to be arrested, and our civilization, wealth, and power are to be built up and carried to a high level.
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