The position has now been reached where output of beet sugar exceeds home consumption substantially so that Ireland must find new export markets for her sugar if she is not to be forced to restrict production and thus curtail employment on her farms and in her sugar plants. Restriction of production and curtailment of employment in any country is a tragedy but in Ireland it could be a disaster. Ireland is one of the only two countries in the world losing population because of emigration. For her. therefore. the maintenance of employment is a matter of life and death. For Ireland exports are an absolute must.
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