THE CUB A R B V I E3 \V 



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THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



EUROPEAN SUGAR CONDITIONS 



The following Information, received In 

 the Statistical Department of the United 

 States Sugar Equalization Board regard- 

 ing European sugar conditions, may be of 

 interest to the trade : 



1. 1 KM A. NY 



There lias been considerable complaint 

 over the shortage <>f .iam, particularly in 

 view of the fact that much sugar is being 

 employed in the manufacture of sweet- 

 meats. 



It is reported that of the 9,508,036 long 

 tons of sugar beets available last Novem- 

 ber, only 8,500,000 long tons had been 

 manufactured into sugar owing to short- 

 age of labor and coal strikes and trans- 

 port difficulties. 



The sugar production from September 

 1st to February 28th, both for 191S-19 and 

 1917-18, was as follows: 



(Quantities in long tons) 



1919 1918 



Production of Beets. .8,703,000 9,230,<>00 



Raw Sugar 1,333,000 1,520,000 



"Edible"' Sugar 621,000 643,000 



It is reported that 7/12 of this year's 

 beet production is to be retained for ra- 

 tioning and 5/12 is to be released for free 

 trade. By this plan it is expected the 

 factories will be able to enter into more 

 contracts for beets, thus counteracting the 

 tendency to smaller cultivation. 



G EB M A N- AUSTRIA 



For the present there is to be no issue 

 of March and April rations ; these will 

 be issued when deliveries from Czecho- 

 slovakia will permit. 



CZECHO-SLOVAKIA 



The Government has ordered that beets 

 are not to be used for fodder, permission 

 to dry beets being only in the hands of 

 the Sugar Commission. 



The basic prices and terms for 1919-20 

 are as follows: 



(1) 14 cents per lb. as compared with 

 11 cents per lb. in 1918-19. 



(2) Beets growers to receive 6.6 lbs. 

 consumer's sugar and 17.6 lbs. beet 



seed free on every 22,400 lbs. of 

 beets delivered. 



(3) The sugar factories are to receive 

 so per cent, of their coal require- 

 ments in May-September and the 

 remaining 2<> per cent, in October 

 and November. 



(4) Any beets remaining unworked ow- 

 ing to Insufficient coal supplies or 

 defective transport conditions will 

 be paid for by the Government. 



SWEDEN 



Six and six-tenths pounds of sugar per 

 bead are to be distributed during the 

 coming season for jam making, this dis- 

 tribution to be in three installments. 



BUSSIA 



The sugar ration is reported as being 

 only 1/10 of an ounce per day. The price 

 of sugar in Moscow is reported at 31 cents 

 per lump (20 rubles per 8 lumps). 



SUGAR IN PERSIA 

 Through the Hon. J. L. Caldwell, United 

 States Minister to Persia, The American 

 Sugar Bulletin obtained some interesting 

 information, which we reprint, as fol- 

 lows : 



"Less is known about Persia than any 

 other large country, and it should be re- 

 membered that Persia occupies an area as 

 large as Germany, France and Italy com- 

 bined. Persia has not a mile of railroad 

 and everything must be brought in by 

 stage coach, camel back or mule back. 



"Persian sugar all comes from Russia 

 in the form of large cones, such as were 

 used generally in the fifteenth century. 



"An amusing incident occurred one day : 

 I was visiting one of the poorer sections 

 where the people are densely ignorant; 

 their word for war Is 'jang,' which is 

 quite expressive, I think. I asked them 

 if they knew a 'jang' was going on and 

 they said, 'Yes, because of the shortage^ 

 and high price of sugar, which had in- 

 creased from 50 cents to $2 a pound.'"' 



