General View of the Industry 5 



vantage of this condition is not strikingly apparent, but 

 war forces the situation home. 



Within the last century the world's use of sugar has in- 

 creased from about one million tons in a year to twenty 

 million, an increase of two thousand per cent. There 

 are many reasons for expecting this increase to continue 

 until the world's requirement will be several times what it 

 now is. At present the United States uses about five 

 times as much sugar as it produces from beets. It is 

 evident, therefore, that beet-sugar is still only a minor 

 factor in supplying the home demand. 



In view of the increasing importance of sugar as a food, 

 that great areas of land in the United States are well 

 adapted to beets, that only a small percentage of the 

 sugar consumed in the country is produced at home, and 

 in view of the many benefits of a domestic beet-sugar 

 industry, it seems imperative that greater attention be 

 given to the sugar-beet in America. 



