World's Use and Supply of Sugar 



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Swiss guide considers lump sugar and highly sweetened 

 chocolate an indispensable part of his outfit." 



INCREASE IN USE OF SUGAR 



While man has probably always eaten considerable 

 sugar, which he obtained in fruit and other foods, the use 



Fig. 32. — Production of total sugar and beet-suEar in the world and the 

 United States' consumption of sugar and production of beet-sugar. 



of refined sugar in large quantities is confined to modern 

 times. As previously stated, sugar was anciently thought 

 to be suitable for use only on special occasions; today 



