World's Sugar Bowl 



Notwithstanding this set-back, 

 production rose from 212,051 tons in 

 1897 to 612,775 in 1901, passing the 

 million ton mark in 1903, the million- 

 and-a-half ton mark in 1909, the 

 two-million ton mark in 1913 and, 

 with the 1915-16 season, passed the 

 three-million ton mark. 



There are other islands in the West 

 Indies and surroundings which, by 

 reason of location and climate, 

 might seem as well suited to sugar 

 production as Cuba. 



There are several reasons why 

 they are not but the chief of these 

 is that the United States Govern- 

 ment has stamped out the old politi- 

 cal unrest the wars and revolutions 

 with their bloodshed which, form- 

 erly kept Cuba down, while all of 

 Cuba's neighbors, save Porto Rico 

 alone, are still living, politically, in 

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