World's Use and Supply of Sugar 



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half is imported from Cuba. An idea of the amount of 

 sugar used in this country may be obtained when it is 



SUGAR EXPORTS AND IMPORTS 



FIVE YEAR AVERAGE. 19O9-1913 



TOTAL EXPORTS 



t49300*7.eeS POUNDS 



TOTAL IMPORTS 



frO70.294.Oet POUND* 



Fio. 37. Sugar exports and imports in different countries. (U. S. 

 Dept. of Agr.) 



realized that a freight train extending from Boston to 

 Denver would be required to haul one year's supply. 



Detailed figures regarding the world's use and supply 

 of sugar are given in Appendix C. 



FUTURE USE AND SUPPLY 



Figures have already been given to show that the use 

 of sugar in the world is increasing very rapidly. There 

 seems to be no good reason why this increase should not 



