for other food crops which command relatively higher prices tends to re- 

 strict the expansion of sugar acreage, particularly in view of the fact that 

 Europe cannot produce sugar as cheaply as Cuba and Java. Moreover, 

 government support is no longer extended to the European industry in the 

 same measure as formerly." It may be expected that the European industry 

 will continue to increase its output, but it seems apparent that for many 

 years to come, a large part of European consumption requirements must 

 be met from outside sources, such as Cuba and the other great cane growing 

 regions. Because of natural advantages of location, Cuban sugars must play 

 an important part in supplying the European market. 



United States Greatest Sugar Market 



The world's greatest individual market for sugar is the United States: 

 In pre-war years, we consumed approximately one-fifth of the total world 

 production of beet and cane sugar and in recent years our- consumption has 

 been about one-fourth. Neither high prices nor shortage have served to stop 

 the upward movement of the consumption curve. For instance, in 1919 a 

 year of high prices and shortage, the estimated quantity of sugar consumed 

 in the United States was 4,067,671 tons, an appreciable increase over any prior 

 year. There were also successive increases in 1920 and 1921, the estimated 

 consumption of the latter year being 4,107,328 tons. Part of this increase of 

 consumption in recent years has been due to the growth of the confectionery 

 and soft drink business following prohibition, but part of it is the normal 

 growth, characteristic of sugar consumption. It is estimated by Willett 

 and Gray that over the past ninety-nine years, the average annual rate of 

 increase in sugar consumption in the United States has been 5.216%. No 

 other nation consumes such enormous quantities of sugar. 



Sources of ^he su g ar supply of the United States is obtained from our 



Our Sugar own beet sugar and cane sugar industries, and from Hawaii, 

 Supply -j^g Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba. About one-half of our 



sugar supply is obtained from Cuba. It is only under abnormal conditions of 

 prices in this market that cane and beet sugar from other parts of the world 

 find their way into the United States market in any considerable volume. 

 This is partly but not solely due to the special tariff concessions which we give 

 our possessions and Cuba. 



The Beet Sugar Industry in the United States 



The beet sugar industry has been long established in this country, the 

 first factory having been constructed at Northampton, Mass., in 1838. To- 



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