THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



PART ONE. 



THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SUGAR. 



THE FARMER, THE TARIFF AND THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



It required every pound of the wheat and flour exported by the United States 

 during the fiscal year 1896 to pay for the sugar imported.* The total value of all live 

 and dressed beef, beef products and lard exported during the past year barely equaled 

 the amount paid for imported sugar. Our immense export trade in cotton represents 

 in value only twice as much as our import of sugar. Our vast exports of tobacco must 

 be magnified thrice to counterbalance sugar imports. The barley, oats and rye, fruits 

 and nuts, hops, vegetable oils, oleomargarine, butter and cheese, pork and hams that 

 were exported last year all put together represent in value only two-thirds of the 

 sugar imported. 



IT IS AN ECONOMIC CRIME 



to compel American farmers to raise staples in competition with the cheap-land-and- 

 Jabor countries, with which to pay for imported sugar, besides standing the freight 

 and commission both ways. No wonder agriculture is depressed, for not only are 

 American farmers deprived of the home market for 100 million dollars' worth of sugar 

 annually, but imports of other produce that can be grown within our borders average 



* Table A. IMPORTS OF SUGAR INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



Expressed in millions of pounds. 



Countries from which / Calendar year ended Dec. 31. / Fiscal year ended , 



imported. 1879 1894 June 30, 1896. 



Cuba, etc., 1,360,000,000 Total 2,203,000,000 Total 986,000,000 Total 



West Indies, Mexico, etc., 117,000,000 362,000,000 546,000,000 



Central America, 1,477,OOO,OOO 2.565,OOO,OOO 1,532,OOO,OOO 



Brazil, 63,000,000 258,000,000 191,000,000 



Other South American, 19,000,000 147,000,000 164,000,000 



South America, 82,OOO,OOO 405,OOO,OOO 355,000,000 



Hawaii, 42,000,000 325,000,000 352,000,000 



East Indies, 167,000,000 420,000,000 701,000,000 



Oceanica, 2O9,OOO,OOO 745,OOO,OOO 1,O53,OOO.OOO 



aEurope, 7,OOO,OOO 554,OOO,OOO 629,OOO,OOO 



Other countries, 8,OOO,OOO 16,OOO,OOO 137.OOO,OOO 



Total, 1,783,OOO,OOO 4,286,OOO,OOO 3,7O6,OOO,OOO 



a Includes for 1894, from Germany 355 million pounds, United Kingdom 49, Netherlands 12, France 



14, Austria Hungary 44 and Belgium 80 million pounds. 



a Includes for 18%, from Germany 450 million pounds, United Kingdom 37, Netherlands 7, Austria- 

 Hungary 40, and Belgium 72, other Europe 21 million pounds. 



