The most important feature of the beet sugar industry in Canada to-day is the 

 fact that we are absolutely independent of foreign countries, as it has been demonstrated 

 that the seed can be grown in Canada to equal advantage. 



The production of seed is of necessity an essential part of the industry, and the 

 growing of it demands extraordinary care. A large amount of work and scientific 

 study of the root is necessary. The Dominion Sugar Company has a seed farm located 

 in Western Ontario, and has been experimenting with the growing of sugar beet 

 seed for the past five years, with very fair success. The results obtained from the home 

 grown seed have been quite as satisfactory as those obtained from the imported seed. 

 The cost, which is practically all attributable to labour, has been greater owing to the 

 fact that we have a much higher wage scale here than in Germany. 



Canadian consumers are now alive to the "Made in Canada" spirit, and as the 

 refined sugar from beets is made every bit in Canada, direct from the soil, there is no 

 good reason why it should not have the preference in all Canadian homes. We are glad 

 to be able to state that it is securing the preference. 



Refined sugars, whether they are manufactured from the beet or the cane, are 

 identical. Sugar is sugar no matter from whence it is derived, provided it is manu- 

 i a ~tured properly. No chemist in the world can detect the difference — therefore, our 

 own home-made Canadian sugar is equal to any that the world produces. 



Note by Editor — The Dominion Sugar Co. has two factories or refineries; one at 

 Waliaceburg, Kent County, and the other at Berlin, Waterloo Co. A third is being 

 erected at Chatham. It is worthy of note that this company, which was the only 

 company handling Canadian-grown sugar in 1915, paid the Ontario farmers last year 

 $75,000 as bonus over and above contract agreements. 



SUGAR PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 



The following table, prepared by William J. Showalter, assistant editor of the 

 National Geographic Magazine, shows' the production, exportation, importation, and 

 total and per capita consumption of sugar in the leading countries of the world. 



Per Capita 

 Total Con- 

 Country Production Exports Imports Consumption sumption 

 (Pounds) (Pounds) (Pounds) (Pounds) (Pounds) 



Canada 26,880,000 651,000,000 677,880,000 94.1 



United Kingdom 3,693,000,000 3,693,000,000 80.8 



France 1,904,000,000 373,000,000 672,000,000 2,203,000,000 55.8 



Germany 5,945,000,000 953,000,000 4,992,000,000 76. 9 



Denmark 298,000,000 31,000,000 329,000,000 118.7 



Norway 99,000,000 99,000,000 43.0 



Sweden 291,300,000 291,300,000 53.3 



Russia 2,687,000,000 830,000,000 1,857,000,000 10.9 



Austria-Hungary 4,185,000,000 1,540,000,000 2,645,000,000 52.9 



Italy 470,500,000 16,000,000 486,500,000 13.8 



Turkey 445,000,000 445,000,000 20.9 



Japan (including 



Formosa)... 313,500,000 303,000,000 616,500,000 2.03 



Spain 291,200,000 291,200,000 14.9 



Argentina 324,500,000 67,000,000 391,500,000 43.5 



Brazil 456,500,000 10,000,000 446,500,000 18.6 



United States... 3,764,202,826 66,569,033 4,536,843,342 8,234,477,235 85.04 



Australia 445,600,000 220,000,000 665,600,000 151 . 1 



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