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States. These exports amounted to 181 tons in 1903-4, 75 tons in 

 1905-6, 1,301 tons in 1909-10, and 75 tons in 1911-12. 



The exports of sugar increased from 17,981 tons in 1903-4 to 

 42,600 in 1904-5, decreased to 4,643 in 1908-9, and increased to 26,546 

 in 1911-12. The imports have been less than the exports and in- 

 creased from 1,419 tons in 1903-4 to 5,649 in 1907-8 and decreased 

 to 1,123 in 1911-12. During the nine years 1903-4 to 1911-12 the 

 annual production of sugar was 125,499 tons, as compared with 

 14,651 tons exported and 2,301 tons imported. The consumption of 

 sugar annually for the same period averaged 113,149 tons, or 15.25 

 pounds per capita. The quantity of sugar produced in Mexico has 

 increased more than threefold during the last 15 years. In 1898-99 

 the production was 55,000 tons, which increased to 178,000 in 1910-11, 

 but, partly on account of the revolution, the production decreased 

 to 121,000 tons in 1914-15. During the five years 1898-99 to 1902-3 

 the annual production of sugar was 95,900 tons, which increased to 

 124,000 during the next five years, an increase of 29.4 per cent. Dur- 

 ing the five years 1908-9 to 1912-13 the annual production was 

 166,000 tons, an increase of 33.8 per cent over the preceding five 

 years. The sugar produced is practically all raw, mostly in the 

 form of small tablets or cakes. 



CANADA. 



The beet-sugar industry of Canada was more or less unsuccessful 

 until 1902. The results were so unsatisfactory to both grower and 

 factory owner that the industry was almost entirely abandoned. 

 However, the experience had proved that there were large areas in 

 the Dominion on which sugar beets could be grown successfully and 

 more profitably than other crops. 



In 1901 the Legislature of Ontario set apart $225,000 to promote 

 the growth of sugar beets for a period of three j^ears, not more than 

 $75,000 to be used in any one year. The act provided for a rate of 

 one-half cent per pound for the first and second years for first-class 

 marketable sugar and one-quarter cent for the third year. These 

 yearly grants provided that not less than $4 per ton should be paid 

 for the beets delivered at the factories under contract irrespective 

 of the saccharine content for the first year. For the second and 

 third years the price should be 33 T ^ cents per ton for every 1 per cent 

 of sugar in the beets. In 1904, $150,000 was added to the special 

 fund and authorized a uniform payment of one-half cent per pound 

 for refined sugar for a period of five years. The Alberta Legislature 

 provided for a bonus of one-half cent per pound on refined sugar, 

 produced from beet roots, at the factory for two years commencing 

 in 1906, and one-quarter cent per pound for the three years fol- 

 62069°— Bull. 473—17 4 



