4 BULLETIN" 66, V. S. DEPAETMEISTT OF AGEICULTTJEE. 



exceeded only by British India. This large home production fur- 

 nishes a Httle more than one-half of the home supply, the rest being 

 brought from abroad. The United States leads all countries as an 

 importer of sugar (Table 28). 



Somewhat more than one-haK of the "world" output of sugar is 

 made from cane. According to Table 30, the proportion of cane 

 sugar increased from 50.8 per cent of the total in the five years 

 ending with 1905-6, to 53.3 per cent in the next five-year period. 

 Measured in short tons, the cane-sugar product of the world increased 

 from a yearly average of 7,200,000 tons in the first five-3^ear period to 

 8,800,000 in the second; while beet sugar increased from 7,000,000 

 tons in the first to 7,700,000 in the second period shown in Table 30. 



Of the leading countries of production, Cuba, Dutch East Indies 

 (chiefly Java), and Germany are leaders in the export sugar trade of 

 the world. 



Table 1. — Production of sugar in the United States and its insular possessions, 1881- 



1912} 



Year of cane or beet 

 harvest. 



Average: 



1881-1885. 

 1886-1890. 

 1891-1895. 

 189&-1900. 

 1901-1905. 

 1906-1910. 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



IQOIt (census),. 



1905 



1906 



1907 



190S 



1909 



W09 (census).. 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Beet. 



Chiefly 

 refined. 



Contig- 

 uous 

 United 

 States. 



Short 



tons. 



692 



1,922 



19, 400 



58, 286 



239, 730 



479, 153 



184, 606 

 218, 406 

 240, 604 

 242, 113 

 253,921 

 312,920 

 483, 612 

 463, 628 

 425,884 

 512, 469 

 601,082 

 510, 172 

 599, 500 

 692, 556 



Cane. 



Raw (as coming from factories). 



Contig- 

 uous 

 United 

 States.2 



Short 



tons. 

 132, 148 

 171,488 

 275, 289 

 286, 805 

 364,179 

 362, 208 



364,325 

 372, 903 

 278, 070 

 414,995 



390, 602 

 272, 160 

 394,240 

 414,400 

 375, 200 

 SS4,202 

 355, 040 

 360, 874 

 162,574 



Hawaii. 



Short 



tons. 



76, 075 

 125, 440 

 162, 538 

 282, 585 

 403,308 

 516,041 



355, 611 

 437, 991 

 367, 475 

 426, 248 



429, 213 

 440, 017 

 521, 123 

 535,156 

 517,090 



566, 821 

 595, 038 

 546, 524 



Porto 

 Rico. 



Short 

 tons. 

 87,441 

 70, 112 

 63,280 

 61,292 

 141,478 

 282, 136 



103, 152 

 100, 576 

 138, 096 

 151,088 



214, 480 

 206, 864 

 230, 095 

 277, 093 

 346, 786 

 283,223 

 349,840 

 371,076 



Philip- 

 pine 

 Islands 



(ex- 

 ports) 



Short 



tons. 

 189,277 

 186, 129 

 286, 629 

 134, 722 

 108, 978 

 145,832 



75,011 

 123, 108 



82, 855 

 125,271 



138, 045 

 132, 002 

 167, 242 

 123,876 

 140, 7S3 



164, 658 

 205,046 



Total 

 raw cane. 



Short 

 tons. 

 484, 941 

 553, 169 

 787, 736 

 765, 404 

 1,017,943 

 1,306,217 



1,034,578 



866, 496 



1,117,602 



1,172,940 

 1,051,643 

 1,312,700 

 1,3.50,525 

 1,379,859 



1,436,359 

 1,532,034 



Total 

 cane in 

 terms of 

 refined.3 



Short 

 tons. 

 436,447 

 497,852 

 708, 962 

 688, 864 

 916, 149 

 1,175,596 



808, 289 



931, 120 



779, 846 



1, 005, 842 



1,055,646 

 946, 479 

 1, 181, 430 

 1,215,473 

 1, 241, 873 



1, 292, 723 

 1,378,831 



Total 

 beet and 

 raw cane, 



Short 

 tons. 

 485, 633 

 555, 091 

 807, 142 

 823, 690 

 1,257,673 

 1, 785, 370 



1, 082, 705 

 1,252,984 

 1, 107, 100 

 1,359,715 



1, 485, 860 

 1, 535, 255 

 1,776,328 

 1,776,409 

 1, 892, 328 



1,946,531 

 2,131,534 



Total 

 beet and 

 cane in 

 terms of 

 refined.3 



Short 

 tons. 

 437, 139 

 499, 774 

 728,. 368 

 747, 150 

 1,155,879 

 1, 654, 749 



992, 895 

 1,149,526 

 1, 020, 450 

 1,247,955 



1,368,566 

 1, 430, 091 

 1,645,058 

 1,641,357 

 1, 754, 342 



1,802,895 

 1,978,331 



1 Sources of data for contiguous United States f or indivi dual vears: Cane sugar, 1881-1903 from Bouchereau; 

 1904-1906 from Bouchereau (for Louisiana) and Willett & Gray (for Texas); 1906-1910 from WiUett & Gray; 

 1911 and 1912 from U. S. Department of Agriculture (for Louis'iana) and Willett & Gray (for Texas). Beet 

 sugar, 1S97, 1901-1912, from U. S. Dcpartmentof Agriculture; for other years from Willett & Gray. Hawaii: 

 1881-1SS4 from Rueb & Co.; 188.5-1900 from Willett & Gray; 1901-1910 from Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Association; 1911 and 1912, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Porto Rico: 1881-1884 from Rueb & Co.; 

 188.5-1889 from Willett & Gray; figures for 1900-1906 represent shipments from Porto Rico to the United 

 States; 1907 and subsequent years (crops) from Treasury Department of Porto Rico. PhiUppine Islands 

 (exports): 1894-1898 from Willott <fe Gray; other years from official sources. 



2 The term "contiguous" applies to the United States proper, and excludes all outlying possessions. 



3 Raw sugar reduced to terms of refined by assuming 90 pounds of refined to be the product of 100 pounds 

 of raw. 



