SU&AR INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES. 



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These came from various countries, and were for 



1877—' 



To the above we must add a certain amount from 

 Mexico, England, Germany, Belgium, etc., giving a 

 total of 1,584,162,824 lbs., having a value of $81,187,- 

 504, representing an average of 5.12 cents per pound. 



Besides the above sugars we have a certain quantity 

 of home product of various origins, such as maple 

 sugar. The latter in consequence of our forests being 

 steadily cut down has largely diminished. To give 

 some idea as to the exactitude of this statement, in 1860 

 it was 40,120,000 lbs., and in 1870 only 28,000,000 lbs., 

 and to-day is very much less. There can, therefore, 

 be no hopes of any great increase in this special 

 direction. We now have a sugar made from sorghum. 

 It may be remembered, that some years ago it created 



Report of David A. Wells, 1878. 



