World’s Use and Supply of Sugar 283 
Swiss guide considers lump sugar and highly sweetened 
chocolate an indispensable part of his outfit.” 
INCREASE IN USE OF SUGAR 
While man has probably always eaten considerable 
sugar, which he obtained in fruit and other foods, the use 
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Fic. 32. — Production of total sugar and beet-sugar in the world and the 
United States’ consumption of sugar and production of beet-sugar. 
of refined sugar in large quantities is confined to modern 
times. As previously stated, sugar was anciently thought 
to be suitable for use only on special occasions; today 
