290 The Sugar-Beet in America. 
likely to be built except in a region thought to be well 
adapted to the raising of either sugar-cane or sugar-beets. 
Sugar-cane is restricted to hot moist climates and sugar- 
beets are raised in comparatively few districts. The parts 
of the world that produce cane-sugar and beet-sugar 
are shown in Fig. 34. The sugar-producing area is seen 
to be very small in comparison to the total land area. 
The production of cane-sugar in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, 
Java, and India is shown in greater detail in Figs. 35 and 
36. These represent the chief sources of cane-sugar. 
The relative number of beet-sugar factories in Europe 
and the United States is given in Fig. 11, page 3. The 
maps are drawn to the same scale and give some idea of 
the expansion that would be necessary in beet raising 
in the United States if it were made equal to that of 
Europe. 
At the opening of the European war, the world’s sugar 
supply was about equally divided between beet-sugar and 
cane-sugar; but military operations in the beet-producing 
areas of northern France, Belgium, Poland, and Italy 
have greatly curtailed the making of beet-sugar in these 
sections, and cane-sugar has been given a decided lead. 
The countries exporting and importing sugar are shown 
in Fig. 37. Cuba is the greatest exporter, followed by 
the Dutch East Indies, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and 
the smaller exporters. The United States is the leading 
importer, followed by the United Kingdom, British India, 
China, Canada, and the smaller importers. 
The production of sugar in the United States and her 
possessions is shown in Fig. 38. These give about half 
of the sugar consumed in the country; most of the other 
