292 The Sugar-Beet in America 
go on till the amount required to supply the world’s needs 
will be several times what it is at present; nor is there 
any reason to believe that this demand cannot be met 
SUGAR PRODUCTION 
FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, 1909-1913 
UNITED STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
CANE SUGAR ,; THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS 
100 200 300 400 500 
Hawall SINT 
PORTO RICO. 
LOUISIANA. 
“PHILIPPINE 1S. 
BEET SUGAR : THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS 
100 200 300 400 500 
COLORADO 
CALIFORNIA 
MICHIGAN 
UTAH & IDAHO 
OTHER STATES 
Fic. 38. — Production of sugar in the United States and possessions. 
(U. 8. Dept. of Agr.) 
easily. Under scientific methods, cane-sugar production 
in the tropics is capable of very great expansion; the 
world’s entire sugar supply could be obtained from this 
source if there were no other. 
The beet-sugar industry is only in its infancy in the 
