HOW THE COMPETITION OF FOREIGN SUGAR HAS GROWN. 
WHERE THE SUGAR IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES COMES FROM. 
Illustrating the development of the industry abroad at the expense of American agriculture. The figures represent millions of pounds. 
1879 1894 
West Indies DES 6: SER eS ro as 
South America Mil 83 SE «0: 
Oceanica a 20° EEE ae 745. 
Europe 7 ES os 
Other Countries 18 Die 
It will be noticed from Table A (see foot note on Page 1) in the fifteen years ended with 1894, imports of sugar 
into this country from the West Indies and Central America almost doubled, from South America our imports increased ten- 
fold, from Oceanica (including the Sandwich Islands) threefold, other countries doubled their exports, but Europe sent us 80 
times as much sugar in ’94 as in 79, Comparing imports for the fiscal year 1896, there is a heavy falling off from Cuba, owing 
to the revolution in that unhappy country. South America sends almost as much. Oceanica shows an increase of 25 per cent 
over two years ago, and Europe almost as great increase. Still more significant is it that the 187 million pounds imported from 
other countries during the fiscal year 1896 came from Africa, which until recently never sent sugar to this market. 
The graphic chart fails to bring out the remarkable facts about the way in which European beet sugar has usurped the place 
of Cuban sugar in our markets during the past two years. In eleven months of 1896, Germany sent to the United States 815 
million pounds of sugar—five times as much as in the previous year. The United Kingdom sent us three times as much, 
Belgium and Austria-Hungary five times the quantity in the previous year. 
INCREASE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES IN FIFTEEN YEARS. 
The figures are millions of pounds, produced in the United States and imported in two calendar years. 
1879 1894 
Produced GR 34 ue 7° 
Imported aaa a) 1783 GER ee 1766 
Total Supply ae SE) 2057 fi SE Se ed 81 
