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whereas the sugar industry of the Philippines lias for 7;") years been well organized 

 and always progressive. The maple sugar industry in the Philippines seems to 

 exist there in a miniature sort ot way, but to have no particular status as a 

 factor in the sugar world, and is to be regarded rather as an agricultural curio, 

 a reminiscence of the old Spanish days in the far interior, just as some of us can 

 recall now our boyhood experiences in equally quaint maple sugar establishments 

 in the Northern States of the Union. 



The sugar crop of Louisiana has become an important factor in the sugar 

 world, opening as it does the cane sugar markets of the western world every 

 autumn, and setting the pace in the way of prices. That the Philippine sugar 

 industry should be a larger one than that of Louisiana will be a surprise to many 

 of our readers, and when we reflect that from the data brought out in Washington 

 during the recent Philippine tariff discussions, it was shown that the islands 

 were capable of producing many millions wf tons of sugar per annum, we can 

 readily perceive the disastrous results that the free admission of Philippine 

 sugar into the United States, or any material abatement in the present tariff 

 on Philippine sugar, would bring to our domestic sugar industry. 



The tabular statement of the product of Louisiana and of the exports of the 

 Philippines from 1808 to 1898, inclusive, is given below in long tons:— 



Year. 



1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 



Louisiana. The Philippines. Year. 



Louisiana. The Philippines. 



42,617 

 44,382 

 75,369 

 65,635 

 55,891 

 46,078 

 60,100 

 72,958 

 85,102 

 65,835 



106,909 

 88,836 



121,886 

 71,304 



136,167 



123,318 



74,080 

 68,827 

 78,212 

 87,465 

 95,526 

 89,338 

 103,862 

 126,188 

 130,430 

 122,411 

 117,926 

 134,804 

 180,748 

 211,417 

 150,993 

 215,236 



1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 



Total 



94,372 

 127,958 



80,858 

 157,970 

 144,878 

 128,343 

 215,843 

 160,937 

 201,816 

 265,836 

 317,306 

 237,720 

 282,009 

 310,447 

 245,511 



4,234,191 



122,925 

 212,791 

 182,185 

 159,146 

 181,256 

 218,925 

 147,521 

 166,410 

 246,141 

 261,537 

 192,409 

 226,168 

 221,775 

 202,078 

 178,347 



4,907,077 



—The Louisiana Planter, April 21, 1906. 



SUGAR-CANE GROWING IN TRINIDAD. 



Cane farming in Trinidad seems to be prospering, notwithstanding the 

 incidental difficulties that come in the way of the development of any new industry. 

 And when we note that the beet sugar factories won't go into the business unless 

 they can secure a pledge of a beet supply, we are led to wonder why cane sugar 

 factories should ever be reluctant about contracting for the farmers' supply of 

 canes, always provided the prices are reasonable and that the cane is offered under 

 practicable conditions, 



A recent issue of the Port of Spain Gazette, referring to the cane harvest 

 in Trinidad, says that the farmers' canes flow in abundance to the factories, and 

 so much so, that some of them have had to check the supply. At one particular 

 factory 300 carts, heavily laden, were there at one time awaiting discharge. This 

 delay in taking the canes had led some of the farmers to go to more distant 

 factories, seeking a market, they being entirely unwilling to wait their turn at 

 other factories nearer home. 



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