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ing year, the lowest during the period. This was due to both the low 
price of beets and the small production. The production in 1911 was 
lower, but the price was higher. The next year of large values was 
in 1912, amounting to $39,794,000. The average annual value of 
beets during the period 1903 to 1913 was about $25,000,000. 
During the period 1885-1902 the average annual farm price per 
ton of beets was $4.10; the average price paid by the factory for the 
same period was $4.66. During the period 1903-1912 the average farm 
price per ton was $4.40, while the factory price was $4.33. The fac- 
tory price during this period, as computed, was 7 cents below the farm 
price. During the latter period the factory price, as stated in the 
original, was lower than the farm price for the sugar campaigns of 
1906-7, 1907-8, 1908-9, 1909-10, and 1911-12. 
The number of sugar factories annually in operation has decreased 
more than one-half since 1882-83. The number that year was 497, and 
the number in 1912-13 was 213. During the 10 years preceding the 
Brussels Convention the average number of factories in operation an- 
nually was 340. During the 10 years following the convention the 
average number decreased to 255. The annual supply of beets used 
for sugar during the first period was 7,941,333 tons, and during the 
second period the quantity used was 6,507,075, a decrease of 1,434,000 
tons annually. The annual production of refined sugar during the 
first period amounted to 847,337 tons, compared with 778,760 tons in 
the second period, or an annual decrease of 68,577 tons. The average 
annual production of sugar per factory during the first period was 
2,492 tons, and during the second period 3,054 tons. The number of 
people employed in the sugar factories were 62,047 in the campaign 
year 1883-84, 49,971 in 1893-94, 42,632 in 1903-4, and 34,314 in 
1912-13. The greater portion of the employees were men, ranging 
from 47,300 in 1883-84 to 31,764 in 1912-13. In 1883-84 there 
were 7,687 women and 7,060 children employed in the sugar factories. 
In 1912-13 the number of women employed had been reduced to 1,614 
and the children to 936. The average number of people employed 
during the period 1893-94 to 1902-3 was 48,468, with an average pro- 
duction of sugar per employee of 17.48 tons. During the 10 years 
1903-4 to 1912-13 the number: of employees decreased to 37,782, but 
the production of sugar per employee increased to 20.61 tons. 
The production of sugar per ton of beets in 1893-94 to 1902-3 
averaged 235 pounds, which increased to 243 pounds during the 10 
years 1903-4 to 1912-13. The per cent of sugar extracted per weight 
of beets increased slightly during the 20 years. The percentage of 
extraction was 11.8 per cent during the 10 years 1893-94 to 1902-3 
and 12 per cent during the 10 years 1903-4 to 1912-13. 
