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‘ f ia i pte annual production of cane and beet sugar since 
theg I “8 lrnational Sugar Convention has been as follows: 
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4 g 5 1 ; 
: | g 3S + {78.—WorLp’s PropucTiON OF SUGAR, 1904-1911. 
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® | | I | Cane sugar. | Beet sugar. | Year Cane sugar. |Beet sugar. 
w Z ] | | I [ 
b Sass | | ——— — | 
Long tons. | | Long tons. | Long tons. 
R 1903 |= OO | 6,203,971 | "5,614,373 | 16 3,065,164 | 6,523,350 
1904 a I't ,920 || 0-,332 | 6,436,999 
% 1905 2<f 6 18, 073 3s ,657 || 1909. . 8, 2 | 6,321,609 
006 2 ul 81 8,800 | 6,66%,471 || [18 582, 220 
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. 1K 8 i Willett & Gray take their figures for European beet sugar from F. O. Licht. 
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col © SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER LEADING 
= COUNTRIES. 
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ir / > ates is the largest sugar consuming country in the 
| wo = mes annually almost one-fifth of the entire estimated 
il am produced in the world. The following table shows 
  
consumption of sugar in the United States and some 
the 
{ iropean countries: 
  
CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN SEVERAL 
1PORTANT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, 1904-1910. 
    
  
          
  
  
   
  
        
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
  
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Ih g | 1903-4 1904-5 | 1905-6 1906-7 1907-8 | 1908-9 | 1909-10 
- BE mde em remit et imme aac ten 
1 5 i Jong tors | Long tons. Long tons. | Long tons. | Long tons. 
: Unit o al. x 3,251,529 | 3,28 
1! Uni 1 || ,831,013 11, 
Ger 3 . | 1,104,079 | 1, 
Rus 8 I=]. | 081, 456 | 1 
Aus 11. L996 | 
Frat o = 1 587.141 | 
Belg w 83 | 90, 503 96, 311 
Netl Tl 86909 3,040 | 108,675 
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a 1 Not including consumption for July and August. 
<Q 2 Expressed in terms of consumable sugar. 
} = S table shows the annual per capita consumption of 
i ug @® hited States and in all of the European countries. 
8 1 > rger per capita consumption than the United States, 
I du > ices and to the fact that it consumes a larger rela- 
il tiv, 8 + | fruit canning and preserving for export. In most 
= ig > 2, 
iE 2 o + Jries the per capita consumption is low, due, among 
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il ot] 2 2 1 khe high prices incident to excise taxes and tariffs 
mg & 1°F the Brussels convention, however, excises and the 
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sul # In reduced in almost all of the countries of Europe 
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 sigg @ i b convention and the kartels have dissolved. This 
red 2 i |r prices and a larger per capita consumption, par- 
| tic? many, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark. 
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