(4) DEMAND FOR MANCHURIAN BEANS IN EUROPE 
Bean cultivation in European countries has yet not 
got out of the experimental stage. Therefore what is for 
domestic consumption is to be imported entirely from Man- 
churia. 
The chief uses to which Beans are put are as oil- 
yielding material. Lately the amount for food purposes 
is on the increase. Still, in point of quantity, there is 
no comparison with the former. 
The heaviest consumers are England, Holland, and 
Denmark. At Hull and Liverpool (England), Copenhagen 
(Denmark) and Rotterdam and Amsterdam (Holland) and 
elsewhere, the bulk of Beans is used at the oil mills. 
The consumption in Germany used to beat the other 
countries before the War, but their supply was out short 
on the outbreak of the War. However, with the reconst- 
ruction of industry in Germany, time is bound to come 
when she will rise again to be the heaviest consumer of 
Manchurian Beans on the Continent Actually, already 
with the revival of the domestic oil industry, Manchurian 
Beans are being imported into Germany in an increasing 
quantity. 
Next come Italy and Sweden. Especially in Italy, 
the demand has been showing an inclination of remarkable 
increase lately. As to the rest, hardly any of them is worth 
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