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Show SUGAR JUPPLY HI! War Affects Geography of the World's Production. Flfty-Threo Per Cent of Sugar li Grown In Countries Now at War and Their Colonies United States Affecteta. Washington, D. C. Tho effect of tho present war in Europo on tho geography ge-ography of tho world's sugar production produc-tion is strikingly shown In a statement state-ment just issued by tho National Geographic Ge-ographic society. This statement Is ns follows: "Flfty-threo out of overy hundred pounds of sugar produced In tho world Is grown In tho countries now at war and their colonics. Tho total production pro-duction of tho world Is estimated at approximately 18,000,000 tons. This production Is mado up of cano sugar and beet sugar, tho total yield of cano sugar having been 9,545,000 tons, nnd of beet sugar, 8,438,000 tons In 1913. "Ono of tho peculiar facts connected connect-ed with tho sugar map of the world Is that while Europe produces more than 93 out of every hundred pounds of beet sugar grown, it ylolds only one pound out of overy six hundred of cano sugar. Of Europo's total production produc-tion of beet sugar, amounting to 7,808,-000 7,808,-000 tons, G.GGG.OOO tons grew in belligerent bellig-erent territory In 1913. Nearly all of this product Is now entirely isolated iso-lated from the outside world, being grown mainly in Germany, Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary and Russia. What this means to tho world Is revealed by tho fact that moro than two-thirds of tho world's sugar Is not consumed In tho country of Us origin, this condition arising from tho fact that tho great 8Ugar-UBlng nations aro principally outsldo of tho bolts of sugar production. produc-tion. "Any scarcity of sugar, growing out of tho war, will affect tho United States moro seriously than any other country, for tho reason that American peoplo nro per capita tho heaviest users of sugar In the world. With one-sixteenth of tho world's population, popula-tion, tho United States consumes moro than one-fifth of Its sugar. How rapidly this country Is becoming a nation na-tion of sugar-eaters Is revealed by a refcrenco to tho tables of sugar consumption con-sumption of tho past half century. Fifty years ago tho people of tho United States ato 18 pounds of sugar per capita. Five years later, in 1870, thoy wero using 33 pounds per capita In 1880, the per capita consumption had gono up to 40 pounds. Twenty-five years ago It had risen to 51 pounds. In 1900 it had climbed still higher to 59 pounds. I3y 1910 tho mercury In tho sugar consumption thermometer reached 80. Today tho per capita consumption con-sumption Is upwards of 85 pounds. "It appears that the cano BUgar industry in-dustry will suffer vory llttlo In the matter of tho total crop yield as n result re-sult of tho war. On tho othor hand tho beet sugar business will suffer vory henvlly. Tho present Russian crop has been nlmopt entirely tied up by Inability to get exports out of tho country, while noxt year's crop Is threatened with a shortage resulting from tho destruction of tho Industry In Poland, whoro bo much of Russia's sugnr Is produced. Tho reports from Franco Indicate that the rich sugar boot lands of tho northern section woro harvested last season undor the direction of tho Germans, and that most of tho sugar factories In this ter iltory havo been dismantled to sequro' tholr copper for tho manufacture of wnr munitions. "Information from Germany Indicates Indi-cates that the empire will plant only throe-fourths of Its normal aren In sugnr bcots this year. This would ro-sult ro-sult In cutting down Germany's sugar yield by moro than 650,000 tons. "Of courso tho prospective short-ago short-ago in beet sugar production wtll b somowhnt offset by tho falling off In sugar consumption Incident to tho financial stringency of tho world, caused by the war. Great Britain, nn-nunlly nn-nunlly buying nonrly 4,000,000 tons ot sugar, will probably-cut down her consumption con-sumption as much as Germany will cut down her production." |