Sugar Crops of the World.—These figures include local consumption of home production wherever known.
Willett and Gray's estimates of cane sugar crops, Oct. 18, 1906:
Crop
Begins: 1906-07. 1905-06. 1904-05.
United States—Louisiana September 265,000 330,000 335,000
Texas September 14,000 12,000 15,000
Porto Rico January 230,000 213,000 145,000
Hawaiian Islands November 395,000 385,000 382,576
Cuba, crop December 1,250,000 1,175,000 1,163,258
British West Indies—Trinidad, exports January 50,000 55,000 31,000
Barbados, exports January 43,000 49,680 41,600
Jamaica, crop January 18,000 18,000 16,000
Antigua and St. Kitts January 24,000 24,000 24,000
French West Indies—Martinique, exports January 35,000 33,000 29,986
Guadeloupe January 36,000 36,000 36,000
Danish West Indies—St. Croix January 13,000 13,000 11,000
Haiti and San Domingo January 50,000 50,000 47,000
Lesser Antilles, not named above January 13,000 13,000 13,000
Mexico, crop December 110,000 105,000 107,038
Central America—Guatemala, crop January 8,000 8,000 7,640
San Salvador, crop January 6,000 6,000 5,588
Nicaragua, crop January 5,000 5,000 4,235
Costa Rica, crop January 3,000 3,000 2,305
South America—Demerara, exports Oct. & May 120,000 121,693 101,278
Surinam, crop October 13,000 13,000 13,000
Venezuela October 3,000 3,000 3,000
Peru, crop October 140,000 150,000 150,000
Argentine Republic, crop June 140,000 137,308 128,104
Brazil, crop October 260,000 275,000 195,000
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Total in America 3,244,000 3,233,681 3,005,608
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Asia—British India—Exports December 30,000 15,000 30,000
Siam (cons'n 30,000 tons, mostly imported)
Java, crop May 950,000 993,900 1,008,900
Japan (cons'n 260,000 tons, mostly imported)
Philippine Islands, crop December 160,000 135,625 106,875
China (cons'n large, mostly imported)
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Total in Asia 1,140,000 1,144,525 1,145,775
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Australia and Polynesia—Queensland June 170,000 170,000 147,688
New South Wales June 20,000 20,000 21,525
Fiji Islands, exports June 40,000 40,000 47,000
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Total in Australia and Polynesia 230,000 230,000 216,213
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Africa—Egypt, crop January 60,000 65,000 60,000
Mauritius August 200,000 188,364 142,101
Reunion September 30,000 30,000 30,000
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Total in Africa 290,000 283,364 232,101
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Europe—Spain December 15,000 14,512 18,592
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Total Cane sugar crops (W. & G.) 4,919,000 4,906,082 4,618,289
Europe Beet sugar crops (F. O. Licht) September 6,570,000 6,954,000 4,708,758
United States Beet sugar crops (W. & G.) July & Oct. 345,000 283,717 209,722
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Grand total Cane and Beet Sugar—Tons 11,834,000 12,143,799 9,536,769
Estimated decrease in the world's production 309,799
Adulteration of Sugar.—In the United States there are few adulterations of sugar practiced. The product has grown so cheap not only in the United States but all over the world that adulterations are no longer a paying process and whenever adulteration ceases to pay it requires no law to prevent it. White sugars have been adulterated from time to time by the admixture of white earth or terra alba (either ground silicate, ground gypsum, or ground chalk). I have never found any adulteration of this kind in an American
