How Congress and the Public Deal With a Great Venue and Industrial Problem (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from How Congress and the Public Deal With a Great Venue and Industrial ProblemIn answer to the next question which naturally suggests itself, Where does all the sugar come from 2 it may be said that, commencing with cane sugar, the Spanish West Indian islands - Cuba and Porto Rico - stand first in importance among the sugar producing countries, with an annual pro duct of at least tons. The other great sources of sugar, named in the order of their importance, are British India, China, the Islands of the East Indian archipelago, Brazil, the British and French West Indies, the Guianas, the United States tons), Peru, Egypt, and Central America, but at the same time there is hardly a tropical region which does not produce sugar, and from which the export of this article does not tend to increase with every increase of its commercial intercourse with the rest of the world.Passing next to sugar produced from the beet-root, it will be found that although repeated attempts have been made to establish this industry in England and the United States, it is yet mainly restricted to the states of Continental Eu rope, the centers oi production being, first, France, second, Germany, third, Russia, fourth, Belgium, with a notably smaller product in Austria and Holland, and very little in Sweden and Italy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.