The sugar supply on which our allies
in Europe normally draw has been
tremendously reduced, so that they
must have recourse to other sources.
In consequence of the shipping situa
tion the area from which they must
draw is also curtailed and, as a result,
they are driven Into those markets
from which our own supply normally
arises. Furthermore, their own pro
duction has been greatly diminished.
Before the war, Europe supplied in a
large measure its own needs, through
the production of beet sugar, as will
appear from the following table show
ing the average yearly production and
consumption for the five years before
the war (1909-1913), in some of the
chief countries of Europe:
Prod'n. Consump Surp. (t)
'short (short or defl
tons) tons) ciency
Oermanv 2,525,899 1,299,685 tl,226,314
Austria ....^1651889 679.204 972,685
KuXla l!659.947 1.322,285 337,662
RuSdom 2,056,000 -2,056,000
Franfe 752.542 704,830 47,712
Tta
VM
i 211,050 190,000 21,050
BrfS um 279918 120.358 159.560
Holland 246.146 131.538 114,608
As appears from the table, France,
Italy. Ruaala and Belgium WPTP solf
supporting, while the United Kingdom
drew its'entire sugar supply from ex
terior sources. The supply of the Unit
ed Kingdom came to the amount of
about 70 per cent from countries from
which it is now cut off by the war.
Ten per cent came from the East In
dies and 20 per cent from the United
States and the West Indies.
