. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . y. Some experimental work with sugar cane is also carriedon at the station at Alabang, Laguna province, Luzon. American control in the Philippines promises much for thefuture of the sugar industry of these islands, for when it is re-membered that for many years, in spite of the handicap ofcrude, uneconomic methods, export duties at home and importduties abroad, sugar was made and sold at a profit in the mar-kets of the world, it is not unreasonable to look for a consider-able stimulus to be given to production by adva
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . y. Some experimental work with sugar cane is also carriedon at the station at Alabang, Laguna province, Luzon. American control in the Philippines promises much for thefuture of the sugar industry of these islands, for when it is re-membered that for many years, in spite of the handicap ofcrude, uneconomic methods, export duties at home and importduties abroad, sugar was made and sold at a profit in the mar-kets of the world, it is not unreasonable to look for a consider-able stimulus to be given to production by advanced scientificmanagement and free admission of the commodity to the mar-kets of the United States. Quantity of sugar exported from the Philippine islands from1895 to 1916, in tons of 2240 pounds: 1895 227,279 1906 122,417 1896 226,279 1907 120,050 1897 198,899 1908 140,197 1898 177,962 1909 125,276 1899 91,583 I9IO 114,506 1900 61,752 I9II 203,394 I90I 51,448 I9I2 190,702 1902 90,617 I9I3 155,201 1903 88,144 I9I4 232,761 1904 82,656 I9I5 207,679 1905 103,334 I9I6 300,000.
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