The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-09-25
SUGAR AREAS IN
THE WAR ZONE
Ten Affected Nations Among the
Leading Producers Of
Beet Sugar

The following statistics Of sugar pro.
duction in the various war zones of
Europe, with the probable effect, have
toen Compiled by j. Earth 4 Co., OF
San francisoO, from various author
titles:
tranee+-FrodnctiO l9l3.l4, 500, 900
tons sugar. SowIrgs, l9l4.l5. 566,3oU
acres. Almost an ~ pr5SuceG IN dc
partments lying between Belgium from.
tier and Paris; several Of the largest
producers boraer ON belgium. Lutte
sugar piodnced on German border. For
ty-two factories in NOrd, twenty,six in
Pas dc Calais thifty.scycn in Somme,
ftty.four in Aisnc, Tour in Ardennes,
tweEtyione in Disc total, 1s4 facto-
RIGS, which are already within the fir
ing lines, Thirty.two other factories
arc in direct line to Paris, leaving only
thirteen fattories in France so far i'm
Impne from disaster. .a
Belgium--Productio 1874, 200.
600 tons Sowing, l9l4,15, 1880
acres. lsiegc is the second largest pro
duccr IN the country, growing about
one-fourth Of the crop. Brabant (Which
contains Brussels) is the ncxt largest.
About oncythird Of the crop is produced
in llninaiIt, south of BRUSSELS on French
border. Nanlur and the remaining pro.
yinees produce but little sugar. Eff
teen factories IN Liege, eleven in Bra
| bant, twcnty-eight in lIainaut and four
in Namur; total, So; having probably
! lost their crop. Only two in Antwerp,
lseven in Flanders and -four in Limber;
! total, l3; remain intact Probably
100000 tons out of total of 100000 arc
Gcrmany--Pf 6daction, 1894, 2,7Ss,-
J 600 tons, Savings, l9l4-15, l3,5S5,OO0
acre. AIsaee. Lorraine and Baden pro
/ duco little sugar, but Rhcinland, which
borders on Bclnium, has about 44,500
acres insleets this year, and Lass year
Introduced S6,7 92 tone sugar. The four
districts OF Iifussia bordering on Rus
STA are large pEpdueers of sugar. The
sOwings in East and West Prussia to-
4 tailed S6,S57 acres, IN Poscn l69,943
lacrcs, and IN Silcsia, 100 Gas aeres; a
total of 456,446 heres, or about third
Of the German crop thus borders Rus.
sil Each fail it is customary to bring
large numbers of Russians into these
districts TO work In the beets. West of
Posen is Brandenburg, containing Ber
lin, where $500 acres were planted
this year. The other districts produc-
ing largo quantities OF sugar are Pom.
I crania aud Mecklenburg on the Baltic
: Sea, the province of SaNony in which
, Is Magdcburg, growing 306,5S6 acres
and Hanover, Brunswick and Anhalt
I All these arc in the confer of the cOun
TRY. Tho Kingdom Of Saxony and other
Statos and Provinces Of the empire
lpfoducc small amounts, German cor
!. Respondent of Willett g. Gray claimS
I, That crop will he fully harvested, but
, takes no potr OF the Russian advance
TO Berlin, which, II completed, woulf
,be over some Of tho principal beet
iields Of Germany, which Tic totwecn tn,
= Russian array and Berlin.
D Holland PRODUCTION 1913 II, 23O,OUl
tona sugar. Servings l0li.ll, 1890,
. acres. North Brabant, which stretchc.
along most of the Belgian border con
tajns sixteen of the tweuty-cight fac
tories Of Holland. Limberg contains
none, and there are hut four Othcr fac
, tories near tho German border.
Russia-Produclio 1914, l,7j0,OOl
tons sugar. Servings 19I4-l5, 2,O74,0Ot
Il, acres. Servings in Poland conStitut,
I about a tonth of these; those in PodO
; liza and Yolhynio, on the Galician (Aus
trian) border, about d fourth, and Kict
adjoining these latter, inland, anothe
fourth. 'h.
Austria--Production 1851, LILO,
900 tons sugar. Servings l9ld.lj
I1,0sB,S0h acres. little sugar is pro
duced near the Russian border. Galicii
, contains two factories and Bukowint
/. three.e Hungary, farther south, con
j tains thirty,two factories. Bosnia an
Slavonia each contains one factory. TIL
other 1888 factories are located rHostl.