Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1916 — Japs as Sugar Barons. [ARTICLE]

Japs as Sugar Barons.

The sugar production of Formosa has risen since the island was taken over by the Japanese in 1895 from: 75,000 to 350,000 tons annually. Millions of dollars have been invented by Japanese in sugar mills in Formosa, and the war has further stimulated „ the trade in sugar there. According to the Manchuria Daily News, 31,000 tons of Formosa sugar are to be sent to Australia, 3,000 tons to Hongkong, 15,000 tons to Cafada. and 25,000 tons to India, China, Manchuria and Korea.