Speech #790174821

In 1933. they suddenly jumped to 1.652.593 tons. but in order to do that. they practically denuded the islands of every standing stalk of sugarcane. Every informed person knows that cane is a crop which requires 2 years growth in the Philippines. and the proof that every standing stalk was sacrificed to btiild up an extraordinary production record lies in the fact that in 1934. only 754.721 tons were produced in the Philippine Islands. The quota system was necessary because there was too much sugar available from normal sources. Everybody had to be cut down. and everybody was cut down. including the mainland cane and mainland beet areas. There appeared to be a very drastic cut in the case of the Filipinos. but it was really representative of the previous 5 years production and amounted to an increase over the previous 10 or 15 years production.