Speech #820110964

I call the gentlemans attention to the report. which gives the quantity of sugar that is imported. On page 4 of the report. about midway of the page. appears the following: In 1950. under this quota system. domestic producing areas supplied 54.08 percent of the sugar consumed in the United States. as follows: Mainland beet and cane areas. 27.39 percent. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 12.85 percent. Hawaii. 13.84 percent. The Philippines supplied 5.72 percent. Cuba. 39.46 percent. and all other foreign countries. 0.74 percent. The changes will result in Puerto Rico being given 170.000 additional tons and the Virgin Islands 6.000 additional tons.