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THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF RUSSIA 109
Sugar.—The beet-sugar industry in Russia—one of great
importance—is steadily growing and is bound to increase
considerably in the near future. Only lack of capital and
proper organisation has prevented Russia from becoming
the first among the nations engaged in the sugar industry.
Climatic conditions and the. quality of the soil would favour
much larger crops of beetroot than those obtained hitherto.
Assistance for the introduction of better methods in this
culture is required. A vast field awaits the enterprise and
energies of the British in the introduction of modern methods
in the beet-sugar cultivation into Russia. The following
table, taken from the Russian Statistical Annual published
in 1915, shows the expansion in the cultivation of beet
sugar, 85 per cent, of which is obtained in the centre
of European Russia, and 15 per cent, in the Vistula
provinces :
Area of cultivation Quantity of beetroot harvested and used in the fabrication of sugar
Dessiatinas Acres Poods Tons
1912-13 . 684,266 1,847,518 639,002,130 10,306,486
1911-12 . 712,501 1.923.752 8x7,123,700 13,179,414
1910-11 . 604,212 1,631,372 799.567.2IO 12,734.955
1909-10 . 499,36o 1,348,272 423.839.000 6,836,113
1908-09 . 498,528 1,346,025 497’8o5,2IO 8,029,116
The progress in sugar production in Russia is revealed
by the fact that in—
1885-86 . 38,980,000 poods ( 628,800 tons) were produced in Russia.
1892-93 . 64,180,000 ,, (1,025,200 ,, ) „ ,,
1910-11 . 117,190,000 ,, (1,896,200 ,, ) ,, ,,
In the past Russia had to meet the competition of
Germany and Austria in the sugar market, and her exportation
of sugar was limited on the strength of the Sugar Convention
of Brussels. The war has altered her position and will
make it possible for her to export sugar on a much larger
gcale, supplanting German and Austrian sugar on the
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