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175 New American Sugar
Sugar can reasonably be called "The White Stuff"
It makes us happy - and yet people are willing to abuse it, and commit crimes to make it happen.
The late 19th century is when America goes from eating a similar amount of sugar as the rest of the up and coming mechanical world - to becoming the greediest of all.
The combination of extending sugar plantations out into Cuba, Puerto Rico and now Hawai'i along with the rise of maufactured foods - expecially sweet treats is going to place America at the front of the Suger Consumer Pack. And we'll stay there.
To get into the nitty gritty of Sugar…
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