date:Dec 20, 2018
yet more support to domestic producers.
Three years later, the Sugar Act of 1937 began to micromanage production even more, capping total production at 1,959,062 tons and then dividing it carefully among different constituencies. Domestic producers got the biggest share (29.47 percent), while territorial possessions (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands) received 26.11 percent; the Philippines, under American sovereignty, got 15.41 percent, while Cuba received 28.60 percent a reflection of