World Sugar Market Price Crises and International Responses (1870–1930)

1. Beet sugar expansion reshapes global competition

   Jan 1, 1870Labels: Beet sugar, European governments

   • Britannica

2. First Brussels sugar conference convenes in Brussels

   Jun 7, 1898Labels: Brussels conference, European governments

   • OpenLibrary

3. Brussels Sugar Convention is signed

   Mar 5, 1902Labels: Brussels Convention, European powers

   • Gutenberg
   • Hansard

4. Brussels Sugar Convention enters into force

   Sep 1, 1903Labels: Brussels Convention, United Kingdom

   • StateDept
   • Hansard

5. World War I disrupts beet output and boosts cane

   Aug 1, 1914Labels: World War, Cane sugar

   • Encyclopedia com

6. U.S. Sugar Equalization Board created for wartime control

   Jul 11, 1918Labels: U S, United States

   • NARA

7. Postwar controls end and speculation drives prices upward

   Dec 31, 1919Labels: Postwar markets, Speculators

   • NARA
   • SAGE

8. Cuban sugar reaches peak price in “Dance of the Millions”

   May 20, 1920Labels: Cuban sugar, Speculative boom

   • SAGE
   • Encyclopedia com

9. Sugar prices crash as European beet production recovers

   Nov 18, 1920Labels: European beet, Price crash

   • CubanStudies
   • Encyclopedia com

10. Cuban banking failures deepen the sugar shock

    Jul 1, 1921Labels: Cuban banking, Financial crisis

    • CubanStudies
    • SAGE

11. Mid-1920s overproduction renews calls for coordination

    Nov 2, 1925Labels: Overproduction 1924-25, Cuba

    • ForeignAffairs
    • TIME

12. Geneva World Economic Conference highlights commodity problems

    May 4, 1927Labels: Geneva conference, League of

    • LeagueConf

13. Chadbourne Agreement signed to cut exports and raise prices

    May 9, 1931Labels: Chadbourne Agreement, Exporting producers

    • FRUS
    • ScienceDirect