Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-24
PRODUCTION Of SUGAR
Statistics Issued by the Treasury
Bureau on Worlds Pro-
duction of Sugar.
Vast Increase in the Amount Of
Beet Sugar in Fifty
Years.
Consumption OF Sugar Per Capita
in United States Now
Sc Pounds.

Washington. March 24-"The Worlds
Sugar Production and Consumption,
1sOO-19OO" is the title of a monograph
lust issued by the treasury bureau OIL
statistics. 1t discusses the sugar pro-
duction and consumption of the World
during the last half century in which
during the last half century In which
the burden of sugar production mas
been transferred from cane to the sugar
beet. in which the world has so largely
increased it's consumption of sugar.
The worlds sugar production mas
grown from 100000 tons in 1870 to 81
100000 tons in 1900. During the same
period the worlds population mas
grown, according to the best estimates
from 95O,000,000 to about 1,5OO,0OO,ooo.
Thus, sugar production has increased
about ESQ per cent while population
was increasing but about SO per cent.
Coming nearer home and considering
the United States alone, it is found
that the consumption of sugar which IN
1850 was only twenty-five pounds per
capita, was in 1901 over weight
pounds per capita.
One especially striking fact shown by
the statistics presented in this study Is
the rapidly increasing proportion OF
the worlds enlarged sugar consump-
ton which is supplied by beets Ac-
cording to the figures presented by this
study, beets which supplied in 1910 less
than per cent of the worlds sugar, In
1900 supplied 81 per cent of the greatly
increased consumption; while cane,
which then supplied 95 per cent of the
worlds sugar consumption. now sup
plies but 33 per cent. Stated in guam
titles, it may be said that the worlds
cane sugar supply has grown from L.
100, 900 tons in 1910 to 2.S50,00O tons in
1900, an increase of 100 per cent, while
that of beets has grown from $4,000
tons in 1910 to $4,000 tons in 1900, an
increase of 1880 per cent.
The figures above quoted include
that portion which enters into the
worlds statistical record of sugar pro-
duction, and does not include the large
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India and China exclusively for home
consumption, and in a considerable
number of the tropical countries does
not include that portion of the sugar
ures of cane sugar production for home
pres of cane sugar production for home
consumption were obtainable. the pro-
duction from beets would still show a
much more rapid growth during the
| last half century than that from cane
This is, apparently, due to two great
causes: "a the elimination of slavery
! in the tropics, the seat of the principal
sugar production; and (2) the intelli-
gent study of and government aid to
the production of beet sugar in the
temperate zone especially in European
countries.
| One effect of this enormous increase
and the competition which has accom-
panied the developments above alluded
to has been a great reduction in prices
to the consumer. The figures of the
bureau of statistics obtained from
statements supplied by importers of the
cost in foreign countries of the sugar
which they import show that the aver
age cost of the sugar imported in 1871:
was 5.37 cents per pound. and in the
year 1S99-19OO, 2.49 cents per pound.
The sugar production of France has
grown from $4,000 metric tons in the
sugar year 1s39-40 to SO5,000 tons in
1S99-1900; that Of Germany from 1855!
metric tons in 1S4940 to 1,S75,000 tons
in 1900-1901; Austria Hungary, from
$4,000 metric tons in 1S53-54, the EARL.
est date for which figures are obtain
able, to 100000 tons in 1S99-19OO
Russia, from 10000 metric tons in 1853.
81 to 100000 tons in 1899 1900; Belgium
from $4,000 metric tons in that year tt
100000 tons in 1S99-1900; Holland, from
1000 metric tons In 1S60-61 to 10000,
tons in 1S99-1900 Turning to the can,
sugar producing areas, in which tn,
statistics are not available for so Ion,
a period. it is found that the exports
from the Philippine islands increased
from 23,416 metric tons in 1S49 to 233,
900 metric tons in 1896. From Cuba thu
q exports in 1860 were 537,491 tons and IL
1894 96S,750; in Hawaii the production
has grown from 1920 tons in 1875 t,
243,47O tons in 1899. Java produced 1,
1884, 33S,S66 tons, and in 1901, 1850
tons; and Brazil, which in 1884 pro
duced 26S,335 tons, produced in 1901
215,000 tons.
The table which follows shows TIN
worlds production of sugar from can
and beets, respectively, at decennia
years from 1910 to 1900, and the per
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