The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
THE WORLDS SUGAR.
Productions and Consumptions for
One Hundred Years.

PRODUCTIONS and COnSumptions for
One Hundred Years.
Washington, March 23.-"The Worlds
Sugar Production and CONSUMPTION.
loVo ZOO is the title of a monograph
Just issued by the Treasury Bureau OF
statistics. 1t discusses the sugar pro
auction and consumption of the world
during the past century and especially
during the last half century in which
the burden of sugar production has
been transferred from cane to the
sugar beet, and in which the world
mas SO largely increased it's consump-
tlon OF sugar. The worlds sugar pro-
ouctlon has grown from 1.15O.OO tons
IN 1870 to $500, 900 tons in 1900. During
the same period the worlds population
mas grown, according to the best esti-
mates from 950,000.0O0 to about .5OO.-
oVV'VoO- mus sugar production has in
creased about $50 per cent. while pop-
ulallon was increasing but about so
per cent. Coming nearer home and
considering the United States alone,
II IS found that the consumption of
sugar, which in 1850 was only % pounds
per capita, was in 1901 over 6S pounds
per capita.
one especially striking fact shown
py the statistics presented in this
study is the rapidly increasing proDor-
tlon OF the worlds enlarged sugar con-
sumption which is supplied by beets.
According to the figures presented by
this study, beets which supplied in
Io4o less than per cent. of the worlds
sugar, in 1900 supplied 81 per cent. of
the greatly increased consumption.
Wnlle cane, which then supplied 50 per
cent. of the worlds sugar consume
ton, now supplies but SO per cent
stated in quantities, it may be said
that the worlds cane sugar supplv
mas grown from 100000 tons in IS40
70 2,95O,OOO tons in 1900, an increase of
lou per cent; while that of beets has
grown from $4,000 tons in 1910 to o.
$4,000 tons in 1900, an increase of
500 per cent.
The figures above quoted include
that portion which, enters into the
worlds statistical record of sugar
production, and does not include the
large quantities of cane sugar pro-
ouced in India and China exclusively
Tor home consumption, and in con-
siderable number of the tropical conn
tries does not include that portion of
the sugar consumed at home. Even if
these figures of cane sugar production
Tor nome consumption were obtaina-
Die, the production from beets would
SUN show much more rapid growth
curing the last half century than that
from cane. This, apparently. due to
Two great causes: First, the elimina-
tlon OF slavery in the tropics, the seat
OF the principal sugar production: and
second the intelligent study of, and
government aid to the production of
beet sugar in the temperate zone es-
peclally in European countries.
one effect of this enormous incraasas
ana the competition which has accom-
panied the developments above alluded
10 mas 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 1872
was o.Sl cents per pound, and in the
year 1S99-19O0 2.49 cents per pound.
The sugar production of France has
grown from $4,000 metric tons in the
sugar year, 1SS9-4O, to S05OOO tons in
lS99-l90O; that of Germany, from L.. $50
metric tons in 1S39-40 to 1,S75. 900 tons
in 900-1901; Austria Hungary, from
10000 metric tons in 1S53-54, the earliest
date for which figures are obtaina BILE
to 100000 tons in 1S99-190O; Russia,
from $4,000 metric tons in 1884 to
100000 tons in 1S99-19O0; Belgium, from
10000 metric tons in that year to 300. 900
tons in 1S99-1900; Holland, from 1000
metric tons in 1S60-61 to 10000 tons in
1S99-19O0. Turning to the cane sugar
producing areas, in which the statis-
tics are not available for SO long a
period. it is found that the exports
from the Philippine Islands increased
from 2S416 metric tons in 1849 to 233, 900
metric tons in 1896. From Cuba the
exports in 1860 were 537, 491 tons and
in 1894 96S, $50; in Hawaii the production
has grown from 11,20O tons in 1875 to
243,470 tons. in 1899. Java produced in
1884 1885, 66 tons and in 1901, 765, 900
tons, and Brazil, which in 1884 pro-
duced 26S.395 tons, produced in 1901
215,000 tons.
The table which follows shows the
worlds production of sugar from cane
and beets, respectively, at decenniaI
years from 1910 to 1900, and the per-
centage supplied by beets:
Supplied by
Cane Sugar Beet Sugar Rect