The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
SUGAR CONSUMPTION
 ON THE INCREASE
MORE THAN oNE-HALF OF THE IMMENSE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE PAST YEAR CAME FROM CUBA.

Washington, November 14-(Speeial)- The sugar consumption of the United States in the current year seems likely to exceed that of any previous year, both In quantity and per capita. The total quantity of sugar brought into the United states in the nine months ending With september, 1904, is four and half billion pounds, against three and three-fourths billion pounds in 1903, the high-reeord im- portation ot sugar in the corresponding period in earlier years. Of this enormous quantity of sugar brought into the Uni- ted States auring the nine months prac- lleally one-fourth came from the non- contiguous territory of the United States Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands; more than one-half came from Cuba, and the remainder chiefly from other islands of the East and West Indies.
 The reports issued by the department or commerce and labor, through its bu- feau of statistics, covering the imports Of the nine months ending with Septem- per- 1904 show that the total quantity of sugar brought into the United States from various parts of the world was 4,266 506,- eSs pounds, against 9764, ,929 6SS pounds in the eorresp onding period of 1903 and 319l,- 4szoi9 pountn in the corresponding months o1 lsOl, the high record years in earlier importations
 Of this grand total of 425O 100000 pounds or sugar brought into the United States during the nine months of the present year, 6S7,9l1,9 BPS pounds was from the Hawaiian islands, 26s, ,175, AS pounds from Porto Rico, and 242O1,5S pounds from the Philippine islands. From Cuba the total Tor the nine months period was 2,527. 132- 6o9 pounds, against 1,S54.420. TIT pounds in the corresponding months of 1903, and l,oSS'Oll,S29 pounds in the corresponding months of 1902. From the British West Indies the total was S0394246 pounds; from other West Indies and Bermuda, l07,06S642 pounds; from the East Indies other than the Philippine islands 259,- 747H pounds, and from South America, 62,OSO,O56 pounds. All of the above is cane sugar. In addition to this there was 225,21116S pounds of beet sugar, which came chiefly from Germany, and with 1t small quantity from Belgium and still smaller quantity from Austria Hungary. This total for the nine months ending with September, 1904-4 266, 506. .709 pounds exceeds by more than 500 00,OO0 pounds the total for the corresponding period of any earlier year.
 The value of the sugar brought into the United States during the nine months ending with September, 1904, is $101, ,116, TIT, Of which $32, O75 was from the island territories of the United States, $23, ,13a, PIP being from Hawaii, s9,OSs. .S63 from Porto Rico, and $342,4 40 from the Philippine islands.
 One especially interesting fact shown by study of the figures of the imports of sugar Is that the second largest impor- tation (omitting from the consideration the sugar brought from the non-contigu- ous territories of the United States) was from the East Indies, chiefly Java, the largest being, as already indicated, Cuba. The total imports of sugar Into the Uni ted States under the title of "East Indies'' during the nine months ending with Sep tember, 1904, amounted to $259, ,774 TIT pounds valued at $4,319, ,463 and this is chiefly from Java. The imports of sugar Into the United States from the Dutch East Indies have increased very greatly during recent years, the total in the fiscal l year 1893 being 1S3, 402, 432 pounds, and in the fiscal year 1903, S91. .75s. .090 pounds.