Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-02-11
SOME FACTS
ABOUT SUGAR
Enormous Amount Con-
SumeG Last Year
This Country Produced
Only One-Fifth of What
1t Used.

Washington. Feb. 10-The average
citizen Of the United States seems to
have consumed one-half his own
weight in sugar i'm the year just en-
ded. Figures compiled by the bureau
of statistics Of the department of
commerce and labor show that the
quantity of sugar brought into the
United States in 1906. plus that pro-
duced at home. minus the quantity ex-
ported. amounts TO nearly 6Is billion
pounds. and If we divide into this
enormous total the number Of people
in the United States we get an aver
age consumption of 16 pounds per
capita. The cost OF this 6is billion
pounds OF sugar to the consumer must
have been over 300 million dollars
since the average wholesale price in
the New York markets of refined
sugar has been, for the year. Az cents
per pound: and when to this are ad-
ded the cost Of transportation To the
consumer ard the profit of the retail
or it is quite apparent that the cost
to the consumer must have been more
than 800 million dollars during the
year just ended.
One-fifh Of this enormous total of
G[ billion pounds Of sugar was pro-
duccd at home. another one-fifth was
brought from our own islands. and the
remaining three-fifths from foreign
countries. these statements being OF
course in round terms. The actual
quantity of sugar imported from for
eign countries. including the Philip
pines. during the year. as shown by
the reports Of the bureau Of statistics;
just completed. was 1856. .655.661 lbs,
the quantity brought from Hawaii and
Porto Rico was 1,2S1, ,964 pounds;
the quantity produced in the United
States is estimated for the year at -
3O4 .6OO. 900 pounds. and the quantity
exported was 25.731.407 pounds. OF
the 1864. .665.G61 pounds imported from
foreign countries. 2.6S3. $685. pounds
was from Cuba: 425.372,363 pounds
from the Dutch East Indies: 303. 430.
l22 pounds from Germany; l63,496, ,3l9
pounds from the West Indies, eXclu-
sive Of Cuba and Porto Rico; l73.627,-
l04 pounds from South America. and
26.2S3.92s pounds from the Philippine
Islands. The quantity contributed by
our islands was. from Hawaii S52,46S,-
S7G pounds: from Porto Rico, 42S.916,-
G79 pounds; and from the Philippines
6.2s3. 929 pounds tthe latter figure,
however. being included IN the i'm
ports from foreign countries).
More than nine-tenths of the sugar
imported from foreign countries and
all of that brought from our own is
lands was produced from cane. and |
less than one-tenth from beets. or
the production in the United States a
little less than One-half was from |
cane and a little more than one-half /
from beets. OF the 6Is billion pounds |
Of sugar consumed in the United |
States last year. 81 billions was pro- !
duced from cane and about l billion /
pounds from bects. This is in marked /!
contrast with conditions in Europe. |
where by far the larger proportion Of 1
the sugar consumed is produced by /
bcets.
The quantity Of beet sugar consum- /
ed in the United States varies greatly. |
The quantity brought in from foreign !
countries Chiefly Germany was. -in
1906. in round terms 315 million 4
pounds. but i'm 1908. only year ear
Iicr. the total was but 80 million
pounds, while in 1904 it was 225 mill
lion pounds The quantity supplied
by home production IL steadily in
creasing. having been but 1S5 million
pounds i'm the year 1900 and in 1906
672 millions. having in that year for
the first time exceeded the production
OF cane sugar i'm the United States.
The cane sugar produced in the United
states in 1900 was 800 million pounds
and i'm 1906 COO millions. Thus beet
sugar production increased 260 per
cent from 1900 to 1896. while cane
sugar production increased but per
cent. these figures being based upon
the latest estimates of the 1906 pro-
duction. The actual increase in guam
tity produced in that period was, of
beet sugar 4S7 million pounds. and Of
cane sugar 219 millions.
Rapid as the increase in sugar pro-
duction in the United states has been
in recent years. it has not by any
means kept pace with the increased |
The consumption in 1886
was 1890. .592. $40 pounds and in 1906.
{. G.415.3Sg.12O pounds. the increase i'm
in the ten years being =
O24. SIC. .4S0 pounds. The production in
1896 was 6f7.G35.520 pounds, and in /
1906. l. 3O4. .6O7.36 pounds. an increase
Of 65G.971S40 pounds. The increased
in the ten-year period
was more than three times as great as
the increase in home production. The |
share which domestic sugar formed |