Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-08
SUGAR FOR A CONTINENT.

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SUGAR FOR A CONTINENT.
Sugar consumption in the United
states in the fiscal year which ends
with the month Of June will probably
exceed that of any earlier year in the
history of the country. At least the
quantity of sugar brought into the
country in the nine months Of the fiscal
year for which figures are available Is
larger than in the corresponding period
of any earlier year. and the estimated
quantity Of sugar produced in the
United States i'm 1906 is larger than
that of any earlier year. The total
quantity Of sugar brought into, the
country in the nine months ending with
March, 1907, is 1892 million pounds
speaking in round terms, while 1.-THE
quantity brought in during the first
nine months Of the high-record year,
1903, was 1905 million pounds. The
quantity of sugar produced in the
United States in; 1905 is, according to
the bes. estimates at present available,
,304 million pounds, which exceeds by
IA million pounds the figures of the
former high record year, 1905.
Home production how supplies hit
tie over one-fifth of the sugar con-
sumed in the United States, and our
fislands-Porto Rico. Hawaii, and the
Philippines supply practically another
one fifth so that the United States Is
dependent upon foreign countries for
about three fifths of its enormous SUI
gar consumption, aggregating over 6
billion pounds per annum, or an aver;
age Of about rs pounds per annunl for
each Individual In mere tonnage the
sugar brought into the country ex-
ceeds by far that Of any other article
imported
Cuba is the chief reliance for that
part Of the sugar supply which is
brought in from foreign countries.
Figures recently compiled by the bu-
reau OF statistics of the department Of
commerce and labor show that Cuba in
fact supplies nearly o-thirds (6S per
cent? Of the sugar brought from foreign
countries, not including our own island
countries, not including; our own
islands in this term. In the, nine months
ending with March, 1907, for which de-I
tailed figures are at hand, the total
amount of sugar brought from foreign
countries was 1918 million pounds, and
of this 1878 millions was from Cuba.
449 millions from the Dutch East IN
dies. and 1876 millions from Germany,
The supply from our islands was:
From Hawaii, 502imillion pounds; from
Porto Rico, 212 millions, and from the
Philippines q millions; the supply
from these islands, under the Ameri-
can fiag-Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the
philippines being about ope.-third as
great as that from Cuba.
Can sugar forms much larger pro-
portion of the sugar consumed in the
United States than is the case in most
countries Of the world. All of that
great quantity of sugar coming from
Cuba and the other West Indies, Mex
leo. Central and South America, the
Dutch East Indies, and from our own
islands, is the product Of cane, while
the comparatively small quantity from
Germany. Belgium, and Austria Hun
gary, aggregating but about 400 mil-
lion pounds in the nine months ending ill'g
with March last, out of about $40
million pounds brought in. is the prod
5uct of beet OF the home production,
aggregating approximately 1900 mil
lion pounds, a little over one -'half was
produced from beets, the year y 1906
having been the first in the history OF
the country in which the domestic pro-
duction of beet sugar exceeded that
produced from cane, the figures Of 1906.
as supplied by the bureau of statistics,
being: Beet sugar, e7s millions; cane
sugar, 600 millions,
Considerably more than one half OF
the worlds sugar is now produced from
beets. The percentage which beets sup
Piled Of the worlds sugar product was
in 1870 but 4.3 per cent; in 1850, l4.ss
per cent; in 1850. 2o.4 per cent; in 1870,
s4.4 per cent; in 1880, 4S.1 per cent,
and in 1890, 6s.7 per cent. while 1900
showed for beets the highest proportion
in the worlds production Of sugar, ST.
per cent. The renewal Of activity In
sugar production in Cuba in recent
years has, however, slightly increased
the share which cane now forms OF the
total worlds supply, bringing the share
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