The Washington herald., 1908-09-06


The foregoing statistics show the mar
yelous growth Of the sugar industry and
the rapid increase Of tts consumption ir
the last sixty years The increase in the
consumpti11 Of sugar is In part explained
by the growth Of the worlds population.
but only in part Sugar becomes more
and more an article of food some have
said that lt IS the gauge % advaucing
civilization. The more sugar nation
consumes. The better and higher its cvi-
uizaton, IS the way they put Il In the
foregoing table the production Of sugar
In India is nor included.
Figures compiled by the Bureau OF sta
t:stics show that the quantity Of sugar
brought into The United states in leG7.
plus that produced AZ home. minus tie
quantity exported. amounted 10 about
6.5s.l. .a1a.001 pounds Il this is divided by
the number Of the population. ii is seen
that the average citizen Of the United
States eats about oue-half bis weight in
sugar annually
Costs S3O0.OOO.OOO a Year.
The cost Of this s.590010.0o0 pounds OF
sugar TO the consumer is over S300.Gno0o3.
since The average whoIesaIe. price IN the
New York markets Of refined sugar IS ~
cents pe- pound. and when 70 this are
added the cost OF the transportation 20
the consumer and the profit OF the re-
taller 81 IS quite apparent that the cost TO
the consumer must have been more than
S5aa.a"3 90 during the year just e6ded
One-hfth Of this enormous total Of
65401oo.G00 pounds Of sugar was produced
at home, another one-ffth was brought
from our own islands and the remaining
three-tfths from foreign countries. these
statements being. Of course. in round
terms. The actual quantity Of sugar i'm
ported from foreign countries. including
the Philippines. a. shown by the reports
of the Bureau OF Statistics. was 8 S5s SIS. Sol
pounds the quantity brought from Ha-
wall and Porto Rico was 1.2Sl SS4 e4s
pounds, the quantity produced fn the
United States is estimated at 1904 469f. zoo
pounds and the quantity exported was
25-13l1fI pounds
OF the 3.S64 So Sol pounds imported from
foreign countries. 2sS3 sec. .033 pounds was
from Cuba; 25.S72353 pounds from the
Dutch East Indies. 9l3. f20.122 pounds from
Germany 163. 1888 pounds from the West
Indies exclusive Of Cuba and Porto Rico.
lI2621-lE pounds from South America.
and 26.2S3.929 pounds from the Philippine
Islands The quantity contributed by our
islands was From Hawaii So. 4sS. so
pounds, from Porto Rico. 42S.sl6.o,g
pounds and from the Philippines. 62S3. SO
pounds.
Give Children Candy.
Give children plenty Of pure sugar.
taffy. and butter scotch. and they'll have
little need OF cod-liver oil. says the wom-
ans Home Companion
In short, sugar IS. after meat. bread
and butter. easily our next most inpor-
tant and necessary food You can put
the matter 10 a test very AasHv- Just
leaveNon the pie. pudding. or other des-
serts ar your lunch or midday dinner
You'll be astonished 20 find how quickly
you'll feel empty" again. and how "un-
finished the meal viii seem. You can't
get any woraingman to accept a dinner
pail without pie in IL And he's absO-
lutely right The only thing that can
take the place OF sugar here is beer OF
wine.
It is a significant fact that the free
lunch counters run in conneesN- with
bars furnish every imaginable *
cept sweets Even the restaurant md
lunch grills attached to saloons o. bars
often refuse to serve desserts Of any sort
They know their business. The more
sugar and sweets a man takes at a meal
the less alcohol he wants. Conversely
nearly every drinking man viii tell you
that he has lost his taste for sweets.
The more candy a nation consumes. the
less alcohol
The United States government buys
pure candy by the ton and ships it 70 the
Philippines to be sold at cost 10 the sol
diers in the canteens. All men crave Il
in the tropics. and the more they get OF
IL. the less vino" and whisky they want
In fine. the prejudice against sugar is
born Of puritanism and stinginess. equal
parts. Whatever children cry for must
be bad for them. according 10 the pure
doctrine Of original sin besides. it costs
money. There are families in the rural
districts yet where the head Of the family
groans over every dollars worth Of sugar
nat comes into the house as sinful and
iun=Aolesome- luxury