Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-21
SUGAR CONSU MPTION
IN UNITED STATES

statistical statement just prepared by
! the Bureau OF Statistics OF the De
, partmcnt of Commerce and Labor
! which shows quantity brought from
our own islands. the quantity import
ed. showing total consumption OF
from 6 to billion pounds year
! tne total for the latest year. 1897. be
ing 1883. iG1,975 pounds. Calculating
+ this enormous total a. the average re-
tail price of IA cents per pound
We get total OF 372 million dollars
as its cost to the consumer, or more
than a million dollars for each OF the
800 days OF the year. Dividing this
total OF 1.0S9.sG7.975 pounds by the
1907 figure OF population, we get an
average consumption for 1907 of s2 80
pounds per capita, which is NOR" than
One-half OF the average per capita
weight OF the country, including men,
women. and children il his calcula-
ton
One-fifth Of this enormous total OF
I billion pounds speaking now III
very general terms. Is produced al
home. on, fifth is brought from our is
lands. aud the remaining threc-fifthS
from foreign countries. Speaking
more accurately. the Bureau of Sta
tisti"s' statement shows that 2l.3 per
cent OF the sugar consumption or the
country in 1907 was of home produC-
ton, 1T per cent from our own Is
lands, and the remaining 81 per cent
came from foreign countries. The
home product amounted TO l,5il mil
lion pounds, that brought from the
islands. l.254 million pounds. and
that from foreign countries, 1867 mil
lion ponds OF the 1911 million
poun4s produced at home, 54l mi.ions
was produced at home. 544 millions
was produced from can" and 800 mil
lions from beets. or the 1884 million
pounds brought from our own islands,
sos million was from Porto Rico. S2l
millions from Hawaii. and % millions
from the Philippines. or the 1867
millions pounds brought from foreign
countries. 1926 million was cane
sugar from Cuba 1872 millions from
other canesugar countries. and 39S
million beet sugar produced III
Europe. Meantime. AZ million pounds
"ttt ~ sAN 'oN~A
sumption at home, as above indicated
over billion pounds.
The sugar record of the United
States in 1907 was unique in severai
particulars The quantity of sugar
imported from foreign countries was
larger than ever before. the quantity
brought from OUR own Islands was
larger than in any former year. the
quantity produced at home exceeded
that of any year, the quality export
ed was larger than in any year Of
the past decade. and the per capita
consumption was the largest ever re-
corded, an average of $40 pounds Tor
each man. woman, and child OF con-
tiEen.al United States. An equally
interesting feature of this record year
of 1907 was the fact that the produc-
ton of beet sugar. for the first time
exec eded the production Of cane
sugar; The product OF the year being.
cane sugar. 544 million pounds: beet
sugar 967 million pounds.
The increase in the production OF
beet sugar in the United States has
been very rapid in recent years. A
decade ago. in 1897. the production
of beet sugar was abSt 81 million
pounds. against GA million pounds
of cane sugar Five years later. IN
1902 The beet-susar production was
1863 million pounds. against 129 NIL
lion pounds of cane sugar: in 1907,
bee;-Sugar production was 96i million
pounds. against 54i million pounds OF
cane sugar. the beet-sugar production
Of 1907 being greater than that OF
cane sugar in any year In the history
Of the country.
The record of sugar brought from
the tropical islands now under the
American flag is also interesting.
The quantity brought from Porto
Rico in 1907 was 4GS million pounds.
or more than in any year except 1906:
that from the Hawaiian Islands. S2l
millions. or more than in any year
except 1905; and that from the Philip
pine Islands ~ million pounds. or less
than that during any OF the past 20
years except 1901. 1902. and 1908
when the quantities were abnormally
small The quantity brought from
Cuba in 1907 was also larger than in
duN edttiet sNiL. c-<'V
hounds. against 1920 millions in the
former hiSh-record year. 1904. The
Grantity Of sugar brought from Porto
Rico in 1907 was about FIVE times as
much as the average before annexa-
ton: the quantity brought from the
Hawaiian Islands has atout doubled
since annexation although for sever
al years prior to that time IT vas be-
ing imported free Of duty under the
reciprocity agreement with the Fa-
~aiisn Government Meantime. al
though the quantity brought in from
Hawaii has doubled. and the quaint
" from Porto Rico more than quad,
rupled. there has peen a large in
CT, ase IN the home production in
1897 was about - million pounds and
in 1907. e67 million pounds.
Another interesting fac, shown b:
tho Surcau Of Statistics table Is the