The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-05
SUGAR CONSUMPTION IN THE
UNITED STATES.

The average citizen of the United
States consumes half his own weight
In sugar every year, and the sugar
bill of the country aggregates mil
lion dollars for every day of the year
These assertions are justified by a
statistical statement Just prepared by
the Bureau Of Statistics OF the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. which
shows the quantity Of sugar produced
in the United States. the quantity
brought from our islands. the quantity
imported from foreign countries, and
the quantity exported, showing a to
tai consumption Of from 6 to bill
lion pounds year, the total for the
last year. 1907, being 1859 667, ,975
pounds. Calculating this enormous
total at the average retail price of
IA cents per pound. we get a total
OF 372 million dollars as its cost to
the consumer. OF more than million
dollars for each of the 365 days of the
year Dividing this total Of 7,0S9,-
667, ,975 pounds by the 1907 figures of
population, we get an average con-
sumption for 1907 OF so 3-5 pounds per
capita, which Is more than one-half of
the average per capita weight of the
people of the country, including men,
women and children in this calcula-
ton
One fifth Of this enormous total Of
billion pounds, speaking now in
very general terms. is produced at
home, one-f1fth is brought from our
own islands, and the remaining three
ffths from foreign countries. Speak
ing more accurately, the Bureau of
Statistics statement shows that 81 3
per cent of the sugar consumption
of the country in 1907 was of home
production, III per cent from our own
islands, and the remaining 61 per
cent came from foreign countries. The
home product amounted TO 1,511 mil
lion pounds, that brought from the
islands, 1,254 million pounds, and that
from foreign countries, 1867 million
pounds. or the 1,511 million pounds
produced at home 544 millions was
produced from cane and 967 millions
from beets OF the 1854 million
pounds brought from our own islands,
40S millions was from Porto Rico. S21
millions from Hawaii. and % millions
from the Philippines, OF the 1867
million pounds brought from foreign
countries, 1896 millions was cane su-
gar from Cuba, 732 millions from 9th
er cane-Sugar countries, and 39S mil
lions beet sugar produced In Europe
Meantime, 43 million pounds were ex-
ported, leaving the total consumption
at home. as above indicated over z
billion pounds.
The sugar record OF the United
States in 1907 was unique IN several
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 other year, the quantity
exported was larger than in any year
of the past decade. and the per capita
consumption was the largest ever re-
corded, an average of S2.6 pounds for
each man, woman and child of CONT
mental United States. An equally In
teresting feature of this record year OF
1907 was the fact that the production
of beet sugar. for the first time ex-
ceeded the production of cane sugar;
the product or the year being, cane
sugar. 644 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 wns about "a million
pounds. against GA million pounds OF
cane sugar. Five years later, In 1902
the beet sugar production was 369 mil
lion pounds. against 729 million
pounds OF cane sugar: In 1907. beet
sugar production was 967 million
pounds, against 544 million pounds
OF cane sugar, the beet sugar produc-
ton OF 1907 being greater than that
OF cane sugar In any year in the his
tory of this country.
The record of sugar brought from
the tropical islands now under the
American flag IS also interesting. The
quantity brought from Porto Rico Ia
20 w's 90s million pounds. or moro
than In any year except 1906; that