Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
OUR SUGAR CONSUMPTION
The Record Beaten in Fiscal
Year.
II II Estimated at 7,5OO. 000,0 900 Pounds
-Domcstic supply Larger Than
Evcr-Share from Foreign
Sources About 10 Per Cent.

Washington special to. the Boston
transcript says: Sugar consumption OF
the United States in the fiscal year Just
ended was larger than over before and
was also drawn more largely than ever
before from our own fields and planta-
lions in both continental United States
and In the noncontguous territories,
The quantity Of sugar consumed in tho
country during the fiscal year Just ended
was, according to estimates Of the btu
roau OF statistics Of the department OF
commerce and labor. 800, 10000 pounds,
speaking In round terms or an average Of
y pounds per capita. on only two occa-
sions 1900 and 1907 had the consumption
crossed the 7,W0,00o.00o line, and on only
four other occasions. 1903. 1896 1905 and
1893 had the total passed the 600, O0O 900
lire.
In supplying this largest quantity Of
sugar ever consumed 4. the United
states. Hawaii. Porto Rico and the beet
sugar fields of the United States CON
tributed in each case larger quantities
FOR domestic consumption than ever be-
fore the Philippines contributed larger
quantity than at any other time since
annexation. while the contributions OF
the cane fields of the United States were
slightly less than In several earlier
years. The quantity Of sugar sent to
the United States from the Hawaiian
Islands in the fiscal year 1910 was ILL.,
"'iVp p"dnds, against I,C1s0~,Cp In
lsS. the former high record year; from
Porto Rico, $50. 900 900 pounds, against
4S,m00N pounds in 1909, tho former
high record year: and from the Philip
pine Islands l7S.Wn,nn pounds, total
larger than IN any year since 1890. The
contribution of the beet sugar fields Of
Continental United States to the con-
sumption of tho fiscal year 1910 was l..
0z50r,0oo pounds. against 100000 In
the nigh record Pear 1907: while the cane
sugar product of the United States con-
tributed 76o,0oo.coO pounds against S2s,-
01o.o0o in 1900, the former high record
year. As a consequence OF this increased
supply from Hawaii. Porto Rico, the
Philippine islands and the beet sugar
fields of the United States. the quantity
of sugar imported from foreign countries
fell from 4.10s 10000 pounds in the fiscal
year. 1909. to sols 10000 in 1910.
From these figures II appears that the
sugar fields of continental United States
supplied about q per cent of the con-
sumption IN this country in tho fiscal
year 1910. the noncontguous territories
OF the United states about d per cent
and foreign countries about 81 per cent
In 1905 foreign countries supplied about
about - per cent. Of the total sugar con-
sumption of the country.
This reduction in the share which for
consumed In the United States. from an
average OF about IL per cent. prior to
1900 down to little more than 81 per
cent. at the present time. is due In part
to AN increase in the production of beet
sugar in the United States and in part to
increased contributions from the non
contiguous territories. In the calendar
year 1909 the quantity of beet sugar
produced In the United States was. ac-
cordns to figures Of tho department Of
agriculture, l,o25,o 900 pounds. against H.
UO,000 In 1899. decade earlier, or fifteen
times as much in 1919 as In 1899. The
quantity of cane sugar produced in the
country was, In 1909 according to the
same authority. 150Oo,oo0 pounds, against
500. ,No in 1889 The quantity OF cane
sugar brought from Hawai-! in the fiscal
year 1910 was, according TO figures OF the
bureau of statistics. LII 10000 pounds,
against SO, cocoon in 1900 from Porto Rico.
669, 10000 pounds against 73O00.ND In
1860; and from the Philippine Islands,
l16,W 900 pounds. against 49c0o ,Oo in 1900
The contribution Of the sugar aelds of
continental United States to the con-
sumption of the fiscal year 1870 wa thus
1,115,o O0,o'0 pounds, OF which lo25 600. OO)
pounds was beet sugar and 15o."O,o 900
quantity Of cane sugar produced in the
United States exceeded that from bects.
beginning with 1907. the quantity sup
piled from beets exceeded that from cane
and has SO continued down to the present
time, The growth OF beet sugar produc-
ton in the United States during the last
twelve years has been much more rapid
than that o. cane sugar. the beet sugar
crop Of 1898 having been 100000 pounds
and that of 1900. i,025,ooo,NlO; while that
of cane in 1885 was 1oS oo0,c0o pounds and
in 1863, .5o,co0.ooo pounds. Tho quantity
OF sugar brought from the noncontiguous
territories has also largely increased
meantime, having been in the fiscal year
1909; from Hawaii. 505,OOo.OOO pounds.
against LII, 100000 in 1910; from Porto
Rico, 100000 pounds. against $50, 900 O0o
In 1910; and from the Philippines, 5000
~. against 17G,0oo0Co in 1910. making the
total from the noncontiguous territories
III 1900 about CT .0n.0M pounds against
J, S6, NuoC0 in 1910, or practically three
times as much in 1910 as In 1900.
Adding to the domestic sugar product
in the calendar year, 1900. the receipts
from the noncontiguous territories and
the imports from foreign countries in the
fiscal year 1910, and deductIng the guam
tity shipped from continental United
States. gives a total consumption Of l.
800 0O.0N pounds, an average of Sl.S5
pounds Per capita, the largest, with two
exceptions, in the history OF the country.
In 1870 the per capita consumption was
g. 70 pounds; in 1850 S9,b pounds In
1885, oil pounds; In 1907. the high record
year, SCI pounds; and in 1910 as al
ready stated, S.& pounds. Meanwhile
the share of domestic consumption sup
phec by foreign sugar has fallen from an
average Of 10 per cent in 1900 to 81 per
cent in 1910.