The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-25
AMOUNT OF
SUGAR USED IN
UNITED STATES
Continued from page fve.)


contributed in each case larger guam.
titles for domestic consumption than
ever before, the Philippines contribut
ed a larger quantity than at any other
ume since annexation WINE the con
trlDuuons OIL the cane neius OF the
united states were slightly less than
in several earlier yeaors. The guam.
tity or sugar sent to the United States
from the Hawaiian Islands in the fis.
cal year 1910 was LII million pounds
against 1,07S million in 1908, the form.
er high record year; from Porto Rico
500 million pounds, against 4SS million
in 1909, the former high record year;
and from the Philippine Islands, 176
million pounds, a total lai ger than in
any year since 1890. The contribution
of the beet sugar fields of continental
United States to the consumption of
the fiscal year 1910 was 1,025 million
pounds, against 967 million in the
high record year, 1907; while the cane
sugar product of the United States
contributed $50 million pounds, against
S29 million in 1909, the former high
record year. AS a consequence of
this increased supply from Hawaii,
Porto Rico, and Philippine Islands and
the beet sugar fields of the United
States, the quantity of sugar imported
from foreign countries fell from 4,1O6
million pounds in the fiscal year, 1909.
to 3,91S million in 1910.
From these figures it appears that
the sugar fields of continental United
States supplied about "a per cent. of
the consumption in this country in the
fiscal year 1910, the noncontiguous
territories of the United States about
81 per cent, and foreign countries
about 81 per cent. In 1905 foreign
countries supplied about SO per cent
of the total; in 1900, rs per cent. and
prior to that time, supplied about rs
per cent. of the sugar consumption of
the country.
This reduction in the shares
which foreign countries are supplying
of the sugar consumed in the United
States, from an average of about Is
Der cent. prior to 1900 down to a
little more than so per cent. at the
present time, is due in part to an
increased contributions from noncon.
III fnIsT In hn anIn RI r
year 1909 the quantity of beet sugar
produced in the United States was
according to figures of the Department
of Agriculture, 1925 million pounds.
against 73 million in 1899, a decade
earlier or Is times as much in 1909
as in 1899. The quantity of cane sug.
ar brought from Hawaii in the fiscal
year 1910 was, according to figures
Of the Bureaus of Statistics, Ill mil.
lion pounds, against sos million in
19O0 from Porto Rico, 500 million
pounds, against 70 million in 1900;
and from the hilPippine Islands, 176
million pounds, aaginst 40 million in
1900.
The contribution of the sugar fields
of continental United States to the
consumption of the fiscal year 1910
was thus 1,775 million pounds, OF
which 1,025 million pounds was beet
sugar and $50 million pounds cane
sugar. Prior to 1907 the quantity Of
cane sugar produced in the United
States exceeded that from beets. Be
ginning with 1907, the quantity sup
cane and has so continued down tc
the present time. The growth OF
beet suga ordrpoiutcn vbgk emf hrdod
beet sugar production in the United
States during the last IL year has
been much more rapid than that Of
cane sugar, the beet sugar crop oil
1898 having been 80 million pounds
and that of 1909, 1925 million; while
that of cane in 1898 was 7OS million
pounds, and in 1909, $50 million
pounds. hTe quantity of sugar
brought from the noncontiguouet tire
ritories has also largely increased
meantime, having been in the fisca
year 1900; from Hawaii, sos million
raunds, against LII in 1910; from
Porto RIGA, 70 million pounds, against
$50 million in 1910; and from the
Philippines, 40 million. against 176 mil
lion in 1910, making the total from the
noncontiguous territories in 1906
about 627 million pounds, against / ,85l
million in 1910. or practically three
times as much in 1910 as in 1900
Adding to the domestic sugar pro
duct in the calendar year, 1909, the
receipts from the noncontiguous ter
ritories and the imports from foreigr
countries in the fiscal year 1910, and
deducting the quantity shipped from
continental United States, gives a to
tai consumption of 1850 miller
pounds, an average of S1:S6 pounds
per capita, the largest with two ex
ceptions, in the history of the country
In 1870 the capita consumption was