Arizona republican., 1910-08-15
THE TOP OF THE RECORD
The United States and Its Contiguous Territory y More Nearly Supplying Only Forty nine Per Cent Of It.

SuHiptloH III tile Onlttu otdteS III tiiS fiscal year just ended was larger than ever before and was also drawn more largely than ever before from our own fields and plantations in both continental United States and in the
 noncontiguOus territories. The quan- tity of sugar consumed in the country
 during the fiscal year just ended was. according to estimates of the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor. seven and one half billion pounds, speaking in round terms, or an average of S2 pounds per 1 capita. On only two occasions. 1909 ! and 1907, had the consumption crossed | the seven billion line, and on only four other occasions. 1908. 1906. 1905 and 1903, had the total passed the six
 billion line
 In supplying this largest quantity of l sugar ever consumed in the United
 States, Hawaii. Porto Rico and the beet sugar fields of the United States contributed in each case larger quantities for domestic consumption than at any other time since annexa- | tfon, 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 | LII, ,OO0. 900 pounds, against l.07S.OOO,- 600 in 1908, the former high record year: from Porto Rico. 569,OOO,OOO pounds. against ASS, ,0OO,O0O in 1909, l the former high record year; and from the Philippine islands 176,OOO,OOO | pounds. a total larger 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 .025,0O00OO pounds. against 967 7.00O, 900 in the high | record year, 1907; while the cane siigar product of the United States I s2s, 900. 900 in 1909, 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,lO6,OOO, 900 pounds in the fiscal year 1909 to
 s,s1s. .00o, 900 in 191O
 From these figures it appears that
 the sugar fields of continental United States supplied about "A per cent oi
 the consumption in this country ir
 the fiscal year 1910, the non -contigu' ous territories of the United States labout 25 per cent, and foreign coun- 1 tries about 51 per cent. In 1905 for | eign countries supplied about 59 pei cent of the total; in 1900, 75 pei cent, and prior to that time supplied about 15 per cent of the total sugar. consumption of the country.
 This reduction in the share whicf
 foreign countries are supplying o
 the sugar consumed in the United
 States, from an average of about ~
 per cent prior to 1900 down to {
 little more than 50 per cent at tn
 present time, is due in part to al . increase in the production of bee , sugar in the United States and II , part to increased contributions iron , the noncontiguous territories. In th' E calendar year 1900 the quantity O i beet sugar produced in the United D States was, according to the sam
 authority, 75O million pounds, agains 56s millions in 1899 The quantity O ) cane sugar brought from Hawaii II 5 the fiscal year 1910. was, according to figures of the bureau of statistics f LII, ,0OO,O pounds. against 506.0OO.OO
 in 1900; from Porto Rico. 5e9,OOO,OO 5 pounds, against 7S.OO0,OOO in 1900; ant 5 from the Philippine islands 176.O0O.OO ) pounds, against 49.000,O00 in 1900. : The contribution of the sugar field
 of continental United States to tn