The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-21

zach about ss pounds.
Not only Is lh United States fla.
second iaEsest sugar consumer pel
eapila bp, ihe Total amouni consumed
anHaallg r. mueh greater than iha
q rs oihef couDlfs sreeailne n
aboye iaaleaid ha1 billion
goends psr anahm lnst bout
biIlion bounds n Xii ana ana about
billion Il Gefinan5
oat one-hal 81 ie sugar con-
sur1ed IL tlie United state brcugii
rom fcFelgn countries, about one
fourth from our own Islands, ana tie
Remaining one fourth produced ia this
ccantrg me total production Of
sugar II the United states now
amounts % 4 billion pounds a
year, q which more than billion
pounds & beet sugar and about threes
qnarters Of billion cane sugar. 1t
y only recently that the production
Of beet sugar Ii the United States
has come to exceed that Of cane
sugar. In 1900 domestic production
Of cane sugar was twice as great as
that Of beet sugar and 20 years ago
was more than go times as great; but
the growth Of beet sugar production
las been very rapid in recent years,
and in 1907, for the first time, ex-
Eeeeded in quantity that produced
from cane ana has sogcontinued Since;
Chat TINE.
v ot&the sugar brought from other
countries, nearly ali is made from
cane. While about half Of the worlds
sugar is made from beets, most OF It
Is produced in Europe and consumed
In the country 81 production OF in,
other parts Of that grand division,
while most Of the world outside Of
Europe obtains It's sugar supply from
cane, grown Of course, In the tropical
and subtropical sections. OF the cane
sugar which we consume, most Of
that coming from foreign countries
Is drawn from Cuba, the Dutch East
indies, and smaller amounts from the
West indies, Mexico, Central, South
America. All Of that coming from
our own islands -Porto Rico, Hawaii,
and the Philippines is cane sugar,
while of the domestic product about
40 per cent is produced from cane
The beet sugar Of the United States
is grown chiefly in Colorado, Calf
ornia, and Michigan, and some in.
Utah, Idaho, and Wisconsin, while
most Of the cane sugar is produced in
Louisiana, with smaller quantities in
Texas, Florida Georgia, and South.
Carolina.
The sugar "habit" is evidently
a growing one With the people Of the
United States and probably with til
world production OF sugar, including
all countries for which statistics are
available, has increased so per cent
In the last decade and about doubled
in IS years. In our own case the
consumption has shown a rapid
growth, the per capita consumption
having been, in 1880, 40 pounds, in
1890, 81 pounds; in 1900 50 pounds:
and in 1910, approximately 81 -
pounds. .sas
What is the cost of this. enormous
quantity OF sugar consumed in the
United States? This is more difficult
% answer. The valuation OF that
brought from foreign countries and
our islands is set down Al ABOUT 175
million dollars in 1910, and tic stitei
value of that produced in tao United
States, at approximately Is million
dollars; though this cor. paratiyely
high figure when considered by the
price per pound, is due to tae fact
aat the valuation is based upon the
efined article, while that of the sugar
rpm abroad is the value Of the unre-
Ened article in the country of pro-
uction. If. however, we accept q
general average Of cents per pound
as the retail price paid by our people
for the 1-S billion pounds of sugar
consumed by them in 1910, we should
g2t a total Of s3s6,OOoOOO, or an aver
age Of approximately $1,OOO,OOO a day
paid for sugar by the people of the
United States.
The Exponent says "Clarence W.