Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
FIGURES FOR TWO YEARS
Notwithstanding Enormous
Production of 1,750,000,-
900 Pounds Annually in
This Country, 1t is Only
Half Enough for Us.

Washington. Feb I2-The people
of the United States consume haF
their own weight in sugar every year.
This may seem a startling statement.
but if one takes the quantity of SUGAR
produced in the United States ana
add to this the quantity brought from
our own islands and the quantity liz
ported from foreign countries, and
subtract therefrom the amount tx
ported, we get "a grand total NJ con-
siderably more than Z billion pounds
consumed in the country; and by di-
viding the population into this grand
total, we get an average of 81 IL
pounds per capita, speaking in round
terms, for 1910, and about a like
quantity for 1910. and about a like
ed, of course, that each person Heces
sarily consumes sugar equal to nne-
half his individual weight: but TAX
ing the total consumption AMI COM
pairing il with the total population IN
the section known as continental
United States, the average yearly
consumption of sugar is found to
be about 81 pounds per capita.
In fact the people OF the Cnited
States are larger consumers Of sugar
per capita than those of anv other
country OF the world except England.
for which the latest figures show
consumption averaging Sc POUNDS per
capita, against our own average of
81 IL pounds per capita. The next
largest per capita consumption is in
Denmark, "a "a pounds; followed
by Switzerland, ga pounds; Sweden.
81 pounds; and Germany and Holland.
each about As IL pounds.
Not only is the United States tie
second largest sugar consumer per
capita, but the total amount con-
sumed annually is much greater than
that of any other country, aggrcgat-
ing. as above indicated. more thah
billion pounds per annun, against
about billion pounds in England
and about billion pounds in Ger
many
About one-half of the sugar con-
sumed in the United States Is
brought from foreign countries, about
one fourth from our own islands. and
the remaining one-fourth produced n
this country. The total production
Of sugar in the United States now
amounts to l "a billion pounds a
year. of which more than 1 billion
pounds is beet sugar and about
three quarters of billion cane sugar
1t is only recently that the production
Of beet sugar in 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 90 yaa-s age
was more than so times as great: but
the growth of beet sugar production
has been very rapid in recent years,
and in 1907. for the first :irie. ex-
ceeded in quantity that produced ffor.
cane and has so continued since that
time.
OF the sugar brought from other
countries. nearly all is made rom
cane. While about half OF the |
worlds sugar is made from beets, |
most of it is produced in Europe |
and consumed in the country Of pro-
duction or in other parts Of that |
grand division, while most of the |
world outside of Europe obtains its |
sugar supply from cane. grown Of |
course, in the tropical and sub-tropi-
cal sections. OF the cane sugar |
which we consume, most of that cum |
ing from foreign countries is drawn |
from Cuba, the Dutch East Indies |
and smaller amounts from the West |
Indies, Mexico. Central and 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. Cali |
fornia and Michigan. and some in
Utah. Idaho and Wisconsin: while |
most Of the cane sugar is produced |
in Louisiana, with smaller quaint